Tu sais que tu es trop bas quand...
c'est du vécu ! Je confirme !
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....when you can only have 1 one way to get in and out of the drive way bc yur exhaust is on the passenger side
.....when you scrape your underbody going down a bumpy road
.....When you know the excact location of every dip, bump, pothole, and street level change in your city.
.....When you know which stores, shopping centers, restaurants you CANT go to because of their driveways.
.....panic when u see a dip
.....When im riding with a friend at stock height and i notice a dip/pothole/ect. (that i usually avoid) at the last second.. and my heart drops. Then i realize its not my car
... you see people say they see sparks coming from underneath your car. =]
you know ur low when u park by the speed bump and walk the rest of the way...LoL
When you're 15 lengths behind the car in front of you on the freeway to watch for dips and how much their suspension travels.
...when your factory exhaust system scrapes off in segments during your daily commutes.
...when your motor gets starved of oil because the pan gets smashed against the sender.
...when you get pulled over three times for throwing sparks.
...when you look under your car and see little strings of undercoating dangling from all over your frame.
...when everyone asks if it's bagged.
...when you endanger the lives of yourself and oncoming traffic because you're driving on the peaks of the road to avoid scraping.
...When a sharp piece of metal in your wheel well is creating a new tread pattern in the middle of your tire.
....when you have to change ride height to go out to track day
....when you HAVE to be DD because you took your car out
....when you turn away friends because you dont feel like scraping your exhaust everywhere
....when you cant go to some of your favorite places because of speed bumps
when you have to carry your front bumper in pieces in the back seat...
you replace your oilpan every 3 weeks cuz you changed lanes on the freeway... (yes those lil lane bumps!!!) thats low!!!
when you drive off center in the lanes where peoples tires have made the road low and if you drive in the middle of the lane you'll scrape...
...When your suspension is so stiff you cant drink anything in your car, because it either jabs u in the mouth/teeth, or spills when you have it to your mouth
...when you see a scrape in the road the next day, knowing it's courtesy of you.
When there's the time that you have to carry passengers in the back and there's seating arrangements for even weight distribution
...when you have to carpool in the winter months because the car amasses too much snow in front and under it to proceed.
...when you break necks rolling by.
when you have to drive away from the curb to open the passenger doors
when you can touch the floor while sitting in the car with your arm out the window
when lips become a maintenance part..
When you hit a dirty dip and you brace yourself so hard you slightly lift out of the seat hoping that it will take weight off the car and give you a 1/16th of inch ground clearance.
when your butt automatically clenches whenever you see a bump or dip coming up.
you go to a certain gas station to pump gas and you only do it at night.
... you get banned from "performance" forums
... you can't find any good reason to stay that low, but you do it anyway
... you get hate
... you get love
when your back seat never gets used.
when you hit a bump and your radio disconnects/reconnects because your suspension is so stiff
when people say your slammed but you never ever seem to be satisfied and must go lower
when you smell rubber the entire trip
You cant get all of your tire with tire shine unless you pull forward. (And its gone within the first couple turns/bumps)
People try to feel your clearance between your fender and tire, and burn themselves.
You get declined at alignment shops.
...when passangers complain about their titties bouncing too much due to the suspension being so stiff.
...when your cd player skips so much because of the stiff suspension.
...when you dont mind being behind a huge semitruck going a bit below the speed limit on the freeway because its the only good lane you can be in.
...when your forearms hurt from gripping the steering wheel ridiculously hard because of how nervous you are when u get on the freeway.
...when you yell "F**K" in the middle of a phone call because you hit a bump or something in the road and the person on the other line goes o.0 what happened?! haha
...when you are glad ur parking next to a dark clean colored car because you use its reflection to see if youre going to hit your front bumper on the curb-.
...when you buy tires dangerously too small for your wheels just so you can get them to fit in the fenders.
...when you realize that low really is a lifestyle.
...when the same model (stock) of your car pulls up next to you at a light and you look over only to see door.
. . . when you have to strech out of your window when you're at a fast food drive thru.
...when your 2-year-old daughter laughs constantly from the bumpy ride because her popcorn keeps "jumping" out of the bag.
.......when u hate the rain more than anything bc u can see the potholes
when people say your car is almost touching the ground and you say i can go a few millimeters lower.
-When people behind you get pissed cause you're taking too long to get over that speed bump.
-Having scrapes on your undercarrage is a good thing. (Chicks dig scars).
When you worry about getting pulled over for driving drunk from serving to miss pot holes.
... if you drive a miata but your GF don't ever ask to borrow it
... when you get hate from your own family at christmas eve dinner
... when you never ever park behind an SUV or a truck in fear of it running into when backing up because the driver didn't see your car
...when u ask to borrow your girlfriends car to go places u know ur car cant, and bribe her by saying ull buy her something or ull fill up her car with gas. Lol
when you get all the way home and get out and realize youve dragged a crushed keystone can and the top half of a squirrel under your lip for god knows how long
when you take the longer detour even if it's 30 mins long to avoid the short shittier road
when you back out of a garage or parking spot and everything is swept away from your lip
You knock off your Power Steering Belt when you hit a small bump. (happened to me today)...when something jumps out in front of your car (ex. squirrel, possum) and you run it over by accident but don't see it in your rear view mirror when you drive away.
when you cant even full tank you car anymore...
When you go to a car show and you cannot park on the spots on the grass.
When you have to raise your car up when it's time to get it inspected b/c the entrance is horrible
... when you scare the sh*t out of people walking nearby cuz your car makes that horrid scraping noise behind them hehe
you know you're low when you drive into university to find a car spot and get honked by oncoming cars cause you have to take speedbumps sideways and cross over to the opposite side of the road to clear.
........when your car is all messed up
...when you're factory side skirts are falling off
...when your friends del sol looks huge
...when you bottom out while turning
....when many places refuse to do my state inspection( damn VA laws) bc they can't jack up my car
... when you're three-wheelin over a bump
... when the inside of the fender is polished (mine is lol)
... when you fill up, you only go to half the tank
... when go around the mountain pass, it looks like you're drifting because there's a lot of smokes coming out from the fenders
When u hit a dip in the road an your air bag deploys!when u drag a rock for about a mile
when you drive slower than a 60yr old lady
when people look and point at your car then shake their heads lol always hatin!!!
