I can relate.
The perfect residence? A fire station. Lots of parking downstairs and
where the hoses are hung out with reasonable living space upstairs. Ans
a neat pole for sliding down to your favourite roadster.
Calspeed - would you agree?
Regards,
Phill Brook
----- Original Message -----
From: Gary Boone <gboone@sisna.com>
Date: Sunday, January 27, 2002 4:39 pm
Subject: You might be a roadster maniac if .......Part I
> Can anyone relate?
>
> -You could care less what gas mileage your roadster gets, even
> when you
> pay $2.00 a gallon.
>
> -You bought a second roadster before buying a house.
>
> -You bought a third roadster before buying furniture for the new
> house.
> -You buy new roadster parts because you don't know where you put the
> spares.
>
> -You've ever had to explain the term "Evil L".
>
> -You're looking for Panasports for your roadster and still haven't
> bought furniture.
>
> -You find that you need a new house because you've outgrown your
> garageand the neighbors are threatening violence if you park one
> more roadster
> 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 roadsters
>
> 3) Deaf neighbors.
>
> 4) Across the street from a paint and body shop.
>
> -Your first date involves asking her to help you put the top up.
>
> -Your criteria for selecting a "significant other" includes roadster
> repair skills. Air tools are a plus.
>
> -Your friends don't recognize you without a roadster T shirt.
>
> -You plan your wedding around your roadster's restoration schedule.
>
> -You remember the dates and details of every part you've ever replaced
> on your roadster, but can't remember your phone number.
>
> -Your family brings the couch into the garage so they can spend some
> time with you.
>
> -crawling around in the muck wrenching on your roadster is much more
> appealing than reclining on the sofa, watching the pretty cars go
> aroundon TV with a beer in your hand...
>
> -People know you by the color and year of your roadster.
>
> -"Oh, you are the one broken down on the 5, heading to Shasta last
> year!"
>
> -You're registered for wedding gifts at the local Nissan dealer.
>
> -Your Christmas list begins with a Solex set up and comp springs (and
> your "significant other" knows what these are).
>
> -After your answer to "How was your weekend?", the next question is
> always: "And you do this for fun? Right?"
>
> -You have a separate drawer for "roadster clothes".
>
> -A new magazine with roadster content arrives in the mail and you
> disappear to the bathroom for hours.
>
> -You measure all family acquisitions in terms of the number of
> roadsterparts that could have been purchased.
>
> -You sit in your roadster in a dark garage and make car noises, while
> waiting for your
> engine to get back from the machine shop.
>
> -You wonder why everyone doesn't drive a roadster.
>
> -You look at the purchase of additional roadsters as a long term
> investment.
>
> -Your children are named after famous roadster race car drivers.
>
> -Your roadster budget is one of the big 3 - mortgage, car
> payments, day
> care, etc.
>
> -Your garage holds more roadsters than your house has bedrooms.
>
> -You have an immaculate roadster which you drive one day a week,
> and the
> vehicle that gets you around the other six days is rusted, covered
> withduct tape, and has a pair of Vise Grips holding the clutch cable
> together.
>
> -You have the "Shift-O-Matic" sitting on your desk. (The "Shift-O-
> Matic"happens to be a toilet plunger with a shifter attached with
> a Datsun
> crest) And while meeting with your staff you run through the gears
> making rude noises and an occasional squealing sound.
>
> -You have enough spare parts to build another roadster.
>
> -More than one roadster vendor recognizes your voice and greets
> you by
> name when you call.
>
> -You have roadster parts in your cubicle at work.
>
> You might be a roadster maniac if ........... Parts 2, 3, & 4 coming
> soon
>
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