Wife thinks im nuts!
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From: Norwalk,CT
Oh the worst I can tell you is from the days I was doing a customers car in the shop with a "hand application" of a high-end wax. Wife walks in and can see I have a handful of wax while I was laying it on the finish. Looks as if I was rubbing one off. 
She just walked back out muttering something....
The car was an Enzo, and so after that whole show, I now use a toaster oven to warm up applicators. No more wax in hand issues.
I'm always putting the car on the lift to clean top to bottom. Pissed her off one day when I went to the shop, put the car up saying I heard something. Well, she wandered off for awhile, then I was able to clean up the underside, and treat it. Once off the lift and outside, the smell of the dressings was a dead give away. She didn't buy it. That one cost me a trip to Woodbury Commons (high-end outlet stores).
I tell her the same thing, I don't gamble, don't go to nightclubs, don't go chasing women. This is my only vise, my cars. Would she feel better if I was out all night drinking, gambling, chasing women or going to strip clubs etc.
This is my mental health day, cleaning, polishing and protecting my new Porsche.
So enjoy it without fear!!
Regards,
Deanski
She just walked back out muttering something....The car was an Enzo, and so after that whole show, I now use a toaster oven to warm up applicators. No more wax in hand issues.
I'm always putting the car on the lift to clean top to bottom. Pissed her off one day when I went to the shop, put the car up saying I heard something. Well, she wandered off for awhile, then I was able to clean up the underside, and treat it. Once off the lift and outside, the smell of the dressings was a dead give away. She didn't buy it. That one cost me a trip to Woodbury Commons (high-end outlet stores).
I tell her the same thing, I don't gamble, don't go to nightclubs, don't go chasing women. This is my only vise, my cars. Would she feel better if I was out all night drinking, gambling, chasing women or going to strip clubs etc.
This is my mental health day, cleaning, polishing and protecting my new Porsche.
So enjoy it without fear!!
Regards,
Deanski
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From: delray beach florida
Originally Posted by SrfCity
Your car's white and you're waxing it all the time? You are nuts 
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If your wife were really concerned she get you a really nice random, orbital, rotary polisher. Heck you could get carpal tunnel syndrome!!
Doesn't she even care at all? Does she want you to get hurt??
A nice selection of high line waxes and polishes would be very therapeutic!!
Doesn't she even care at all? Does she want you to get hurt??
A nice selection of high line waxes and polishes would be very therapeutic!!
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From: Suburban Philly
Interesting thread. Although my wife likes driving a nice car - she has a new 328xi (her first BMW), she will never understand my passion for cars. But she knows me well enough to know that for me, just owning, cleaning, waxing, and occasionally driving a fine car relax me and give me great satisfaction. And she respects that. She also knows that spending upwards of $80K for a car is LOTS cheaper than a divorce. 'Nuff said.
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Do her's ...if not first. Luckily, mine's a car-person and a germ-freak RN and has a new appreciation of my recent conversion from product at PepBoys to the boutique lines from Zaino and Jeffs Werkstatt. Her ML320 never looked better. ..and I get to test all kinds of nutty notions before I hit the Porsche.
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I don't understand either of your perspectives. First, you are nuts. But, most of us are, in some way, so don't deny it. Second, so what? After all, it's a relatively benign craziness. How many shoes does your wife own? Do you yell at her for it?
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POINTS,
Excuse my late chime in here. On the day of my wedding, my older brother told me, "Just remember Davey, they're always right."
So,....if you want to score points POINTS, I hope this points you in the right direction. Do you see my point (no reference to signature picture meant)?
Excuse my late chime in here. On the day of my wedding, my older brother told me, "Just remember Davey, they're always right."
So,....if you want to score points POINTS, I hope this points you in the right direction. Do you see my point (no reference to signature picture meant)?
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c'mon, all our wives have their own vices, too (hermes bags, ysl shoes, antiques, etc, etc)-- it goes both ways. luckily for me, my wife loves cars and especially appreciates a good exhaust note. although i wanted a boxster a while back as my first p-car, she wouldn't let me and told me it was a 911 or nothing. not a bad ultimatum. she recently rode in her boss' F30 and fell in love (the car, not her boss-- um, er, i think)-- so maybe i'll be seeing that ultimatum soon. in fact, i don't what we'd talk about if we didn't have those vices to preoccupy/distract us 
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From: Orange County, CA
I think my wife likes it when I spend my time in the garage 
. Okay with me because I know she'd find some nonsense for me to fix / hang / do if I was inside. Besides I end up cleaning her car, so it works out.
Only time she gets pissed is when we're late for other things because I'm tooling around with the P-car.
. Okay with me because I know she'd find some nonsense for me to fix / hang / do if I was inside. Besides I end up cleaning her car, so it works out.Only time she gets pissed is when we're late for other things because I'm tooling around with the P-car.