You Might Be A Hot Wheels Collector If...
…Your wife/girlfriend/mom sends you to the grocery store with two bucks to
     buy bread for dinner, and you come home with a HW Bread Truck and an
     Oscar Wienermobile.
…You have more invested in your collection than you
     do in your real car.
     …You refer to your car as a 1:1 scale model
     …You have ever tried to find a HW Model of your real car
…You have ever
     argued about calling the new wheel Saw Blades or Tri-Blades
     …You see a new wheel and buy as many different models with that wheel as
     you can find.
... The local Toy's "R" Us runs out of HW stock, and they call you for a
     shipment.
     …You own more than one color of a model just because it has a different
     wheel.
     …You look in Rec.Toys.Cars more than three times a day.
     …Your teenage son says that he saw a new car today, and you ask, "Target or
     Wal-Mart?"
     …No matter HOW much you are in a hurry, you absolutely, positively,
     without question CANNOT pass a Wal-Mart, Kmart, Target, etc. without
     stopping to go in and check the pegs!
     …And if somehow you DO manage to pass by that Wal-Mart, KMart, Target,
     etc., you feel terrible...like you're "missing" something...for example, the
     Treasure Hunt car that you imagine is sitting there, hanging on a peg and
     waiting for nobody but YOU!
     …You ever donated plasma to get a HW car
     …You have a weekly budget including HW cars
     …You get up at 6 in the morning on weekends just to be the first to the flea
     market so no one takes that car you might want.
     …Your heart rate goes up just thinking about spotting the rare Yellow Pipe
     Jammer on the pegs !!
     …Your son asks if it's OK to take HIS cars out of the BP's !!!
     ...All your relatives just received a free years supply of Coronet Towels.
     ...Every time you pass an Chevy dealer, #505 flashes before your eyes.
     ...You had your driveway painted orange with a checkered mailbox.
 
     …You turn in your recycled pop cans for money to buy cars.
     ...You see a Mazda 626 drive by and think: "hmmm.... ultra hots!"
     …You look at real cars on the highway and pick out ones that there are HW
     versions of.
     …You look at real cars' wheels and start identifying 3 spokes, 5 spokes, etc.
     …You refer to real cars as "real cars".
     …You look for excuses to go to the store.
     …When you go on vacation, you stop at every TRU, Wal-mart, K-mart, and
     Target along the way.
     …You reference places by what toy or department store they're near.
     …You have dreams of walking into TRU and finding vast isles of HWs with
     all new cars :)
     …You make up lists like these from your own experiences ;)
     …You're going out of town on a business trip or vacation, and you research in
     advance where all the Wal-Mart, Target, Toys-R-Us, and other stores are
     located, then plan your meetings to allow you time to hit them all!
     ... and if the meeting runs long and you start getting anxious, and lose track of
     what's going on, because you know you won't have time to make them all
     before you have to be at the airport.
     …While having never eaten Malt-O-Meal, you have six unopened boxes in
     your cupboard.
     …You had actually developed a taste for Fruity Pebbles and long for the days
     of free Flintmobiles to return.
     …You get up in the morning, have your Malt-O-Meal, go to work, lunch at
     McDonalds go home, eat Kraft dinner for supper and before bed, and brush
     your teeth with Aquafresh
     …You've ever bought a car somewhere, paying $2 or more, and then later
     finding that SAME car on the pegs.
     ...If you've ever told people to WAIT, they will come!
     ...You've ever traded thru the snail mail and don't mind paying twice what the
     car is worth to ship.
     ...You have $15-30 Dollars in HW and $60-90 in paint.
     ...When someone is looking for a wheel variation, you say you have one, only
     to realize later that YOU made that one.
     …You get up in the morning read the Newsgroup, get your coffee, and head
     to the shop; the custom shop you have in the garage.
     ...You have more variations of a 65 Mustang Convertible than HW ever
     imagined.
     ...Your grass in the backyard is dying, but looks cool as Sapphire Blue.
     ...At least 1/2 of your collection are homemade.
     ...If you've ever made a MB 95 Mustang look the same as the MBP 95
     Mustang only missing the Rims.
     …You've ever bought two cars just to get the rims off of one, and the body off
     another.
     ...You've ever gone thru your old box of cars and brought a lot of them back
     to life.
     ...You've ever made a TJ and it looks better than you 1:1 car.
     ...You've figured out how to tap the rivet and put a jewel screw in the hole.
     ...Your workbench in the garage has more HW on it than tools.
     ...Your workbench in the garage has it's own pegs, and they are all stocked.
     ...You've ever looked at a HW and said it would be awesome in another color,
     then bought it and the paint to go with it.
     ...When someone brags about buying HW for $.67 and you know you can't
     cause paint cost $2.50 a can.
     ...You've got enuff rivet shavings on the garage floor to press into another
     HW.
     ...You've ever found a dealer that will sell your cars.
     ...You go to Flea Markets/Yard Sales/Junk Dealers to buy red lines that are in
     BAD shape.
     ...The coffee mug you drink from has as much paint on it as the garage floor.
     ...The ashtray in the garage is full, your collection shelf is full, and your wallet
     is empty.
     …You have ever gotten home from work to find 5 priority mail packages
     sitting on your front porch.
     …You have ever thought about driving 2 hours to go to another city (or area)
     just to look for cars.
     …You make lists of Hot Wheels in the blank spaces on the church bulletin
     during the sermon.
     …You've ever opened a Target or TRU charge account and only use it for
     HW's
     …You've ever run out of postage to mail your bills, but you get those trade
     boxes mailed on time
     …You lie at the checkout counter and say "they're for my grandkids"
     …You stash your current finds under the bed so your husband won't find them
     and freak
     …You go to a HW show and only take a certain amount of cash so you won't
     go overboard
     …You study the new Tomart's more than you've ever studied a schoolbook
     …You have a room dedicated to Hot Wheels
     …You convince your husband to build new shelves in the guest room to
     display your Hot Wheels
     …You've ever had to purchase another suitcase on vacation to bring all your
     finds home
     …You map out the best/fastest route from 1 dept. store to the next
     …You go to the grocery store to buy groceries and end up spending more on
     your Hot Wheels.
     …You have a closet in your house dedicated to Hot Wheels only.
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