gpotski

Nice pick (car and the wife). Enjoy the ride.

witch hunt

Great tale man, and a very, very snappy Vette ya'll have there. Many miles of those great smiles and good times ahead. Hope we have the opportunity to meet sometime!!

dstizz

Great story and love the car! enjoy~

449er

Don't forget the wave!

9779

Great story! Congrats on a beautiful car.

vetteZpilot

Very good read ! You have a wonderful wife and I do too !

dbirdhouse1

....is my partner of 38 years who says, as we are closing in on my retirement (end of next year) and I mention maybe we should sell my C7 she says absolutely not, you deserve it; can't get any better, thanks Donna

Mike98SilVert

Congrats on your new Corvette. I enjoyed your story and yes it is great when your spouse enjoys Corvettes too. My wife has owned several Corvettes over the years and they all had manual transmissions. Great color Enjoy!

mschuyler

Thanks everyone for all the replies. We just got home in the rain after 4415 miles! Averaged 26.3 mpg (nine cents a mile) without any attempt on my part at being careful. No eco mode and if it said 80, I did 80. Don't mind saying I'm a bit tired after all that. Can't wait for a rain free day so I can wash it up!

owc6

Awesome!

Mike6811

While I'm glad he got the Vette, I am continually not understanding why I see so many posts, including this one, that involve the potential buyer of a Vette needing to clear it with a spouse. Wouldn't one just be able to just buy it?

owc6

You ARE JUST KIDDING, right?

Foosh

Have you ever had a spouse, how many?

Mine knows me well, loves me, and wants me to have whatever I really want, but I'd still never make a major purchase without the courtesy of talking it over with her. I could, but I wouldn't.

She's a senior exec, with substantial comp, and she would never make a major purchase without talking it over with me. That's how a healthy couple operates, and she buys new cars as often as I do.

ExRedRacer

Common courtesy and mutual respect is what most try to live by in a healthy marriage.

I'm sure you'd have a couple of questions should your S.O. come home after having spent upwards of $70-80K on a new car without bothering to even mention it to you beforehand.

Or maybe not. I guess some couples roll like that.

joemessman

Marriage is partnership. Unless you and your spouse have agreed to exceptions. Also common courtesy would come into place when spending that kind of money I would think.

Mike6811

Of course I'm kidding! (Since my marital status has always been "Single With Vasectomy", I don't have a reference point to spouses and children.)

witch hunt

posting while drinking is usually not a good thing---

mschuyler

That's the kind of thing my son-in-law would do with my daughter. Maybe that's part of the reason they are getting a divorce. I just wouldn't do it because she is my partner and the idea is that we share our lives and passions together. It has a practical side, too. Last month a $500 charge appeared on a credit card from Home Depot in the LA area. I almost didn't ask her about it. She had been down in Cali visiting our daughter and I thought maybe she had bought something for her. But it turned out to be a fraudulent charge. The card had been hacked. Had I not asked her we would have been in more trouble. As it was the bank took care of it. I know it sounds kind of trite, but communication is what makes a good marriage.

ExRedRacer

Not trite at all. Communication is one of the keys to a great marriage.

Mike6811

(I agree with all that you posters have stated.)