| If you met me on the street you would think I'm a | | | | 14. You have enough spare parts to build another car. |
| pretty normal guy, and in most aspects that would | | | | 15. You have car parts in your cubicle at work. |
| be true. However, I am a sick person; I suffer from | | | | 16. You ask your future wife if you can register at |
| an incurable disease: I am a car nut. | | | | AutoZone, Napa and Advance Auto. |
| There are a number of ways to determine if you are | | | | 17. The reading material in your bathroom is all car |
| afflicted by this disease. Below I have listed some | | | | magazines, car and racing catalogs and a few books |
| ways to tell if you are a car nut. I have highlighted | | | | written by famous drivers. |
| the ones I am guilty of. | | | | 18. Your family brings a couch into the garage so |
| You might be a car nut if: | | | | they can spend some time with you. |
| 1. You have owned more cars than years you have | | | | 19. You can't stand anyone telling you how to drive, |
| been driving. Example: I have been driving for 9 years | | | | you are the best! |
| and have owned 15 cars. | | | | 20. You always want to change something on your |
| 2. You own 3-4 cars at a time, and 2 of them don't | | | | car to make it handle better. |
| run. | | | | 21. You spend more time polishing your car then you |
| 3. You attend car events of all kinds: car shows, | | | | do bathing. |
| races, truck shows, etc. You even attend events for | | | | 22. You spend more on insurance premiums than |
| cars you don't even like, just because it is related to | | | | food. |
| cars. | | | | 23. You know the 0-60 and ¼ mile times of |
| 4. You own the most extensive collection of toy cars | | | | your lawn mower and want to improve them. |
| anyone has ever seen. I'm talking matchbox cars, | | | | 24. After you tell your girlfriend/wife where you |
| model cars, die cast cars, etc. | | | | want to go on vacation, she asks "Why is there a |
| 5. You spend more quality time with your car than | | | | car show or race there?" |
| your girlfriend/wife. | | | | 25. You have auto parts store on your speed dial. |
| 6. You get into a fight with your girlfriend/wife and | | | | 26. When someone asks where you went to school |
| instead of making you sleep on the couch she takes | | | | you reply "Skip Barber." |
| away your detailing supplies. | | | | 27. Your email or screen name refers to your car and |
| 7. When you buy a new house, you are only | | | | not you. |
| concerned with the size of the garage. | | | | 28. You sit in your car in a dark garage and make car |
| 8. You attend auto shows even when you're not | | | | noises and shift and practice your heel toe shifting. |
| looking to buy a car. | | | | 29. You look at the purchase of tools as a long term |
| 9. You know the 0-60 times of all of your cars and | | | | investment. |
| their closest 5 competitors. | | | | 30. You have a separate drawer for garage clothes. |
| 10. The engine compartment of your car is clean | | | | This is just a small list of ways to determine if you |
| enough to eat off. | | | | are an addict. I have grown up a car nut, being raised |
| 11. You have trained your girlfriend/wife on spotting | | | | by one, my father. It is like a bug and once you are |
| different models of cars and what modifications they | | | | bitten there is no remedy to get rid of it. You can |
| have on them. | | | | try to pick other hobbies and jobs, but in the end it |
| 12. On road trips, you always challenge yourself to | | | | will always come down to cars. So the best thing to |
| get their faster than the last time. | | | | do is just give in, admit you have a problem, then |
| 13. Your garage holds more cars than your house has | | | | say the hell with it and go enjoy that car! |
| bedrooms. | | | | |