People at home depot want to buy your bumper to protect their gutters from leaves
You have an import car with a weber carb
You know what "flipping the lid" is
Clear turn signals cost you... uhm... $0
You considered "upgrading" from your current wheel/hubcap setup to a sportier stock rim.
Burning out requires the E-brake to be on, and the "windshield washer hose under the tire" trick
You buy one of three bodykits made for your car
A headlight "conversion" gives you the ability to put bulbs in your car that most cars today can have stock
It takes you six months to find an armrest for your car and you're so happy to get one that it doesn't matter that it totally clashes with the rest of your interior
The word Plasti-kote referrs to your upholstery
You refer to everyone on the board (except Nate) as your "friends"... most of whom you've never even met
Any kind of engine swap is an act of god unless from the same year and model car
You have a nitro arm/disarm switch and no nitro to use it on
You follow other 3geez on the road and try to tell them about the board
You would rather have your car modified than get a new stock car
Everyone sees you drive to work, but in your mind you "race" to work
A sixteen second quarter mile is admirable stock
When you talk about parts on your car, everything has "home-made" before it
You were disappointed playing Gran Turismo because they didn't include "the car" you wanted
You are so desperate, you call painting your interior a "mod"
When your major auto parts store is the local pick-n-pull
Most parts you buy for the car of any importance are worth more than the car itself
When you are so in love with 3geez that you give money to them and call it a "foundation"
You donate your money to the "foundation" and realize you can't get a tax write-off
Every simple part on your car is a third of the price for a new car
Your family consists of an insignificant number of humans, and the 3g
You can press a button and make two headlights magically appear...unless the motor is shot... and then only one does... or neither...
You've spent more cash on an original cupholder than you have on gas this month
When you go out to the races and instead of drooling over the T3/T4 Turbo someone installed on their RX7, you get all excited because there is another 3gee around
...And you won't leave him alone.
You have more current pictures of your car than say like your family.
Your dreams and aspirations consist of having more than 100 horsepower
You go to the auto parts store and see a part totally non related to your own car and wonder how you can make that part work on your car
You could have your car stolen and have the police identify your car by fingerprinting any part not on the exterior of the engine.
When you park a 15 year old car in the back of the local grocery store because you are afraid of some lady scratching it
You enjoy going to the junkyard more than going to the mall
Your car looks better than it did the day it came from the factory
You can actually sit here and think of more than 10 "you know when your a 3g lover when" statements
You would need therapy if your car was ever wrecked or stolen
Everyone thinks you are strange because you constantly take pictures of odd parts on your car (i.e. front bumper, rubber moulding, carb, tail lights, springs, headliner, headlights. etc.)
You think of buying a different car but decide to keep yoru 3rd gen and feel dirty for ever thinking of getting rid of it
You try and convert your friends and family to drive 3rd gens
You're stuck in rush hour traffic and out of the corner of your eye you are naturally able to spot a 3g 4 cars back and 2 lanes over
You search for hours every day on the net for headers and exhaust when you know the only result will be PACESETTER
You lift the hood to show your engine modified with nice shiney oil cap and.... that's it
You're willing to spend more money converting your LX to LXi than you would actually buying an LXi
You set aside weekends from work/school just to meet other people with 3geez... 6 months away
You would rather take the time to cut/weld in a new motor from another car when it was cheaper to just buy the original car with motor in it.
If you see random person in a SE-i, you think "That fool doesnt know what he/she has!"
You park next to other 3Geez at school/work even if the walk is longer
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