I love the smell of petro. And I love riding in my husband's 1964 Fairlane because that's what it smells like. But it's a gas guzzler, we usually use my car =/
I wouldn't go so far as to say it's normal, but there is definitely a contingent of people who adore the smell, and I'm one of them. I wish they would isolate that smell and put it in a form you can smell without the harmful effects of the gas fumes.
And I love riding in my husband's 1964 Fairlane because that's what it smells like. But it's a gas guzzler, we usually use my car =/
Personaly I f***ing hate that smell, but I envy you.