Random signs that you have “Old School Auto Syndrome”

Are you guilty?  Check for yourself.

1. Your modern daily driver sits in the sun, exposed to the elements, while your prized “baby” is snug inside your garage.

2. You can afford to spend six digits in hard cash on a set of deep dish 13 inch rims but can’t seem to cough up enough change to replace your Nokia 3200 and buy a set of new undies.

3. You never put an air freshener in your classic car because it will interfere with the heavenly smell of gasoline fumes.

4. You have perpetually dirty fingernails from tinkering with your souped up engine everyday. (This is a PRE-REQUISITE, you MUST have gunk under your nails to be classified as an old schooler). Dirty toenails are another thing altogether though, that’s just a sign of bad hygiene.

5. You spend more time in Saulo and Tango than you do in malls. You spend more in these establishments too.

6. Driving a modern car makes you sleepy.

7. You do not let anyone in your household come within 20 meters of your ride.

8. You have a diecast replica of your car/s, or in some extreme cases, hundreds of them.

9. You think animal cruelty is justified when a dog wee-wees on your Compomotives.

10. Most of your house shirts have grease stains.

11. You have a hard time getting up to drive your significant other two blocks to the salon but you have no problem leaving at 4:00am for a classic car meet.

12. You know a lot more than the average mechanic at a gas station.

13. You don’t second glance too often anymore when a pretty girl passes but crane your neck to breaking point when a classic drives by.

14. People at home don’t complain about you checking out too much porn, they rant about you ogling at the OSP website most of the time.

15. You defy office policy to write about stuff like this during work hours.

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Retrokid is the lucky owner of what could probably be the only Mazda RX3 Coupe in the country. He aims to top that claim by finding a mint Hakosuka GT-R in some old person's garage someday..