I'm a PIA when it comes to parking. My friends can scream all they want about wasting time but I won't park in small places.

I love flooring it in tunnels and garages, sounds so badass.

 

I like to follow dark colored cars so I can check out my car in the reflection.

I dont turn on my HIDs immediately. I wait until I am at a intersection where everyone can see my headlights turn on.

Sometimes I like to look at my rearview mirror to see who is checking out my car.

I hate leaving my car at the dealership. I rather do all the work myself.

 

I always leave the cup holder door open and the little divider thing up when I leave the car so as to relieve the spring tension.

 

thats a little OCD

 

i love the smell of gasoline and oil. i sniff the oil in the bottles before i pour them into the crankcase. i also sniff gasoline at the gas stations. i obviously get a lot of weird stares but its ok. we're all car guys.

 

A few things I carry forward from my miata days...

1). Make sure the steering wheel is perfectly straight when I leave the car.

2). I take a longer route home after work just to enjoy the drive.

3). This one I'm pretty sure nobody does it... I pump the brake pedal a few times to release all the vacuum in the brake booster before starting up the engine, the increased throttled-volume of zero-vacuum air gives the engine a bigger vrooommmm effect on startup. With ITB and light flywheel in the miata, the effect was much more pronounced.

4). I floored the gas pedal a few times before startup. In my miata days with ITB, I had to ensure no binding in the custom throttle linkage when cold. This habit still sticks to me.

 

[QUOTE=NSRsinfuLangeL,Mar 14 2006, 12:44 PM]i talk dirty to my car when i wash it.

 

I firmly grip the steering wheel and I ease in to the seat by positioning myself over the middle then slowly sliding in, so that I don't wear out the side supports.

I don't put my feet on the crossbar at all so that I don't wear out the carpet there.

I drive with the radio door closed and the cup holder closed at all times.

I clean out everything from the car so that there is no unnecessary rattle or anything moving around while I'm driving.

I yell at anyone who closes the door by holding on to the window or touches the window at all.

I yell at anyone who closes the doors too hard.

I yell at anyone who closes the trunk too hard or closes it by holding on to the wing.

I have to hold the steering wheel on the sides because I love how thick it is there.

I pump the gas pedal lightly while moving slowly in 1st gear or reverse to make a mean growl.

I leave it in Reverse while parked, because it just looks awesome there.

I look back at least 10 times while walking away from leaving it parked.

I roll down the windows before using the roof switch to put the top down so that the car isn't doing too many things at one time (by rolling down the windows while retracting the top).

I relieve my clutch foot during long drives by pushing it as hard as I can against the dead pedal.

I put on the headlights even during the day because they just look plain awesome.

I turn on the CD then close the radio door and control it from the controls near the start button.

 

1.When i back into a space that is somwhat difficult i put the left mirror all the way down to see the line.

2. I always leave the radio door open when i take my radio(witch is almost everytime) so the Theif can see that the radio's gone and i dont have to worry about my top being cut.

3. When i'm making quick stops at the store with my top down i click my lock button to make sure it beeps every few minuites so the crooks know i'm still there.

4.after driving spiritedly i give her a healthy smack on the a$$ and say, "good job baby"