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Old Dec 12, 2012 | 11:58 AM
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You know you drive a cummins when....

I have seen this done on some other sites, its usually pretty fun, feel free to keep it going!

1. Your tired of explaining to people that your truck does not use glow plugs...

2. Headlights dimming at start up don't even register in your brain anymore

3. You explain several times a week that your 12V doesn't have a "chip"

4. You know what a chaikwa is and how to use it.

5. You have heard of a BHAF

6. You know what P0216 means, and you don't even own a 24v

7. You have followed " the adventures of Cincydiesel" with great interest

8. You consider anything under 300 000 miles to be " low miles"

9. You develop a nervous twitch when people say "cummings"

10. There are oil spots on your driveway or garage floor...
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Old Dec 12, 2012 | 12:22 PM
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11. You have repaired or replaced every major system or component on your truck except the engine.

12. "When that truck rots and falls off around the motor, I'm gonna buy another truck, and put the motor in the new one."

13. More than once, you've said "No, it just has a bad knock. Been that way since I got it."

14. You think people who aren't running a dual disc clutch just don't have their heart in it.

15. You have ever sheared a 35 spline axle, unloaded.

16. You won't buy an Eco-Boost, because your 20 year old truck is paid for and gets better mpg.

17. You have ever raced a newer truck up a mountain highway, flat-towing another truck, just to prove a point.

18. You firmly believe that the smallest axle that should come in a truck is a Dana 60.

19. You have ever said, "When I let the clutch out, some part of that other truck is coming with me."

20. You didn't notice that the trailer you were pulling had the brakes locked up until the tires popped.

21. Your neighbors know when you get off the highway after work.

23. When Ford and Chevy owners tease you about your slow truck, you show them an allen wrench and say "Don't make me embarrass you."

24. You have scale tickets and photos proving you can put more than 4000 lbs in the bed of your truck.

25. You think horse drawn wagons have a "cushy ride".
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Old Dec 12, 2012 | 04:00 PM
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26. When you get the "Hey mister, your truck is smoking pretty bad, you should get that checked out."
27. When you could sell your truck for almost what you paid for it 100,000mi ago.

My wife just noticed for the first time last week that the grid heater dims the lights! (She's been driving the truck daily since 2008!)
To her credit they dim alot more, it's due for batteries.
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Old Dec 12, 2012 | 04:28 PM
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28. You give a friend a ride and almost get in a fist fight arguing that it does not have a V-8 under the hood and it is in fact only 360 Cubic Inches in displacement....
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Old Dec 12, 2012 | 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by jstone44720

23. When Ford and Chevy owners tease you about your slow truck, you show them an allen wrench and say "Don't make me embarrass you."
First time I've heard of this one. What's the allen wrench for and what size it it? Is it a 12V thing?
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Old Dec 12, 2012 | 05:09 PM
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Some gasser driver comes up and a asks "What do you tow with that big truck?"
My answer was "So far, everything I've hooked up to the trailer hitch."
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Old Dec 12, 2012 | 05:10 PM
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29. When you scare the crap out of the guy in the duramax on the other end of the strap behind you.

30. When you idle up the neighbor's long driveway and he greets you with "I thought you were the logger coming in the driveway."
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Old Dec 12, 2012 | 05:26 PM
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31. When you take off from the light just off dead idle in 3rd gear.... Just because you CAN!
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Old Dec 12, 2012 | 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by jrs_dodge_diesel
First time I've heard of this one. What's the allen wrench for and what size it it? Is it a 12V thing?
Yes, its for moving the fueling plate in a 12 valve....

32. When your old man gets out of your truck after driving it and says, "Jeezh, this thing's a tractor!"
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Old Dec 12, 2012 | 09:05 PM
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I can sure relate to number 10. Trucks been working on the same oil spot on driveway for 18 years now. Not finished yet....
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Old Dec 12, 2012 | 09:20 PM
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you know ypu drive a cummins when....

33. Your neighbors know what time you leave and get home from work withot leaving their living room
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Old Dec 12, 2012 | 09:42 PM
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31. When you take off from the light just off dead idle in 3rd gear.... Just because you CAN!
A guy at work takes off in first gear EVERY time... kinda funny cause he has to shift before he gets thru the crosswalk...

Lost count, but two things I always like about my work truck was taking off in the gravel lot and the truck spins the duals 20 feet after you started and never changed the peddle position.
The other thing is the height of the truck put the bumper just above most peoples hood. swing a turn wide and watch people freak out...
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Old Dec 12, 2012 | 09:45 PM
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34. When you're towing a fully loaded trailer and after a few hours on the road you forgot you had a trailer hooked up.
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Old Dec 12, 2012 | 09:56 PM
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These are all pretty good.
35. Your truck came with CAOS- the Cummins Automatic Oil-undercoating System
36. You do 30 in town and 65 on the highway- in the same gear
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Old Dec 12, 2012 | 10:08 PM
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37. Every kid in your life refers to your truck as "a monster truck!"
38. You get asked "How far can you drive on one tank?"
39. People say "I love this truck. When are you gonna sell it?"
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