You know you own an EF when...
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You know you own an EF when...
1. Your motor/wheels/suspension costs more then your car
2. A paint job and rust removal is on the top 3 list of things to get done to your car
3. When 1 or both of your corner lights are only hanging on by the wires
4. You think power windows/steering/locks are for pussies
5. You've had condensation in at least one of your EF's lights
6. Your stock exhaust is only slightly bigger then a Wendy's straw
7. You do 95% of your shopping at a junkyard
8. You chase down old people driving mint EF's asking them if they'd sell it
9. You can find the main relay in the dark, blind folded
10. When one of the first mods you do are changing the hatch shocks
11. When your door makes a loud pop sound every time you open it
12. You have had the joy of dropping a fuel tank out of a EF, more than once, and feel deep hatred toward EG and EK owners
13. You have broken into your car using a license plate
14. You've bought a car with a blown engine, because you already had one to put in it
15. You don't have bumper supports because you know your doomed anyway
16. You have a fish tank in your taillights after it rains hard
17. Swapping a sohc motor is actually a HP gain
18. Your car leaks when it rains
19. You're only using 3 mounts
20. You know where to put your drink while you are driving
21. You can name why and the location of every rattle that goes on
22. You've learned to pass SUV's quickly for fear they'll fail to see you and merge into you
23. You make sure the seat belt is fully retracted when closing the doors so that it doesn't pop holes into your door panels
24. You have ever tried doing a rear disk brake conversion on a 90 hatch with 20 year old bolts on your back with a hand ratchet
25. You walked outside in the morning with one eye on your driveway saying "damn I hope no one stole my 20 year old pride and joy"
26. If getting a "paint job" consist of you going to home depot for spray paint and masking tape
27. You turn up your radio to cancel out all the rattles
28. You never sell your car because you know you'll never get out of it what u put into it
29. When your car runs fine for a month you fear driving it for something really bad is about to happen
30. Your rear end is sloppy due to broken rear trailing arm bushings and don't have time to replace them
31. Your passenger or drivers window came unglued from its mount tabs and rolls down all crooked
32. You dread summer rains with no a/c
33. You have mastered the "1st then Reverse" rule
34. Your life flashes before your eyes every time you pass a tractor-trailer
35. Your daily driver IS your project car
36. Every time you shut your hood you realize the white plastic clip that holds the hood prop is broken and it pisses you off yet the 20,000 times you were in the junkyard you forgot to grab one
37. You can actually feel rocks hitting your feet when you drive over gravel
38. If anything that could break on your car breaks
39. You release the hatch with the floor lever only to find the rumble of shutting the door re-latched the hatch
40. Driving an EG + car feels like a tank
41. When your sunroof switch sticks
42. You've done a rear disc brake conversion
43. When going into VTEC feels like the car is going to break up into a million pieces... and you wouldn't have it any other way
44. When your first reaction after getting rear ended is to jump out of the car and deck the idiot that hit you
45. You know you locked all the doors but cant stop thinking about it
46. Your clutch pedal squeaks
47. You spend half or more of each paycheck just to get the car running AGAIN
48. Your e-brake doesn't work
49. When you keep convincing yourself that you are fed up with you EF and decide to buy another car but then talk yourself back into keeping your EF before you actually go through with selling it
50. You can't get it low enough without full coilovers
51. The driver side window can't roll up or down without the help of your hand pulling/pushing it
52. You get excited every time you see a Hatch/Sedan/CRX at the junkard
53. When you think your car's stolen when you come out the store, but it's just parked between 2 cars
54. You can't wait to rock the blue antique tag
55. When you can't park in your driveway for fear of losing your oil pan going up it
56. When even though you drive a hatch, you cringe at the idea of backseat passengers
57. When you pull the seat belt to hard and it lock
58. When your wiper settings are designated as "hi" and "lo"
59. When you have to drive onto 2 2x4's in order to get a jack under your car
60. When you have to slam the door for it to close correctly
2. A paint job and rust removal is on the top 3 list of things to get done to your car
3. When 1 or both of your corner lights are only hanging on by the wires
4. You think power windows/steering/locks are for pussies
5. You've had condensation in at least one of your EF's lights
6. Your stock exhaust is only slightly bigger then a Wendy's straw
7. You do 95% of your shopping at a junkyard
8. You chase down old people driving mint EF's asking them if they'd sell it
9. You can find the main relay in the dark, blind folded
10. When one of the first mods you do are changing the hatch shocks
11. When your door makes a loud pop sound every time you open it
12. You have had the joy of dropping a fuel tank out of a EF, more than once, and feel deep hatred toward EG and EK owners
13. You have broken into your car using a license plate
14. You've bought a car with a blown engine, because you already had one to put in it
15. You don't have bumper supports because you know your doomed anyway
16. You have a fish tank in your taillights after it rains hard
17. Swapping a sohc motor is actually a HP gain
18. Your car leaks when it rains
19. You're only using 3 mounts
20. You know where to put your drink while you are driving
21. You can name why and the location of every rattle that goes on
22. You've learned to pass SUV's quickly for fear they'll fail to see you and merge into you
23. You make sure the seat belt is fully retracted when closing the doors so that it doesn't pop holes into your door panels
24. You have ever tried doing a rear disk brake conversion on a 90 hatch with 20 year old bolts on your back with a hand ratchet
25. You walked outside in the morning with one eye on your driveway saying "damn I hope no one stole my 20 year old pride and joy"
26. If getting a "paint job" consist of you going to home depot for spray paint and masking tape
27. You turn up your radio to cancel out all the rattles
28. You never sell your car because you know you'll never get out of it what u put into it
29. When your car runs fine for a month you fear driving it for something really bad is about to happen
30. Your rear end is sloppy due to broken rear trailing arm bushings and don't have time to replace them
31. Your passenger or drivers window came unglued from its mount tabs and rolls down all crooked
32. You dread summer rains with no a/c
33. You have mastered the "1st then Reverse" rule
34. Your life flashes before your eyes every time you pass a tractor-trailer
35. Your daily driver IS your project car
36. Every time you shut your hood you realize the white plastic clip that holds the hood prop is broken and it pisses you off yet the 20,000 times you were in the junkyard you forgot to grab one
37. You can actually feel rocks hitting your feet when you drive over gravel
38. If anything that could break on your car breaks
39. You release the hatch with the floor lever only to find the rumble of shutting the door re-latched the hatch
40. Driving an EG + car feels like a tank
41. When your sunroof switch sticks
42. You've done a rear disc brake conversion
43. When going into VTEC feels like the car is going to break up into a million pieces... and you wouldn't have it any other way
44. When your first reaction after getting rear ended is to jump out of the car and deck the idiot that hit you
45. You know you locked all the doors but cant stop thinking about it
46. Your clutch pedal squeaks
47. You spend half or more of each paycheck just to get the car running AGAIN
48. Your e-brake doesn't work
49. When you keep convincing yourself that you are fed up with you EF and decide to buy another car but then talk yourself back into keeping your EF before you actually go through with selling it
50. You can't get it low enough without full coilovers
51. The driver side window can't roll up or down without the help of your hand pulling/pushing it
52. You get excited every time you see a Hatch/Sedan/CRX at the junkard
53. When you think your car's stolen when you come out the store, but it's just parked between 2 cars
54. You can't wait to rock the blue antique tag
55. When you can't park in your driveway for fear of losing your oil pan going up it
56. When even though you drive a hatch, you cringe at the idea of backseat passengers
57. When you pull the seat belt to hard and it lock
58. When your wiper settings are designated as "hi" and "lo"
59. When you have to drive onto 2 2x4's in order to get a jack under your car
60. When you have to slam the door for it to close correctly
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haha mostly true but i still love my crx
pretty much looks like what you wrote haha but it moves for a crappy little 20 year old econo box
pretty much looks like what you wrote haha but it moves for a crappy little 20 year old econo box
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Everything in our CRX rattles! And the damn whine from the Walboro will make you want to kick a baby.
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All True..... but doctors still cant help the addiction to the CRX
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