You're not a petrolhead until...

[camryv6]

3 minutes ago, Stinkwheel said:

Until you’ve done this maybe?

 

Done that on a workmate in the kitchen !

[delux]

Not a true petrolhead until you have spent time in a scrapyard taking bits off a car thats in better nick than the one they are going on!

Not a true petrolhead until you have eaten a bacon roll with brake dust/oil/brake fluid on it but just kept eating!

Not a true petrolhead unless the only magazines under your bed are just car magazines that have fallen from the piles.

Not a true petrolhead unless your 'When I win the lottery...' list has anything other than cars in the top 5.

[IronStar]

34 minutes ago, delux said:

Not a true petrolhead until you have spent time in a scrapyard taking bits off a car thats in better nick than the one they are going on!

In the words of a friend of mine that works at technical inspection station, when owner asked about condition of his Fiat Stilo - If it was in considerably better condition, it would be fit for scrap. This….not even scrapman would take it in this state. Needless to say, the car didn’t pass. 😄

[junkyarddog]

You're not a petrolhead until,The temporary repair you did late one Sunday to get your arse to work the next morning,is still holding 12 months later.

Used a breakfast cereal packet to make a gasket.(I recommend Weetabix)

Ran a car for several months with red oxide primer patches.

Ran a car with a fucked gearbox that jumped out of gear on the overrun,so it became second nature to keep your hand on the gear leaver at all times.

Accidentally filled the sump with a couple of liters of gearbox oil,and left it in!!(actually quietened down a rattly timing chain)

Fitted one different Lamp from a newer model as that was all you could find.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

8 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

You're not a petrolhead until,The temporary repair you did late one Sunday to get your arse to work the next morning,is still holding 12 months later.

Used a breakfast cereal packet to make a gasket.(I recommend Weetabix)

Ran a car for several months with red oxide primer patches.

Ran a car with a fucked gearbox that jumped out of gear on the overrun,so it became second nature to keep your hand on the gear leaver at all times.

Accidentally filled the sump with a couple of liters of gearbox oil,and left it in!!(actually quietened down a rattly timing chain)

Fitted one different Lamp from a newer model as that was all you could find.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A lot of these sound very familiar...

[Tommyboy12]

I prefer Amazon cardboard delivery sleeves for gaskets nowadays. No shiny side like a cereal box

[2flags]

I must admit to a lot of these. Haynes manuals, as well as full manufacture's manuals, not only for your car, but also for cars your father owned! I have also been bathed in oil, antifreeze, TQF and, even more aromatic, EP90! I also find that Cornflake packets make a good substitute for gasket paper. 😁