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You know you drive a Healey when ...

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....you mention you drive a Healey (or are at a stop while in one) and the listener (or looker) breaks out in a smile---and usually a Healey story from their long long ago.....
 
...someone says, ah an Austin Healey. That'll leave a spot. And you reply, if it doesn't, then I'll have concern.


...you're behind the wheel and everyone seems to be smiling at you. Or is it the car. She gets all the attention. Marsha Marsha Marsha. (From a Brady Bunch episode)
 
....you are the only one in your job, who have all time black fingernails....

Bye Michel- who like all british cars
 
....when every female you know wants you to give them a lift to the shops.

...when people get out of their cars at traffic jams to come and ask if it's an Aston Martin and you're proud to say "No, it's an Austin Healey."

...when you look at the rainy weekend weather forecast and get really depressed.
 
when debris by the side of the road becomes a necessary part of changing a flat tire. Note, this only happens once, and then you have a boot that in addition to all the other bits you absolutely have to carry has variuos pieces of wood to use creatively when you next have to change a tire.
 
When one leg of your trousers has a water stain....

When you have a greasy mark on your shirt between your shoulders (from the bonnet catch) (OK all LBCs offer this service !)
 
When the feeling of "the wind through your hair" happens whether the top is down or up! This assumes you have hair or eyebrows
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When you're on a first name basis with AAA tow truck drivers and they send you Christmas Cards..
 
...Every time you stop for gas, coffee etc, one is bombarded with compliments, questions and stories...love it!
 
You can't wipe the smile off your face when driving it

Your Mercedes license plate surround says "my other
car is an Austin-Healey"

The folks at MOSS Motors know your credit card number
without having to look it up

Spouse refuses to ride with you

Friends and relatives criticize you on a regular basis
for your choice of transportation, and its getting
hard to come up with witty comebacks
 
....When you zip out of your car club meeting, keeping it in first until you're out of sight because you dread having to grind it into second or third within earshot.
 
When you never bother to fix the heater because, well let's face it, when would you ever need it?
 
When you upgrade your AAA membership to the super premium level, so that your towing benefit is increased to 200 miles!
 
When you warn your wife, who is wearing white pants "don't stand behind the car when I'm starting it up dear" - and then she does anyways. And it costs you $150 for new pants at Nordstrom!
 
When you are proudly showing off your freshly detailed engine to your friends and they so kindly point out all the red spots on the polished carbs and rocker cover, and they think it's paint drips!
 
When you spend a ridiculous amount of time posting to a thread like this, knowing all the while that it's all true!!! Ahhhhh, Healey ownership.
 
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