you might be a gearhead if

[rocketman]

you spent as much money building your cars as your house.

you built your new house around and on top of your garage.

your vacation time is planned going to car shows and races.

you would rather work on your cars than have sex.

your shop cost as much as your house,and might be nicer.

you get christmas cards from your favorite part supplier.

the secuitry gaurd at work gives u a hard time for driving on et streets.

you stage and launch like your at the strip at a stoplight.

[toxicz28]

You re-tile a floor, and argue with your wife in Home Depot for "DeLorean grey" grout.
(I did this!)

[formula]

you begin referring to your cars as women....and your women as cars...

"hey jim, how ya doin?"
"not so bad, dating an import these days!"

[GBodyGMachine]

You may be a gearhead if:

Your Toolbox cost more than your house (My uncles buddy)

[rocketman]

the room colors in your house are based on car colors.

the picture above the fireplace in your family room is the california kid.:guilty:

[Steve68]

Tell the guard to bite it !!!!

[rocketman]

your wife side she wanted a new travel trailer,and you bought a 40ft enclosed.

you forgot your wedding anniversy because you where to busy finishing your street rod.it was your 4th anniversy.

your son's named after a carb company.

[toxicz28]

your son's named after a carb company.
I hope it's something good like Demon or Predator!

[rocketman]

well its blake,after blake carburetion


you cant sneek home because your wife can hear the 4inch exhaust on your car 6 block away.


you use the new payment streets in new subdivision being built down the street as a testing facilty.

[Z06killinSBF]

you cant sneek home because your wife can hear the 4inch exhaust on your car 6 block away.


you use the new payment streets in new subdivision being built down the street as a testing facilty.


Oh soo true......sigh.

[rocketman]

you change your mind on a paint scheme for your new(redo) car even after you have rendering done.

it would take 2 engines of most hot rods to equal the cubic inches of your new engine.i.e 710 cubes.

you scare off wantbe street racers by purging your nitrous system at stoplight,really works on ricers.

you have more in billet wheels than some have in the cars.

[rocketman]

your drivetrain loss is more than most production cars rear wheel.

you have to double your et to get the et of the honda you just blew away.

you are to lazy to run to quick trip for gas when mowing the yard,and use your 118 octane race fuel to finish,and realize you mowed your yard 15 minutes faster.

your cars 1/4 mile times are faster than most cars 330 times.

[Hrod382]

Roketman.... your second list was made after my family haha

You've never driven a car and not attempted a burnout in it.

When you drive past your neighbors they scream "Light 'em up!"

Five garage spaces aren't nearly enough.

Sandwiches taste best with a mix of transmission fluid and motor oil.

I could go on for days and days on these lists if I wanted to.

[CarlC]

You're leaning against the workbench, staring at your car, and your wife asks "How much is it going to cost."

[rocketman]

you when go to a swap meet and bought twice as much u as sold.

you have 5 point harnesses mounted in the back seats for the kids.

you put off paying bills for car parts. in my younger days.

you call i sick to work because you are working on your car.

[Ralph LoGrasso]

You work on your car all day from 8AM - 2AM and then get up at 7AM for a pt.com cruise. Good times.

[LowBuckX]

You just got done re-routing your power steering lines away from your headers at 4;AM in my underwear... EEER I mean your underwear..

Summit racing is a schedualed stop every payday to look at the clearance rack..

Your wife wakes you up at night because you are talking loudly in your sleep about carburators and gears...

Wow these have all happened in the last 3 days.. :bananna2:


You're leaning against the workbench, staring at your car, and your wife asks "How much is it going to cost."
I get "Why dont you look at me like that?"

[GBodyGMachine]

You're leaning against the workbench, staring at your car, and your wife asks "How much is it going to cost."

I get the same thing, but from my parents? HAHA

Jeff

[rocketman]

your dually has as much hp as your hot rod.

you have taken your dually to the dealership because the check engine light came on,and they tell you it over boosted at 145.

your dually will out run a corvette.

you aim the exhaust pipe of your dually in the window of the kids in the honda with loud stereo and fill there car with sut at a stoplight.

your worried about wieght and use carbon fiber nitrous bottles.

[toxicz28]

You get upset when you find out the due date for you second child destroys any chance of you going on the 2005 Power Tour.

[rocketman]

toxicz,the 2nd kid isnt has important as the 1st.go on the powertour,she'll understand.

i left my wife in the hospital right after our 3rd was born to go racin.

[rocketman]

you need to work on your race car,so you take your 5 month old son to the shop and put him the seat,tucked with blanket and ear plugs,then you start it up and rev it a few times,to his eye's abought to pop out of head,u blip it again only to see him smile and go back to sleep,and the feeling you got knowing you created another gearhead.

[6'9"Witha69]

Your Daily driver collects more cobwebs than your project.

You have ever eaten a tire patch into the asphalt during a burnout.

Local mechanics ask to borrow your specialty tools.

You can stick a finger into the 'mystery pool' on the ground, sniff it (CSI style) and diagnose the problem.

You have bought entire tool sets for that one magic one in it.

[rocketman]

the local police want to race you to decide on weather there new cars are fast enough.

your wife comes home and ask you how much money you made street racin over the weekend,because the kids in her english class are talking about losing there paychecks on saturday night to a teal z28.

[GBodyGMachine]

the local police want to race you to decide on weather there new cars are fast enough.

your wife comes home and ask you how much money you made street racin over the weekend,because the kids in her english class are talking about losing there paychecks on saturday night to a teal z28.

HAHA, The second one is funny because I have seen it happen. I go to WyoTech, teachers race. Its fun to take their money.

Jeff

[rocketman]

my wife gets after me for it,but if some kid that thinks his honda is a hot rod,whats to race.....


it like a couple months ago i drove the z to work.stop at qt for some gas and this kid calls my camaro a poser with a cowl hood and and 18 in billets.i show him the motor he said all show no go.like its 600 hp.had the kid hooked,when he's buddy goes i wouldn't,that ms ******* husband with the killer camaro.he backed off.

[bookends]

your wife isn't worried about another woman as much as she's worried about another "project"

your wife wishes it was another woman because it would be less expensive.

[rocketman]

your wife isn't worried about another woman as much as she's worried about another "project"

your wife wishes it was another woman because it would be less expensive.

bookends,thats mine for sure

i told my wife we where take a road trip,she goes what did you buy now.

your wife's christmas present was diamond earings that look like the front end to a 33 ford.they where 2 ct's.

when your wife walk's in the shop in a hot outfit,and you look,and keep welding.

[rocketman]

you can drive 100 mph down the highway and tune your efi with the laptop on the console.


when you are at the dyno shop and your street engine (710) on pump gas,made more hp than the race engine before it(698) on race fuel.

[toofun]

.....when you dont care if gas is 12 dollars a gallon for superunleaded.

.....when the smile you have on your face walking through the door isnt from the sight of your wife or kids but of the 60 ft patch you just left at the top of the street.

.....when you dont get rid of ANY parts used or BROKEN for fear of NEEDING them some day!!

.....when you use an old wheel as a hose reel!!

.....when you steal the battery out of your wifes SUV so you can get to the car show early and grab a premo spot!!

[rocketman]

when you are the first in line at the car show to get that premo spot...at 5.00 am.

[1sick65]

How about if your wife asked you to paint the kitchen cabinets, and you got out the paint gun and base/cleared them.

[camaro608]

you call yourself rocketman.

(just joking)

[rocketman]

that would be me 1# gearhead.and proud of it.

[vanzuuk1]

Dennis, did you scuff em and buff em also?

[TonyL]

How about if your wife asked you to paint the kitchen cabinets, and you got out the paint gun and base/cleared them?

--I actually did this.

And they looked awesome. (white cabinets, with oak doors) they look as good today as 10 years ago!

[Hrod382]

You know your a gearhead by bloodlines when...

With your learners permit you hop in your moms car to take it across the road and she stands in front the house just watching to see what you do. After leaving a 10 ft. burnout mark and coming back home all she says is "Thanks, my tires haven't been heated up in a while" shrugs her shoulders and walks away.

[rgsuperstrat]

When you drive under the freeway signs and scream "checkpoint".

[TLWiltman]

...
-You drive through the local _____ parking lot. Your car sets off ___ rice-burner car alarms. You are proud.

-You'll spend the entire weekend fixing/working on your "hobby" car. Daily driver... goes directly to the shop

-Your friends have a "beer fund". You have a "car fund"

-You have a room in your house with car "mock-ups" in it. Friends ask if you plan on knocking out a wall when the car is finished.

-The dining room table makes an excellent workbench

-Your V8-loving neighbor starts up for a tuning session. Other neighbors complain. You... crack open a cold one... have a seat on the back deck. relaxation ensues. Bonus points...you walk over and join in the fun.

[rolltide]

Your son can differentiate between a Ford, a GM, and a Mopar by the exhaust note.

[fletcherscustoms]

-Your 3 yr old daughter can already lay a bead with a MIg welder!
-Your 16 month old daughter would rather ride in Daddy's 69 than momma's SUV
-Your 3 yr old already has her own toolbox worth more than most grown mens!!
-Your wife complains, that the new house lawn has more cars on it than the local dealer (3 69 Camaro shells, (2) 48 dodge trucks, 99 Dually, 76 Chevy truck, 54 Dodge, and f-150)
-Wife wanders why the mower runs so good?? Cause I had to drop the tank in the camaro, and dispose of 110 fuel somewhere!
-Wife doesn't like the new flame job on the mower
-your rear tire section width is wider than all four tires on most cars
-you think 1000hp is good round number for a street car
-Local paint guy comes to your shop to ask advice.

I got tons more, and all these are true of me!!

[Madspeed]

NM see my post

[BonzoHansen]

---next year's annual bonuses are already earmarked (and/or spent) - a week after you got last years.