[DeTomaso] [NPC] You know your a Diesel Nut when. . .

Fri Dec 8 22:08:13 EST 2006

Just in the interest of science, stop by w/ your rig sometime.

David, a Miata with "some stuff"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Hendrickson" <chendric at bellsouth.net>
To: "'Mark McWhinney'" <msm at portata.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 7:57 PM
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] [NPC] You know your a Diesel Nut when. . .

>
>
> Not quite that bad yet. Some of the terms are unfamiliar - I guess because
> the wife's truck is a 7.3L PowerStroke rather than a Cummins.
>
> I can relate to #31. At 2004 SCCA SOLO2 Nationals in Topeka, a fellow
> competitor in a Miata had his feelings hurt when the MR2 ran off and left
> him on an uphill freeway entrance ramp. What really hurt him was the MR2
was
> on the trailer.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
On
> Behalf Of Mark McWhinney
> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 4:58 PM
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] [NPC] You know your a Diesel Nut when. . .
>
> >From the Cummins Turbo Diesel (CTD) folks ---
>
>
> 1. You keep a cup of diesel fuel on your bedside table because the aroma
> helps you sleep.
> 2. You've ever dabbed diesel fuel behind your ears before a date.
> 3. You scoff at trucks when you realize they are gassers. (see #36)
> 4. You ever hooked up and towed a trailer, just because you CAN.
> 5. You don't unhook your trailer from your truck because it really makes
no
> difference.
> 6. You have ever got stuck in a drive-thru because you forgot the trailer
> was still hooked up.
> 7. You've drag raced your diesel truck.
> 8. You get "aroused" when you hear a diesel engine or a turbo whine.
> 9. Someone comments to you how loud your truck is and you reply, with a
grin
> and a chuckle, "Ain't it, though!"
> 10. You don't think the CTD is loud enough so you remove the muffler so
you
> can "hear" it better. (This also applies to turbo silencer rings)
> 11. Regardless of outside temperature, you still roll down the passenger
> window when in tunnels, under bridges, or beside Jersey walls, just so you
> can listen to your truck "sing".
> 12. You have your right rear view mirror tilted down so you can "admire"
the
> smoke from your tailpipe.
> 13. You're always watching the mirror after the turbo spools up so you can
> see how perfectly your smoke cloud formed.
> 14. You continue to watch your rear view mirror to see how the traffic
> behind you deals with your smoke cloud.
> 15. You say "YEAH!", "YAHOO!", or any other shout of joy if you see that
you
> stopped at least one vehicle behind you with your cloud. (grinning from
ear
> to ear doesn't count because you do that even when there's no cloud, as
long
> as you're driving your truck)
> 16. When you aren't driving your diesel truck, you roll down the window at
> traffic lights to hear ANY other diesels that might be around.
> 17. You have more than one turbo on your CTD. (CTTD)
> 18. You hold down the smoke pedal just a little when your starting your 12
> valve, just so it shoots a big puff of smoke.
> 19. When you make your friend drive your truck down the road, just so you
> know what your "audience" hears when you ride by.
> 20. You keep 36 bags of cement in the back of the truck most of the time
> because while you don't notice any difference in power, the truck rides
> nicer.
> 21. While maybe not a truck, you're trying to get the wife to drive some
> kind of diesel powered vehicle.
> 22. You finally get your wife to drive a diesel powered vehicle, you can't
> wait to bomb it.
> 23. You start talking about getting a new vehicle and your wife says that
> she wants to trade in her Jaguar on a new CTD.
> 24. You respect lesser diesels than the CTD just because they are diesels.
> 25. You put the cat in the garage and put the new turbo in bed.
> 26. You can guess what diesel is in the truck coming around a corner
before
> you see it.
> 27. People look at you strange when you run down the driveway waving at
the
> UPS truck.
> 28. Folks leave the campground cuz your talking to all the diesel owners
> about BOMBing and those folks don't know what BOMBing means.
> 29. You aren't driving your truck, you're on a Diesel web site conspiring
> with other diesel heads.
> 30. Alert sounds on your computer are your favorite diesel engine(s)
> starting up or running.
> 31. You've ever raced a ricer while the gooseneck trailer was still hooked
> up.............and won.
> 32. You like to take people for rides in your truck so you can show them
how
> MUCH your truck smokes.
> 33. When someone says they have "twins" and your first thought is of
turbos
> and how they are setup.
> 34. You feel guilty because you're not spending enough time with your
truck.
>
> 35. When someone mentions their "other half" and your first thought is
they
> are talking about their truck.
> 36. You find yourself looking for the number of lug nuts on a truck to
make
> sure it's "qualified" to have a diesel before you look for the diesel name
> plates or big tailpipe.
> 37. You can recognize the smaller rear end cover of the lesser 1/2 ton
axles
> and know instantly it is a lesser truck.
> 38. If you have ever driven somebody else's diesel truck and felt as if
you
> were cheating on your own.
> 39. If someone mentions "B1" or "B2" and you think of turbos, rather than
> the bomber airplanes.
> 40. You read this whole list smiling and nodding your head.
> 41. You're now thinking of one that wasn't mentioned here.
>
>
>
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