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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 03:55 PM
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It's a good thing and a bad thing. My wife supports the mods I want to do,but now she wants a supercharger and a cam.
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 03:59 PM
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It's a good thing and a bad thing. My wife supports the mods I want to do,but now she wants a supercharger and a cam.

Waiting to hear the bad part...
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by DannyG
Sounds a lot like my story - Was going to wait until next summer to buy a new car, stumbled upon my Z about a month ago, told her about it, and she actually encouraged me to "buy now" because, in her words, "I deserve it." So I naturally agreed with that notion and bought it

Mine said exactly the same thing. After 28 years in the same profession she said, " You deserve it".
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 06:00 PM
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Thread approaching fail captain.

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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by AlexSmith
Thread approaching fail captain.

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It's all good... Wasn't looking for a 5 pager or anything.
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 06:09 PM
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LOL hey I can join in the reindeer games too right

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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 06:29 PM
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my wife doesnt always support it! lol i gotten a few ear fulls before. but she is a good sport about it.
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 06:56 PM
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Enjoy that new mod

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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 07:18 PM
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Great gal
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by superstreet
It's a good thing and a bad thing. My wife supports the mods I want to do,but now she wants a supercharger and a cam.
That's funny, my wife asked me why I haven't put on a supercharger yet. It's at ECS right now!
Keep that girlfriend and keep modding.
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 07:41 PM
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My wife didn't at first, I let her drive the Vette more often and now she's making mod suggestions


Martin
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 07:45 PM
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I met someone's good wife today at work. For his retirement,she bought him a Ferrari! Now that's a good wife
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Roostertail
Awesome, sounds like a keeper...

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A good one is hard to find...
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 07:47 PM
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so what are you giving her for Xmas?
Her own Vette?
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 10:31 PM
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Originally Posted by AU Eagle
If this was Off Topic, the first post after the original should have been, "Pics of girlfriend."

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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 11:09 PM
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Sounds like you have a real keeper there!!! NOW the real test is if she STILL supports your habit if you get married!! We were marries about 20+ years when SHE found my first vet!! Then after a hot summer trip in our non-A/C BB shark,,Ok'ed adding a C5 WITH A/C to our stable(of 2 now)!! Enjoy!!
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Old Dec 9, 2009 | 11:20 PM
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You are going to love the mgw shifter and ****.

The brothers there are perfectionists, it's a sick feeling shifter
Better have the hp to make it up
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Old Dec 10, 2009 | 09:45 AM
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Is this her?
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