When you have two catatonic converters before the exhaust pipes split; Jaguar
When you are on your knees praying at emissions testing; Jaguar
When you do the "Warning Light Hat Trick", Oil, Coolant, and Battery at a traffic light (the bulb warning light doesn't count); Jaguar
When your car is searched driving onto a government facility, and they find the jury-rigged switch in the ashtray, that controls your heating and cooling servo and they reach for their weapons; Jaguar
When you go to check your carbon canister and you find that the bracket has rusted away and the canister is gone; Jaguar
You can determine that you only have 1 gallon of gas left because the fuel gauge just went lower than the oil pressure; Jaguar
When you park at work and you can tell where you had parked the day before, because there's a pile of kitty litter absorbent there; Jaguar
When one gas tank leaks, but only in the winter; Jaguar
When you have to reset your oxygen sensor warning light, from behind a secret panel in the trunk; Jaguar
When you never can tell just how many headlights you are going to have working at any given time; Jaguar
When someone backs out of a parking space and broadsides you, and the only damage is to their car; Jaguar
When you instinctively know just how much throttle to use the minimize the rod knock; Jaguar
While on the highway you marvel that how quiet the ride is and all you can hear are relays clicking for no apparent reason; Jaguar
When it drives just as well with two spark plug wires reversed, as it does when they are correctly placed; Jaguar
When you put the car up for sale, at a fraction of what you paid for it, which is a fraction of what the previous two owners paid for it; Jaguar
When you realize that when the old beast is sold, you may never drive a finer highway car again; Jaguar
Garry Elmer Mystic, CT