Just jumping on the "us, too" band wagon. DS is car-obsessed (especially supercars and hypercars and oh my yes there is a difference). He cannot believe that I don't know how the specs differ on the Ferrari 458 versus the Ferrari 458 Speciale. Never mind the Bugatti Veyron versus the Bugatti Veyron Supersport.
Over his almost-7 years, he has done this sort of deep dive with various thing (rocks/minerals, deep sea creatures, etc.). But cars really have some staying power. In general, wrt social stuff, he has minimal patience with kids who don't understand how very, very important [insert topic of interest] is. But he always manages to find his little tribe, and with cars it's easier than with some topics.
When he was 3.5, one pre-school teacher suggested ASD. He's been assessed a couple times since then, and ASD is not his issue. But I'm glad we ruled it out.
For fun - here are a few more great resources:
1. Top Gear magazine. We get it at Barnes and Noble. At the back it lists specs and stats on many, many cars and includes various "Top 5" lists that are always fun as trivia games that Mom never wins.
2. The Top Gear Show (available on Amazon Prime) is also great, great fun but can have a little bawdy humor sometimes. Edit to add - we've only watched the British version. I don't know if the US version is any fun. You can also watch snippets on youtube to get a flavor of it. DS is "The Stig" for Halloween this year.
3. Dupont Exotic Cars Buyer's Guide. Hours of shopping fun!!
http://gear.dupontregistry.com/p/546/exotic-car-buyers-guide-20154. Race Car - Why Things DON'T Work - this is a great book for learning how cars work because the book follows the efforts to diagnose and fix why a race car is NOT working.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1410925552/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=15. Name that Supercar on-line game. It works by flipping over one block of the car picture at a time and you get max points by naming with fewer blocks flipped. DS kills this game every time by flipping the headlight or tail light pictures. Sound familiar?
http://www.kongregate.com/games/allpremiumgames/name-that-supercar 6. Go racing - we are headed to a huge race next weekend. There is tons to see and learn, and the drivers and mechanics LOVE talking to kids about their passion. At a historic race event recently, my son got to sit in a multi-million dollar car and the grownups all around were groaning with envy!
Enjoy the car obsession - it's great for learning math, science, engineering, currency conversion (Top Gear is all in pounds), design, you name it!
