You know you are an autoshiter when......

[Timewaster]

Haven't had one of these for a while, Feel free to add. I'll get you started...You see an MGB and immediately think "Sherpa coupe!"Happened to me this morning.

[Mr Lobster]

You want to buy half of the scrappage scheme victims.

[Justin Case]

You don't actually go into a car show, but spend all the time snapping away in the car park (Me + dog, Walsall Classic Car Show, beginning of August)Note: I was snapping away at cars with my camera, the dog was just snapping away.

[Albert Ross]

I saw a convertible Sherpa this morning.....You know you are a shiter, when a car you owned for two years or more, may be coming back on the market, after you sold it nearly 18 months ago, and you are considering asking how much.............(considering I resurrected it from the scrap line too)....MUST NOT ASK......................MUST NOT ASK...............etc.

[Guest]

People cant understand why you are interested in their old bangers (One bloke asking me why I was taking pics of his Renault van told me I was "full of shit" when I told him about autoshite )

[smellyferret]

... A 4 speed manual is not a surprise to you:)

[RedSparrow]

The MOT man gets a broom ready when you bring your car in...

[Rusty Pelican]

Keep fit manual wind down windows seem completely normal to you and baffle passengers

[Albert Ross]

Having to hold it in gear is NOT an issue.

[hotford00]

When you get a phone call asking what the points gap ,and how to set the mixture up on an MG Magnette, and the bit with the pipe going into it on the gearbox thats leaking is called and you answer without thinking

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

... when you tour car dealerships to look at the "we paid £2k for this!!" scrapper out front.

[Guest]

... when you tour car dealerships to look at the "we paid £2k for this!!" scrapper out front.

And it dawns on you its newer and 10 times better than your own motor

[FredTransit]

You always carry gaffer tape and cable ties. You think nothing of using them by the side of the road. To fix what you are driving. Me, exhaust rubber mount, Mk2 luton, last wednesday.....

[Justin Case]

You see an MGB and immediately think "Sherpa coupe!"

..... and you know what a Sherpa is/was

[aled]

when you buy a 1969 trailer tent to match your 1969 car :?and when you get more interested in a 25 year old shitter than modern sportcars.

[Milford Cubicle]

... when you tour car dealerships to look at the "we paid £2k for this!!" scrapper out front.

And it dawns on you its newer and 10 times better than your own motor

This is a good one.I go into scrapyards, and most of the cars there are much nicer than mine...They're not even 'scrappage' cars either.

[The Main]

When your wife thinks it normal to hold the drivers door open while you scoop out the an inch of rainwater from the front footwells before going to the shops

[aled]

when you have to wind the window winder up to meet the window after you pulled it up by hand. :oops:when your engine uses more oil than petrol when you have a small misfire and you think at least the other three plugs are working.

[Guest Kyle]

When you go on a family holiday but end up coming back in seperate cars because you saw a Mk2 Cavalier SRI for sale and decided to blow a chunk of holiday spends on it.....

[Steve_RS]

When you're driving down the road and the only cars that 'make you look twice' is anything manufactured before 1990.ie...Saxo, corsa, 206, corsa, fiesta, clio, saxo, c2, corsa, mk3 escort, saxo, megane, ...hold on... mk3 escort??? was that a B reg 1.6 ghia? Must get closer look!

[brammy777]

When you're driving down the road and the only cars that 'make you look twice' is anything manufactured before 1990.ie...Saxo, corsa, 206, corsa, fiesta, clio, saxo, c2, corsa, mk3 escort, saxo, megane, ...hold on... mk3 escort??? was that a B reg 1.6 ghia? Must get closer look!

Completely agree, same as when im getting the bus, or standing outside college as we do everyday, waiting for something to go past.2 MK2 orions(mk 4 escort based) and an xr3i today!

[Steve_RS]

You know its bad when you check whether its still got its original hub-caps / wheel trims.. etc...

[brammy777]

XR3i had a massive misfire, and was white with that red pinstripe, wheels looked original.One of the orions was white and very nice, seen it before.The other one was a boy racer'd one, sounded and looked awfulWhy on earth do people still modify orions?Also, the only shite cars in the student car park in my college are:H plate Nova with gaffer tape on the arches and a faded C plate Renault 5.Used to be a 87 Escort estate, with V8 interceptor written on it, and the exhaust had fallen off.I remember all this better than most other things hah

[andrew e]

When you slip the clutch in a car that is idling perfectly

[Barry Cade]

When you give up wearing decent clothes,because you just know you're going to have to lie on the ground/ reach over the oily engine to adjust carbs,points etc/pass someone else in broken down shite and just have to help out-on every journey.have a good guffaw every time you pass a modern eurobox on the hard shoulder with the bonnet up feeling like a smug bastard until the next lay by when your conrods fall out.you still have an odd assortment of AF spanners,and have no idea where they came from,or what they fit.You still own a red petrol can.You can adjust your driving style to incorporate a slipping clutch/ crap brakes/no syncro on 3rd.

[Cavcraft]

When you always wished the fuel gauge and the temp gauge were the other way round.When you go to football matches and tell someone you've always wanted to own an Allegro, everyone in the vicinity overhears and takes the piss for months afterwards.When every journey you make becomes an epic adventure and you feel like Neil Armstrong when you get out.When people point and laugh or call your vehicles shite.And when your kids refuse a lift to school on freezing winer mornings because they're embarrassed by your wheels!

[Futuramic]

When you pump the accelerator before turning the key.When you expect nothing to happen, but are pleasantly surprised when the engine starts.

[FredTransit]

When you get stick off the ADAC for taking a 1986 transit accross France, and you explain you are not having a problem with the C registration, you are having a problem with the 1998 engine, and if I was in a 1998 van, would you be asking this question?

[Mash]

Your car has a carburettor.Your bumpers are not colour coded.You have a tin of steel wheels paint in the garage.Your heater control is a slide.You know how to turn a key in a lock.Your normal tyres are as wide as some spacesavers.You don't have yellow bits under the bonnet showing you what you are allowed to touch.

[Albert Ross]

Heater control a slide? Mine's a brass tap under the bonnet!Your windows slide.Your floors are visible due to lack of carpets.Your "ICE" is screwed to the bulkhead behind you and has a couple of wires shoved in the auxiliary plug dash holes.........You have a canvas roof with winter coming..........