no unusual experiences for me really. just amazed I can run my cars on something that someone as useless as me can knock up in my garage, met a load of brilliant people and am massively addicted to the hobby/lifestyle/job...
I was surprised at the oil part of this though. I thought it would be easy to just walk in to a takeaway and walk away with their oil. I started paying 40-50ppl and am now paying around 30ppl. at 50ppl I was considering whether or not it was really worth it, at 30ppl theres no question.