tips on justifying car rebuild costs to the mrs vol1

[toenail]

so far my only real strategy is telling her she should splurge on a new outfit then make her feel guilty for spending all that money on herself. i then suggest we go for a drive........right past american auto parts.
you guys got any good ones?

[Windsor220]

Tell her the Government has notified you to upgrade the car as it doesnt comply with current power/emmision laws. Not doing this will result in jail.

[Psi-Pop]

That's a pretty solid strategy, I have used a variation of that for years.

I always just broke something badly that it needed to be fixed and while fixing it, its only a tad more to make it better and faster.

[toenail]

Originally Posted by Windsor220

Tell her the Government has notified you to upgrade the car as it doesnt comply with current power/emmision laws. Not doing this will result in jail.

lol
heads downstairs to notify other half of possible jail time..........

[FPV GT40]

?????
I must be missing the point of this thread.....what do you mean Justify the cost?

How would she know??? She should be too busy cooking dinner, doing the dishes and cleaning the house to notice anything happening to the car.....if she notices anyway, it might be time to get her a second job, as she has too much time on her hands....

[toenail]

Originally Posted by FPV GT40

?????
I must be missing the point of this thread.....what do you mean Justify the cost?

How would she know??? She should be too busy cooking dinner, doing the dishes and cleaning the house to notice anything happening to the car.....if she notices anyway, it might be time to get her a second job, as she has too much time on her hands....

awsome idea!more money for my ford.

[prydey]

just go ahead and do whatever it is you want to do. asking for forgiveness is a lot easier than asking for permission.

[RG]

Originally Posted by prydey

just go ahead and do whatever it is you want to do. asking for forgiveness is a lot easier than asking for permission.

Took the words right out of my mouth.

[Elks]

Originally Posted by prydey

just go ahead and do whatever it is you want to do. asking for forgiveness is a lot easier than asking for permission.

There you go. Pure genius...

[05b8050]

dont mean to boast but i always get "what evar make you happy honey " no guilt trips no no mood swings all good i thinks she knows me all too well and knows that i am a tight **** and do most of the work myself so all good

[Springfield_Johny]

I always try
"if you don't let me - then I'll bash ya"

then she slaps me accross the face & thats the end of that

[onfire]

Tell her, with the way the car industry is going, its crazy not to invest in a proven winner.

[Walt Kowalski]

Originally Posted by FPV GT40

?????

How would she know??? She should be too busy cooking dinner, doing the dishes and cleaning the house to notice anything happening to the car.....if she notices anyway, it might be time to get her a second job, as she has too much time on her hands....

Have you met my wife?

[schnoods]

Write a list down of what she spends a year on cosmetics, beauty products and clothing as well as shoes.

Just make it a same same kinda deal. Either she will curb her spending, or you will have that blower kit you've been eyeing off lol.

[gcg2503]

Originally Posted by Walt Kowalski

Have you met my wife?

The Walt Kowalski I know is a recntly widowed Vietnam war veteran with a gran torino.....

[FPV GT40]

Originally Posted by Walt Kowalski

Have you met my wife?

If you have met one you have met them all Essentially they are all the same species:

[dave351cid]

you are just trying to stimulate the economy. if you dont spend money on your car then the automotive aftermaket will colapse and hundreds of fellow aussies will be put out of work.
imagine the guilt of being reponsible for those starving kids when the guys have no jobs.

its your civil duty to share the wealth.

[WOTDAH]

Originally Posted by 05b8050

dont mean to boast but i always get "what evar make you happy honey " no guilt trips no no mood swings all good i thinks she knows me all too well and knows that i am a tight **** and do most of the work myself so all good

You must be a newly wed. My wife was like that once..... Boy how things have changed.

[Scott]

I never have a problem justifying anything to my wife, we've been together for 10 years and she still maintains "you deal with the money, you know if we can afford it". Problem is that I know what she spends on clothes/hair/makeup/gym and I shudder every time I want to splurge on a toy. But to be fair, I'd rather she looked good than the car - I like my toys but I love being one even more ;)

[FPV GT40]

Originally Posted by GTP006

I never have a problem justifying anything to my wife, we've been together for 10 years and she still maintains "you deal with the money, you know if we can afford it". Problem is that I know what she spends on clothes/hair/makeup/gym and I shudder every time I want to splurge on a toy. But to be fair, I'd rather she looked good than the car - I like my toys but I love being one even more ;)

WOW I am feeling ill............or was she standing behind you with a cricket batt when you typed that

[Mark351]

My conservations around financies on the truck are usually pretty short...

Mrs: "How much are you spending on that truck?"
Me: "Less than the last horse cost"

[DBourne]

walk in, stare into her eyes and say:

"darling... i have congracted hep C..."
watch her get upset, then say,

"only kidding!!! but i did spend $x,xxx on the car, but the main thing is i'm gonna be ok"
give her a kiss on the forehead and go watch TV.

[Pinkbits]

Originally Posted by Mark351

My conservations around financies on the truck are usually pretty short...

Mrs: "How much are you spending on that truck?"
Me: "Less than the last horse cost"

Too true.
I know of a few people who deal in "horse currency"

[The Yeti]

I tryed to swing it that its cheaper than her Uni degree, it didnt wash, so the chev just followed me home one day

[DJM83]

Originally Posted by johnandjus

I always try
"if you don't let me - then I'll bash ya"

then she slaps me accross the face & thats the end of that

Gold

[Bmobile]

You could just do what a mate and I are doing at the moment and build a car for the Camp Quality esCarpade and get some sponsors on board to supply the $'s.
In saying that this exersise has allready cost me an arm and a leg and will continue to do so for a while yet, but not to the extent of if I were to buy all the parts myself. And on a + side we get to bring smiles to the faces of children with cancer and hope to raise a minimum of $20000 for Camp Quality.
So everyone wins :

[BIGJB]

Originally Posted by FPV GT40

?????
I must be missing the point of this thread.....what do you mean Justify the cost?

How would she know??? She should be too busy cooking dinner, doing the dishes and cleaning the house to notice anything happening to the car.....if she notices anyway, it might be time to get her a second job, as she has too much time on her hands....

Gold.

[onfire]

Remind her, you could be doing drugs and hanging out with strippers.

[dave351cid]

reminds me of a one of my mates several years ago.

he came home with a new honda CR500 to add to his colection of motor bikes.

wife wasnt happy so she comes home with tickets for a pacific island cruise ( if you can spend our cash , so can i kind of thing).

mate was laughing ... he ended with a new bike and a cruise.

[Scott]

Originally Posted by onfire

Remind her, you could be doing drugs and hanging out with strippers.