Just made a big mistake!

[fullthrottle52]

Originally Posted by jdlmodelt

Happy wife, happy life, unhappy wife...a life of misery and endless suffering.

Isn't that the usual problem. To spend 32,000 on a 10 year old car is hard for most wives to wrap their minds around. Then if you have to put a little money into it after the purchase makes that an even more difficult sell.

[Alfieg23]

That is so true fullthrottle52. My wife of 25 years, on the other hand, has never raised too much of a stink when I have gone toy shopping. She says that she trusts my financial judgment and prefers that I spend my money and time on cars and motorcycles than in going out drinking, or gambling, etc. When I was looking to buy my Boxster, I did show her what the approximate sticker price was vs. what I was buying it for. Of course, it didn't hurt that we also traded her car in on her favorite car at about the same time.

[recycledsixtie]

Originally Posted by fullthrottle52

Isn't that the usual problem. To spend 32,000 on a 10 year old car is hard for most wives to wrap their minds around. Then if you have to put a little money into it after the purchase makes that an even more difficult sell.

I hear the whining every time I spend $$$ on my Boxster from the other half. My defense it is not like your Camry and does not drive like it either...

Loaded 2002 Camry $36500 new and my 2001 Box base $18500 used. I still have a lot of $$ to spend to catch up ....