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You know you have too much horsepower when....
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- Subject: You know you have too much horsepower when....
- From: "ken r weidmann jr." <glxtasy@juno.com>
- Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 08:45:43 -0800
- Reply-To: jettaglx@igtc.com
- Sender: owner-jettaglx@igtc.com
Just a little humor that I got this off one of the other lists I
subscribe too. I hadn't seen this before.
> You know you have too much horsepower when:
>
> 1. The emissions test guy starts laughing as soon as you pull
onto
the rollers.
> 2. You can't drive your car in the rain.
> 3. Your 'significant other' is afraid to drive your car.
> 4. You are afraid to drive your car.
> 5. You spend more on tires than on food.
> 6. You spend more on car insurance than on house payments.
> 7. You look in a state police car and see a picture of your car
taped to the dash.
> 8. You throw your underwear in the garbage rather than the
hamper.
> 9. You have to go to the track to buy gas.
> 10. Your mechanic names the new wing of his shop after you.
> 11. Jacques Villeneuve and Michael Schumacher wave you by.
> 12. You can make the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs.
> 13. You're tempted to wear your fire suit just to drive to the
office.
> 14. Red signal lights shift to green as you're approaching then
shift back to red as you're receding.
> 15. You arrive somewhere before you left.
> 16. You get pulled over for doing 155 in a 35 but the cops will
let you go if "they can look under the
hood."
> 17. You remove the $2000 stereo system to save 6 lb. of weight.
> 18. You are not allowed to run in the Silver State Challenge.
> 19. You get an anonymous phone call asking if you are
interested
in being in the Cannonball Run.
> 20. Your face looks like you are riding a NASA centrifuge when
you
drive the car.
> 22. You need parachute braking.
> 23. 'significant other' won't even ride in the car.
> 24 There is no possible way to "sneak out" of your neighborhood
at 6 am.
> 25. Your pets scramble for their hiding spots as soon as the
garage door is opened. (Pets, and all the
neighbors...)
> 26. Family photos throughout the house are replaced with
life-sized posters of your car.
> 27. Fuel is delivered to your home: in 55 gallon drums!
> 28. You carry earplugs in your car.(doesn't everybody???)
> 29. The only spot on the car which receives any regular
cleaning
is the windshield. (what else is there to
clean???)
> 30. You find out that side mirrors don't hold up at speeds
exceeding 145 mph.
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