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My wife said that I should get my 911 instead of replacing windows on the house.
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Well one evening, about a week after the paint,she took the truck to run our daughters friend home Late in the evening.
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When she was specing out a new one, she opted for a lesser Mac because she'd "rather use the money for a Pioneer AVIC for your 911".
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...is really an excellent driver. Seriously. She is competent, confident and attentive. She also knows how funny I am about my cars, so she's very careful about where she goes, where she parks, even how she gets in and out of the car.
She's driven the 996 twice. The first time she curbed one of my Sport Classic IIs. Today she crushed the front bumper on a parking block. What the friggin' hell???
My wife has driven the Porsche twice and rode in it three other times. She rarely drives my vehicles in the six years I had my f150 Harley she droves it about 20 times. Those drives resulted in a bent nerf pipe, she dropped in on a curb. Hit a curb with the lower front bumper(also broke the fog light). None of that really bothered me, it just a vehicle. But then right before it sold it I had the front bumper respayed to fix where she hit the curb and general chips over the years. I wanted to make it look nice to sell. Well one evening, about a week after the paint,she took the truck to run our daughters friend home Late in the evening. The next day I'm walking past the truck and I'm like what the hell, the corner of the bumper is all scuffed. Sure enough she drove into their drive too fast hitting the dip coming off the road.
So giving her past record I give it about a 15% chance that if she takes the keys it will cost money. I still love her and all in all I wish she would take Porsche for a errand every now and then, but I doubt she would.
My wife won't acknowledge that I bought or now own a Porsche. She won't sit in it, won't look at it, won't talk about it. That's all for the better. In another few months, I won't have to sit with her, look at her, and won't have to talk either to her or about her either.
Nothing like trading an intransigent woman for a compliant Porsche.
larry
My wife is very cool about my Porsche obsession, she wont drive the 911, drives the 996 on occasion and the Cayenne all the time.
She's it pretty careful but if she breaks somthing.... I can fix it. No big deal.
BUT I find one damn French fry, coffee spill or something in there, she is dead meat!
Every time my significant other says she wants to drive my 996 and how good a driver she is I simply point to her POS Honda that she has owned since new with the dents, door dings, curb rash, bumper scrapes, etc. Since both cars are 2002's and mine is (for the most part) flawless, she backs off quickly.
All of that aside, when she asks I simply say NO
Consider trading the new wife - seriously
+1 !
+1 again.
However, when I talk with my wife about selling the speed6 and buying a CPO'd Cayenne or Panamera v6, she say "hmmm, I would look good driving either one of those....."
Married four months. This is my second time around. Wasted 20 years of my life trying to make the first one work. For some reason I took that whole "for better for worse" thing seriously. Apparently I thought it meant "for better or for
really f**ked up
".
No way I let this one go. She's a once in a lifetime find. In fact, when I was upset that my ex got my Boxster in the divorce, my new wife (girlfriend at that time) said "F**k her. She got the Boxster? Go get a 911."
Both times she damaged the car, she came right home and told me immediately...unlike my ex who mashed up everything she ever drove and claimed she had no idea how it happened. Forget the fact that I investigated accidents for a living...
Last night we took my wife's broken Mac to the Apple store. Apple said it's dead. When she was specing out a new one, she opted for a lesser Mac because she'd "rather use the money for a Pioneer AVIC for your 911".
How can I be angry?
The car hit and skipped over the parking block. I have a set of H&R springs for it. Luckily, they're still in the garage in the box or the damage would've been a lot worse.
My girlfriend is a keeper too, she doesn't even think of touching the car, she knows not to wear jeans with metal zippers or anything that could scratch the seats. She checks if anything could scratch the car before she attempts to lean on it. She buys me upgraded parts for my birthday and Christmas...
She helps me detail it once in a while... she has patience when I wash my car and she's inside cooking and saying "common it's ready" and I say "5 more minutes" when in fact it will be 15 min.
She always watches when she opens her door or how she goes in and out of the car. Also puts on her seat belt properly the first time without hitting the console.
I'm happy with a girl that respects what I love.
Oh and she knows not to roll the windows down after I just finished washing the car.... Hate streaks.
To reference Seinfield, "You need to hold onto her like grim death........"
My wife said that I should get my 911 instead of replacing windows on the house. She said "the're windows, that's not fun, will just caulk them."
I got a little misty eyed when she said that and then planted a big one on her.
Guys:
reading this thread makes me smile for sure. I can relate to all the experiences. My wife knows I am a car nut, one who likes his vehicles clean and well cared for. She was backing out of a spot a kid right behind her backed into her car. I heard about it right away.....and she had a bit of panic in her eyes. Hey, her's is only a car, it can be fixed. As for my baby, I have had her drive it twice so far at Lime Rock in 2 DE's. She is an excellent driver and I am confident in her abilities but, she is not so passionate about it. I am truly lucky, look how much money I save on brakes and tires........She knows that she can take it out whenever she wants but I think the seats and harnesses are a bit of a deterent !
However, if she said, go get that GT3 you are always reading about, now that would be like hitting the lottery..... until then she is still a keeper!!!!!!!
Sorry,
the 996 we have at home..... IS HERS!
She found it
I sold 3 cars
The dealer calls asking for me, I say "talk to my wife, its hers"
I have mine (see avitar)
She drives:
Her 996 C4S 6 speed
My 4x4 Chevy 8" lift auto
My 4x2 Chevy (work) auto
My daughters ML350 auto
My sons 928 S4 auto
and
My track car. 5 speed Euro S Hybrid 5.0
No Problem!
I'm lucky.
No issues
I taught my wife how to drive stick on an old 1980's Nissan pickup that I bought for $50. Now she won't even consider owning an automatic.
She has and loves an Acura RSX, but is quite welcome and capable behind the wheel of the 911. She was down with the purchase so long as we got 1) seat heaters and 2) a C4, as she feels safer with AWD and PSM. Done and done.
Of course now that we have the car she wants to go do some DE's. Who am I to say no?
OK, so I have one for you...
I have always dreamed of going to the Pebble Beach Concours. Last night, my new bride briefed me on this year's vacation. She planned the whole thing...
We are flying into San Francisco for a couple of days. Then, we're driving to Carmel to see 1) the Rolex Monterey Reunion 2) a couple of the auctions 3) the Conourso Italiano 4) the Tour d'elegance and finally 5) the Pebble Beach Concours.
Then we're driving down to LA to visit with family and going to the Petersen Museum.
...and she also bought tickets to the new Baltimore Grand Prix for when we get home...
I'm so friggin' lucky. I suppose a couple of scratches on the old Porsche isn't so bad.
Sounds like a keeper however in time she will most likey refuse to drive your pcar for fear of damage such as this.
The last time I let my girlfriend drive the 4S she was doing burnouts at stoplights to impress her friend... in an all wheel drive car!!!
