I am sure all of us qualify as car crazy.... But lets see how bad we really can get... YOU KNOW YOU ARE CAR CRAZY WHEN_________________? This past weekend I went out for a drive, just before I left I gave my sunglasses 2 applications of RAINX
when you are willing to go out of your way in hopes of the garage being open at a local exotic owner's house Erik
YOU KNOW YOU ARE CAR CRAZY WHEN you take local streets home instead of the freeway, because there are some good twisties in the area!
you know your car crazy when your girlfriend says these words, I quote; "You love that thing more than you love me!!!"
...when you have photos/cut-outs of all aston martins(db2,db3,db4,db4gtz,db5,db6,db7,db7gtz,db9,dbs'72,dbs'06,vanquish..), lambo countach,lambo diablo,diablo 6.0,diablo roadster,murcielago,gallardo,murcie lp640,lm002, audi TT mk 1/2,audi RS6,audi concepts, dodge charger r/t '69,camaro yenko'69,bugatti eb110,bugatti veyron, ferrari 599gtb,ferrari 250 lusso,porsche 935,mclaren f1,bentley cgt,bentley conti r-type'53..... ALL IN YOUR WALLET!!!!!!! i kid you not!
YOU KNOW YOU ARE CAR CRAZY WHEN you try to pull a huge burnout in front of a cop station and didn't even know it was a cop station
when you recognize what type of car it is by its headlights in your rearview mirror in the middle of the night
When you find yourself wanting to do laps in the local tunnel just to hear it "one more time".........
1. When you are willing to travel hundreds of miles to buy a car. 2. When your desk at has various models and posters of the Ferrari 355. 3. You know exactly what you want in your dream car. 4. Every two weeks you completly detail your car. 5. You have no problem plunking down 600 dollars for a timing belt change (yeah I know its nothing for some Fcar owners but its alot to me).
When your daily way to your office goes like: - start the engine and warm up the oil - check the tire pressure since the engine warms up - put the BELL helmet on - slipp over the OMP gloves - start at your house first straight goes full throttle up to 3rd gear - first turn 90° left 2nd gear - full throttle 3 miles - break hard, shift down 180° right turn, first gear - highway pedal to the metal - ignore all signs (this are just & only RECOMMENDATIONS!) - overtake/pass the racecontroll a.k.a. the cops on the highway - highway excit, break hard, shift down 2nd gear, slide & drift the 240° right turn - cool down the breakes and engine for the last mile till you arrive at your office - done .now relax, have a nice day and prepare the rest of the day for the race back home.
...When you have a Mapsco book on the passanger seat with the best roads highlighted with postit notes .....When you set your alarm clock for 5:30 on a sunday morning so you can wash polish and go for a drive on the highlighted roads from your mapsco before there is any traffic on them ...When you are looking at a house with 2 bedrooms and a 3 car garage and you are single thinking about who you could rent the extra room to who does not have a car ...When you join Ferrari Chat and check it before your email in the morning
That is really funny, I 2nd nature have memorized the juxtaposition of headlights and markerlights and even rear lights ahead of me so I too! call out what type of car is ahead or behind me at night based on the lights... 99% of the time I am Right!...I see now I am not alone!
I do that as well I can usually tell what kind of car it is from almost a 1/4 mile behind, just by seeing his tail lights.
You own the right car before a house. You choose to live where roads are good. evrywhere you travel you rate in terms of driveability. you have no problem waking at dawn on a sunday so you can drive. you think a $3500 suit is ridiculous, but a wheel tire exhaust upgrade is reasonable. when your wifes car is an appliance for transport, but you would cringe at the thought of parking any of your cars in public places full of appliance car philistines. when 99% of drivers are phlistines with no appreciation, and occasionaly you meet people who seem to understand and even they lack total car focus When you discover your kindered sprits inhabit F-Chat. Oh yes and you can distinguish the silhouete of a crown vic(cop car) at great distance and always look to see whther it has blackwalls(cop) or whitewalls(civillian) When the best fun you have had in a long time was 3 hours going up the blue ridge parkway and even the cop at the end did nothing to dampen your good mood.
When there's two of us and we have 7 vehicles on our auto insurance policies. When each one has a name ("Sophia", "Kermit", "Kaspar", "Big Red", "The New Truck", "Your Little Truck", "White Diamond" (aka "Whitey") and driven on the days which best suit their personality. Carol
Oh yes and you can distinguish the silhouete of a crown vic(cop car) at great distance and always look to see whther it has blackwalls(cop) or whitewalls(civillian) If you are coming up on one from behind ,you look for rear anti roll or sway bars. usually there is a heavier black presence under the axle.
To do the Monterey tunnel right, you come in from the side street between the sport center and the parking garage. This leaves a sizable gap when the light turns green. About a month ago I found another black 355 Spyder down on Alvardo and we made our way towards the tunnel. We hit it just right with no one in front of us........