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Re: You might be a roadster maniac if .......Part I

To: Gary Boone <gboone@sisna.com>
Subject: Re: You might be a roadster maniac if .......Part I
From: fairlady <fairlady@telstra.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 14:22:32 +1100
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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