You Know You Have Too Much Horsepower When....
You Know You Have Too Much Horsepower When....
1. The emissions test guy starts laughing as soon as you pull onto the rollers.
2. You can't drive your car in the rain.
3. Your "significant other" is afraid to drive your car.
4. You are afraid to drive your car.
5. You spend more on tires than on food.
6. You spend more on car insurance than on house payments.
7. You look in a state police car and see a picture of your car taped to the dash.
8. You throw your underwear in the garbage rather than the hamper.
9. You have to go to the track to buy gas.
10. Your mechanic names the new wing of his shop after you.
11. Jacques Villeneuve and Michael Schumacher wave you by.
12. You can make the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs.
13. You're tempted to wear your fire suit just to drive to the office.
14. Red signal lights shift to green as you're approaching then shift back to red as you're receding.
15. You arrive somewhere before you left.
16. You get pulled over for doing 155 in a 35 but the cops will let you go if "they can look under the hood."
17. You remove the $2000 stereo system to save 6 lb. of weight.
18. You are not allowed to run in the Silver State Challenge.
19. You get an anonymous phone call asking if you are interested in being in the Cannonball Run.
20. Your face looks like you are riding a NASA centrifuge when you drive the car.
22. You need parachute braking.
23. 'significant other' won't even ride in the car.
24 There is no possible way to "sneak out" of your neighborhood at 6 am.
25. Your pets scramble for their hiding spots as soon as the garage door is opened. (Pets, and all the neighbors...)
26. Family photos throughout the house are replaced with ife-sized posters of your car.
27. Fuel is delivered to your home: in 55 gallon drums!
28. You carry earplugs in your car.(doesn't everybody???)
29. The only spot on the car which receives any regular cleaning is the windshield. (what else is there to clean???)
30. You find out that side mirrors don't hold up at speeds exceeding 145 mph
1. The emissions test guy starts laughing as soon as you pull onto the rollers.
2. You can't drive your car in the rain.
3. Your "significant other" is afraid to drive your car.
4. You are afraid to drive your car.
5. You spend more on tires than on food.
6. You spend more on car insurance than on house payments.
7. You look in a state police car and see a picture of your car taped to the dash.
8. You throw your underwear in the garbage rather than the hamper.
9. You have to go to the track to buy gas.
10. Your mechanic names the new wing of his shop after you.
11. Jacques Villeneuve and Michael Schumacher wave you by.
12. You can make the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs.
13. You're tempted to wear your fire suit just to drive to the office.
14. Red signal lights shift to green as you're approaching then shift back to red as you're receding.
15. You arrive somewhere before you left.
16. You get pulled over for doing 155 in a 35 but the cops will let you go if "they can look under the hood."
17. You remove the $2000 stereo system to save 6 lb. of weight.
18. You are not allowed to run in the Silver State Challenge.
19. You get an anonymous phone call asking if you are interested in being in the Cannonball Run.
20. Your face looks like you are riding a NASA centrifuge when you drive the car.
22. You need parachute braking.
23. 'significant other' won't even ride in the car.
24 There is no possible way to "sneak out" of your neighborhood at 6 am.
25. Your pets scramble for their hiding spots as soon as the garage door is opened. (Pets, and all the neighbors...)
26. Family photos throughout the house are replaced with ife-sized posters of your car.
27. Fuel is delivered to your home: in 55 gallon drums!
28. You carry earplugs in your car.(doesn't everybody???)
29. The only spot on the car which receives any regular cleaning is the windshield. (what else is there to clean???)
30. You find out that side mirrors don't hold up at speeds exceeding 145 mph
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Yea, but there all good, sound good, feel good, are good. 0 -
Another indicator that you have too much HP.. 
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Ain't NO SUCH THING as Too Much HP!! The problem just becomes tires, Driveline, Pavement strength, GLOC.... 0 -
Mark Donahue once said that he liked a car that had enough power to break the tires loose at any speed, there is never too much power... 0 -
Number 11 is just too funny. Beach 0 -
quote:Originally posted by TexasVet
You Know You Have Too Much Horsepower When....
3. Your "significant other" is afraid to drive your car.
Yep, when my wife and I married I had a 1970 Z28 that was no longer stock. She drove it once and only once; that was enough for her![:0] She kind of liked to ride in it though![8D]0 -
I once had a SVO mustang that I had modified to north of 400 HP..Mom asked me what was "So Special" about it - I handed her the Keys. She came back about an hour later, hair all mussed, and said: It Sure Makes You Smile!" 0 -
12. You can make the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs.
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quote:Originally posted by rcrxs old lady
12. You can make the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs.
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Nerd. +1[:D][:D]0 -
All that power is just wasted in a car-now in a pickup that's a whole different story. It's not how fast you can go, it's what you can pull. 0 -
It's funny, a few do apply to me. Wife won't and can't drive it. The pets run for cover when I fire it up. I can't drive it in the rain. No emmissions testing here but it wouldn't have a prayer of passing. Wife won't ride in it. The only seat belt is a 5 point harness. There's no radio or heater in it to save weight. No way I'd dare fire it up early in the morning, everyone in town can hear it. Dave[8] 0 -
quote:14. Red signal lights shift to green as you're approaching then shift back to red as you're receding.
It is the reverse for me!![:(!]0 -
31. somebody stuck a banana in your tailpipe, and it shot out the neighbor's window across the street. 0 -
As stated earlier. No such thing as too much HP! 0 -
No such thing as too much.....
Illustrations:
141 mph in a 74 firebird
156 on a gsxr 1100
127 in a 55
96 in a 55
a dirt late model 1000 hp on dirt.......0 -
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.32 Your car can pass anything except a gas station.
.33 You have been asked to stay 1 mile away from the airport to avoid being picked up on Air Traffic Control radar.
.34 You have a charge account at the local traffic court.
.35 Your insurance agent is sending his kids to medical school.0 -
.36 When you drive past a mall parking lot you burp the throttle to see how many car alarms you can set off, you personal best is 42 0
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