311s You might be a roadster maniac if........

50 REASONS WHY YOU MIGHT BE A DATSUN ROADSTER MANIAC .........

submitted by Gary Boone a certified roadster maniac himself!!!

1. Your EMAIL address refers to your roadster rather than to you.
2. It doesn't bother you to buy new roadster parts when you don't know where you put your spares.
3. You bought a second roadster before buying a house.
4. You spend the money to restore your roadster before buying furniture for the new house.
5. You could care less what gas mileage your roadster gets, even when you pay $2.00 a gallon.
6. You find that you need a new house because your collection of roadsters has outgrown your garage.
7. You sit in your roadster in a dark garage and make car noises and shift, while waiting for your motor to get back from the machine shop.
8. Your garage holds more roadsters than your house has bedrooms.
9. You have enough roadster spare parts to build another car.
10. More than one roadster parts supplier recognizes your voice and greets you by name when you call.
11. You have roadster parts in your cubicle at work.
12. Your Christmas list begins with a set of Koni shocks and Panasports for your roadster (and your significant other knows what these are).
13. People know you by your roadster's year and color.
14. You plan your life around your roadster restoration.
15. You remember the dates and details of every part you've replaced on your roadster but can't remember your phone number.
16. You hate long distance driving, but you will gladly drive thousands of miles to Shasta.
17. You own 5 roadsters and only one runs.
18. You came back early from your vacation in order to get your roadster out of the shop.
19. You have a large piece of roadster piston mounted on a wall plaque in your living room.
20. The UPS truck stops at your house more than any other house on the block.
21. You plan all your vacation around Shasta and your wife says ..not this year, again?
22. You spend lunch hour reading the latest roadster email messages instead of eating with the group.
23. You paid more for your 3 roadsters than for your house.
24. You prepared for the purchase of a specific make and model of roadster for more than 2 years.
25. You fix the roadster before you fix your daily driver.
26. You like it when telemarketers call, because you can tell them about your roadster (because everybody else has already heard all about it).
27. You used to have money.
28. You try to justify your roadster hobby as continuing education.
29. Your "daily driver" is continuously being mistaken for an abandoned car as you haven't taken the time to wash it in over a year.
30. Some of your best friends live 500 miles away.
31. You have more pictures of your roadster than of your kids.
32. You haven't been to your family reunion for years because it's always early July.
33. The UPS man can't believe that little box costs that much!
34. The roadster gets waxed more often than your floor.
35. Your neighbors think you're crazy, your friends wonder, and you know you are.
36. Your son and/or daughter was a ***ROC member when she was 1 day old.
37. You actually enjoy driving in the rain or snow with the top down on the way to work.
38. Your criteria for selecting a "significant other" includes roadster repair skills. Air tools are a plus.
39. You know the VIN and production date of your roadster(s), but can't remember your social security number.
40. You buy really cheap tires for your everyday car, so you can save big $$$ for the roadster tires.
41. You completely understand the term "Evil L".
42. You wonder why everyone doesn't drive a roadster.
43. You measure all family acquisitions in terms of the number of roadster parts that could have been purchased.
44. You have tried to convince your wife you needed that UniSyn to fix the air filter on her minivan.
45. You put receipts for the Solex kit and Panasports in the file labeled "Annual Auto Repair Expense".
46. You save broken roadster parts as "momentos".
47. You have a "home" toolbox and a "roadster" toolbox.
48. You can look the hotel clerk straight in the eye and say "One Adult, and could I have some extra towels?".
49. You have 3 immaculate roadsters always road ready, but your wife has to nag you for 2 months before you fix the headlight in her car.
50. You've actually taken the time to read this entrie list.