Women and Cars

99_falcon · 25-11-2009, 04:45 PM

This is for all the men here with wives and partners who are not interested in cars or anything about them. Today I got home from doing some shopping (things for my car) and I go up to my fiancee and in an excited voice I go 'oo ooo ooo' and she gets all curious and wants to know what I've been up to so I run through the house and come back holding an oil filter. 'oh is that all' she says. I'm like 'what do you mean is that all?'. She didn't even know why I had it. Sometime I just have to come onto ford forums to be able to talk cars. Does anybody else have this problem?

RedHotGT · 25-11-2009, 04:48 PM

My wife hates cars - like I hate her Netball...

Its a compromise we have...
She gets to play her stupid netball...
I get to play with cars....

The best thing is, the kids like the cars more than netball... so they get involved too!!!

05MkIIFutura · 25-11-2009, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by loftie

My wife hates cars - like I hate her Netball...

Its a compromise we have...
She gets to play her stupid netball...
I get to play with cars....

The best thing is, the kids like the cars more than netball... so they get involved too!!!

I like watching netball....

Not for the game

T3man · 25-11-2009, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by 05MkIIFutura

I like watching netball....

Not for the game

Yeahhhhh ... netball=good. Women's Beach Volleyball=better. Women's Mud Wrestling=best.

zdcol71 · 25-11-2009, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by T3man

Yeahhhhh ... netball=good. Women's Beach Volleyball=better. Women's Mud Wrestling=best.

Rock and Roll + Womens Roller Derby= HEAVEN

LOCO XP · 25-11-2009, 10:30 PM

sounds like I'm not alone! my missus doesn't mind me having old cars, but there is the occasional disagreement on the time and money spent on them.

Had a xmas party in Bendigo last weekend, 60's theme, I couldn't be buggered rushing around finding an outfit at short notice (hadn't planned to go: concrete to pour for the shed, weather said no, so drank a lotta beers at the bosses' expense, he even covered the hotel bill.....). Anyway, about 120km trip, I decided that I'd take one of the 60's cars (EH wagon) instead of do the fancy dress.

"What if it breaks down!???" was the reception I got on the suggestion

"I drive it to work 6 days a week, it hasn't given me trouble for weeks (2 to be exact.....)".....

"Yeah right!" (the starter motor and ignition dramas still fresh in her mind, 2 weeks isn't a long time I guess)....

"Trust me on this" I said (with fingers crossed)....

"But there's no A/C" (thinking of the plus 40's that had preceded the freakishly hot mid-November week)

"It's overcast and rainy, mid 20's, you should be more worried about the heater!"

"Whatever!" and it was done, we were on our way (only after our 16month old girl was dropped off at the mum-in-laws.... in HER "New" EF Fairmont.... no baby seat, let alone seat belts)....

So cruising along, many complaints "Nice wipers..... the stereo is too loud, I can't open the window... I can't close the window" etc etc. Temp gauge creeping up over 200F (don't do this to me, if you get much hotter, she wins.....).... anyway, made it there, even put in a spot of clothes shopping to get myself in the good books (I told her the dress she was wearing didn't look very good...bad move, lesson learnt)

Got back, feeling seedy, went to pick up baby in the EF, wouldn't start.... hmmm I was gonna say it, but good books, keep the peace etc etc

Yeah, she still doesn't like my old cars, really wants a real new car (EF is starting to age), she says Territory, I say G6ET..... but I still have my 3 old cars, and she has been nothing but totally encouraging towards building my big shed, so I can do what I want, all from home. Hopefully in a couple of weeks, I can. I have the trusses and roof done, just need concrete and walls, but it will be nice, and she supports it 100% even if she will never understand my passion for old buckets

rag top · 25-11-2009, 04:55 PM

My wife hates cars, and thought I'd change when we got married.
I currently have 6, so I think she has learned never to force anyone to change.... Her dad and grandmother think it's pretty cool that I muck around with cars, so she is fighting a loosing battle.
I'm currently trying to get her to watch Love the Beast...

Karnage · 25-11-2009, 05:09 PM

My wife loves cars nearly as much as I do, but I can't say that either of us would get excited about an oil filter. Unless of course its CNC'd bllet unobtainium that comes with a free 6/71.

99_falcon · 25-11-2009, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Karnage

My wife loves cars nearly as much as I do, but I can't say that either of us would get excited about an oil filter. Unless of course its CNC'd bllet unobtainium that comes with a free 6/71.

I wouldn't either normally but my car has been in long need of an oil change and I just havn't had the money to do it sooo I am quite excited that I can give it an oil change in the weekend.

SVTVNM · 25-11-2009, 05:26 PM

Mine loves cars but for the love of god she refuses to learn to drive a manual so she can drive the Mustang.

Feathers · 26-11-2009, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by SVTVNM

Mine loves cars but for the love of god she refuses to learn to drive a manual so she can drive the Mustang.

I can drive a manual. Chuck us the keys...

Karnage · 25-11-2009, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by 99_falcon

I wouldn't either normally but my car has been in long need of an oil change and I just havn't had the money to do it sooo I am quite excited that I can give it an oil change in the weekend.

still....an oil filter? I don't know, how many people really get excited about service items?

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The Yeti · 25-11-2009, 05:12 PM

mine likes cars just hates the maintainace and building of them

Fev · 25-11-2009, 05:24 PM

Single now so i don't have to worry! hehe

But when my ex did come cruising she loved it, just hated the time i spent stuffing around cleaning, fiddling, fixing, upgrading - oh and she especially hated the fact i spent a lot more money in my car then her!!

I've still got the car though so i guess it was a better investment lol

Fev · 25-11-2009, 05:27 PM

Isn't that a good thing?

kenz · 25-11-2009, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by 99_falcon

I go up to my fiancee and in an excited voice I go 'oo ooo ooo' and she gets all curious and wants to know what I've been up to so I run through the house and come back holding an oil filter. 'oh is that all' she says. I'm like 'what do you mean is that all?'.

someone gets easily excited

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auxr · 25-11-2009, 05:49 PM

: Good thread - let's say, my wife puts up with cars, I have the garage, she goes to the gym - which the results are very good on the eye. My brother is a mad HSV guy and I'm the Ford nutter, so she has to put up with the veritable wars that eventuate when the supercars are running, but she does not have the passion for cars - just noise and an endless waste of money being poured into a veritable black hole.

LOL - 99Falcon got excited following purchase of a new oil filter, I can feel the pain - when I got home with a bran spankin new 2.5inch stainless steel system,hi flo cats, paceys - rushed inside, advised the wife to come outside to hear this great sound - the result - that sounds great, by the way, can you go and pick up something from the shop.

Another example - I gave in to the better halves judgement and sold the great love of my life, an XY GT to purchase another home, that was a sunday cruiser and a half, just turning it on made the carport shake.

Joined a FPV club a couple of years back so the wife can join in, that also ended in disaster as the cruises can become a little bit spirited at times, so that was dismissed as another thing for the guys to enjoy - but hey, I still love her to bits.

hendrixhc · 25-11-2009, 06:18 PM

My other half doesn't understand the bond and attachment us blokes have to our cars.

She only sees them as a means of transport, doesnt car if it is dirty or scratched but knows better than to bring it home with the later.

She hates my old cortina, thinks its a death trap, hates the XE cause it is big and square and hates the BAXR6 for no real reason.

Good thing is she doesnt begrudge me playing around with them but she always has a suggestion on other things round the yard i could be doing!

T3man · 25-11-2009, 06:29 PM

You get THAT excited over an oil filter!?? You need to get out more. LOL.

However, I do know what you mean ... I'm very lucky though with my lady. Two years ago (we were at her parent's with all her family for xmas) I gave her a pair of Hot Dogs for her car (TS50). She proudly marched them around the house (oo ooing and all) and her father and two brothers were quite jealous! LOL.

kenz · 25-11-2009, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by T3man

her car (TS50)

nuff said!

fos408 · 25-11-2009, 07:00 PM

I lucking mine understands the reason for a garage and why I love spending time in it , likes cruising in the older quite stuff but doesnt enjoy the modified one as it hurts her neck when it changes gear ( crook neck) but is quite happy to let me go out for a cruise. Also doesnt mined if I spend the money on them. I am bloody blessed considering ,all I could ask for more is if she was a mechanic

auxr · 25-11-2009, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by T3man

You get THAT excited over an oil filter!?? You need to get out more. LOL.

However, I do know what you mean ... I'm very lucky though with my lady. Two years ago (we were at her parent's with all her family for xmas) I gave her a pair of Hot Dogs for her car (TS50). She proudly marched them around the house (oo ooing and all) and her father and two brothers were quite jealous! LOL.

Enough, enough - you've got the whole lot

snappy · 25-11-2009, 06:34 PM

I thinking the same thing i dont blame you partner at all for not getting excited about a oil filter unless it changes itself.

Karnage · 25-11-2009, 06:38 PM

Wait...what brand was it?

BPXR6T · 25-11-2009, 06:57 PM

Don't have a partner but a chick just approached me in the coles carpark and asked what the N.R.N.R sticker on my panel van stood for. Classic. She got all excited and we're going out for a cruise Saturday.

Mmmm, women and cars.

Riksta · 25-11-2009, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by BPXR6T

Don't have a partner but a chick just approached me in the coles carpark and asked what the N.R.N.R sticker on my panel van stood for. Classic. She got all excited and we're going out for a cruise Saturday.

Mmmm, women and cars.

HAHA lucky you!!!

GreenMachine · 25-11-2009, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by BPXR6T

Don't have a partner but a chick just approached me in the coles carpark and asked what the N.R.N.R sticker on my panel van stood for. Classic. She got all excited and we're going out for a cruise Saturday.

Mmmm, women and cars.

Grouse - how does it feel to be the only panel van driver who has picked up since 1984?

Mr Hardware · 25-11-2009, 08:17 PM

one of the reasons i married my wife was because she'd prefer an XR/XT over an excel
oh and she's a ford girl, i think she turned me to fords!

99_falcon · 25-11-2009, 08:25 PM

Really people I don't normally get excited over oil filters, this being the 1st time but when u start your car every morning and know that the oil in your engine is as old as the car itself (its not really, just a figure of speech)...I guess im more excited over the fact I can finally change the oil.

greens_tuf · 26-11-2009, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by 99_falcon

Really people I don't normally get excited over oil filters, this being the 1st time but when u start your car every morning and know that the oil in your engine is as old as the car itself (its not really, just a figure of speech)...I guess im more excited over the fact I can finally change the oil.

Don't worry man, I know how you feel. I've got some maintenance parts coming in the post and I'll be ooing all over the place.

My fiancee watched Love the Beast at the movies with me, she hated it, just like I hate Harry Potter and Twilight lol.

She gets the shits because she thinks I like Dick Johnson more than her lol

Also what is it with women and not understanding that recording a race is not the same as watching it live on tv or at the venue, its the same with any sport... they just don't get it.

She actually likes it when I wash my car, because it means I will open the door for her because I don't want fingerprints all over the clean paintwork.

lol