What Type of Engine Are You?

By: Mark Lichtenstein
Estimated Completion Time
4 min
What Type of Engine Are You?
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About This Quiz

Do you love engines? Do you understand that engines, like people, are filled with personality? Take this quiz to find out what type of engine you're most like.

Anyone who has ever driven a car or who prides himself or herself on a knowledge of vehicles knows that cars have personalities. And, often, these personalities are based on the car's engine. Imagine if Stephen King's, Christine, the 1958 Plymouth Fury that sucked the life out of the people around it (in more ways than one), prepared to run over her next victim with the whir of a four-cylinder engine. The story in your mind's eye and the 1983 movie based on the book wouldn't be the same, would it? Thank goodness, Christine, like the Fury she is, roared with all of the lust her V-8 engine with twin four-barrel carburetors could muster. Now, that was a car.

Although we hope you're not actually like Christine, you might be more like a large engine than a small one or more like a diesel engine than an electric one. We will know which type you most resemble based on your answers to the 30 questions in this quiz.

On your mark. Get set. Go!

How popular are you?
I've got my niche crowd.
I'm not popular at all.
I'm completely often silly and ridiculous, so it is sometimes hard for others to love me.
I'm desirable, but a bit difficult to deal with when there's a problem.
Be honest: how beautiful are you?
I'm gorgeous.
I'm a little underwhelming.
I'm a looker.
I'm kinda ugly.
Are you a big spender?
No, I keep it cheap.
Yes, I'll spend millions.
I like to spend, but only to show off.
No, I like to be sensible.

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Do you drink a lot?
Only when I party!
I save up all my drinking for special occasions.
I have a little bit to drink every day.
I'll admit it, I've got a drinking problem.
How loud are you?
I make a big noise, despite my size.
I make a sound that can be heard for miles.
I make an unmistakable roar.
I'm not louder than anyone else.
Are you obnoxious at parties?
I make a big noise, yeah.
I'm very picky about who and where I party.
I'm a little ostentatious.
I'm fun and memorable.

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Do you tremble when things get intense?
I tremble all the time.
No, I whine.
I do.
No, I get calm.
Do you appreciate movers and shakers?
I'm a fan of both.
I'm more into moving than shaking.
I like movers, but I love shakers.
I love movers and only like the strange shakers.
Do you enjoy performing at a high level?
No, I prefer to cruise.
Yes.
Sometimes.
Yes, but not for long.

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Are you delicate?
No, I'm very tough.
I'm very delicate.
I'm assembled in a clean room if that's any indication.
No, but when I break, I really break.
Do you need a lot of fuel?
For what I do? No.
Yes, but I make good use of it.
Yes, I need all the fuel.
I need more fuel than others who do what I do.
How modern are you?
I'm very old school.
I'm very modern.
I'm fairly modern.
I'm old school, but modern at the same time.

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Are you full of surprises?
No surprises here.
No pleasant surprises.
I let people know what they are in for before I get going.
Yes, I'm full of them.
How many horsepower do you think you have?
115 hp.
980 hp.
Over 1000 hp.
255 hp.
Are you pretentious?
No, I'm the opposite of pretentious.
No, my bluster has a purpose.
Yes, I get called that a lot.
Yes, a little.

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Are you dominant?
I make a big noise.
I dominate every day.
Out in the real world, I'm the most dominant.
I can dominate, but only in narrow circumstances.
How complicated are you?
I'm the exact opposite of complicated.
I'm super complicated.
I'm pretty complicated.
I'm simple but unusual.
Do you rock a vintage style?
Very vintage. Classic, really.
No, I'm all about the new and modern styles.
I combine the new with the classic.
I make the old new again.

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How ambitious are you?
I'm not ambitious.
I'm unreasonably ambitious.
I'm very ambitious.
I'm fairly ambitious.
Are you small and mighty?
I punch above my weight.
I'm big and high strung, but I can do a lot.
I'm huge and titanic.
I am small and mighty.
Do you like to thwart expectations?
I like to, but I don't do it often.
No, I like to raise them.
No, I like expectations to be unreasonably high, and then I meet them.
Yes, I do.

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How goofy are you?
I'm a little goofy.
I'm not goofy at all.
I'm a bit of a nerd, but not too goofy.
I'm super goofy.
How efficient are you?
I'm not very efficient at all.
I'm extremely efficient.
Ha! I'm not efficient at all.
I have middling efficiency.
Do you like to get away from everyone else?
No, I like being with my pals.
I like to outrun everyone else.
Sometimes.
Always.

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How reliable are you?
I'm extremely reliable.
That is the opposite of how I'd describe myself.
I'm reliable, if complex.
I have bulletproof reliability.
How important it is to you to win?
It isn't important to me.
It's all I care about.
It's my business to win.
It's not the goal, but if I do, it would be nice.
Do you defy expectations?
I do.
If people find out how hard I work to get things done, they are surprised.
I realign expectations.
I blow people away with how I do things.

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Do you play well with others?
I do.
I get competitive.
I always want to be the best.
I don't have the same needs as others.
Do you embrace change?
No.
Yes.
Only if the change improves things more of what they already were.
I embrace change that makes things stranger.
Do you love variety?
Yes I do!
No, I like uniformity.
I like small variety.
I just like weirdness.

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