When it pays to have your significant other be a "car person"

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And I am referring to myself as the "car person" in this case and that I "understood". A little humor here this morning...

A few weeks ago I talked my husband to taking me to a restaurant we hadn't been to in a while... it's on the pricey side but it's a fun drive on backroads and it was a nice evening so he agreed. We took the Alfa...

We get there and the place is packed. He drops me at the front door so I can put our name in while he goes and parks.
I was actually able to be seated right away.
I no sooner sit down at the table and I get a text from him that we are leaving.

Oh crap I think, so I get up and walk outside. He's waiting at the door for me. So I get in the car.

Apparently there were no open spots out front... he had to drive around to the overflow parking which isn't paved.
He basically said nope, not driving out there, turned around and texted me.

So we went someone where else for dinner instead :rolleyes:

Next time we will have to take another car LOL
 
Been there. Did a wine tasting day with the wife a few weeks ago in her Boxster. Wanted to visit a few wineries we hadn't tried before, all close together. Got to one point and the road turned to do dirt. It was a well maintained road with no ruts or bumps. We gave each other the "no way in hell" look and turned around.

We'll go back with the SUV at some point.
 
Score one for the hubby! Way cool! I drop my significant other (if she is with friends) in the front and I will park very far away. She knows this and accepts it. Which is way cool! She sees what I do when I detail a ride and sees the difference with before and after results. I have no door dings are bumper scruff marks 6 - 7 years and counting. But let me not jinx myself and say yes I have a little ding somewhere! LOL
 
Great story. My beater car finally died (floor boards rusting out). My wife n I both have work trips where we have to park at airport or train station on different days for about a week each and those places have so much air pollution fall out or its like bumper cars in the garage parking area(the M4, the Cayman S and the IS350 are not parking at the airport/train station, the F150 is a pain at airport lots due to its size). So now we use Uber
 
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•For many car guys/gals;
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I am huge fan of having a "beater" car to use for shopping and other tasks where cars tend to get damaged.
 
Sadly my "beater" will be going away come January and I will just have the RS. But the husband told me I can use his beater once in a while if I need to :)
 
Did someone say beater?, 99 Silverado farm truck with 500k on the body and half that on the motor.
Its also my woodsy hunting truck lol

I live on a dirt road in the boonies so none if my cars are showstopper's.
 
Ha! I'm not a car guy. I don't drive in the dirt because I don't want all that dust fouling up the vents and everything in the engine compartment. I usually park in places that require excessive (parking a little farther out in a parking lot is not excessive) walking because I want to pay less(or nothing) for parking.
 
I have a funny story in those lines too. The other day my nephew (who is 4 years old) was amazed to see a Porsche on the road while it was raining. We asked why. He said "because every time it's raining my dad uses my mom's car, I thought Porsches couldn't go out when it rains". My brother drives a Macan Turbo and his wife has a Mazda CX-5.
 
ducksfan said:
Ha! I'm not a car guy. I don't drive in the dirt because I don't want all that dust fouling up the vents and everything in the engine compartment. I usually park in places that require excessive (parking a little farther out in a parking lot is not excessive) walking because I want to pay less(or nothing) for parking.
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People never want me to drive them places because I park further away. Not even an unreasonable distance.

My buddy was bitching about me parking further away once, and on the way out from the mall I asked him to point to a parking row he'd prefer me to park in. So he did. I pulled out my phone, started a stopwatch, and then we walked to my car.

It took 27 seconds to get to my car. Less than half a minute is what people complain about, lol.
 
Finick said:
People never want me to drive them places because I park further away. Not even an unreasonable distance.

My buddy was bitching about me parking further away once, and on the way out from the mall I asked him to point to a parking row he'd prefer me to park in. So he did. I pulled out my phone, started a stopwatch, and then we walked to my car.

It took 27 seconds to get to my car. Less than half a minute is what people complain about, lol.
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That’s just lazy. Luckily no one has ever complained about me parking a little farther away. I’d tell them to drive from now on.
 
Cool post, Monica.

The Hubby knows the deal!! :dblthumb2:
 
DetailKitty said:
That’s just lazy. Luckily no one has ever complained about me parking a little farther away. I’d tell them to drive from now on.
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Every single time I think of this video.

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I reference it all the time while I’m driving further back looking for a good spot, saying “I’m not trying to be the first mutant, are you?”


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Your husband is our kind of guy Monica. My wife was not necessarily a car person but she has come over to our side. She appreciates a pristine vehicle (hers gets done first of course) and she realizes that I do it for her. She deserves to drive a beautiful vehicle. She now enjoys attending car shows, Barrett-Jackson auctions and admiring other well cared for vehicles. The only complaint she has is that she is not allowed to drive her car on the weekends. Once the car is detailed, it goes in the garage and it won't be moved until Monday morning. She considers her car under "house arrest".
 
UncleDavy said:
Your husband is our kind of guy Monica. My wife was not necessarily a car person but she has come over to our side. She appreciates a pristine vehicle (hers gets done first of course) and she realizes that I do it for her. She deserves to drive a beautiful vehicle. She now enjoys attending car shows, Barrett-Jackson auctions and admiring other well cared for vehicles. The only complaint she has is that she is not allowed to drive her car on the weekends. Once the car is detailed, it goes in the garage and it won't be moved until Monday morning. She considers her car under "house arrest".
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Damn, UD. You are one harsh fellow!!
 
UncleDavy said:
Your husband is our kind of guy Monica. My wife was not necessarily a car person but she has come over to our side. She appreciates a pristine vehicle (hers gets done first of course) and she realizes that I do it for her. She deserves to drive a beautiful vehicle. She now enjoys attending car shows, Barrett-Jackson auctions and admiring other well cared for vehicles. The only complaint she has is that she is not allowed to drive her car on the weekends. Once the car is detailed, it goes in the garage and it won't be moved until Monday morning. She considers her car under "house arrest".
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,,I never heard put that way,,funny lol!,,,my wifes truck is another story all in itself,,it makes my beater look clean but considering she works on a farm it's not surprising,,I like living here for the solitude but I absolutely hate what it does to my cars
 
If I tried to tell my wife she's couldn't drive her car I'd running for cover. We're both pretty strong personalities and both dislike feeling restricted by the other one. Maybe I'd just get the "don't tell me what to do" look. More likely there would be a strong verbal response with an f-bomb thrown in for good measure.

And I really need a beater truck. My neighbors would seeing it so long as they could borrow it. It's incredibly convenient when you need a load of gravel, or lumber, or whatever else.
 
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