You know your a car nut when.....
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You know your a car nut when.....
Lets get this going and see who's got it bad, i think I'm one of the worst!!
I'll start:
1. You can name every make and model that passes you at 5-6yrs old!
2. At 5-6yrs old, your dad makes you sit by the window and.......name every make and model that passes by!!!
3. You can remember how much horsepower a 1989 Honda Prelude Si had (135), FROM READING NEW CAR BROCHURES IN 1989!!
4. You and your brother can talk about cars every day for 1-2 hrs a day.
5. You knew every Rim size make and model, at 15, and YOU DIDNT HAVE A CAR!!
6. You drive in the rain, just because you miss driving your car.
7. You can identify a car in your rear view or in front of you at night on the highway JUST BY THE HEAD OR TAILIGHT PATTERN!!
8. you can modify a car using the vision in your head like photoshop!! (rims, drop, tint, HID, etc)
9. You know more about the details and tuning of your friends' cars than they do!!
I GOTTA be the man, YOU GUYS CANT MESS WITH ME!!!
I'll start:
1. You can name every make and model that passes you at 5-6yrs old!
2. At 5-6yrs old, your dad makes you sit by the window and.......name every make and model that passes by!!!
3. You can remember how much horsepower a 1989 Honda Prelude Si had (135), FROM READING NEW CAR BROCHURES IN 1989!!
4. You and your brother can talk about cars every day for 1-2 hrs a day.
5. You knew every Rim size make and model, at 15, and YOU DIDNT HAVE A CAR!!
6. You drive in the rain, just because you miss driving your car.
7. You can identify a car in your rear view or in front of you at night on the highway JUST BY THE HEAD OR TAILIGHT PATTERN!!
8. you can modify a car using the vision in your head like photoshop!! (rims, drop, tint, HID, etc)
9. You know more about the details and tuning of your friends' cars than they do!!
I GOTTA be the man, YOU GUYS CANT MESS WITH ME!!!
Last edited by D2-AUTOSPORT; Apr 23, 2003 at 12:45 PM.
that is so true man i gotta add on to that list.
When i was 5 years old i started the car and put it into drive and drove like half a block at 5mph while family was chasing me lol. This was in a rural area.
When i was 5 years old i started the car and put it into drive and drove like half a block at 5mph while family was chasing me lol. This was in a rural area.
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- I learned how to drive a clutch at 7
- I drove super midget race cars at 5
- Been 4-Wheelin since I was 11
- I can just drive for an entire day (once I filled up my gas tank three times in a day)
- I can do the headlight and taillight thing at nigh too
- My first word (at 5 months old) : "Chevy"
- I'm 19 years old, I've owned 7 cars... currently I own 3
- I installed a turbo kit on my friends 1996 Civic ex at age 14
- 19 years old...... so far 316 test drives ... yes I do keep count
- Hotwheel collection.... over 5000
- Masito model car collection, about 1000
- I have every race season schedule tacked to my refrigerator
I drove a 1024 HP camaro to 204 MPH on the Bonneville Salt Flats. I have the video to prove it on VHS.
I'm kinda nutty.
- I drove super midget race cars at 5
- Been 4-Wheelin since I was 11
- I can just drive for an entire day (once I filled up my gas tank three times in a day)
- I can do the headlight and taillight thing at nigh too
- My first word (at 5 months old) : "Chevy"
- I'm 19 years old, I've owned 7 cars... currently I own 3
- I installed a turbo kit on my friends 1996 Civic ex at age 14
- 19 years old...... so far 316 test drives ... yes I do keep count
- Hotwheel collection.... over 5000
- Masito model car collection, about 1000
- I have every race season schedule tacked to my refrigerator
I drove a 1024 HP camaro to 204 MPH on the Bonneville Salt Flats. I have the video to prove it on VHS.
I'm kinda nutty.
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Including your list which I follow very closely; DGOT20s
I bought the Supra Store carbon fiber toilet.
I have every model car concievable.
I carry a camera with me in the car.
I hang out at the local dyno shop everyday.
I identify cars by what their gauges look like.I raced gokarts from the age of 5, now I do vintage formula fords.
I haven't missed a NYIAS since I was 5.
I know the name and address of the man and woman who made my Supra.
I celebrate the cars birthday.
I kick garbage away from other peoples nice cars (like when som ******* puts a glass bottle under your new 20's)
Best of all I have drawn sketches of cars for the police department.( too hard for a youngin like me
)
I'm a design student.
I know most of the premie dealers in NYC by a first name basis.
I am not impressed when I see $100,000 cars driving by.
I spot poseurs (ex. Mercedes s430 badged as an s55 amg)
Alright, well can't type anymore man. One more thing, in my parents 5 car garage we had to make room for another car. New car? No, my trophies were piling up inside the house and I was tired of getting screamed at.
I bought the Supra Store carbon fiber toilet.
I have every model car concievable.
I carry a camera with me in the car.
I hang out at the local dyno shop everyday.
I identify cars by what their gauges look like.I raced gokarts from the age of 5, now I do vintage formula fords.
I haven't missed a NYIAS since I was 5.
I know the name and address of the man and woman who made my Supra.
I celebrate the cars birthday.
I kick garbage away from other peoples nice cars (like when som ******* puts a glass bottle under your new 20's)
Best of all I have drawn sketches of cars for the police department.( too hard for a youngin like me
)I'm a design student.
I know most of the premie dealers in NYC by a first name basis.
I am not impressed when I see $100,000 cars driving by.
I spot poseurs (ex. Mercedes s430 badged as an s55 amg)
Alright, well can't type anymore man. One more thing, in my parents 5 car garage we had to make room for another car. New car? No, my trophies were piling up inside the house and I was tired of getting screamed at.
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Originally posted by 2jzgte
Including your list which I follow very closely; DGOT20s
I bought the Supra Store carbon fiber toilet.
I have every model car concievable.
I carry a camera with me in the car.
I hang out at the local dyno shop everyday.
I identify cars by what their gauges look like.I raced gokarts from the age of 5, now I do vintage formula fords.
I haven't missed a NYIAS since I was 5.
I know the name and address of the man and woman who made my Supra.
I celebrate the cars birthday.
I kick garbage away from other peoples nice cars (like when som ******* puts a glass bottle under your new 20's)
Best of all I have drawn sketches of cars for the police department.( too hard for a youngin like me )
I'm a design student.
I know most of the premie dealers in NYC by a first name basis.
I am not impressed when I see $100,000 cars driving by.
I spot poseurs (ex. Mercedes s430 badged as an s55 amg)
Alright, well can't type anymore man. One more thing, in my parents 5 car garage we had to make room for another car. New car? No, my trophies were piling up inside the house and I was tired of getting screamed at.
Including your list which I follow very closely; DGOT20s
I bought the Supra Store carbon fiber toilet.
I have every model car concievable.
I carry a camera with me in the car.
I hang out at the local dyno shop everyday.
I identify cars by what their gauges look like.I raced gokarts from the age of 5, now I do vintage formula fords.
I haven't missed a NYIAS since I was 5.
I know the name and address of the man and woman who made my Supra.
I celebrate the cars birthday.
I kick garbage away from other peoples nice cars (like when som ******* puts a glass bottle under your new 20's)
Best of all I have drawn sketches of cars for the police department.( too hard for a youngin like me
)I'm a design student.
I know most of the premie dealers in NYC by a first name basis.
I am not impressed when I see $100,000 cars driving by.
I spot poseurs (ex. Mercedes s430 badged as an s55 amg)
Alright, well can't type anymore man. One more thing, in my parents 5 car garage we had to make room for another car. New car? No, my trophies were piling up inside the house and I was tired of getting screamed at.
- the beat
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Originally posted by beatbox
You get more aprreciative of your cars when you actually have toPAY FOR THEM.
- the beat
You get more aprreciative of your cars when you actually have toPAY FOR THEM.
- the beat
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Oh, so you had the religious upbringing too???? Yeah so did I..... Catholic School (with uniforms), church EVERY ****ING DAY, I know the drill......
My parents still didn't buy me ****.
My parents still didn't buy me ****.
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Re: You know your a car nut when.....
Originally posted by DGOT20s
2. At 5-6yrs old, your dad makes you sit by the window and.......name every make and model that passes by!!!
2. At 5-6yrs old, your dad makes you sit by the window and.......name every make and model that passes by!!!
"(ex: Eugene) say Mommy !!! Eugene say Daddy!!! "
well here is what my dad said:
"Eugene say "an outside rear-view mirror" "
in russian it sounded much longer and funnier.
now i know why i turned out like that.
Last edited by EvgeshaIS300; Apr 25, 2003 at 02:01 PM.
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Damn, I thought I was bad!! I think I'ma have to dig into my reserves for you guys though:
1. At 10-11 yrs old, my buddy and I used to go to the dealerships on Kings Highway in Bklyn EVERY SATURDAY, and ask the salesman questions like "whats the Cd of this car?", and when they would say in-dash or changer, we would say "no, I was asking, what is the coefficient of drag!!"
2. At that same age, I would routinely call the support lines of all car manufacturers, disguise my voice as a older gentleman, and request brochures!! M/B, BMW, etc!
3. I could drive-REALLY DRIVE-at 11yrs old! Advantage of being tall. I got most of my experience on a 1995 BMW 525i, now thats a learner car.
4. Last but not least, I am a 24 yr old manager for a Fortune 500 company, and I have responsibility for individuals that are 2.5times my age, yet I DAYDREAM about cars 100% of the time!! The car I have now, what size rims I'll put on my next car, etc. ITS A SICKNESS, glad I'm not the only one who caught the bug.
1. At 10-11 yrs old, my buddy and I used to go to the dealerships on Kings Highway in Bklyn EVERY SATURDAY, and ask the salesman questions like "whats the Cd of this car?", and when they would say in-dash or changer, we would say "no, I was asking, what is the coefficient of drag!!"
2. At that same age, I would routinely call the support lines of all car manufacturers, disguise my voice as a older gentleman, and request brochures!! M/B, BMW, etc!
3. I could drive-REALLY DRIVE-at 11yrs old! Advantage of being tall. I got most of my experience on a 1995 BMW 525i, now thats a learner car.
4. Last but not least, I am a 24 yr old manager for a Fortune 500 company, and I have responsibility for individuals that are 2.5times my age, yet I DAYDREAM about cars 100% of the time!! The car I have now, what size rims I'll put on my next car, etc. ITS A SICKNESS, glad I'm not the only one who caught the bug.
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Hmmm
I was 2 in 1989....I couldn't read yet....And those seem like ways to tell if you've ALWAYS been a car nut. ---I wasn't allowed to be into cars until I moved away from my dad. He made me do ballet and "girly" things. But I can definitely tell a car by it's lights- Have mental photoshop- And know more about my friend's cars then they do. ..Also I deal with a class of 38 stupid/horny h/s boys to work on cars. It's tuff bein a teenage girl and into cars lol 
Last edited by DirtyNails; Apr 25, 2003 at 08:46 PM.
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Well I haven't ALWAYS been into cars. I guess as I became more fortunate to be able to afford some of the nicer vehicles, my interest has grown into a passion.
Although I am a huge lexus fan, dare I say *gulp* that the MB and BMW brands lately have some incredible looking models. Screw it if they break down..that's what repair shops are for....i love my 2003 745. Turns heads like a mother.
Some day..hopefully soon..i would not mind owning a SL55 either....
Although I am a huge lexus fan, dare I say *gulp* that the MB and BMW brands lately have some incredible looking models. Screw it if they break down..that's what repair shops are for....i love my 2003 745. Turns heads like a mother.
Some day..hopefully soon..i would not mind owning a SL55 either....
Last edited by LS4fun; Apr 25, 2003 at 11:07 PM.
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Well......During the night I can just look at my rear view mirror and look at the headlights of the car behind me(from a pretty long distance) and I can tell what kind of car it is........Am I a car nut?
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Originally posted by kenjitsou
Well......During the night I can just look at my rear view mirror and look at the headlights of the car behind me(from a pretty long distance) and I can tell what kind of car it is........Am I a car nut?
Well......During the night I can just look at my rear view mirror and look at the headlights of the car behind me(from a pretty long distance) and I can tell what kind of car it is........Am I a car nut?
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Originally posted by kenjitsou
Well......During the night I can just look at my rear view mirror and look at the headlights of the car behind me(from a pretty long distance) and I can tell what kind of car it is........Am I a car nut?
Well......During the night I can just look at my rear view mirror and look at the headlights of the car behind me(from a pretty long distance) and I can tell what kind of car it is........Am I a car nut?