yumyum1667

Ok so I am going round and round with my wife about getting a 911.

She says over her dead body. She says they are ugly, expensive to maintain and nothing but a ***** extension.

I disagree.

I have my mind set on an 87 Coupe. Have always loved that year. I know they are expensive to maintain but the car would put the smile on my face everyday.

The wife loves "new" Japanese cars. I keep telling her that the depreciation on the her "new" car each year is more than the maintenance would be on the 911.

Any tips on how I can win this battle?

84_Carrera

Mid-life crisis, babe... it's a new car (boat / bike / toy) or a new woman - your choice.

While it wasn't really that blunt on this end, that's pretty much the way it was, and my wife understood I needed something like this. My 911 probably saves me about $100 a week in psychological care too.

g-50cab

I say OJ her a$$ and go find a woman who supports your habit - maybe even one with money...

Marc Shaw

Tell her it is cheaper than a mistress.

Marc

Driver8

It is always easier to beg forgiveness then ask permission!

By the way I bought mine before I was married so no problem there. Although I don't think the Porsche was to happy when I brought my wife home.

Rick964

That's a tough spot to be in, my wife was very supportive of my habit, and yes whe sees all the checks that get written to support it.

Paul K

There's a huge post about this in the General Porsche Discussions Forum. Check it out and good luck!

Paul.

Capt. Carrera

I almost did not buy my 911. I was afraid it was a bit frivolous and expensive. After all, I did not really need a third car. Just an admitted track toy. An 18 year old toy that cost as much as some new cars.

I said I could not splurge for it. So my wife asked if I'd buy it for her. I told her I would. Then she said, "Good, buy it for me. And I''ll give it to you..."

She's a good woman....

wholberg

I had two old International Scouts, one restored and one under construction. My wife saw me looking at Porsches on the internet one night and said, "If you get rid of both trucks you can buy a Porsche". She feels it's a win-win; she got rid of the trucks, can park in the garage and I got a Porsche.

I say find something to trade her for, although, you are talking buying a classic sports car for less than you can buy a 2 year old Toyota Camry. If you finance through EBay (you don't have to buy it on EBay), you can finance it for 60 months. It's just a car.

Of course, if all arguments fail and you cannot win, you can ask her if she wants you to buy a new japanese car that is an ugly, inexpensive to maintain, vagina extension ;-)

CN

Just buy it because "YOU'VE EARNED IT!!". Then when she goes ballistic, tell her to "SUCK IT UP!!". Then after 1 week of Handgella and a nice friendly game of "What's wrong? Nothing's wrong!" you will own a Porsche and she will go back to ironing your shirts...

Chuck Jones

I went out and bought the car of my dreams...an '87 factory slantnose turbo.... and parked it in the garage next to the '99 996 without warning or discussion. When she came home, there was an anticipated "spirited discussion", followed by several days of strained silence....then eventual acceptance....provided I relented so that she can drive the '99 to work once in a while. That was ok with me. This may not work for some of you....and I'm sure there are a number of wives who read this and will say...."no way Jose" or "You do that and you're singing soprano in the choir next sunday"...but my thought process was...rather than have a two day, two week to a month's worth of discussion about yes, no, well maybe, no, well perhaps yes, but...but...well ok.....I had just one rather extended round of ...."You did what?"..."Then why don't you go out there and sleep with it"....then we moved into the consolation phase and it was over. I call that pain consolidation or minimization....sort of.

Chris57

It was easy in my house because I gave up my formula mazda racecar and featherlite trailer to buy my 1985 turbo look. Something about going 130mph in a glorified go-kart bothered her so driving a 911 on the street sounded good to her. Just explain to her that if you had this car you will be much happier and more willing to give her what she wants. Usually (imho) this means clothes, purses and all that other crap (I mean stuff). Sell her on all the quality time you can spend with her going to pca events, races and car shows. Honestly my wife is cool with the car and does not give me much grief about it, but I dont think she gets the whole love for cars thing. One thing you need to have for sure is her blessing because if you dont you will always hear about it. You know what makes your wife tick so tap into that and sell it. Good luck. A happy woman and no car is way better than a bitter woman and a car. You could always wait untill your divorced to buy the car. Oh wait you wont have any money after the divorce, at least in California.

craiglwakefield

Its like boiling a frog. Slowly turn up the heat till it boils.

Start by buying on of those cute 356 Porsches, she will not be able to resist it. Then a funky 914 with the adorable targa top "but Honey its not realy a Porsche".
The next thing she knows there is a 911 in the garage. It worked for me!
Tsunamiboy

Edward

Well if you ride a motorcycle, I guarrantee you She'll be the one to ask you to make that sacrifice. I hated giving up riding, but getting a 993 dreamcar was well worth it! Gotta love the wife!!

Edward

emcon5

You start by marrying a woman who isn't a control freak......


Tom