Do like I did, start a rat hole account and pay in cash. ;)

 

Tell her you are doing your part to help stimulate the economy.

 

When I bought my '80 I took my wife with me to help decide if we want it. Had her take it for a test drive as well. When she came back I told her she looked awsome in the car...and she did too! She's been calling the vette, "The other woman". I get this look on my face. I go out into the garage for a couple hours and when I return I'm content. She's happy, I'm happy and the vette's happy. Two points of advice. Number 1. Tell her she can drive it any time she wants. My wife will not get behind the wheel. Don't know why.. Maybe it's because I said she could.. Second point: Don't lie.. tell her like it is. The car is broke, I need to fix it and I have to spend x dollars to do it. She might be pissed but if she catches you lieing..you could be splitting that car in court.

 

Mine lets me pretty much get what i want shes good like that now to make her happy i took her out this weekend and bought her 400 in clothes for the winter keeps her quiet for a little bit.

 

I'm very fortunate. My wife issists I buy anything I hint I need. She also helped me put brakes on it.

 

My wife is sitting here reading this thread with me. she said "I could spend anything I want on the vette as long as it comes out of the extra money"
now if only I could find that "extra money" :confused:

 

Buy her one too, worked for me :D

 

I got rid of the wife 4 years ago, The vette by comparison is less expensive, much more faithful, and more fun to drive!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Kevin

 

My wife, June, is pretty much as fanatical as I am, we just have our areas! When it come to cleaning and polishing, the body and interior are my patch, wheels and tyres are Junes! If I'm honest, she is more keen that I am to get down to the repairs... many long days and nights spent together changeing balancers, springs, shocks etc, not to mention brake bleeding.... June insistes we do that every year! As for the buyng, come see our model collection... almost all June's purchases! And at Le Mans this year, one of us thought we ought not to leave the trackside for more than a lap, so we could give our moral support to the C5Rs at every pass... and it wasn't me! Am I lucky? You bet! I know a few guys whose wives are not at all interested in the Vette... I feel sorry for them. The only thing would draw the line at is if I decided I wanted the car re-done to NCRS spec and then didn't want to drive it.... a show car/trailer queen has never been an option!


[Modified by Stephen Irons, 11:38 AM 9/20/2001]

 

Hi Stephen,
June does the WHEELS? :cool:
How did you wangle that one? :lol: After watching me polish my new alloys with Solvol for a week (in front of the TV!), Carey politely told me that if I ever had any ideas of asking her to polish them in the future then I could....
Well it sort of translates as "No, I'd rather not. But thanks for asking" ;)
But she did spend a hot summer day polishing all the interior with vinyl cleaner using a toothbrush (excellent way of cleaning the ingrained dirt out). I thought it was great, until I found out that it was my toothbrush :eek:
:cheers:
Paul

 

I had my Vette before my wife so I tell her that it has seniority! Also told her I'd buy her a C 5 of her very own. That worked.

 

I ran to drop off my used oil (environmentally correct) and pick up a couple of parts for my '66. I got back and had an earful of "Are you going to waste all day working on that thing?" Sheesh, I hadn't even started on it! My wife hates the time I spend in the garage and it causes quite the riffs.

 

Pivan, Try getting her involved with your hobby. When I bought my first Vette I was wxpecting my wife to be the same way, but after getting her involved with all that goes into a Vette she is as much as an enthusist as I am now. She really likes the car shows.

Good Luck

Trent81

 

Getting the wife involved is easier said than done. My wife truely has NO interest in cars in general or the Vette. She won't drive it and doesn't care about riding in it.

On the other hand, she knows how much I love my Vette and rarely complains about the time or money spent on it. I've got to give her a lot of crecit for that. I don't know how I would feel about investing $10K or more in a time-consuming hobby of hers, particularly if I didn't get anything out of it.

Brian

 

I'm a VERY lucky man...My wife figures that there is alot worse stuff I could be doin' than bein' out in the garage turnin' wrenches....never had heard a complaint....she luvs to cruize and go to shows...gawd I LUV HER... :yesnod: BTW we're both in our '50s and luvin' life :lol:

 

I have to admit I've been really lucky, too. My GF LOVES old cars (her first car was a '65 Mustang; say what you will, but it's still cooler than a VW Golf or some other girl car). I think it's been said here but it's all about balance. I try to give her Fri/Sat for us time or house projects, then Sunday to work on the car if I need to. Or, I tinker on weeknights when there's not a lot to be done.

Fortunately, she loves driving it and is really proud of the work I've done -- I don't think I'd enjoy the car half as much if she wasn't interested. In fact, the other night I asked her to move it out of the driveway so we could re-arrange cars in the garage. 20 min later she comes back and I asked "Where were you?" -- she says "I HAD to go for a cruise in the car -- there was no way I could get in it and just move it down the driveway!"

That's when you know you've found the ONE! :D

 

We take trips in the vette in the summer ,mostly I drive , she would rather ride.My wife is a basket ball nut ,goes to local games ,watchs on T.V.This gives me most of the winter for mods and maintance . Works out great. :seeya

 

Mine's pretty cool with it, actually. of course, it helps that her Dad just finished up his second Model A Ford restoration about a year ago. (Oh, yeah, I was going to post pics.)

Anyhow, it does help somewhat if you have a freelance gig or two on the side. That way you can work out a 60/40 split between savings and the "fun" car for the extra dough. Just make sure you have enough offsetting business expenses during the year so you don't take a big hit from your 1099s.

Of course, this only applies if you can itemize.

 

Women like NOTHING that takes male attention away from them.
:D :yesnod: :D

 

You and me both. Before we bought OUR Vette, we had a discussion on what we would get. We knew we were going to get a Vette, just not which one. It was decided that it was going to be my car to drive, she loves her Explorer. So, we could either get an older one and keep my Bonneville SSE, or trade the Bonneville and get a new(er) Vette. The main criteria was that I HAD to have reliable transportation to get to work. The new won out.
I come home from work after a late meeting and she asks me what my schedule was for the next morning, can I change my meetings around and we have an appointment at the car dealer at 8:30. I just looked at her and said "We just bought a new Corvette, didn't we?" :yesnod: :yesnod: :yesnod:
Because it is a new car, it dosn't REQUIRE a lot of time on maintenance and repairs and restoration. An because it is my daily driver, I can't afford to have it torn apart, waiting for parts. So most of the work goes into simple bolt on mods and cleaning and polishing. I usually get home from work before she does, so thats when I do that. When she gets home, I now have time to spend with her. :D
And by the way, my wife feels the same way. There are far worse things that I could be spending time and money on, she loves to go cruizin and we are both in out 50's and lovin' life. She even does the wave if I miss one. :D :seeya