When you'd rather drive your wife's Jetta TDI because it has heated seats, and more importantly:
47+ MPG.

Oh Snap! Give us a name so we can bother the $hit out of him .....j/k

Best Christmas present ever!

-you spend more time on the boards than you would care to admit in public

I'll second that. I've done that!!!

hahahah... I thought i was the only one.

Amen to that one! Perfect description of my Talon. Whenever someone else drives it they tell me my car stalls a lot. I just tell them it doesn't happen to me so they need to learn to drive Pisses them right off.

When you fart your friends say 'boostttttt'

When you've read all of Waldo's indestructible thread....Haha


Oh ya sorry. Also when you have read the other thread.

When you only get half PO'd when you see some German wannabe fling a riced up Talon into the air because the new VW has kewler built in rice (German Rice?)

The chick's kinda hot...though...blonde, tall, legs...what was this thread about??

When a 12 second grocery getter isn't enough...

When you start to time your self to see if you can beat the last time you changed a Tbelt on a DSM!
I did my buddies on his 2G GST in less then an hour. But no water pump. The 2 belts and tensioner. And no bolts left over!

......you know all the other DSM'ers in your area.

Your g/f want that u sell your car because is always broken, but when your are riding with her and you go WOT and have 20psi or +, u see the smile on his face

His face? something you're not telling us about your g/f?

her face, lol sorry, big mistake hehe

when your GF hits you in the middle of the night cause your calling out your car's name during your dream, instead of hers.

At least it didnt happen during sex!

Thats so true! I get jobber or better here in town! Saved me lots of money! Thank god! (I fix computers and they know it too)

When you take out the local honda boys for a ride and they nearly piss their pants. (All who have been in a low 12s civic)

Your turn the stereo down every 5 minutes to see if there are any new noises.

I do that all the time.

Guilty as well.

you give your mom a 30minute spiel with a lot of "don't worry about" and "if this happens call me asap" before lending her the car.... and then start preparing all your tools ;/

funny cuz it's true!

^^^
That's one of the reasons I haven't put my stereo back in the car since last summer... Why bother when I only listen to engine music anyways

Sadly this is true for me too

I can't hear my car while driving, so theres no point in turning the radio down... =)

Stereo? I can't hear that over my tires or exhaust anyway.


You have to give a lecture to the mechanic on how to properly pull your car into the bay and then explain why it didn't shut off after he pulled the key out.

The only crome you have on your car is where all the rubber has come off the trim peice below each window.

When you check for oil puddles under your car it's not a check for if there is one but rather how big it is.

You have the following in your trunk just in case:

-a quart of motor oil
-a full rachet set
-not just a jack but 2 jack stands
-a spare IC coupler and clamp
-a wooden dowel (used to diagnose a problem or prop up your hatch)

You have the following in your garage/basement just in case:

-a spare tranny
-a spare head
-a spare transfer case (maybe that's just me)
-engine stand
-every part you've ever replaced with an aftermarket part
-print outs of at least 3 VFAQs
-full resupplies of all fluids needed for your DSM
-a car cover for those extended down periods

You know you have a DSM when I am on your speed dial and I have your credit card number "on file"

Well i e-mail you atleast once a week, that count?

You scare little old ladies right off the sidewalk with you "EXPLODING" blow off valve.....Sergio....LOL...I love that thing!!

When you have owned a DSM for 2 weeks and have already personally talked to 3 different members on the phone for "Why is this doing this" and "What do I do when this happens?

When your friends call you and tell you about a Talon they saw at a wreckers you haven't been to yet cause they you will go rape it within 3 business days.

When you go to Wasaga beach or Grand bend for the day and you take the GF's car cause you actually want to get there this time!!!

Weeelllll, I was cleaning/organizing some crap and thought about this thread.

You know you own one when:

You keep ALL extra parts, be them suspension, engine or interior in hopes of selling them on the board.

You belong to 5-10 different boards for the above mentioned.

Some of the dents on the car are from you.

When you go to a huge annual event in Ohio with a bunch of other DSM's, you organize to see who's bringing which tools, the jack, the jack stands, the extra transfer case, the extra axles, another clutch plate/disc, extra valves, a timing belt, a timing light, oil, coolant, extra throttle body sensors, another MAF, a rear upper control arm, Tranny fluid, T-case fluid....

When you can connect the wiring harness on your engine in under 2 minutes.

When you have to tell passengers "Don't worry about the smell of gas..." or "The passenger door window doesn't work" Or "Mind the grinding/clicking/rattling".

When you are going through all your parts, realize you have doubles of EVERYTHING, and think to yourself "Man, I must be a DSMer".... Then quickly jump on the board to harvest up an old thread about "You know you own a DSM when..."

Hmmm a personal one from me is....

You've wasted the time of someone experienced when you ask them about an alternator belt...

I got to apologize to alot of people for that...

"Is your car finally fixed yet?"
...yea its been on the road twice sence i last saw you.. its back in the garage for a week.. (meanwhile its really tales appx. one month+.. )

Don't forget the spare alternator.

When you get to the end of the track and say, !$%@ that was a shitty launch! That times going to suck!
Even though you just roasted a Corvette.

When it takes 2 hands to roll up a window, 1 to push the button and 1 to keep the window in its track while helping it up! (1G thing)

YES!

when part of your spring cleaning involves removing the black stain on your driveway from the exhaust splat left from cold starts.

^^^ Or the oil from your dripping Turbo Oil Return.