You know your an 02er if you......

[Marty]

When you know all the twisty roads with in 100 miles and have names for most of the turns.

When your friends also know the turns names on said roads.

When you call the end of your driveway as the pit entrance/exit and the right hand turn down the block is turn one.

When you have 2002 tattooed on your ass.

But most of all you have friends that are aged between 14 and 80 and can hold a 3 hour conversation with all of them at the same time.

[bluedevils]

If you are spending hours on the internet every night trying to find new pictures of 02's you've never seen before, drooling over Keith's Stella couple of times a week, and hoping that, one day, your old rusty tiis in your drive way will look like her!

[powelli]

If you recall that there was another similar thread out there to link back to the discussion. Or....that just means that I spend too much time on the FAQ.

[skipsfcr]

I'm 100% with Mike Self's first response "if you plan your vacation around your 2002"...I've been doing it since I became afflicted...My '02 isn't reserved for special occasions because it's a garage queen. It doesn't do daily duty because it's my "travelin' car". See yall at V@V...It's a mere 1000 miles from home.

[napa02]

You forget your wifes birthday, but remember your cars build date...

[levik]

If on a quiet night you can hear your car rust & you debate wether it's your shock towers, rockers, or something else.

Have pictures of your 02 next to family portrait

Think how cool would it be to have initials B.M.W - anybody??

+1 on collecting parts not knowing when they will be used

[rjfischerjr]

have to explain to the parts guy at the BMW dealer that 2002 is the MODEL not the YEAR, every time you call, and he still doesn't get it...

[Martin]

Develop an allergic reaction to rust.

[pissdrunx321]

have to explain to the parts guy at the BMW dealer that 2002 is the MODEL not the YEAR, every time you call, and he still doesn't get it...

that shit is so annoying youd think if theyre working there theyd know what the hell they where talking about

[Harv]

youd think

Ahh...

First mistake.

You buy an M-10 from a 318i because you might deed it someday.

John

[Guest]

you work for BMW just to get parts at 10% above cost

[beammmer]

Jump to porn when your wife comes in the room so she won't know you are on FAQ

[pissdrunx321]

Damn well I'm definetly suprised at how this turned out its actually made me smile everytime I read a new one because it so damn true. Suprisingly my girlfriend has also been very interested in all of the responses when usually if she sees me on the FAQ we end up sleeping with our backs turned away from eachother. Anyways I think it would be kind of cool to try and publish these in a BMW mag like Roundel or something. Any thoughts? -Ian Hanrahan

[Michael_B]

Whenever you open any storage area of your home (or even the trunks of non 02's), you have parts stashed or find parts you forgot you had. Also when you leave to go anywhere in another car, upon your return you give the 02 a little pat as you walk by.

[robspeed]

Damn well I'm definetly suprised at how this turned out its actually made me smile everytime I read a new one because it so damn true. Suprisingly my girlfriend has also been very interested in all of the responses when usually if she sees me on the FAQ we end up sleeping with our backs turned away from eachother. Anyways I think it would be kind of cool to try and publish these in a BMW mag like Roundel or something. Any thoughts? -Ian Hanrahan

mike self mentioned this idea up further in the thread. He writes for roundel.

the idea is fine with me! good promotion for der site,.. =D