Your loved ones and your classic

mustang68

How do your Loved ones/partners feel about your classic, do they like it, ignore it hate it, help you with it.....

I'd be very curious to know as there are very few ladys here and when I go to a show there are a few dragged along for the day, with eyes glazed over as we talk about electrics and brakes and wheels and timing and compression and horsepower and rust and traction and air conditioning and fuel injection and servos and battery capacity and push rods and belts and pullys and vacuum and halogen and exhaust flow and tuning and automatic Vs manual and fuel consumption and oil pressure and paint matching........... :eek:

Must be like if we were brought to a make-up day, I'd be lost :rolleyes:

alfarocks

Well mine does'nt seem to like the Alfa too much - "old and smelly", "waste of money" blaa blaa blaa and various other phrases were used.

The car makes a much more pleasant whining sound then she does

Blue850

When we got married, the Fiat became 'hers' . We usually go to shows together, but an 8 month old baby has put a dampener on that hence the towing dolly thread elsewhere, baby and all his gear does not mix with little Fiats!

Danes

Im a girl and I'd hit you over the head with a spanner if you suggested I go to a make up party! We have 4 classics and while my OH knows far more about them than I do, I'm learning as we go along. My daughter wondered why no-one elses mammy carries fuses in her handbag:rolleyes:

dubtom

My partner has a keen interest in classics, She usually brings her camera when we go to shows. She likes my car but since spotting a corvette in a mag and several at Killbeggan last year She's hooked.

Paul (MN)

my wife is an ecofreak and any mention of anything >1.4 and > 8 years oldhas her onto Greenpeace ASAP.

Interceptor

Paul (MN) wrote:

my wife is an ecofreak and any mention of anything >1.4 and > 8 years oldhas her onto Greenpeace ASAP.

Sounds like time for a new wife.

My wife stopped listening/caring a long time ago. I bring home junk, I play with it for a while, I sell it again. So long as she has a decent car and the kids don't travel in something that doesn't have seatbelts she doesn't pay any attention. She has asked for a restored 40 year old car for her 40th birthday so I'm on the lookout for an Ford Zephyr hearse....

'cptr

240Z

No interest in the Datsun at all, thinks it's a waste of money. Calls it an old wreck, heap of junk, etc etc.

Verbal abuse of the car is ok, l'm dreading the day if it ever escalated to Physical damage (to the car).

ds20prefecture

Paul (MN) wrote:

my wife is an ecofreak and any mention of anything >1.4 and > 8 years oldhas her onto Greenpeace ASAP.

That's terrible. As an ecofreak she should be patting you on the back for recycling: by using an old car that's one less new one being made. Making a car is much more harmful to the environment than any emissions saved by driving a modern car. Disposing of a car is also very harmful to the environment.

My mrs. loves the DS, and splits the driving 50/50 if we go on a long trip in it. There is a price though - both of our continental trips involved painful IKEA trips. The DS is surprisingly roomy, unfortunately for my wallet. Thank (insert your deity here) for self levelling suspension.... She's not a big fan of static car shows, but neither am I. She is also brilliant at spotting/introducing herself to other DS owners. I wonder what she's missing.....

Since the arrival of son #1, I was expecting a bit of reticence about using the DS from a safety perspective. I needn't have worried - she insisted on his first car journey being in the Citroen.

Abelloid

"I preferred the blue one" :rolleyes:

dubtom

Interceptor wrote:

Sounds like time for a new wife.

My wife stopped listening/caring a long time ago. I bring home junk, I play with it for a while, I sell it again. So long as she has a decent car and the kids don't travel in something that doesn't have seatbelts she doesn't pay any attention. She has asked for a restored 40 year old car for her 40th birthday so I'm on the lookout for an Ford Zephyr hearse....

'cptr

any reason why it must be a hearse, remember, big brother is watching.:D

junkyard

Interceptor wrote:

Sounds like time for a new wife.

My wife stopped listening/caring a long time ago. I bring home junk, I play with it for a while, I sell it again. So long as she has a decent car and the kids don't travel in something that doesn't have seatbelts she doesn't pay any attention. She has asked for a restored 40 year old car for her 40th birthday so I'm on the lookout for an Ford Zephyr hearse....

'cptr

I've got a Zodiac hearse if your interested.:)

andreas_220D

mustang68 wrote:

How do your Loved ones/partners feel about your classic, do they like it, ignore it hate it, help you with it.....

I'm a lucky guy it seems. My loved one cares as much about my 220D/8 as i do... :-)

Andreas
(new here and new in Ireland as well)

ta2kev

My wife goes mad at me whenever I start talking about classic cars, and I haven't even got one yet. Also I've a 1 year old baby and she works most weekends so I don't get many chances to drag her to shows.

Dades

Great thread!

My missis loves the FIAT - especially now the summer is here. Though to be fair she is happy to be driven about for most of the year.

As DS suggests - having a decent sized boot definitely helps the relationship between female other half and pride and joy. If there wasn't room for her "stuff" then there'd be issues!

TigerTim

Really fancy a Toyota MR2 mk1 but it has been pointed out that there ain't a lot of room to carry the kids. Driving thrill doesn't count.

T.

Kersh

My Girlfriend hates the 911 - "it has crap heating - why is the engine out the back - im cold"
philistine................................

Interceptor

junkyard wrote:

I've got a Zodiac hearse if your interested.:)

I should have pointed out I was being sarcastic... She wants an Austin A35 but might settle for a Mini but will have to wait until we have a garage big enough. I'm not watching another perfectly good classic dissolve in the driveway over another west of Ireland winter.

A mate of mine used to joyride his uncles Zodiac hearse during the summer holidays, we can't have been more than fourteen and the uncle never found out... Ah different times.

'cptr

custom900

My wife hates my 280SE, because I bought it without consulting her first. I tried to explain that it wasn't my fault, I was drunk at the time (works in court). You see I had been looking at this car on Ebay last year, came home pished one night and thought it'd be funny if I put a bid on it (seemed perfectly reasonable at the time), went to bed and forgot all about it, checked my email the next day only to find out I had won the feckin thing!

Wokie

I love my husbands '79 Porsche 924Turbo that he keeps telling me he bought for me!! Tho' since he got into bikes in the last year the poor car has been left languishing in the driveway:( Hopefully he'll get it sorted this Summer - you know - fix the puncture, sort the fuses:) I can't wait to be able to drive it again and absolutely love driving him up the wall telling him I'm going to get it pimped;)

v-deniso

Don't seem to have any issues with the other half, she loves being driven around in the XK during the summer when the weather is nice but come to think of it even having it out with the hood down on a cold March day didn’t much matter so longs as there were hats and blankets aboard!

NEVCC

My other half loves the old cars, she even put off going to a mates wedding this weekend to come to kerry. Even though we have to drive from termonfeckin to kerry in the MG as I have nothing left that I can tow with. She likes the vintage more than the classics, she won’t go if I bring the Capri (that can sometimes be an advantage;) ).

Paul (MN)

to be fair to my wife, she did say that she missed the W123 estate after I had sold it. She does seem to like he idea of a more vintage car, but I'm not too keen on them.

Her point is that she can think of far more interesting and worthwhile things to spend money on than a car.

RobAMerc

My other half loves the Merc and often uses it as an excuse to get dressed up before we head out in it. But I have noticed dressing up is an excuse to go shopping so that figures

I think going to a meet would be pushing it though.

8~)

Loves the BMW and wants to use it for a daily driver...but the damp boot is a problem (happens to them all).
Liked Daimler until it started show its age and she realised the extent of its drink problem.
Not so keen on the Mercedes w123, though admits it is practical.
Mixed reactions to previous cars.

She wants a Mercedes Pagoda, SL or SLC... so there's hope there. She's quite happy to attend car shows and that's where the Mercedes' caught her eye. No mention of money yet!

So long as the car doesn't cost too much to run and appears tidy and reliable she is happy enough with anything really. Didn't like the proposal of a classic hearse though, so I turned those down...

So, anyone want to buy a tidy w123 and a slightly crispy XJ6 so I can go shopping for an SLC?

Blue850

any pics of w123?