You know you're a true 'Shiter when:

[pompei]

People might think you're flash when they learn you have 4 cars. What they don't realise is that their combined value is probably less than an average monthly repayment for the bloke next door's car.

[willswitchengage]

...when everybody says either:

 

"Wow! Is that the car from Back to the Future?"

 

or

 

"Wow! Is that the car from Ashes to Ashes?"

[chaseracer]

Or the sprog in the main dealer hasn't heard of your model of car.

 

 

Had that before when trying to get parts for a BX.

 

'Citroen never made a car like that'

 

OH RLY? What's that outside the window then?

 

'I'll get the parts manager'

Try the above, with an XM. Much hilarity ensued...

[vulgalour]

The only reason you have a mobile phone in the car with you is in case you break down and need to call someone for advice on how to fix the latest problem.

 

If you see an AA van or RAC van tending to a broken down car, you pip the horn and wave as you go past. This was particularly satisfying when on the Princess' maiden voyage.

[Lord Sterling]

People might think you're flash when they learn you have 4 cars. What they don't realise is that their combined value is probably less than an average monthly repayment for the bloke next door's car.

 

This has/is happening to me.

 

989. You spend more time reading the eBay tat thread than you do watching tv.

992. You come back from holiday with one picture of your wife/kids and 237 of old Fiats and Toyotas.

993. You have at least one car that you buy parts for because they become available, not because you currently need them.

997. You get more post from the DVLA than you do Christmas cards.

 

These points are pretty true of me too Though on point 992. whilst I dont have a wife/kids just yet, I do tend to have about several thousand pictures of various chod on my phone, my current 2nd hard-drive is now find it hard to cope with storage, so I now need to find some sort of external hard-drive.

[John F]

GR87983.4: You buy a car to strip for spares but then don't have the heart to dismantle it, and end up spending the next year & twice its value (= about £150) doing it up.

[John F]

GR87983.4: You buy a car to strip for spares but then don't have the heart to dismantle it, and end up spending the next year & twice its value (= about £150) doing it up.

[dollywobbler]

Your car is completely knackered on several levels, but you've developed an alternative driving technique that somehow convinces it to make it to the end of a journey anyway. The biggest problem I've had is trying to remember which gear has no synchromesh in which car...

[dollywobbler]

Your car is completely knackered on several levels, but you've developed an alternative driving technique that somehow convinces it to make it to the end of a journey anyway. The biggest problem I've had is trying to remember which gear has no synchromesh in which car...

[Craig the Princess]

Someone says that are looking at spending £150 on a car and you think bargain not reasonable monthly payment.

[Craig the Princess]

Someone says that are looking at spending £150 on a car and you think bargain not reasonable monthly payment.

[rml2345]

You're the only person on the planet that can drive your car due to all it's little "Quirks".

[rml2345]

You're the only person on the planet that can drive your car due to all it's little "Quirks".

[John F]

You're impressed that your 'new' car has remote central locking, something you've never had before.

 

You then spend a few hours blipping the locks and wearing out the battery.

[John F]

You're impressed that your 'new' car has remote central locking, something you've never had before.

 

You then spend a few hours blipping the locks and wearing out the battery.

[vulgalour]

Even when offered the opportunity, people won't drive your car, not because it's unsafe, they just can't figure out how on earth you manage it yourself.

[vulgalour]

Even when offered the opportunity, people won't drive your car, not because it's unsafe, they just can't figure out how on earth you manage it yourself.

[Cavcraft]

You plan on making room in the garage so get rid of a car, take another in part-ex then buy another again the following day.

[Cavcraft]

You plan on making room in the garage so get rid of a car, take another in part-ex then buy another again the following day.

[Sulla]

People ask if your STILL driving that old Citroen Around...

 

Whenever the slightest little thing goes wrong people assume you will scrap it and buy a newer model, as its just not worth fixing.

 

You fit brand new wheel trims and are so surprised by the way it lifts the appearance of the car you rush into the house for the camera and whilst your neighbours look on you take a series of photos with a big grin on your face and they assume your mad.

 

You leave that great big bird shit on the car as it happens to cover some really dodgy paintwork/lacquer peel.

[Sulla]

People ask if your STILL driving that old Citroen Around...

 

Whenever the slightest little thing goes wrong people assume you will scrap it and buy a newer model, as its just not worth fixing.

 

You fit brand new wheel trims and are so surprised by the way it lifts the appearance of the car you rush into the house for the camera and whilst your neighbours look on you take a series of photos with a big grin on your face and they assume your mad.

 

You leave that great big bird shit on the car as it happens to cover some really dodgy paintwork/lacquer peel.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

when your colleagues gather with their sandwiches round your computer on a Friday lunchtime to laugh at the hopeless old shitters that you're frantically adding to your eBay watch list

[Mr_Bo11ox]

when your colleagues gather with their sandwiches round your computer on a Friday lunchtime to laugh at the hopeless old shitters that you're frantically adding to your eBay watch list

[idiotboy]

you have more than one spare engine in the shed and you have a load of new boxed parts for a car you've not managed to buy yet.

[idiotboy]

you have more than one spare engine in the shed and you have a load of new boxed parts for a car you've not managed to buy yet.

[dollywobbler]

You're the only person on the planet that can drive your car due to all it's little "Quirks".

 

Ah, yes. I know this one rather well! My wife drives her Mini but none of my cars. She's not qualified to drive the others (in other words, I haven't given her the full briefing on which bodges and f*ck ups each car has that need 'navigating' around). She could probably drive the Maverick, but she doesn't like 'funny' cars with novelties like PAS and brake servos. S'pose that makes her a true 'Shiter!

[dollywobbler]

You're the only person on the planet that can drive your car due to all it's little "Quirks".

 

Ah, yes. I know this one rather well! My wife drives her Mini but none of my cars. She's not qualified to drive the others (in other words, I haven't given her the full briefing on which bodges and f*ck ups each car has that need 'navigating' around). She could probably drive the Maverick, but she doesn't like 'funny' cars with novelties like PAS and brake servos. S'pose that makes her a true 'Shiter!

[Pete-M]

You have a random selection of old car parts in the shed for cars you've not owned for 20 years, but you can't bring yourself to chuck 'em because "You might buy another one".

 

The chances of me ever needing a 3.0 Capri brake servo, Lancia Delta tailgate inner cover, Mk3 Transit side loading door or a green tinted Escort Mk2 rear screen aren't high.

[pompei]

There's a free listings weekend on ebay coming up

[Justin Case]

The valve gear clatters so much that onlookers say 'I didn't know that they made a diesel version'