Signs that you are a Citroen owner
(From the Autoworld's Le Club Citroen forum)
1. you know our mechanic better than your mother in-law
2. you can spell and pronounce names like pur-flux, valeo, hydraurincage, paris-rhone correctly
3. you ever turn off the radio and wind down windows to listen to usual noise from your car
4. you become handy with super glue
5. you complained about pain sitting in other type of car
6. you always check if the oil stain at your porch floor changed shape or size
7. you always renew your AAM membership on time
8. the spare part shop give you frequent shopper discount
9. you know all the potong shop that stock french car parts
10. your wife threatened seperation if you spend your weekend thinkering with your car
11. you can joke and boast about your break down
12. you never worry about car thef
13. you have a bottle of LHM in your boot
14. We race only on winding roads, to take advantage of good road handling... straight line, we got tapaued.. and claim that what the Japs specialty..
15. We belanja our machanic to make sure they take care of your car..and say it thats you and your mechanics are more than friends..
16. Very few of us buy brand new CITROEN.. we wait to be second hand owners as the second hand value drops too quickly...
17. We put up a budget every month for repairs.. sometimes 1/2 of monthly payments..
18. Even though how expensive the charges are, you still claim it is cheaper than Alfa and Fiats.. and comparable to Proton..
19. Always claim proton buyers do not know what is 'Value for Money'..
20. We pray for at least 1/2 before long journey for the car not to break down..
21. You hang around forums like this and post mesgs like "Re: signs that you are a citroen owner"
22. Your phone bills look as though you are having an affair with the mechanic (just as well we dun have female mechs here)
23. Your gf/wife threatens separation if you MENTION the word "CITROEN" again...
24. You defend the Citroen tooth and nail the moment somebody says that "it's expensive to maintain" or "parts are difficult to find" or "no good wan lar"
25. You also carry a spare bottle of battery water, engine oil, brake fluid, ATF, and several bottles of water
26. You have a full complement of tools to open each and every nut, bolt, hex screw, and torx screw and you have a multimeter in hand to test each and every circuit.
27. The moment you open your mouth about Citroen the word comfort, handling and power comes out...despite the repairs involved.
28. u consider to buy Haynes Manual book (rm90.00)
29. and study all 300pages
30. buku 555 dalam pocket. to keep track how much you've spent this month.
31. U greet other Citroen owner/driver like ur long lost brother.
32. Home is where the Citroen is most of the time and therefore you go home to the workshop and visit the house that you bought or rent for a bath and change of clothes then go to work.
33. Your bank account reflects your distributorship with Citroen France and as a dealer with most spare parts shops.
34. Your total mileage (odometer) in the Citroen is made up of generally a major part the distance it takes to get to the workshop... the rest is half way to work/home or half way to an urgent meeting/appointment.
35. You have a room specifically set aside in your house/apt for Citroen spareparts and a large cabinet of files/references etc which is Citroen related.
36 When you go to a bookshop, the first thing you do when you see a magazine on the shelf is to look for a Citroen article, if none you'd move onto the next magazine....
37. Wife wakes up alone in bed on a Saturday morning only to find husband in the garage under another babe's 'hood'.
38. You use the phrase 'Nothing moves you like a Citroen' as the welcome note on your Nokia.
39. you give your car a French woman name.
40. you car maintenance record is more complete and in order than your income tax from ( receipts and all ). come to think of it if the government give tax break to citroen owners for repair bill, we would have no problem claiming every last cents with the receipts we keep!
41. you are strongly against street racing, but you considered a duty to prove to the ah beng at the traffic light that your car can holds its own.
42. you have a set of torx screw driver.
43. you talk to other citroen owners as if you have known them for years even though they may be from totally different racial, religious and
social background. we take communion in break down and stalling experience!!
44. long long jam with many angry drivers cursing at you when yours car breakdown.