You really have one when:
A.The water temp gauge is broken and you touch the firewall to be aware of the engine temperature.
B.you create a little short cut with the door of the battery compartment under the driver seat.
C. you need to break the " i will keep it stock" promise with seats to accomodate real human passengers.
D. Third gear is too long in the city and too short in the highway
E. you love the feel of that growl comming out the exaust at low rpm.
F.you get used to repeat: "yes, like a Land Cruiser, sure".
G. And you are tired to repeat: "no, not so close to a Land Rover"
H.You Know you need a third wiper for the windshield, from passenger' s suggestion.
I. You might be wondered about (in LG-60 s for South America) why the hell the oil gauge has the inscription: 5810, and you add six quarter gallon of engine oil, and the service manual says you need 1.8 gallon, but the gauge tell you are over max whit the six quarters. (Help is wanted)
J. the front leaf spring is a little rusty, because you are used to add a little more water to the radiator than needed.
K. You dont want your wife using your Patrol, so you dont plan to add that brake-booster.
L. You love to demonstrate your friends how good you know your Patrol when they can't open the hood.
Ll. You use a picture from this site as Walpaper on your PC.
M. You become able to replace the secondary clutch pump from the inside the car, whitout taking off the gear box top. And tight the nuts!
N.You love to lubricate the hubs. And do it in front of your neighbours.
O.You hand gets hurt when try to check the clutch liquid level when the car is cold. And you dont use a cloth.
P.Your have a personal collection of Hitachi parts.
Q.you have something more in common with your old man and your kids: All of you learnt to drive in the very same car.
R.Pathfinder and Patrol GR Owners always want to help you out whe you are working on your Patrol. And ask you silly things.
S. You feeel that since 1982, Patrols lost more than what it got. Even when rolling over was not so common anymore.
T.Your Patrol looks a Nissan X-trail and asks for itself "what the hell is this???".
U.And then, looks a Nissan Murano and says "Well, now i got enough of this!!!" ( and looks at the new Z series passing by and says "YEE HAW!!!")
V.You put bananas into the rear ring and pinion housing when you just replaced it. (to make sure it fits right!) .
W.Your fuel tank looks like a samsonite briefcase.
X. You know you have to put fuel slowly at the gas station.
Y.You love the saturdays and Sundays.
Z.You notice that the 1974 Patrol carburetor is smaller than previous models after you replaced it. And you have to use your imagination to close the spot between the top of the carb and the air filter housing.
Finally, You know it when you love it so much, that your garage becomes one more room of your house!.