You're not a petrolhead until...

[Dick Cheeseburger]

I spotted this on antisocial media and thought it would be interesting to see opinions on here. 

I'll start. 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

You're not a petrolhead until you've removed an engine and stood in the engine bay to pose for a photo. 

[Matty]

22 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said:

You're not a petrolhead until you've removed an engine and stood in the engine bay to pose for a photo. 

I'm really annoyed I didn't do that now 🤣

[SiC]

6 minutes ago, Matty said:

I'm really annoyed I didn't do that now 🤣

I never really thought about it when I did it last.

2018 this was. A lifetime ago but doesn't feel like it. 

(That photo reminds me that I really want another 1100)

[sierraman]

You’ve had that final week with a car that’s destined for the scrapman and you’ve given it the most testing, unpleasant last week of its long life by using the rest of the tank to take it within an inch of its life. 

[loserone]

You've fitted Chinese ditchfinders and waxoyled the underside 

[yes oui si]

You've whinged about new cars when you're not in the market for a new car. 

[Marina door handles]

You're not a..... Until you have chased down a gearbox and pose on it like a big game hunter.....

 

 

[Matty]

11 hours ago, sierraman said:

You’ve had that final week with a car that’s destined for the scrapman and you’ve given it the most testing, unpleasant last week of its long life by using the rest of the tank to take it within an inch of its life. 

Another one I can't do. Being the world's biggest mardy arse, the last time I did this it was like the last days with a much loved pet. When copart collected it, it was as clean as a whistle inside and out 😆

[delux]

Not going under that, back wheels on the 'lifter upper' were lifting off the floor...

Not sitting in there, muddy arse hazard...

Not going in there, will get oil on the sambas...

In an engine bay with the engine still fitted...

In a van again...

What makes you a petrolhead?

When your phone has gigabytes of pics but the only time you see a nipple in any of them is when its a brake caliper!

[Dobloseven]

When you reply to every"What car should I buy?" question with "Honda Civic Type R".Even if the poor OP wants a 4x4 to tow a horse trailer!

[garethj]

Until you’ve tried to remove an engine but forgotten to undo the choke cable / battery earth lead.

[Joey spud]

Not until you've used blue string or an old seat belt to suspend/fit your engine.

[straightSix]

You see cars as more than just transport. Usually leading to irrational decisions that non car people don't understand 

[Spiny Norman]

No pictures but balancing an engine on an upturned dustbin while you work on it.

[24vdiamond]

1982 ish I think when I was 18 and had more hair and a bit more flexible 😁

 

 

[Cavcraft]

...drained about 2 litres of the most horrible smelling 5 year old green-ish coloured concoction from the petrol tank of your moped and put it into your old Mercedes.

[loserone]

^ EV

[stuboy]

You're not a petrolhead until...

modify before fix broken parts..........

[Split_Pin]

...until you wait 2 days to buy an expensive part, solely for the purpose of building yourself up to it.

[High Jetter]

....you write to manufacturers to get them to send you catalogues of their shiny 70s metal, as a 10yo

(Yes, I still have most of them)

[Wibble]

1 hour ago, High Jetter said:

....you write to manufacturers to get them to send you catalogues of their shiny 70s metal, as a 10yo

(Yes, I still have most of them)

😆I did the same and got a big poster of the Cortina time line evolution, from Mk1 to Cortina 80, which I still have, somewhere.

[Popsicle]

Your still fixing a vehicle at gone midnight, in the pouring rain, in the depths of winter, hands so cold you can't hold anything, snot and tears frozen to your face but you have to carry on as you need it for work in the morning.

[Popsicle]

Also driving home, no matter how far away, with a failed clutch, just hoping and praying you dont have to start up again on a steep hill.

[RoverFolkUs]

..somebody in your life actively questions you on your vehicular choices and asks if you're ok. 

[delux]

7 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said:

..somebody in your life actively questions you on your vehicular choices and asks if you're ok. 

...when you get to the point the car manufacturers own diagnostic machine starts to question your sanity...

 

[sutty2006]

I once broke down at uttoxeter roundabout on the A50 in my 1.8 Opel manta and proceeded to get it running almost immediately by beating the distributor with a billy bat steering lock. I still have the car and the bat remains in it, although the engines been changed twice.

[mcmolloy1]

.... you buy car parts for a car you don't own. 

[MrGTI6]

... you stalk your old cars on the MOT checker. 

[dome]

49 minutes ago, mcmolloy1 said:

.... you buy car parts for a car you don't own. 

Or you don't throw out parts for a car you used to own as you may have another one day...