-When your car kicks so much a55 just by reputation alone, that hondas/kias/hyundais are always revving at you, wanting a chance to prove to themselves and their 'peeps' that their d*cks aren't as small as we all know they are.

-That you know deep down inside, that all cars; EVEN hondas and toyotas have got their share of problems, but damned if your car doesn't look a whole lot sexier than theirs when up on jackstands.

-When every day you secretly hope for a letter in the mail from Mitsubishi saying: "Sorry about the bad run of cranks, we'd like to buy you an Evo VIII to make up for it." (okay, maybe that's just MY wish.. )