"I think you have a tire fetish" after I explained why several of our cars have summer tires, winter tires, and track tires....
"It's not so much a collection as an endless series of 6 month test drives".
But my favorite quote was to her godmother.... "Bill had way too many cars at one point but we're down to just 12 now. 12 is a manageable number"
BINGO... new floor established....
Bill
"Ring ring"
Hello?
Hey! What color Mustang did I drive today?
Uh.....
Wait...Damn, I drove the Bugeye didn't I?
Uh....I think so!?!
Is the top in the car? I just got my hair done with Shelly.
No, it is right here by the blaster.
I'm gonna stay off 80 so I can drive slow and not mess up my hair.
O.K., just don't go down Rae road.
Why?
They just repaved everything from the car lot around the big sweeper past the church all the way to just past the day care.
Cool!!! Gocart time....later...click
"If you're getting new tires you have to get rid of the old ones." After I explain that the old tires still have some life in them she said "If those are still good then you don't need new ones." Stupid logic working against me.
When we considering the Vette I mentioned that in addition to being a fun cruiser it would also make a nice autocrosser. She pointed out this was to be her fun car and that I was already prepping a car for autocross this season. After getting the Vette she drove it all day while I was at work. We went for a ride that evening and she said "This WOULD make a good autocross car. Too bad you've already dumped your budget into the Focus."
"You have some vision...I will give you that..But you are gong to need a lot more tools and a bigger garage"
Pronounced 7 years ago when I drug home the world's worst Bugeye sprite so I could learn how to do bodywork. Car is now known as the $100k sprite cause I took her advice.
I bought my old 320i, and in her weekly call to her mom, my wife tells her "Bob just bought a BMW"
MinL - "wow, how much did it cost?"
Wife - "$800"
MinL - "You mean $80,000?"
Wife - "No, it's an old BMW, $800"
MinL - "Oh, then it was $8,000?"
Wife - "No, it was $800. You, know, 8-0-0 point 0-0?"
MinL - "Does it run?"
We laughed for about a week....
dollraves wrote: Ex: Why do you want to buy 10 acres of land? Me: So I can buy every (Mazda 323) GTX I come across! Ex: They're NOT Pokeman! You don't have to have them all! *** There's also my ex-husband...It's not the things he would say, it's the things he'd do. I came home from a business trip once and he was driving my Miata. I hated when he drove my Miata. Me: Why are you driving my Miata? Ex-H: My car's making a funny noise. Me: Okay, crank it up. -*insert ominous noise here*- TURN IT OFF! We've gone over this before - the car doesn't go far without oil. Oil is very, very important. I swear, I married the one man on earth who just didn't like/get cars on any level. It's a big part of why we split up - he wanted kids, I wanted a garage full of Mazdas. :D
I'm a Honda guy, but if you'd consider a move to NC I bet we could find some common ground and maybe work out some sort of compromise ...
dollraves wrote: I swear, I married the one man on earth who just didn't like/get cars on any level. It's a big part of why we split up - he wanted kids, I wanted a garage full of Mazdas. :D
He ain't the only one out there..one of my old SCCA Corner Worker buddies (female) is married to a guy who doesn't care at all about the sport. I'll bet he's never been to a race. They're still doing good, though..She's not into project cars & stuff, so they never argue about it. She goes to the track, he does whatever else it is he does, and they stay cool.
wbjones wrote:dollraves wrote: Ex: Why do you want to buy 10 acres of land? Me: So I can buy every (Mazda 323) GTX I come across! Ex: They're NOT Pokeman! You don't have to have them all! *** There's also my ex-husband...It's not the things he would say, it's the things he'd do. I came home from a business trip once and he was driving my Miata. I hated when he drove my Miata. Me: Why are you driving my Miata? Ex-H: My car's making a funny noise. Me: Okay, crank it up. -*insert ominous noise here*- TURN IT OFF! We've gone over this before - the car doesn't go far without oil. Oil is very, very important. I swear, I married the one man on earth who just didn't like/get cars on any level. It's a big part of why we split up - he wanted kids, I wanted a garage full of Mazdas. :DI'm a Honda guy, but if you'd consider a move to NC I bet we could find some common ground and maybe work out some sort of compromise ...
I'll do her one better:
Move to South Carolina. I already have 2 1st gen RX7s and a 91 Miata.
I only have 1.5 acres though.
can we play one-upmanship ? I have 14 1/2 ac of mountain land...
Wife in a amazingly pissed off voice. "What do you mean you bought the Abomination."
Me. "I told you I was going to buy it."
Wife. "I didn't think you were serious, that was eight months ago."
And then the other day after the RX-7 blew up when asked on another forum if she would be driving the Abomination at the next autocross. "I CAN drive a stick shift but that thing SCARES me. Not so sure you will get to see me in it. lol."
wbjones wrote: I'm a Honda guy, but if you'd consider a move to NC I bet we could find some common ground and maybe work out some sort of compromise ...
I spent 14 wonderful years in the Raleigh-Durham area. Your offer is far more tempting than you know. ;)
Asheville is considerably cooler (climate content) than Raleigh-Durham.
OldGray320i wrote: I bought my old 320i, and in her weekly call to her mom, my wife tells her "Bob just bought a BMW" MinL - "wow, how much did it cost?" Wife - "$800" MinL - "You mean $80,000?" Wife - "No, it's an old BMW, $800" MinL - "Oh, then it was $8,000?" Wife - "No, it was $800. You, know, 8-0-0 point 0-0?" MinL - "Does it run?" We laughed for about a week....
OG3, get some pix and post up a Readers' Ride! I love E21s. Had a grey market 323i as a young man, and would probably still have it if I hadn't wrecked it.
Hey, if 320s are getting that cheap, maybe I need one and an M20 donor! 
I've looked at E21 323s, but they seem to be the only GM car in this country that's actually increasing in value..
friedgreencorrado wrote: OG3, get some pix and post up a Readers' Ride! I love E21s. Had a grey market 323i as a young man, and would probably still have it if I hadn't wrecked it. Hey, if 320s are getting that cheap, maybe I need one and an M20 donor!
It actually was/is a decent running, reasonably clean little car. Nothing to write home about, though. I have pictures somewhere, I could post one up. Another fellow has posted his in the readers ride, much nicer than mine (look for JRCook or something close... turbo and all that...).
If you want a nice E21 323i, there's a guy about 40mi south looking to sell his. Back when I would have considered buying it he wanted $7K, offered him $5K, no deal. Two or three years on, he's looking to sell, and might sell it for $4500. If I hadn't had put together a new motor, interior, etc... for mine, I'd consider it now . Bad timing for me. Way clean car though.
rmarkc and wbjones:
I don't think you guys understand...
dollraves ONLY comes here to flirt with your cars, NOT you.
Hey dr:
I've got 4 Mazdas on the property right now, and 1 of them is a GTyou-know-what!
Those, plus the Yugo From Hell, AND a 2 post lift!!
Now, who's hot?!!
My wife isn't really a car person- if they start every time she turns the key and handle better than a battleship she's happy. However, my father-in-law is an old-school gearhead and Mopar fanatic, so she was exposed to the disease from a young age. She doesn't understand it, but she tolerates it very well.
Wife quotes:
I want another little zippy hatchback, one with the flappy shifters they talk about on Top Gear. (She thinks this is a good compromise between my desire for manual transmissions and her lack of desire to drive one)
It could be worse, you could be one of those guys who is obsessed with golfing.
Over my shoulder when looking for some new protective gear: Buy a really good helmet. Your cars are ****-boxes, you need all the protection you can get.
Undress on the back porch, you're not coming into the house like that. I'm serious, go.
Her.The delivery guy just threw a box of car parts on the porch. Me: How do you know it's car parts? Are you opening my mail now? (said in a joking way) Her: No, I didn't open it. It has to be car parts, I didn't order anything.
If you buy another car without selling one of the ones you have, I'm going to consider it permission to redo the kitchen. (This worked, btw, see below)
Just this weekend: You just spent 10 hours working on a car you don't even like any more. When are you going to paint (daughter's) bedroom? (BMW 325ix for sale!)
OldGray320i wrote: It actually was/is a decent running, reasonably clean little car. Nothing to write home about, though. I have pictures somewhere, I could post one up. Another fellow has posted his in the readers ride, much nicer than mine (look for JRCook or something close... turbo and all that...).
Don't let that stop you..we really like nice finds and big (or even weird) projects around here. Of my own 4, the one that's got the most votes is the Alfa I drug home that isn't even running yet.
OldGray320i wrote: If you want a nice E21 323i, there's a guy about 40mi south looking to sell his. Back when I would have considered buying it he wanted $7K, offered him $5K, no deal. Two or three years on, he's looking to sell, and might sell it for $4500. If I hadn't had put together a new motor, interior, etc... for mine, I'd consider it now
Oh, I wish. In this economy, there are a lot of great deals for anybody who can scrape some extra money together. I was just shocked that I saw some "mothballed" Euro E24s for less than $2K, but the only Euro E21s in the same state were about $3K. That even included the three 320/6 and even a dead Baur I saw! 
Going back to on-topic, I found an old friend from high school/college on Facebook. I'd posted up an old pic of my 323i to a photo album. She asked, "Is that the same BMW we took to see REM in Oxford (MS)?". I said I didn't know, since I also had an old beat up E3 at the time. She replied, "Hell, I'm lucky even to remember that it was a BMW." I'll bet that if she'd been 10 years older at the time (the 1980s "yuppie" period), she wouldn't even have remembered that. I still recall my older neigbors back then thinking BMW was an acronym for "British Motor Works".
SVreX wrote: rmarkc and wbjones: I don't think you guys understand... dollraves ONLY comes here to flirt with your cars, NOT you.
Now, SVr, don't you go telling on me! They may not let me put my hands on their steering wheels if they think that's all I'm after.
Those Mazdas do make you hot, but I have to admit, I have a soft spot for the Yugo. ;) Shh, don't tell the GTXes!
Oh, and next time I ask a man for a $1500 engagement Miata and I get a $5k platinum, diamond & sapphire ring, love be damned, I'm going to have the sense to give the ring back. :D
MrJoshua wrote: "I'm glad you are more faithful to me than you are your cars"
Has she been around longer than the Ro-Spit?
In reply to SVreX:
No, but she can start catching up now. I gave up and cut it into little pieces and scrapped it about 2 weeks ago. 
Toyman01 wrote: Wife in a amazingly pissed off voice. "What do you mean you bought the Abomination." Me. "I told you I was going to buy it." Wife. "I didn't think you were serious, that was eight months ago." And then the other day after the RX-7 blew up when asked on another forum if she would be driving the Abomination at the next autocross. "I CAN drive a stick shift but that thing SCARES me. Not so sure you will get to see me in it. lol."
Miz Toyman was a bit miffed at me as well. I have that effect. 
dollraves wrote:SVreX wrote: rmarkc and wbjones: I don't think you guys understand... dollraves ONLY comes here to flirt with your cars, NOT you.Now, SVr, don't you go telling on me! They may not let me put my hands on their steering wheels if they think that's all I'm after. Those Mazdas do make you hot, but I have to admit, I have a soft spot for the Yugo. ;) Shh, don't tell the GTXes! Oh, and next time I ask a man for a $1500 engagement Miata and I get a $5k platinum, diamond & sapphire ring, love be damned, I'm going to have the sense to give the ring back. :D
come to the mnts and get your hands on my steering wheels... we can work on anything else..
"Where's your glove box?!"
"Doesn't have one....."
blank stare of disbelief
"Well, at least you have a car....." upon explaining that the outside handle for the passenger front door is intermittent at best.
"What the berkeley is THAT?!" from my mom to my dad, upon us dragging home a number of things.
-The (then) wrecked Saab that's now my/our track car
-A '74 Dodge PowerWagon, which arrived mostly in plastic tubs, plus a few mis-matched body panels and such loosely attached to the frame.
-A '78 Dodge PowerWagon W400 ex-Navy ambulance that was VERY poorly converted into a semi-normal pickup format
The Funniest thing she ever said is, "You will never get laid driving that thing. Its birth control. " In reference to my Yugo.
Thank God that has not happen!
I had found an 850 turbo wagon for sale on CL, dirt cheap. When I showed it to her, she said, "Holy hell! For $500 it would be irresponsible NOT to buy it!"
Just one of the many reasons I am still madly in love with Mrs Lugnut.
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