You know your a gear head if....
you refer to the first corner by your house as "turn one"
you constantly tell your friends how fast you've been here..."I've taken this turn at 108mph"
you have to wear an oxygen mask like Air Force pilots when racing
you refuse to let any potential sports car pass you
you also can identify a car by its headlights
your ears go up like a dogs when you hear a nice exhaust or engine rev
you race shopping carts for a quick fix
you time yourself at the gas station (fill up, clean windows, check fluids, etc)
you custom mounted a set of Eibach's, Bilstien's and 1.5" sway bars onto your office chair that also has a Sparco racing seat with a 4-point Simpson harness
you have 2 pieces of wood on your driveway so you car wont scrape when you pull in
you replaced the airfilter in your mom's Caravan with a conical K&N
your garage looks like a high preformance parts store (your kitchen in my case)
the Snap-on guy comes directly to your house
your buying 2 new tires every month
you have your license, registration, and proof of insurance out at the slightist posibility that the car behind you is a cop
you sit on
http://www.tccoa.com all day at work :-)
there are burn out marks all the way down your block
when your having a BBQ at your house your block looks like a car show
you have a chip and you let every speeding MN12 know you don't have a speed limiter (pass them...then slow down to their 105...speed up...then slow down....*wave*)
when ur bored u just cruise the streets lookin for someone to fuck with
your only home to eat, sleep and work on ur car
you take your date to either the dragstrip, street races or a car show
you keep your tickets displayed on the wall
you get pissed when the passenger slams the door too hard (we've all been there...I always say..."it's not a Truck!")
you take every curb/speedbump at an angle and at 1MPH so you don't scrape
you park your car yourself, no valet stuff
you hate birdshit with a passion
the "Oh Shit" handle is grabbed by the passenger more than once in a quick trip to 7-11 for some smokes
you rev on cops that have people pulled over (mainly to piss the guy off that's pulled over...expecially if you know him/her)
no matter how big of a rush your in...you'll stop to look at a tricked out car
you rather starve then not eat at Taco Bell atleast once a week
only bathroom you use at night is either the one at chevron or some bushes
you omit every puddle on the road
you have a "people should take the bus" mentality
you have no choice but to park next to someone...you jot down the cars make, year, model and licence plates number incase you come back to find a scratch or dent
you've recieved things from TCCoA members with your screen name in the address line
you find yourself talking to your car while driving as if it were a passenger
people drive you crazy when they give you "wrong" information on their car (expecially if it's an MN12)
you have 50 gallon trash bags in your trunk incase you have to give a drunk friend a ride home
you love messing with the guys at O'Rileys "Uh..yeah...Could I get a distributer cap for a 95 Cougar?"
tranny techs think your a god when you go to the dealer and start spouting things off that you learned from Jerry's thesis (except Ross at Transmissions Only in Katy, Tx for he is the MAN)
you have Dan Newman's number memorized :-)
you know that "if your not countersteering...your not driving" - Dan Ulrich
you have a tendency to "drive it like you stole it" - Sebastian
you rather be "blown than stroked" - Nate
Sebass
I found this on a t-bird site
Joe
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