If you owned a smooth and suave performance coupe, an Infiniti G37, for example, would you grow bored after awhile because it simply didn't get the adrenaline pumping?

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Last time I checked, bird watching doesn't do much to spark adrenaline or improve one's fitness.

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You are so competitive, you want to win so badly and when the adrenaline starts, you don't know when to stop.

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