Possible repost? I love it anyway - I highlighted the bits that I thought were particularly applicable
-You think the primary purpose of wings is to PREVENT flight.
-You take your helmet along when you go to buy new eyeglasses or check out new cars.
-You feel compelled on a road trip to beat your previous time.
-You are happiest when your streetcar’s tires are worn to racing depth (wear bars showing).
-When something falls off your car, you wonder how much weight you just saved.
-When you hear ‘overcooked it’, instead of food, you think ‘off the track’.
-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 really enjoy showing the tailgater how to drive around a highway off ramp.
-Your racing budget is one of the big three – mortgage, car payments, dating.
-Your email address refers to your racecar rather than you.
-You walk proper lines through the grocery store.
-You have paid $4 for a gallon of fuel without complaining.
-You buy new parts because you can’t remember where you stuck the spares.
-You bought a racecar before buying a house.
-You bought a racecar before furniture for the house.
-You are looking for a tow vehicle and you still have not bought furniture.
-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.
-The requirements you give your real estate agent are (in order of importance):
1. 8 car climate controlled garage with an attached shop.
2. Outside parking for 6 cars, a motor home, a crew cab dually, a 28’ enclosed trailer and a 34’ 5th wheel.
3. 3 phase 220V outlets in the garage.
4. A grease pit.
5. Deaf neighbors.
7. Across the street from a paint and body shop.
8. Some sort of house with a working toilet and shower on the property somewhere -or- hookups for the motor home.
- You measure all family acquisitions in terms of the number of race tires that could have been purchased.
- You sit in your racecar 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 wife says "if you buy another set of tires, she gets a new diamond".
-Your garage holds more cars than your house has bedrooms.
-You have enough spare parts to build another car.
-More than one racer supply house knows your voice and calls you by name.
-You have car parts in your cubicle at work.
-You think that the last line of the star spangled banner is "Gentlemen, start your engines".
- You cannot remember the last time you relaxed on a weekend.
-You’re registered for wedding gifts at Tire Rack, CDOC and the Racers Group.
-Your Christmas list begins with a set of BFG R1’s (bonus points if your wife knows what they are)
-You have a separate drawer for garage clothes.
-Your bathroom reading material is Car & Driver, AutoWeek, and Grassroots Motorsports and every book Carrol Smith has ever written.
-People only recognize you when you have your helmet on.
-You talk to other cars on the road calling them by their manufacturers name.
-Your first date involves you getting her to crew for you.
-Your family vacations are planned around the race schedule.
-You astound the clerk at Sears by breaking a breaker bar every week or two.
-You remember the dates of every race you have entered, but can’t remember the wife’s birthday.
-You complain when cars in front of you on highway off ramps don’t stay on their line causing your exit speed to drop.
-A neighbor asks to borrow some oil and you reply "Synthetic or Organic", he responds "Vegetable".
-You enjoy driving in the rain on the way to work/school.
-You always-late apex the intersection and try to pass a few cars coming out.
-You always do a heel & toe downshift while whoever might be your passenger looks at you really funny.
-You can’t stand understeer.
-You think traction control and ABS is for those who do not know how to drive.
-You’ve tried to convince your wife that you need a flow bench to fix the air filter in her mini van.
-You discovered that your riding lawnmower runs pretty well on 108-octane race fuel but doesn’t care for alcohol.
-The local police and state patrol has photos of your car taped to their dashboards.
-The local tire shop will not honor the tread life warranty on any car you have been within 50 yards of.
-You consider the redline as a conservative suggestion and the rev limiter as a fun limiter.
-You spend more on insurance premiums than food.
-When someone referrers to the "good book" you think of the technical specs book for your car.
-You own 5 cars and only one of them is street legal.
-You know the ¼ mile times and skid pad numbers for your riding lawnmower.
And you want to improve them.
-You know the "racing line" of every road on your daily commute.
-You have started looking for sponsors for your daily commute.
-You have slalomed in a construction zone and counted penalty points in the rear view mirror.
-After your suggestion of a location for the family vacation, your wife responds: "What race is being held there"?
-You know the weight of your passengers and make them sit accordingly to balance the weight distribution.
-The local police department sends you Christmas greeting cards.
- You memorized the number on your oil filter but forgot your wifes birthday.
- You happily will be get up at three in the morning to race, but complain about getting up at six to get to work on time.
Look at your car. Now back to mine. Now back to yours. Now back to mine. Sadly, yours isn't mine. But if you stopped buying dodgy cars and bought an ED, yours could be like mine. Look down. Back up. Where are you? ...You're on BoostedFalcon, reading the signature your signature could be like! Anything is possible when your car looks like my car... I'm on a computer.
"Almost had it bro.."