What makes a Gearhead?

When you see a muscle car on the street and turn down the stereo and roll down the window to hear the engine, and then get goose bumps from the sound of said engine. You refer to the sound of a cammed out V-8 as the other sound of freedom.  

when you see car craft ripping on the new nano minicar but all you see is a canidate for some krylon cans and a turbo busa motor  

as a musician i totally know what you are talking about........ digga da daggada digga digga da daggada  

The term "fully loaded" is a strike against a prospective purchase.

You still don't have a daily driver with cup holders.

For you east coasters: You remember what year Sunoco stopped selling 94 octane and 93 became "Ultra."

You've blocked off the AC unit on something with active registration.

You've wondered if door panels are "worth the weight."

You've broken ARP bolts.

You've done an auto-to-manual swap.

You're still trying to find someone who wants your pile of 305s.  

you prefer the smell of race gas to your ole lady's perfume  
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the red-headed step-child of the mailing list

fuzzy dice, air shocks & N50's rule

When you blow out your lunch box locker and before your even done taking it out 3 of your fellow gearheads have offered you the carriers outa there spare rear ends.

when you clean out your garage/shed and you find 12 Thermostat gaskets while looking for a double flaring kit.

when your first and only loan was $8000 for a new engine and anything to go with it.

Your first quadrajet rebuild was in a dark cramped basement on 2 pieces of 1x8 held up by the furnace and some old boxes with 2 flashlights, all because you "thought" you felt a stumble.

when people constantly ask your little brother when he graduated from UTI or how long hes been a mechanic.

when Posers stop talking cars around you cause they know you'll call them on there B.S.

When you get those annoying calls from friend of friends, or friends of family wanting your to fix there car.

when you don't consider a 1980 car old, even though you were born in 82  
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It may not be the fastest or prettiest, but i can pretend

before you got your licence, you thought your russian moped was a "kick a$$ ride"

torque wins races
horsepower sells engines
hondas are crap  

When after you "donated" a spare motor and tranny to the shop owner for his new project, your car ALWAYS passes inspection... not that it wouldn't pass anyway.  
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It may not be the fastest or prettiest, but i can pretend

When you are introduced to someone new by a friend and the first thing they mention is your hotrod...or a car story you told...or "this is the guy who can tell you what's wrong with your car".
  When your attitude is just to get the part, you'll figure out how to pay for it later.
  When you fall asleep under your car.
  They think your car is cool and want a ride. They usually don't want a second ride because...it's too loud...it smells like exhaust...they scare easy...it rides too rough...
  She wants to go out...but in her car, not yours.
  You need a new refrigerator...but your neighbor is selling his blower dirt cheap...no brainer..get the blower.  

When you get a bad sunburn on your legs because you fell asleep under the car.

When you think Marvin's Mystery Oil would make a great perfume, but she just won't wear it.

When with out thinking you used your tie (that you were wearing) to wipe off the dipstick, Hey they shouldn't have made the damn thing shop towel blue.

when you spend time thinking of what makes you a gearhead instead of doing what your suppose to be doing  
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It may not be the fastest or prettiest, but i can pretend

When you fall asleep under your car.
Hell me and my dad have done that.
How true it is.  
Professional hi-performance engine builder

Horsepower sells Engines and torque wins races.

Your conversation stops mid sentence and you turn and see what is coming/just drove by that had a rumbling exhaust.

Your turkey baster was ruined by brake fluid from emptying a master cyl.

You know the number to Jegs and Summit off of the top of your head.

You have to constantly clean the greasy fingerprint off the doors leading to and from the garage. Too keep the wife happy/quite

You've heard "I dont know how you know where anything is in this garage" from your better half.

You buy brake clean 2+ cans at a time

While driving your machine around your constantly gauging the cars in the rearview for anything resembling a possible race encounter/challenge.

You know that powershiftng is going to rip the face off the clutch/Break the PSI plate/break u joints/Shearoff bolts/etc. Just like the last 5 times you had to pull the trans and fix it. But, you do it anyway cause its a stick shift and its protocol.  
87 Buick Grand National GT3255E PTE turbo, Alky inj, TA headers, Extreme Automatics stage 2 2004r, HR swaybar, Umi Uppers and lowers, ESP Front Mount, yadda yadda. Engine unopened 181 K still runs low 12's and knocks down 22MPG running 75 plus.

You order your new roller cam then call the landlord to tell them you cant pay rent untill next paycheck.  

You have a family but co-workers ask how your hot rod is doing.

Your workspace is full of car magazines.

You drive your 10mpg rod to work and let the 20+mpg car sit in the driveway.  

when your garage is 1/3 the size of your house but has an HVAC system that rivals the one for the house  
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the red-headed step-child of the mailing list

fuzzy dice, air shocks & N50's rule

WHEN YOUR HANDS STILL SMELL LIKE GASOLINE NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU WASH THEM.
USING GAS TO WASH THE GREASE OFF OF YOUR HANDS.

YOUR STILL UP AT 3AM WORKING ON YOUR PROJECT MOTOR AND YOU HAVE TO BE AT WORK
BY 7AM.

WHEN YOUR WIFE ASK WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE AS A GIFT FOR YOUR ANNIVERSARY/BIRTHDAY
AND YOU SAY SOME NEW TOOL OR CAR PARTS.

YOUR 5YR OLD ASKS IF HE CAN SQUIRT THE ASSEMBLY LUBE ON THE CAM LIKE LAST
TIME.
WHEN YOU READ THESE AND LAUGH BECAUSE THEY APPLY TO YOU. HAHAHA