[Parenn911]

I don't know who has seen this already, but I came across it at some auto humor website.
Some of the things on this list definitely hit home.

You might be addicted to racing if:

-You think the primary purpose of wings is to PREVENT flight.

-You take your helmet along when you go to a car dealership for a test-drive.

-Every time you go to the grocery store you feel compelled to beat your previous best time.

-When something falls off of your car, you wonder how much weight you just saved.

-When you hear 'overcooked it,' instead of food you think 'off the track.'

-You change engine oil every other week. You check tire pressures every other day.

-You thoroughly enjoy showing the tailgater behind how to drive around a highway off-ramp.

-You once had an argument with your wife over whether you should pay the mortgage on time or get those new heads while they were on sale.

-You push you cart through a proper line in the grocery store.

-You've paid $4.00 a gallon for gas without complaining.

-You bought a tow vehicle instead of braces for your kid.

-You and your wife go house hunting and you never actually get inside the house because you're checking out the garage for 220v.

-You sit in your race car in a dark garage and make car noises and shift and practice your heel and toe, while waiting for your motor to get back from the machine shop.

-Your wife doesn't understand why you need three sets of tires for your car.

-Your garage holds more cars than your house has bedrooms.

-You have car parts in your cubicle at work.

-You think the last line of the Star Spangled- Banner is: "Gentlemen, start your engines!"

-You're registered for wedding gifts with Edelbrock and Griggs.

-Your Christmas list begins with another set of BFG R1s and aluminum rack bushings and your 'significant other' knows what these are.

-Your home library consists of auto parts c-atalogs, books written by F1 drivers, anything about Carroll Shelby, and 400 car magazines.

-People know you by your car number or your "offs" -- "Oh, you were the one stuck in the mud in Turn 5 last weekend!"

-Your first date involves asking her to crew for you.

-Your friends have never seen your hair actually combed. They only know it's color as "greasy."

-Your family brings the couch into the garage so they can spend some time with you.

-You complain when cars in front of you on highway off-ramps don't stay on the line, causing your exit speed to drop.

-A neighbor asks if you have any oil, to which you query, "Synthetic or organic?" and they reply, "Corn."

-You refer to the corner down the street from your house as "Turn One."

-You always late apex the intersection and try to pass a few cars coming out.

-You can't stand anyone telling others how to drive. Of course, you are the best.

-You can't stand understeer.

-You will gladly pay up to $8 for a quart of engine oil.

-You hate long distance driving vacations, but you will gladly drive 800 miles to the race track.

-You think that traction control and ABS are for those who can't drive.

-You save broken car parts as " mementos".

-You've tried synthetic oil and racing gas in your lawn mower.

-You've tweaked your riding lawn mower trying to improve its cornering ability.

-Instead of pictures in your wallet, you have timeslips.

-You would choose a rollbar over air conditioning if it were an option.

-You enjoy driving through wet, empty parking lots using the Emergency Brake to turn.

-You spend more on insurance premiums than on food.

-When someone asks where you went to school, you reply, "Skip Barber".

-You have racing shops programmed on your speed dialer.

-You own five cars and only one of them is street legal.

-You know the "racing line" of every turn in your daily commute.

-You've slalomed in a construction zone, and counted your penalty time in the rearview mirror afterwards.

-After you tell your wife where you'd like to go on your vacation she answers: "Why, is there a race there?"