[georgieporgie]

If you like to drive, you're probably going to want to know what makes a car tick and even get your hands dirty.

1) I know several people who are absolute car nuts. Some of them are excellent drivers. Few of them do their own 'dirty' work. (note: I do my own dirty work, but I realize that has less to do with a passion for cars than a passion for independence and understanding systems)

2) That has nothing to do with the article that was posted. Reread it. Note the bit about rally, tanks, and F1 experience as a plus.

the long list of requirements gives you some insight into what the company does

That really doesn't have much to do with the original post, either. It's talking about the (sometimes/often) ridiculous specificity and enormous range of requirements you'll find in job postings. Employers complain of being unable to find "good candidates," yet they'll reject a senior engineer for lacking one bulleted item, regardless of its complexity in relationship to the other requirements. In my experience, this is largely caused by the HR gateway and general incompetence in first-tier candidate selection.

Similarly, refusing to interview a candidate for a bus driver position because the person has no experience driving tanks would be silly.