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

[dollywobbler]

When you decide to do a charity roadtrip in your modern car, and people go "ooh, you're brave going in an old clunker like that!" It's only 18 chuffing years old for fugg's sake!!

[trigger]

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.

You have just discribed my car 100%!.Though I've also spend all afternoon grinding, Filling and painting the front off it, You don't get to do that with a Mondeo.

[UltimateJames]

You keep a can of easy start in the drivers door pocket.you keep the jump leads in the boot.The battery isnt bolted down and the terminals are "push fit" for quick release.Failing that you park facing down hill for one man bump starts.when your pasenger gets out you shout "DOOR" as you dont have CLwhen stuck in traffic you wish it was a cold day.when filling with petrol you cant squeeze the trigger to max flow because it will end in a human fireball or at least your trousers will stink of petrol all day.You arrive at work with oily fingers.

[Negative Creep]

You spend more time watching the temperature gauge than the fuel gaugeOr as I have found recently, if I see an older car with a 'for sale' sign I have to go and look, even if it's something I have no interest in