Wife
Safety Car
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 4,222
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From: New Jersey
I noticed when I was dating a lot of girls, some of them would ask me why I drove such an impractical car. Right away I concluded that these girls weren't "The One". When I met my future wife and things started getting serious, I tested her. I had an 81 4speed at the time. I told her that I was thinking of getting rid of the Vette and buying a Honda or something similar because it got better gas mileage etc....she looked me straight in the eye and said, "if you buy a Honda, don't pick me up in that car, use it for work!" That's why I married her!
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 2,612
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From: Oceanside CA
Pro
Joined: Apr 2015
Posts: 529
Likes: 199
From: Clarksville Tennessee
My wife promised me a 2014 when they were announced but life intervened and she still apologizes that I had to wait for a 2016. She does love LBR, though. BTW, she has no complaints about the passenger seat. She's still recovering from surgery so she hasn't asked to drive it yet but I taught her to drive a manual transmission almost 50 years ago and she still married me so I'm not worried. Also, she autocrossed for eight years.
Safety Car
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 4,194
Likes: 305
From: Lake Havasu City Arizona
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St. Jude Donor '12
I bought my car the first week of January and to this day my wife has still not even seen the inside of the car, let alone gone for a ride. I really think she resents the fact that I bought an M7 ( she dosent know how to drive a Manual)instead of an automatic, and she really wanted me to get the Artic White and not Velocity Yellow. As selfish as this may sound, I did consider all these things when I purchased this car, but at the end of the day it was my dream car and I didn't want to settle for something I would be unhappy with. I really think that when I eventually get her out for a ride she will have a different outlook. I did also promise her that I would teach her how to drive stick. For now it's my two boys who fight over who's turn it is to go for a ride to run an errand.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 3,119
Likes: 799
From: East Lansing, MI
Remember to Select the "Low Maintenance" Option
It may be that you erroneously selected the High Maintenance option. You need to clear your selections and instead select the Low Maintenance option.
My wife is Low Maintenance, isn't interested in jewelry or makeup, usually wears black levis and polarfleece tops, and this morning had the driveway cleared of snow before I woke up. She also pays half the bills out of her own salary and generally is a pleasure to be around. (At the recent Detroit Auto Show she looked better than almost all the models, and she is 60.)
The only difficulty posed by this option is that any sons will have a hard time finding wives, since they will have become used to straightforward, honest women. One of my sons already has dumped two high maintenance girlfriends who never really understood what hit them. Of the most recent one, he said simply, "Dad, she wasn't kind."
Safety Car
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 3,543
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If my wife complains about any of my sports cars, I simply remind her that I used my own money to buy them, and she has no skin in the ownership of the car.
That usually would put anyone in their place. There is no complaining in our household when one spends their own funds for whatever they want.
My wife has her own money, I have mine. It just works the best that way. There is never any complaining of who buys what. I could care less what she spends her money on, and she feels the same with me.
That usually would put anyone in their place. There is no complaining in our household when one spends their own funds for whatever they want.
My wife has her own money, I have mine. It just works the best that way. There is never any complaining of who buys what. I could care less what she spends her money on, and she feels the same with me.
Racer
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 414
Likes: 95
My wife loves my C7!
Fortunately my Wife loves the Vette. As a matter of fact when I had my C6 she came home one day and told me she saw a beautiful white C7. She told me to check one out and the next day after a test drive our 2015 was on order.
A year later and she and I are still enjoying it 100%.
A year later and she and I are still enjoying it 100%.
And she loves to drive it! On trips she drives while I listen to whatever music I like on my Beats noise-cancelling headphones! She's too busy driving to talk much at all and I can't hear her anyway. Wahoo! Great way to travel and we both feel it rides great, and for both of us, the seats are comfy!
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Aug 2015
Posts: 841
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From: LaGrange KY
My wife, in many ways, encouraged me to get the vette. Her goal was to get me off my motorcycles (had a bad track wreck in 2014).
I let her drive it the day I took it home....
since then, she will not get in it. She states the seat sucks and I drive too fast...... oh well.
I let her drive it the day I took it home....
since then, she will not get in it. She states the seat sucks and I drive too fast...... oh well.
Instructor
Joined: Jul 2014
Posts: 182
Likes: 27
Bragging here that my wife likes the Corvette. I was very worried like the OP the two would not get along. Just this last weekend she said how much she likes it still.
We bought it out of state and made a vacation of driving it home. Was worried she would not like driving it, the ride was to stiff or the power would be an issue. But to quote her she calls the car effortless to drive and she is careful on how much throttle she uses.
We bought it out of state and made a vacation of driving it home. Was worried she would not like driving it, the ride was to stiff or the power would be an issue. But to quote her she calls the car effortless to drive and she is careful on how much throttle she uses.
Drifting
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 1,299
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From: Wichita Kansas
Had an interesting ride yesterday. Decided to take a drive up in the mountains with my better half. It was a beautiful day with the beginning of spring. My wife started to complain about the pass seat. Felt it was uncomfortable. Told her to use the adjustments on the side. Then said it was like riding in a coffin. She couldn't see the top of the trees. I told her to look ahead and look at the tops before we are on top of them.
I think this is her way of telling me she doesn't like the car. I knew I might be in trouble when she wanted an orange car and I brought home a black car.
Anyway, anybody have the need for an uncooperative passenger as I will be driving solo from now on. Just venting..Thanks..Mike
I think this is her way of telling me she doesn't like the car. I knew I might be in trouble when she wanted an orange car and I brought home a black car.
Anyway, anybody have the need for an uncooperative passenger as I will be driving solo from now on. Just venting..Thanks..Mike
