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Backseat Driver: Lock up your cars! Mechaphilia is in town!

I could not make this up!

Edward Smith, 57, of Washington State is currently in a monogamous relationship with a white Volkswagen Beetle named Vanilla, but admits to having had sex with 1,000 cars - many of them belonging to strangers or car showrooms, according to Britain’s Telegraph Media Group.

And he has no desire to change his ways.

"I appreciate beauty and I go a little bit beyond appreciating the beauty of a car only to the point of what I feel is an expression of love," he said.

And he is not alone; there are about 500 “mechaphilias” worldwide, according to the Telegraph.

Smith said he first had sex with a car at age 15 and said claims he has never been attracted to women or men. He said his most intense sexual experience was with a helicopter.

Smith may be committed to Vanilla, but he said he regularly spends time with his 1973 Opel GT, named Cinnamon, and 1993 Ford Ranger Splash, named Ginger.

Before Vanilla, he had a five-year relationship with a 1969 VW Beetle named Victoria.

Baby!

- Peter C.T. Elsworth

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