P3PPY said:
Appleseed said:
tomtomgt356 (Tommy) said:
I did. Its awesome
When I was getting discouraged trying to find my fun car I got kinda sour grapes and told my wife "oh well, it would probably be unreliable and get bad gas mileage"
to which she replied:"our minivan is unreliable and gets bad gas mileage-- should we sell *it* [to fund cool car purchase] and I'll drive the Accord?"
my heart!
Back when I was having difficulty getting The Lethal Locost inspected/registered/insured and I was adding receipts to see how much I needed to get out of it, my wife suggested getting a trailer and borrowing her dad's truck to haul it to events.
We're still happily together twenty years later!
In reply to SkinnyG (Forum Supporter) :
Shortly after we had our first child, I was lamenting to my wife that I doubted I would be able to find the time to finish the bike engine spitfire project I had been slowly pulling things together for. I mean I had less than $400 tied up on it and not many hours of puttering time in cleaning the $40 shell I had. I knew I would be lucky to get on track with it within several years. Well, she made me step back and say what I really wanted and I talked about my dreams of formula car racing. That's how I went to buy a f500 with a 3 month child, my wife told me to.
This year will be 9 years we have been married. It's pretty awesome.
Possibly already posted here and stolen but I can't keep track. So enjoy again.
johndej
SuperDork
2/11/23 5:52 p.m.
Here there might be a game this weekend.
In reply to Mr_Asa :
Man I did a good side hustle with Class 6 in Korea.
Apexcarver said:
In reply to SkinnyG (Forum Supporter) :
Shortly after we had our first child, I was lamenting to my wife that I doubted I would be able to find the time to finish the bike engine spitfire project I had been slowly pulling things together for. I mean I had less than $400 tied up on it and not many hours of puttering time in cleaning the $40 shell I had. I knew I would be lucky to get on track with it within several years. Well, she made me step back and say what I really wanted and I talked about my dreams of formula car racing. That's how I went to buy a f500 with a 3 month child, my wife told me to.
This year will be 9 years we have been married. It's pretty awesome.
When I destroyed my wife's track car / lemons / champcar at Charlotte at the championship, she said " you are gonna keep racing, right? If so, build another car. I trust you to build a car that you walk away from"...
tomtomgt356 (Tommy) said:
I can be added to this group.
The day I met my future wife she saw me damn near roll my jeep over backwards. When I bought my Cayman and we were getting ready to drive back to NH from Cali I had to wait while she downloaded the techno song from Supertroopers Porsche scene because she knew I'd use that ticket line if we got pulled over. That same trip I decided to get uppity in the Mojave and when she saw we hit 100 she exclaimed "We've gone Plaid!" Driving the Tail of the Dragon her left hand kept putting pressure on my right knee because she wanted to go faster. I am sure there are more.
One time she hit a downside though. Just as she was getting ready to take here Mk1 Audi TT from NH to Yellowstone for her mother's 60th I had found a Porsche 951 (944t) for $8k. That was about half of the price at the time. I really need one now for a project but just wanted one then. I was about to pull the trigger when she said "there better NOT be another Porsche in the yard when I get home!" I acquiesced and did not buy it. Two weeks later she got home and said "I can't believe there is not another Porsche in the yard." I missed the 951 by a day. There is no confusion now if I am going to buy a car or not.
KyAllroad said:
One of my favorite movies. I wish it ended right after the pier scene, though.
