So I've been noticing myself doing some stuff lately that classifies me as a Powerstroke addict. I figured I'd make a list kind of like Jeff Foxworthy's "You might be a redneck if" list.

So you might be a Powerstroke addict if:

You love driving under an overpass or next to a building because you can hear the sound of your exhaust bouncing back off it.

You refer to your truck by name

Everyone else knows your truck's name and refers to it as such

You tell people you went somewhere with your baby, but were referring to your truck and not your wife/date.

You spend more time with your truck than you do with your family.

You joined an online forum just for Ford trucks.

You joined a Powerstroke addicts support group.

Maybe I'm over-tired and being retarded maybe you guys will have some good ones to add. Time will tell.

 

had this on my myspace for a while now

Thursday, June 15, 2006
Signs that you need therapy with your Ford diesel problem.
Current mood: happy
Consider these warning signs and see a therapist as soon as possible if you exhibit more than 3 of these signs:

-After getting out of your truck you can't take more than ten steps before looking back to make sure it's still there.
-The racket it makes when it's started in the morning sounds sweeter than the opening chords of Beethoven's 9th.
-You honestly think no perfume smells as good as diesel exhaust.
-Your spousal unit begins to wonder why you're suddenly volunteering to run all the errands.
-You record fuel consumption, mileage, oil changes, and other significant events in the life of your truck with such care and accuracy that the most picky NASA scientist would conclude you're overdoing it.
-Three different neighbors have called the police after they've seen you just sitting in your truck at 1:00 o'clock in the morning.
-You're rolling out of Las Vegas headed for L.A., it's 110 degrees at 10:00 a.m. and you're pulling 11,000 lbs of trailer up the stateline grade when you see a Dodge Cummins ahead and know that life as you know it will end if you don't pass and render it a speck in your rearview mirror.
-You hear the word "bible" and immediately think "owner's manual."
-You find yourself looking at maps to see if there isn't some way to drive to Europe instead of flying.
-Every Monday morning as you drive up the street, your neighbors are frantically running to the curb with their trash cans thinking that the garbage truck has arrived three hours early. You laugh with glee.
-The kids waiting for the school bus begin to pick up their books only to find out it is you in your ford diesel. You grin and wave as you motor by.
-You roll down the window on a cold day while driving just to hear the motor.
-When driving through a tunnel or long underpass you slightly slow down just to hear the motor reverberate off the walls.
-Your wife dabs diesel fuel behind her ears when she "wants your attention".
-You drive around with a ton of gravel just cuz it seems right.
-You can't eat and drive when you are not carrying a load.
-You pull up to places that have valet parking and purposely make sure your exhaust is placed so that you can fill the main entry with diesel fumes.
-You buy a laptop computer for your fiver so you can keep in touch when you're on the road.
-You set the FTE page on your browser as your default "home" page so ya never miss a post!
-With less than 100 miles on a new Power Stroke, youve already got it partially disassembled to add a winch, larger fuel tanks, exhaust & turbo system modifications, additional instruments, CB, a class 5 trailer hitch.
-Sports cars no longer interest you because they cant haul a cord of wood in the back and two cords in the trailer.
-You put the exhaust right beside the snobs in the convertible on the interstate and floor it!
-When pulling in to your local convenience store, you target the poor sap on the outdoor pay phone so they can enjoy the idle mode of the Power Stroke while you run in to get a cold one.
-I love it when I pull into the drive thru for my morning coffe with out stopping because the girl knows the sound of this engine and already has it made by the time I round the corner with no wait!
-You enjoy setting off more than two car alarms when you start your truck up in a parking lot.
-You can't stop at an intersection without rolling down the windows to listen to the Power Stroke idling next to you

 

-You park way out in the corner of the parking lot where nobody ever parks just to make sure nobody hits your truck with their door.

-After parking way out in the corner of the lot you come out to find your truck surrounded by other diesel pickups.

-When parking way out isn't possible you park so you can see your truck out at least one window of wherever you are.

 

I think my favorite is this one:
I just was doing that when I put my trans cooler in the other night. I was fussing with the I/C too, so I *had* to take for a spin and hammer it in the neighborhood just to make sure I had all the boots tight. I didn't. LOL

 

-You park in the back of the parking lot because you have to, it won't fit anywhere else.

I resemble most of the remarks, but be careful with the one about spending more time with it than the family!

 

LOL. Great posts. I don't have a problem, I've never done any of those. Yeah right!!!

 

Dang FTE stalkers....ya'll quit following me around....great post....i'm reading this in a drive-thru on my laptop....hehehe....on the way home, i WILL hog-leg "Bit Mo'" under the overpass just to see how many lights turn on in the neighborhood....you guys are really creaping me out, i'm gonna' be looking for other PSD's from now on.....hahahahahaha

 

There is a support group for this?

I've got 4 ford truck forums open right now.

 

...your family says "Oh no, Dad can't buy another tuck. We'll never see him!"

 

Well that means:


Hi, I am Dale and I'm a PowerStroke Addict!



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Well Dale, used to be most folks could tell you about your avatar. Bet most don't have a clue now.

 

dude! four?




trust me, YOU are a redneck Petey....


ah how sweet, you miss pinky....... really?

who put that there...

 

I think my wife's addicted also. We pulled up next to a GMC dually last week and she looked at me and said "thats a cute little truck". I also lost my coffee!

Barney

 

Beautiful. You must be proud of her Barney!!!!!

 

Don't hate on Pinkie! Just cause I prefer my SuperDuty doesn't mean Pinkie couldn't be bada** someday. New paint + a 6" lift + big mud tires + soft top + neato fender flares would = one cool Pinkie. Maybe a Cummins / stick shift conversion all in time.

Oh and that last one should read:

You want to hang out with your parts guy hoping to get a date with his daughter.