DJ Rotor

Baldy has wise words here.



Communication is key.



People are always more important than cars - especially your wife.



J

Baldy

about scheduling times...you suggest she spend a day with friends or something, go shopping, whatever, and use that time on the car



she may also feel more comfortable spending money on luxury items like you do (yes, extra money on a car is a luxury item), provided it doesn't hurt you financially

sunshine

I think a good compromise would be for you to set a budget for the $ you allot to spend on the 7. Sit down with her, explain your budget, and why its what it is. and then its your responsibility to stick to the budget. If that is the case, she wont be able to get mad.

Shane.Trammell

stick with her, who cares about youre stupid car thats just gonna break down as soon as you get it fixed anyways, this isnt just a girl you cant just drop her, its your wife.

ROTARYROCKET7

stick with your women. if you love her and she is good for you just take it easy with the car for a while and talk to her about how much she and the car means to you. I love my RX7 alot and sometimes i pick my car over my girl but if she tells me to sell my car then i will say **** u. lol My girl told me to sell mycar i was liiek hell no. But i still love her and she has now accepted the fact that i love my car alot but that i love her more .





if i had a piston engine i woulda sold it. lol for some *** lol

ROTARYROCKET7

yeah thats smart. Let her help you out with the car and explain why you are doing that expensive mod. Be like this car is very unique and not alot of people understand its true potential its very difficult to finds parts for theses cars and i dont want to buy original stuff when i can pay a couple of dollarss more and get some better qualtity and performance part. This is mybudget and i will stick to it. Let her go with her freinds and you go with ure car and if she says no then have her help you out withit to. like pass me the wrench or this is where the antifreeze goes lol

r0t0r-rooter

I say do your best to keep the wife happy. I think that there has been some great advice on how to compromise with her, and open more lines of communication. IMHO, there is no such thing as "yours" or "hers"... everything is shared to some degree. You guys are a team.



I'd agree with putting the car into storage and make restoring/modding it a weekend hobby.





btw... women don't like to "do stuff " if there are any problems with the relationship

SpecialT

I'm sure you can reach a happy solution here.

I understand your love for the car, but really. It is just a car.

Obviously she is more important than the car, she just doesn't feel this way.

I'm sure she'd feel horrible if you sold it.

After all although expensive. It is a good hobby, given the options.

(besides, your car is statisticly the second most valuble thing you'll own. So why not maintain it?!?!)

Don't try and rationalize why you like the car with her.

Just make her understand, it's only second to her!

Maybe help her with her own hobby, that way she has something she enjoys doing

while your out fixing your car. Instead of being upset that your not spending your time with her.

Rob x-7

pretend you dont care about the car as much, she probably thinks you

like the car more then her.

Does she drive it? Teach her to drive it and dont have that "you cannot drive

it" attitude with the car. She probably wont drive it anyhow, like my GF doesnt drive my car, but I tell her she can whenever she wants.



Do you have a house yet? Get a house as soon as you can, a car will only lose money, a house wont.



And if this is your only car, get another car.

j9fd3s

my gsl-se is all mad cause i drove another car to work on firday



mike