What's the missus reckon?

Bunyip04 · 03-09-2011, 08:29 PM

What's everyone's missus attitude towards your car obsession??

My wife: She gets a little narky about the time, money and effort i put into it sometimes,
in saying that tho, she polish's and wax's it for me before i get back from being away with work for a while,
and she even helps me shamois it sometimes!!

WIN!!!

HVAC PRO · 03-09-2011, 08:34 PM

was just talking bout that today with a mate i have to say i am lucky my misses loves her cars and has the mod bug just like me... She's actually taking her 2010 5.7l chrysler 300c down the 1/4 on wednesday night at willowbank.

pottery beige · 03-09-2011, 08:42 PM

got rid of her... then bought new carby i wanted.....

Franco Cozzo · 04-09-2011, 11:23 AM

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got rid of her... then bought new carby i wanted.....

Fairly expensive carby there mate, LOL.

2011G6E · 04-09-2011, 03:08 PM

She loves cars. Not to the extent I do, but she still enjoys driving them.
We just bought an old ute to replace our little Morris Minor which we sold. I was trolling Ebay looking at utes, and said to her that a Kingswood would be good, as there seemed to be plenty about and prices were reasonable, parts were cheap and plentiful, and they looked good done up.
I spotted a V8 WB, and was humming and hahhing about it, and she looked at it and said "Just buy it before someone else does!". I said "It's a V8 you know", and she said "So?".

Now in the yard outside sits an '82 WB ute with lowered suspension, new brakes, a 253 V8 with mild cam, extractors, and a Holley, and a shift-kitted auto. I said to her that it needs a coat of paint and a couple of tiny rust touch ups, but nothing major and that the interior needs retrimming. She said she's going to redo that, and when I pointed out the busted and butchered plastic fascia on the GTS dash, she said "Well buy a new fascia off that ad on Ebay you showed me...we're going to have this ute for quite a while aren't we...and I want it to look nice when I'm driving it".

I think I'll keep her.

mad-xa · 03-09-2011, 08:46 PM

loves the classics ,would have me spend more if i had more to spend lol and likes the peace and quiet when im in the garage restorin them...

TheZHLANE · 03-09-2011, 09:00 PM

Pottery_beige you never cease to amaze me!

pottery beige · 03-09-2011, 09:13 PM

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Pottery_beige you never cease to amaze me!

was muchly like metal on metal scraping / howling / stuck half on handbrake..... no great loss.....

**DJM83** · 03-09-2011, 09:10 PM

Mine just offered to pay half of a Miltek exhaust and race cat, so yeah.
Cost is $1600

vhcbm · 04-09-2011, 10:55 AM

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Mine just offered to pay half of a Miltek exhaust and race cat, so yeah.
Cost is $1600

Jealous.

Donny · 03-09-2011, 09:18 PM

Hey Mitch, you an me must be twins, coz I swear you just described my life to a tee..
My missus said its me or the cars, I still have my 2 cars, little stress, no debt and lifes good now.

pottery beige · 03-09-2011, 09:29 PM

as grandpa beige use to say.. if they didnt have a ...... theyd be stacked ten high at the dump with bullet holes in them....

GunmetalFox · 05-09-2011, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by pottery beige

as grandpa beige use to say.. if they didnt have a ...... theyd be stacked ten high at the dump with bullet holes in them....

used to work with an old block that had "if they didnt have c..... you wouldnt even talk to em" tattooed on his arm and was a singlet wearer classic. but true My ex for this reason among others wanted to get a family type car not a ute .. pffft i can get all the shopping from car shop in my ute no worries at all, even more no im single ..= win

tex · 03-09-2011, 09:32 PM

For every handbrake out there, there's an accelerator as well.

No way I could play cars without the support of my wife, she's a good gal, and I'm a lucky man.

pottery beige · 03-09-2011, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by tex

For every handbrake out there, there's an accelerator as well.

No way I could play cars without the support of my wife, she's a good gal, and I'm a lucky man.

very lucky fella tex... i think i just got a dud.. not too bad at the start but once the warranty ran out it was all down hill.... having lots of fun test driving some much newer models at the moment....

Donny · 03-09-2011, 11:09 PM

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i think i just got a dud.. not too bad at the start but once the warranty ran out it was all down hill.... having lots of fun test driving some much newer models at the moment....

Mine was a LEMON!!!

Started off ok, went seriously downhill once a few miles piled on. I got the same warranty as a modified, broken FPV=None!!

Test driving newer models is way fun, run em in then trade em up..
Trade em in fast enough and you dont cop the depreciation hit...

V8XTasy · 03-09-2011, 09:35 PM

mine couldn't understand why you would want to hear the sound of a V8.....so no hope there I'm afraid!!

tex · 03-09-2011, 11:19 PM

Hahahahaha, Donny and Pottery, you blokes crack me up.

Test driving is always fun, if my memory serves.

Just like hire cars ... they ALWAYS go harder than the cooking models.......

**ego gtp** · 03-09-2011, 11:31 PM

my wife is incredible, doesnt mind my passion gets up at 6 am every sat and sun morning to cook my breakfast after i get home from work comes with me to all the cruises and shows, wouldnt change her for anything else on this planet she is the best cheers gary

MR.BA.GT.332 · 04-09-2011, 05:05 AM

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Originally Posted by ego gtp

my wife is incredible, doesnt mind my passion gets up at 6 am every sat and sun morning to cook my breakfast after i get home from work comes with me to all the cruises and shows, wouldnt change her for anything else on this planet she is the best cheers gary

Pretty much sums up my mrs, she spoils me rotten - makes my lunches for work everyday at 5:30am as i get ready for work, cooks, cleans & Works too!

Wonder woman i call her!

She also likes going to willowbank & powercruise etc, she likes car shows but she hates seeing the same cars all the time she reakons.

Shes even let me have 2 SHEDS!

p.s missus caught me typing this post & read it = me in the good books

Sox · 04-09-2011, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by mr_460bigblock

Pretty much sums up my mrs, she spoils me rotten - makes my lunches for work everyday at 5:30am as i get ready for work, cooks, cleans & Works too!

Wonder woman i call her!

She also likes going to willowbank & powercruise etc, she likes car shows but she hates seeing the same cars all the time she reakons.

Shes even let me have 2 SHEDS!

p.s missus caught me typing this post & read it = me in the good books

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Originally Posted by ego gtp

my wife is incredible, doesnt mind my passion gets up at 6 am every sat and sun morning to cook my breakfast after i get home from work comes with me to all the cruises and shows, wouldnt change her for anything else on this planet she is the best cheers gary

I'm in the same boat as these blokes.
I'm self employed, work from home and business is obviously a little quiter than usual right now. She's the main bread winner and still raking the $$ in.
I still get to play with the toys as I please, $$ permitting.
She's up early very morning for work, I'm in bed a little longer.
On the weekend, I'm up first, she then gets up and makes breakfast.
She cooks, cleans, and pretty much looks after the household.
I mow the lawn.

We have 3.5 cars, and 4 motorbikes, and 2 dirtbikes.

We met at Eastern Creek on a motorbike track day, she was there with her Ducati, as was I.
Early in the piece it was discovered neither of us want kids. We got married shortly after. Our celebrant wedding cost $180.
It's been 13 years since we met and things are still rosy.

I think I hit the jackpot.
I feel sorry for the lads who haven't though.

Carrie On · 05-09-2011, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Sox

I'm in the same boat as these blokes.
I'm self employed, work from home and business is obviously a little quiter than usual right now. She's the main bread winner and still raking the $$ in.
I still get to play with the toys as I please, $$ permitting.
She's up early very morning for work, I'm in bed a little longer.
On the weekend, I'm up first, she then gets up and makes breakfast.
She cooks, cleans, and pretty much looks after the household.
I mow the lawn.

We have 3.5 cars, and 4 motorbikes, and 2 dirtbikes.

We met at Eastern Creek on a motorbike track day, she was there with her Ducati, as was I.
Early in the piece it was discovered neither of us want kids. We got married shortly after. Our celebrant wedding cost $180.
It's been 13 years since we met and things are still rosy.

I think I hit the jackpot.
I feel sorry for the lads who haven't though.

You sir may well be the luckiest bloke that ever lived. good on ya.

b2tf · 04-09-2011, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by ego gtp

my wife is incredible, doesnt mind my passion gets up at 6 am every sat and sun morning to cook my breakfast after i get home from work comes with me to all the cruises and shows, wouldnt change her for anything else on this planet she is the best cheers gary

Does she have a sister? A striking resemblance to Nat Bassingthwaite would be a bonus.

kaniSS · 05-09-2011, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by ego gtp

my wife is incredible, doesnt mind my passion gets up at 6 am every sat and sun morning to cook my breakfast after i get home from work comes with me to all the cruises and shows, wouldnt change her for anything else on this planet she is the best cheers gary

Great indication that she loves you. Same with my wife...

wrongwaynorris · 04-09-2011, 07:56 AM

I have my interests she has hers , I dont pretend to be all that interested in dolls and tins etc etc etc and she does not pretend to be interested or know anything about cars and bikes but neither of us has an issue with each other pursuing our interests . Must be doing something right though as weve been together for 34 years and maried for 26.

ZcAmbo · 04-09-2011, 08:11 AM

Im lucky my wife loves cars too even if it is a holden torana lol we built it together only problem is having to share the garage she has 2 torana's a 78 charger which is her current project and ive got the cobra and the zc ambo.
She loves hanging out in the garage and is not affraid to get her hands dirty too

MexicanBatman · 04-09-2011, 08:17 AM

My girlfriend has brought me 2 sets of 20's and got an $8000 loan and got my previous car air bagged... Now to get her to help with my next round of mods LOL

pottery beige · 04-09-2011, 08:28 AM

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My girlfriend has brought me 2 sets of 20's and got an $8000 loan and got my previous car air bagged... Now to get her to help with my next round of mods LOL

^^ hung like a rogue bull elephant ^^

Whiskeyonesix · 04-09-2011, 08:44 AM

Mine cracked the sh**s with me good and proper when I got the AU - not because it was hugely expensive or anything, it's just that I didn't tell her I was going to buy it, just rolled up home in it one evening!
"Whats that?
"My new car, the volvo needed too much spending on it, so it was cheaper in the long run to buy this"

Probably shouldn't have dipped into my house savings for it, but hey its my money I've earned.
Sh'es come round to it now I do most of the driving, but it was "interesting" for a while... Heaven help me if I ever go out and buy an AX-9 or GTHO or something like that

Sox · 04-09-2011, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Whiskeyonesix

Mine cracked the sh**s with me good and proper when I got the AU - not because it was hugely expensive or anything, it's just that I didn't tell her I was going to buy it, just rolled up home in it one evening!
"Whats that?
"My new car, the volvo needed too much spending on it, so it was cheaper in the long run to buy this"

Probably shouldn't have dipped into my house savings for it, but hey its my money I've earned.
Sh'es come round to it now I do most of the driving, but it was "interesting" for a while... Heaven help me if I ever go out and buy an AX-9 or GTHO or something like that

You can't really blame her for cracking it, you made 3 mistakes.
1 - Not tellling her in the first place.
2 - Dipping into the house savings.
3 - Calling it 'my' money.

Good partnerships work well if things are mutual and open.