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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 04:52 PM
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MY wife made me buy one, I totaled out her Trans Am, bought the vette to get out of the doghouse.
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by vetter79
Got my last 2 after my last divorce!!!

...same here,..after 3 Harleys, the 1st corvette put her over the edge. "Permission required" days were over

2 more corvettes since then with a great gal from across the pond..
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by OC1Dave
It's easier to ask for forgiveness than it is to ask for permission!
Fixed it for you!
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 05:54 PM
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cheaper to keep her comes to mind, but once past all the issues, oh around 20 years or so (minors), I AM FREE, FREE, FREE, you witc
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by OC1Dave
It's easier to beg for forgiveness than it is to ask for permission!
Took the words right outta my mouth
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 06:04 PM
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My wife actually picked out the GT-500 and the C5 Z06. She has a lead foot. My only complaint is I wanted the Red/Black GT-500, but she liked the Alloy/Black-Stripes. Very trivial complaint though, as I really enjoy both cars
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 06:43 PM
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Hmmmm.........I managed to get my wife to drive to Austin with me. She ended up getting impatient - and urged me to "pull the trigger" just to get back home. It did not hurt that she and the lady owner of Corvette Palace hit it off in friendly conversation

I think she got tired of hearing me talk about it- and figured, put up or shut up LOL.
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 06:46 PM
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My wife bought mine for me! I was told happy birthday, Christmas and annivesary for the next 20 years, you won't be getting anything else!
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 06:47 PM
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Uh huh?? How long you been married? Waiting for forgiveness from your wife can sometimes mean the loss of the key fringe benefits of marriage

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Took the words right outta my mouth
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Tim01Coupe
My wife bought mine for me! I was told happy birthday, Christmas and annivesary for the next 20 years, you won't be getting anything else!

now thats a keeper
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 07:24 PM
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I always bought what I could afford. Lost of Mustangs, Camaros and T/A's. She saw the Vette coming a mile away, so not much of a reaction there.

The really big came when I told her I was quitting my job to start my own Corvette Company.

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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by moserbe
My wife helped me pick out my C3 and years later my C5. Been married to the same lady now for 37 years.

ME TOO!!! A '75 and a '04. My wife and I will celebrate 20yrs this year.
Like the song in "Blues Brothers 2000" goes, "It's cheaper to keep her."
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 08:04 PM
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Wifes Permission = Divorce. Life is way too short to play those kind of games. Good women are out there, I found one. She enjoys the vette more than me.....NOT. First wife (notice I said first ) hated my C3. Happy to say shes gone, sad to say the c3 is too. New wife=new C5

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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by RobG03Z06
LOL...nope, but got my first Vette AFTER my divorce cuz I no longer had to ask for permission on how to spend my money.
A Proud member of that club
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I thought I would be because she had no idea I was getting one. When I got it she loved it
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Originally Posted by Willfulone
I always bought what I could afford. Lost of Mustangs, Camaros and T/A's. She saw the Vette coming a mile away, so not much of a reaction there.

The really big came when I told her I was quitting my job to start my own Corvette Company.

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Originally Posted by vetter79
Got my last 2 after my last divorce!!!
Got my first two after my divorce
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 09:05 PM
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Permission ...give me a break and grow a set
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 09:13 PM
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Originally Posted by ZEEEEOOOOSIC
Permission ...give me a break and grow a set
Permission?
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by dave from texas
Just for fun - anyone here actually get a divorce for buying a vette without permission?
No, it was a Camaro back in 1973 that caused the divorce
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