You know you're a true 'Shiter when:

[gearoil]

The MOT fail sheet is a social occasion with yer friends to work through.

[Station]

Your car passes the MOT with only one advisory - "General Poor Condition" (True story c. 31st March)

 

90% of the 15 MOT fails on the fail sheet can be fixed for £5 and a roll of gaffer tape/wire brush/hammerite.

[Ian Nexus]

When you have VIP membership at Pull-a-Part !!

 

http://www.pullapart.com/

[vulgalour]

When you get trade prices from your local Autosupplies without apparently having a trade account. I do not know how this has happened, but I am not complaining.

[jakebullet]

The tools in your garage exceed the value of your car.

[purplebargeken]

You have to be somewhat flexible when informing the nearest and dearest 'exactly' how many shitty old cars you have stashed around the neighbouring county.

[Lord Sterling]

When after raining, theres more water in your car than there is outside

[BMC Dan]

When you totally ignore a Ferrari and a Mk1 Escort Mexico and snap a (rather rubbish) obscure Triumph Herald based coupe instead.

 

1964 Bond Equipe GT 2+2 by BMC Dan, on Flickr

1964 Bond Equipe GT 2+2 by BMC Dan, on Flickr

[fordperv]

When you get trade prices from your local Autosupplies without apparently having a trade account. I do not know how this has happened, but I am not complaining.

 

i know this one, my local motorfactors also caters very good with their stocked selection of parts i mean where would you get a brand new thermostat housing for a capri at 3pm on a sunday afternoon and it be in stock

[Timewaster]

You think MPG means miles per gearbox

[Parky]

You see a local garage or supermarket is doing a special on oil and you buy three gallons before remembering you already have 6 gallons of B & Q own brand at the back of the garage......

 

Half your bodges were learned from McGuyver

 

You know the part code for your filters but can't remember your other half's mobile number

[scaryoldcortina]

You take the time to qualify as a MoT tester just so you know your car will pass.

[eddyramrod]

Your collection of Haynes manuals takes up two whole shelves in your widest bookcase!

[Negative Creep]

Your collection of Haynes manuals takes up two whole shelves in your widest bookcase!

 

 

And you will justify keeping manuals for cars you no longer own "just in case"

[cobblers]

You leave a bag of Worthers Originals on the passenger seat for the MoT tester just so you know your car will pass.

[Paul Dupart]

Your car fails MOT on tyres, not because of worn tread but due to perished side walls!

[Alexg]

You somehow know the make and model of some obscure car you've never seen before, but can never remember the names of your partners friends.

[rml2345]

You stop on some remote back road not because you're lost, you just saw a Bedford Astramax and had to take a picture.

[scooters]

you use the AA/RAC rescue service to transport tin around the country rather than Shiply (surely not!!!)

[John F]

... you have more vehicles on SORN than you have on the road.

[HillmanImp]

You own 4 cars but have to walk to work as none of them work.

[Cavcraft]

You're in the garage, but cannot be arsed squeezing past all the junk at the side of the car to find the correct spanner so use a nearby hammer instead, thereby taking fifteen times as long to do the job and breaking things as you go.