Yeah, repost, bite me
You know you've been a member of the Car Lounge too long when...
- Something falls off of your car, you wonder how much weight you just saved.

- You change engine oil every other week.

- You sometimes hear little noises from your passengers when you get on the throttle right after turning in.

- You thoroughly enjoy showing the tailgater behind how to drive around a highway off-ramp.

- Your "Mod" budget is one of the big three -- mortgage, car payments/maintenance, dating.

- You walk proper lines through the grocery store.

- You've been known to yell "It means 'check your mirrors' dammit!" at your television.

- You've paid $4.00 a gallon for gas without complaining.

- You pull up to a gas station and see a guy in a SRT-4... then proceed to tell him, don't worry it's not just a neon.

- You buy new parts because you don't know where you put the spares.

- You find that you need a new house because you've outgrown your garage and the neighbors are threatening violence if you park one more vehicle on the street or in the front yard.

- You sit in your race car in a dark garage and make car noises and shift and practice your heel and toe, while waiting for your motor to get back from the machine shop.

- You look at the purchase of tools as a long term investment.

- Your garage holds more cars than your house has bedrooms.

- You have enough spare parts to build another car.

- You have car parts in your cubicle at work.

- You're registered for wedding gifts at Pegasus and Racer Wholesale.

- Your Christmas list begins with another set of BFG R1s and Pauter rods and your 'significant other' knows what they are.

- After your answer to "What did you do this weekend?" the next question is always: "And you do this for fun? Right?"

- You have a separate drawer for 'garage clothes'.

- Your reading material in your bathroom consists of auto parts and racing supply catalogs, several books written by famous drivers, every book Carroll Smith has ever written.... and 400 car magazines, none of which have centerfolds.

- You talk to other cars on the road, calling them by the manufacturer's name.

- Your criteria for selecting a significant other include auto repair skills. Air tools optional.

- You astound the clerk at Sears by bringing in a snapped breaker bar every other week or so.

- You remember the dates and details of every race you've ever been in, but can't remember your phone number.

- Your family brings the couch into the garage so they can spend some time with you.

- You complain when cars in front of you on highway off-ramps don't stay on the line, causing your exit speed to drop.

- You are so fed up with the MkV Golf/Jetta bashing that, you go to the local VW dealership and buy one, just to **** off everyone else.

- A neighbor asks if you have any oil, to which you query, "Synthetic or organic?" and they reply, "Vegetable or corn."

- You refer to the corner down the street from your house as "Turn One."

- You look at the fire hydrant at that corner and see an apex marker.

- You always late apex the intersection and try to pass a few cars coming out.

- Everywhere you go, you try to find the fastest line through the turn.

- You always do a toe & heel downshift while whoever might be your passenger gives you a real funny look.

- You can't stand anyone telling others how to drive. Of course, you are the best.

- You can't stand understeer.

- You think that traction control and ABS are for those who can't drive.

- You've ever tried to convince your wife you needed that flow bench to fix the air filter on her station wagon.

- You save broken car parts as "momentos".

- Your last several freeway forays included just brushing the curbs as you apexed the on-ramps perfectly....

- Everytime you see a M3 (any gen), it's holy experience.

- You've found your lawnmower runs pretty good on 108 octane gas (but doesn't particularly care for alcohol).

- The shop manager at your local car dealer mutters "dear Lord" under his breath after he sees the size of your exhaust piping.

- The local police and state Highway Patrol have a picture of your car taped to their dashboard.

- You spend more time polishing your exhaust tip every day than you do bathing.

- Instead of pictures in your wallet, you have timeslips.

- You would choose a rollbar over air conditioning if it were an option.

- You enjoy driving through wet, empty parking lots and using the emergency brake to kick the back end out.

- White smoke coming out from under your tires is a common sight.

- You consider the redline a "conservative suggestion" and the rev limiter "a fun limiter"

- You spend more on insurance premiums than on food.

- Your idea of a good time is sitting around figuring out gear ratios and the ideal final drive ratio for given situations.

- When someone refers to "The Good Book", you think of "The Auto Math Handbook"

- You know the 1/4 mile times and skid pad numbers of your riding mower and want to improve them.

- You know the "racing line" of every turn in your daily commute, including your alternate routes, and practice hitting them every day.

- You've started looking for sponsors on your daily commute. (Mods/Admins)

- You invite your friends over the house to hang out, but just use it as a excuse to show them the idiotic posts in the "Black Hole". (Mods/Admins)

- You've slalomed in a construction zone, and counted your penalty time in the rearview afterwards.

 

about half of those apply to me.

 

 

I assume that means internet message boards. Thank god none of us get together to talk about stuff from the internet.

 

- You sometimes hear little noises from your passengers when you get on the throttle right after turning in.


^^
This one hits home a little.
It's bad when Matt R gets uneasy

 

lmao nice ones

 

^^^ I thought this was a good thing
nothing like two 2 car garages and a 1 car, wen you have a 2 bd house

 

- You astound the clerk at Sears by bringing in a snapped breaker bar every other week or so.


haha that was me and the aircooled.

 

Dude, that's all you need.

 

Dude, I can't decide between adding on to my garage or just getting a new house with a much bigger garage. It's really sad when you browse online catalogs for four post hydraulic lifts.

 

i think you could make a case for the lift since the wife would probably believe you if you told her it's a safety concern.

 

What's bad is that I've done the same thing. Multiple times.

 

you forgot a few
-selling your buisness, so you can go to wyotech full time
i should be much happier with my career in a year
-waking up thinking of the next step on your project car, before you even notice the urge to **** like fire hose

 

Oh god, I do that all the time.

 

i can't wait till the damn thing is done this sat. shoudl be sweet, eg hatch with a k20a (04 jdm ITR motor) basically it's an ITR in a hatch; wheels,full suspesion, 6 spd,dash,tranny,etc... only thing that sux is my stg2 STi will be slower