You know you're a gearhead when...

[Deaf Bob]

My fave was many years ago when Wife II and I were out to dinner at a nice restaurant. Shirt and tie nice. I excused myself to use the restroom and promptly stuck the linen napkin in my back pocket.

Who else has done this?

Dan

Never ate anywhere that fancy....

[DanStokes]

C'mon Bob! You can do the same weirdness at Mickey D's with a paper napkin... The napkin in the back pocket is the point of the story but it was all the more humbling because we were in a nice place. I wonder if it was an anniversary or something (we had 17 of those).

Dan

[Deaf Bob]

C'mon Bob! You can do the same weirdness at Mickey D's with a paper napkin... The napkin in the back pocket is the point of the story but it was all the more humbling because we were in a nice place. I wonder if it was an anniversary or something (we had 17 of those).

Dan

Back pocket gets the paper towels from the can! Yep! Saved my hide a few times and got it tanned when I forgot it before wash day
When I get take out, be it Mickey D's or Little Ceasars.. I always grab a glob of napkins... Work real good beside my recliner... Or in the shop when needing "throwaway rags"

[Brian Lohnes]

FYI- Don't copy paste text with quotes (single or double) from MS word to the BangShift forum UI! Dammit
Is there a way to fix the thread name?

Fixed

[mike343sharpstick]

Thank you Mr. Lohnes!

[skullbucket]

I look at a car on Craigslist or ebay and think of the parts I would buy for it before I even bid on it.

[Scott Liggett]

Extremely obvious: ...You remove a perfectly running engine from your car and replace it with another only because it has more horsepower. Non gearheads never seem to understand this.

You find yourself explaining the reasons for changing your from an automatic trans to a stick shift because its more work and more fun to drive. Most of my family questioning why I did this. And, my sanity. B

[GizmoQ]

you'd rather wrench on a 20 yr old $500 mustang street machine than drive a perfectly good $100K sports car.

[SuperBuickGuy]

you'd rather wrench on a 20 yr old $500 mustang street machine than drive a perfectly good $100K sports car.

then I'm most certainly not a gearhead - personally, I'm all about driving the car

.... although my ears are still ringing from doing a road test in my Corvette with sidepipes

[Gary 351C]

When you've brainwashed your wife to the point where SHE tells YOU about the cool car she saw on the way home from work today.

[Dignlif]

When you use one of the new motormounts you bought for the wifes project car as a tire block for the little DW trailer so it won't roll down the driveway.

[tedly]

You store the parts you're stripping off your current project in the spare bedroom.
You look around your apartment and realize that you have more money in tools than in furniture. (Furniture is slightly ahead now but not for long.)
You have Chiltons manuals for cars you haven't owned in years, just in case.
You know the satisfaction of chasing down some mechanical or electrical gremlin and FINALLY fixing it.
Your buddies family/friends/wife come to you for gift ideas and you give them a part number.

[JOES66FURY]

When youre daughter tells you that she is now wanting to get welding certificates, and youre so proud you tell her that the POS 66 Plymouth taking up space in the driveway is hers if she gets certified.

Proud papa? maybe a little.

[tedly]

When youre daughter tells you that she is now wanting to get welding certificates, and youre so proud you tell her that the POS 66 Plymouth taking up space in the driveway is hers if she gets certified.

Proud papa? maybe a little.

[BangShiftChad]

You look down at the burger you are eating and see two giant greasy hand prints on it, shrug, and keep eating it. FYI, this happens to me A LOT!

If I had a quarter for all the ATF, engine oil, gear oil, and brake kleen I've eaten I wouldn't need this gig.