you know you own a DSM if!

[blesi660r]

you know you own a DSM if:
1 = If you.. people driving ur car for the first time...get a new understanding forthe word torque steer -(fwd) (even if they are *expierenced drivers*
115 = You wonder why the used oil only fills 2 of the 5 quarts you just put in.
117 = You drive all around town, aimlessly, when it's running "right".
118 = Every time you scrape the front bumper, you and everyone else in the car feel the pain.
122 = If at one point you could punch the gas and get the spy-hunter smoke screen.......
123 = If you avoid car conversations with new people, so you don't have to start from scratch.......
124 = If your stock boost gauge reads 9 but you know it means 19......
125 = If you tell people you have a two seater so that you don't have to watch them suffer in the back seats.....
126 = If you need to call someone to fetch your spare when you get a flat........
128 = If you have attemted sex in your car once, and vowed never to do it again.
129 = people who first drive your car and launches at 4500 and ask "why wont this thing burn out?!?!" (awd)
130 = people tell you the bump on your hood is a turbo bump, even when it's a NT
131 = You have a pile of burnt out clutches sitting in your room.
132 = Youve uttered the words, "Officer I dont think i was going that fast."
133 = You've had to explain how your turbo timer works to your mechanic.
134 = You show up at a friends house and their mom asks you why your car sounds like a truck.
135 = You always give your shop manual to the mechanic when bringing your car in for work.
136 = You go knocking on your 60 year old neighbour's door sometimes to ask him if he can help you with a jump start.
138 = You hold your breath and pray to god when making left turns (2Gs)
139 = mitsubishiforum.com is your homepage
140 = You always tell the person that is crammed in the backseat to watch their head when you hit a bump.
142 = Your first investment for your car should have been a lift.
143 = Your car won't start when the temperature gets below zero.
144 = Your girlfriend knows what DSM stands for.
145 = Your girlfriend laughs her ass off when she's riding with you and a Honduh revs on you.
146 = Your car was faster 2 years ago than all your friend's cars are now.
147 = You can put on a big turbo and run 20 psi on a completely stock motor. (well except for fuel system)
149 = Your Mom knows what DSM stands for
150 =The mechanic gets a shocked look on his face when you tell him its got AWD
151 =You see a truck stuck in the snow, and you drive right by
152 =You say a grinding transmission is "normal"
153 = You carry a "little" toolset in the trunk, "just in case"
154 = When your friends know that you are coming just by hearing your car turn the corner.
155 = You save up for your dream turbo setup instead of your dream body kit.
156 = You bought that exhaust because it's 3in and thats not the tip size.
157 = You dont tell people you have an Eclipse, Talon or Laser. You just say that you drive a DSM
158 = Guys in V-8s are afraid to race you
159 = If your girlfreind prays that a contender doesn't stop at the light next to you.....
160 = If you still put down 13 second track times in the rain.......
161 = If every time you wrench you find more stuff that your car doesn't need.......
162 = If you try to race a random car and realize you just raced him last week.......
163 = If you think the the 3G is the STUPIDEST idea ever......
164 = If you have had to remove your radiator fans, because they just don't fit in front of that Turbo.......
165 = If you capitalize the word Turbo as if it's a name......
166 = Youve explained what "DSM" means so many times, you have the speech memorised
167 = you go to an autoparts store and ask for Eagle Talon Parts hoping that those stupid people think they are cheaper than the Mistubishi Eclipe parts.
168 = youve spent at least an hour on how Turbo isnt the actual engine but a separate component, then you lose the people you are explaining it to at the "blow off valves"
169 = "What's a Talon?" "Its the same as the Eclipse" "what?!" "shut up and race"
170 = your wallet is full of autozone/autoparts reciets/lifetime warrantys in place of money
172 = When at the strip you sit around with the Z28s and WS6 guys and talk shit about hondas
173 = when you hear "horsecock" you think of a shifter!
174 = When several people have nicknamed your car the "dumptruck" becuase of the replica exhaust note.
176 = When you're dad gets scared when you order more parts--becuase he drives a 350 small block with 410 gears.
178 = The 10mm and 12mm sockets are the dirtiest in the set.
179 = You lose more 10mm and 12mm sockets in a month than most people do in 3 years.
180 = When the guy you are racing puts up his window in the middle of the race when you hit full boost.
181 = The black deposits on the rear bumper are now "part of the paint"
182 = You get scared if, when launching, you don't hear a series of loud thumps coming from under the car.
183 = You get worried if you STOP smelling fuel/oil/exhaust while driving.
185 = You think the hump 'adds character'
186 = When something on the car breaks, you spend hours on the internet researching a better, faster, and cheaper part
187 = You have almost rear-ended too many people to count because you were trying to see if that was a gs-t or a gs etc.
188 = The word crankwalk is enough to give you chills, and you believe it is a product of 'satan'
189 = You KNOW something is wrong when your CEL goes away
190 = If on more than one occasion an old guy in a Vette has said "what the hell do you have in there"?
191 = If you buy a Super Sized drink, because you have a place to put it
192 = If you price out performance parts that you can't afford to buy
193 = If you get a sick feeling in your stomach every time someone tries to BS a track time
194 = If you own stock in an octane booster company
195 = If you have over boosted without consideration of the cosequenses, just to see what she does
197 = If you have a favorite stop light
198 = If you drive around the puddles to stage
200 = If you took your car to a shop that you didn't know, they would definately fail the inspection.
201 = If your exhaust could out flow sewer pipes
202 = If the first thing your passenger asks is "whats that smell"
203 = Every time you race, you have to put the dipstick back in
205 = you sing "as i walk through the valley of main bearing death. i shal fear no crankwalk" while driving around.
207 = When your favorite light has a huge black patch of Tire Bite spread all over the luanch area.
208 = When you look in the rearview between the 1-2 shift and scream-- "AHhh that one shot a flame!"
209 = If the person you just beat thinks you won because of the "rocket booster" disguised as a tail pipe.
210 = If when driving through the getto your car backfires and clears an entire neiborhood.
211 = When you have the only 4cyl in the area that won't pass a gas station.
213 = When you have more fun installing parts than actually using them
214 = People ask you what dyno shop you use for tuning, and you laugh at the thought.
215 = Your Palm pilot has no phone numbers or email addresses...it only has one real purpose
216 = You take it upon yourself to make your "special blend" race gas in your basement with supplies from Painting and Home improvement stores.
217 = You and the guys at Buschur, RRE, FP, and your local autoparts store are all on the first name basis.
218 = Your Links toolbar in Internet Explorer are mitsubishiforum, SBR, Extremepsi, and paypal
219 = You know the tow company employees on a first name basis. And vice versa.
221 = You have an urge to smack people who ask about 'vencting to atmosphere'.
222 = You swap out your stock fuel pump and wonder what else you can use it for.