[QUOTE=Mick Garvey;1706333]Someone needs to make it a poll. Do you pull the drivers door handle open and lock the car while getting out? I do it without thinking because it seems so natural.[/QUOTE]I’ve done it from the beginning, even though I have manual door locks. I do it so automatically when I get out that I lock it even when it is unnecessary. Occassionally aggravates the wife.
Well, it if people think I am nuts, I drove and loved the 2008 Scion Xb, and I would love to have one, however, my first love is my Integra, and I was asked if I wanted to trade it in, I said no, and I can bet that I would end up driving my Integra more than the Xb anyway.
LOL. I had to stop. My list got too high. heres mine…
You know youre in a DA when…
- You cant fit your whole arm anywhere in the engine compartment
- you make a list of things you need from the junkyard
- You dont know what S2 and S3 is because the manual been gone and the G2IC search words are not long enough
- You search like hell hoping not to get flamed when you do post anyway
- This whole website is dedicated just to your car, and you love that shit
- You’re late on your rent because you just spent that much getting your car to start again ( search MFR - save money)
- You pass your car at the shop and wave, as you ride by on the bus
- You spend 150 dollars to get your A/C to work one day ( Damn, its the compressor!)
- Craigslist doesnt even have your car anymore ( and you live in NYC metro)
- Your door weighs more than you do
- You wish for intermittent rear wipers, and start concocting a plan…
- You have a glovebox full of maps, a flashlight, and a ratchet set. ME!! both screwdriver types,electrical tape,and needlenoses too! basic driving equipment
- Your trunk also has enough tools and parts to rebuild a car if you had to.
- When your hands are never,ever really clean
- When you have to learn soldering,just to keep your car running (MFR,great tip,BTW )
- When you start wondering if you have a gas leak,somewhere ( 15 MPG?)
- When going “Quiet” costs 2000 dollars and still doesnt work
- When a functional rear squirter is important to you, and only you
- When just about every part of your motor is new or rebuilt ( I swear I will have a 1992 GS motor with 0 miles on it by the end of this summer.)
- You lock yourself out because all you’ve ever owned was Hondas and Acuras and you have that " pull out the lever and lock the latch" down pat. And to find out this is a safety feature to prevent such inconveniences.
- When ppl dont believe it when they see its ACURA. disgusting. How many here have had to explain that Honda is actually Acura? Life before TL
- When your “Made in Japan” sticker is mad JDM yo.
- When You were in Jr. high when you car was built
- When you say “Thats where they put the alternator?”
- You think, Im gonna have this car forever…
- but youre on your 3rd 2G…and counting. where are the other 2?
- You know you have a good woman when she will help you disassemble your car, not just hold tools and bitch about the sun…thats a keeper!
CONSIDERED A 2000+ B/C HALF THE AGE AND MILEAGE, BUT BOUGHT ANOTHER 2G B/C THATS WHO YOU ARE. simply put.
I was 9 when my car was built…
mine was built when i was 5
also you know when you’re in a DA when your damn radio keeps popping out shifting mad hard to 2nd y0 because of all that power
my car and i are the same age (90 LS)
mine is a 92
I was 8 when my uncle bought it brand new, the first time I saw it I told him it would be mine one day.
10 years later, I was right.
Nice.
uncles with g2’s are badass…thats how i got mine… and i was 5 when my baby was made and my uncle bought it new
You know your in a DA when…
…you watch your passenger struggle to take the seatbelt off, while opening the door is the last thing on their minds.
…your horsepower is double what your torque is.
…you can drive for miles with no antifreeze.
…you have 300,000 miles on the car, and it runs better than ever before, haha.
…you have dented rocker panels from idiot before you trying to lift the car by the flimsy metal rocker panel. (that might just be my car)
…you have to explain how to position the cup between the parking brake and seat so your passengers drink doesn’t spill.
…getting back from an hour drive, the gas needle has barely moved…until the next time you turn the car on and take off. :think:
…it’s turbo-charged, and you torque is STILL a fraction of your HP.
…it costs $15 dollars at $3.40/gallon to fill the damn tank full.
…if you see another DA, you just can’t stop staring. and neither can they…
I did the staring thing on a blue 92/93 DA today, lol, and I did that with a DB as well, we have a dead sexy light blue DB with 15 inch BBS wheels running around my town.
hmmm theres is a blue one in my town and its good looking but slow…lol
I think the blue one here is slow too.
thats how i fell in love with the G2 Integra. He had it as a DD and said he would give it to me when i was able to drive, but he sold it to his brother in law a while back. It had high mileage at that time anyway. Now he has a mint, low mileage 300ZX TT sitting in my grandma’s garage rotting. Sad, cause its so clean…i might buy it one day from him and fix it up. Drove it last summer but its registration is now expired and he used to go and just start the car and keep it running in the garage from time to time. He hasnt for the past few months though. Shame…it was/is an awesome car.
[QUOTE=stock_teg;1712717]
…if you see another DA, you just can’t stop staring. and neither can they…[/QUOTE]
i wish i lived where you did. Everytime i see a DA its either driven by an old person or a young person that doensnt appreciate it the way i, and people here do. (i.e. its run down, looks bad, runs bad.)
but i was kidding on the “wish were you lived”…i love it here in socal. In the winter you can go the mountains and the beach on the same day.
what is it with me and going off topic.:dozing:
You know you have a DA when…
…the raw power from your 200k+ motor shakes your whole car and makes your hatch sound like crickets at a stop light.
…you put your signal on, and your temp. guage ticks at the same time and gets higher…and higher…and higher…
…you run outta gas on the freeway 4 times…and your needle shows you still have a 1/4 tank
…you put on your signal to turn left or right…and both arrows come on at the same time
just a few lol
Wow…interesting issues there man, lol.
Toaste…sounds like you have some serious issues with yours, lol, none of my DAs were half that bad… :giggle: or, when the woman IS the one using the tools on the DA 
I don’t know about you guys but I dont think there is a car I freak out more when I see it on the road than another DA. I just loooove them so much!
Oh ya about the door locks, I never lock it with the handle…ALWAYS with the key, and I do lock it pretty much everytime I get out of the car
unless you have a GSR and he puts his foot to the floor and realizes your still bout a car ahead of him
and
…you have just about every bolt-on with with 161whp and still get 32 hwy MPG(and you drive it like your late everywhere you go):ohyeah:
… you drive like you late everywhere you go
:manual: :rockon: