| Author | Message | ||
| Gene Agatep (Gagatep)
Junior Member Username: Gagatep Post Number: 71 Registered: 8-2002 |
1. get into debt, debt, and more debt, and join the Ferrari debt club or is that Ferrari Death club 2. keep the Le Mans (seriously) 3. get the Ferrari and Porsche sell the house or mortgage it to the absolute max.... 4. plead temporary insanity or mid-life crisis to the wife when you bring the the F home | ||
| BobD (Bobd)
Member Username: Bobd Post Number: 745 Registered: 3-2001 |
Patrick, how can a guy with a name like Pasqualini drive a Porsche??? Your wife has got to understand this. | ||
| D Jenn (Denman)
New member Username: Denman Post Number: 22 Registered: 11-2001 |
I don't know about just getting it. The last episode of "The mind of a married man" There was a guy named Doug that bought a new Corvette without telling his wife. Though he did tell her something like, if she didn't like it she was a c*nt. Needless to say, she went to the dealer and had them exchange it for a Saturn when he went to work. On returning, Him, speechless, she said "Now you know what a c*nt" does. Hilarious! Anyhow, I bought my f-car without my wife knowing and I got the cold shoulder for a week. Even now she calls it a "Fiero"!!! She does like Porshe's though. Funny creatures women are.... | ||
| Ernie Bonilla (Ernie)
Member Username: Ernie Post Number: 413 Registered: 11-2001 |
Don't tell her anything. Just be a MAN and get it. | ||
| Debbie (Dilly)
Junior Member Username: Dilly Post Number: 92 Registered: 9-2001 |
Patrick, does she know what a 308 GTSI looks like? Maybe I'm weird but I don't like Porsches. We have had two a 928 and a 356 - didn't care for either of them. I am shocked that many women seem to prefer the 911 or other Pcars over the beauty of the Ferrari. | ||
| Matt Lemus (Mlemus)
Member Username: Mlemus Post Number: 450 Registered: 8-2002 |
Guys, Stay away from the line " other women will...." Focus on them. Make them think they made the decission. Say something like, " you know honey, The p-car is a good car. I guess it really does not matter that they do not hold value like the Ferrari's. I goues it is better to live for the now then get a car that we could use to offset our retirment income. Who wants to stand out in a Ferrari anyway. Now I don't have to worry about hot guys looking at YOU!" Put the spin on to them.... | ||
| J Dirk Carnahan (Dirk989)
New member Username: Dirk989 Post Number: 44 Registered: 9-2001 |
Martin is clearly a genius. Tell her the 911 will attract other women and the f-car won't. With such an understanding spouse you don't care about attracting women, you just want the F-car as a testosterone outlet. Ingenious! Sure, it is a big fat lie, but I definitely like the approach. Of course if she doesn't buy that then tell her you'll miss her and that your new wife/girlfriend probably won't like the Ferrari either, but you doubt if she'll be foolish enough to complain. Gee, I hope my wife doesn't read this..... | ||
| Dom Vitarella (Dom)
New member Username: Dom Post Number: 5 Registered: 11-2002 |
I have to agree with Ed. Keep it if possible. It seems to me that I have regretted selling almost every car that I've owned. Of couse, that may be a little unrealistic, since you gotta have the garage space for all of this stuff... Dom | ||
| Edward Gault (Irfgt)
Intermediate Member Username: Irfgt Post Number: 2234 Registered: 2-2001 |
I am with the wife on this one. Keep the Lemans. | ||
| Jim Schad (Jim_schad)
Member Username: Jim_schad Post Number: 430 Registered: 7-2002 |
The problem I have is how do I tell her not to buy a $50 pair of shoes because we are on a budget, yet I want to buy a $50k toy? Jeez I need to make more money! | ||
| Jim E (Jimpo1)
Member Username: Jimpo1 Post Number: 938 Registered: 7-2001 |
My wife doesn't care for my Ferrari, and her dream car is a 'Porsh'. I told her she can't have one until she learns to pronounce it. | ||
| Mitch Alsup (Mitch_alsup)
Junior Member Username: Mitch_alsup Post Number: 215 Registered: 4-2002 |
Has wrote: It's REAL noisy, smelly, rides terribly, is hard to drive <snip>, and impossible to get in and out of." Hmmmm..... Maybe she's right. Why is it we like these things again?" Because its REAL noisy--but its the noises to die for. Its smelly, but the smell of castrol brings a warm feeling of being at the races waiting for the action to begin. It rides terribly, but only at legal speeds, get it up into the speed territory it was designed for, and it rides rather well. Its is impossible to get in and out, but you only need to get in once and out once, while inbetween, you get to spend hour after hour in man machine intercourse. Why is it that we like these things; indeed! | ||
| Tazio Nuvolari (Nuvolari)
New member Username: Nuvolari Post Number: 42 Registered: 9-2002 |
Let me tell you something about women (like I know anything). Women tend not to like Ferrari's for 2 reasons: 1. The F-Car will take your attention away from them. 2. They will feel insecure when other women check you out at the wheel of your F-car. It is not that they do not like the car, rather women (strange desirable creatures that they are) just can't get over points 1 & 2 listed above. Good luck...I am sure the F-car will be worth the stress. | ||
| Martin (Miami348ts)
Advanced Member Username: Miami348ts Post Number: 3191 Registered: 5-2001 |
Tell her a 911 is a car that attracks women like herself. A Ferrari is a typical guy car and no woman (Nika please forgive me) looks at a Ferrari. Actually that is really true  | ||
| Lawrence Coppari (Lawrence)
Member Username: Lawrence Post Number: 379 Registered: 4-2002 |
Purchase both. You get your 308 and she gets her 911. | ||
| Hans E. Hansen (4re_gt4)
Member Username: 4re_gt4 Post Number: 444 Registered: 4-2002 |
Generalizations here, and generalizations are dangerous. But here I go..... Girls like Porsches, hate Ferraris. Wierd, but true. I *convinced* my other half that a Ferrari would be "Really Neat". After getting it she says "It must be a guy thing. It's REAL noisy, smelly, rides terribly, is hard to drive (she doesn't like the manual steering, hard clutch, clunky gearshift, etc.), and impossible to get in and out of." Hmmmm..... Maybe she's right. Why is it we like these things again? | ||
| Mark (Study)
Member Username: Study Post Number: 336 Registered: 10-2001 |
All my girlfriends like that 911, it must be a chick thing! I don't know why...but they just like those smooth lines of the pregnant turtle shape? If I were you... I'd get a 308GT4 and buy her a VW bug. You'll both be happy. | ||
| Tillman Strahan (Tillman)
Junior Member Username: Tillman Post Number: 148 Registered: 11-2001 |
Just remember: It's easier to get forgiveness than permission. Just have the Fcar show up in the driveway one morning and wait for the fireworks to end. It might take a while  More seriously, couldn't you pick up a GT4 and an early 911 for close to the cost of a 308QV? | ||
| magoo (Magoo)
Advanced Member Username: Magoo Post Number: 3508 Registered: 2-2001 |
Convince her how the Ferrari is more reliable than the Lemans. Joke of course, but might work. | ||
| BretM (Bretm)
Advanced Member Username: Bretm Post Number: 2901 Registered: 2-2001 |
spousal abuse. | ||
| Patrick Pasqualini (Enzo)
Junior Member Username: Enzo Post Number: 73 Registered: 2-2002 |
http://kurtspontiac.homestead.com/PatrickPatsy66Lemans.html | ||
| Bill Steele (Glassman)
Junior Member Username: Glassman Post Number: 125 Registered: 4-2002 |
What in the hell is a 66 lemans? | ||
| Robert Callahan (Rcallahan)
New member Username: Rcallahan Post Number: 12 Registered: 7-2002 |
The "Jedi mind trip" works on mine. | ||
| Matt Lemus (Mlemus)
Member Username: Mlemus Post Number: 443 Registered: 8-2002 |
Make her think SHE wants a ferrari. | ||
| Patrick Pasqualini (Enzo)
Junior Member Username: Enzo Post Number: 72 Registered: 2-2002 |
While talking with my wife about selling our 66 lemans to buy my first F-car she has brought up that she wants a 911. How do I convince her that a F-car (308GT4 or 308 GTSi) would be ..well more what I'm looking for? Any suggestions? |