SunnyVette21

Folks,

Here is my problem. I got my dream car last year. The only problem in my mind is that it needs more POWER!! I want to put the Callaway Roots Supercharger into her.

My wife, is the real problem. She feels that I got the dream car and why on earth would I want to do anything to the Vette.

So the question is how have some of you handled this type of situation??

Subliminal tapes? Hypnosis? What has worked for you??

rm50

This is easy, Keep The Wife Happy!!

Keith N

IMO - Just keep working on her. Have her go for a ride in a SC vette. You'll be able to break her down and she'll end up wanting a SC kit on the vette. It worked on my wife! Good luck!

SunnyVette21

Thanks, she would like that answer. Me, not so much!

Wayne O

You have to do what's 'right' for you and your wife but for me, I don't bother my wife with all that 'car stuff.' I do what I want to the car. I'm not taking food off the table to mod the car and my wife isn't doing without. If modding the car is a problem, I suggest you bribe her.

NJ Vette Guy

You can start by acting like a man!!!

Mod away to your heart's content.... If she doesn't like it, you tell her "Wives, just like cars should be traded in every couple of years". Then tell her to go do the dishes....












(Make sure you come back and post here, when you wake up from the coma....)

0SicMSP - Daniel

I started a bussiness that deals with MODS
-Daniel

jmt1669

Exactly the same here. You only go around once as they say. I don't know what would be worse, regret doing it or regret NOT doing it. I think that one's easy to answer. Good luck.

SunnyVette21

Hi, this is the wife. He can't post right now as he is still in a coma!

Ps. the dishes are done!!

LTC Z06

What is this "wife" you speak of?

TMyers

Jewerly is always the answer. I keep the wife happy with the stuff and I get to play with the car.

superdutymike27

Ok, here is my story.

I've been married for almost 8 years and have wanted a vette since I was 5 and my wife has known this since we first met and from my family.

4 years ago my wife leaves for Texas for a couple of weeks to work and I decide to pull the trigger. Go to a local Chevrolet dealer and explain to them I have 2 weeks and they better find me my vette. Found the vette I wanted and got it home 3 days before she arrives. I call her the day before she is scheduled to return home to get her flight info and a time to pick her up, and oh, explain to her I bought a vette. She was pissed to say the least. I had saved for nearly 5 years, in a separate account, $100, $200, $500 a week, what ever I had to put away.

My defense everytime she throws this up in my face is that we have a roof over our head, food on the table, heat, etc............ My obligations to the family are first and foremost and she does know deep down that if an emergency ever set in, I would part with this car.

It burns me up that if I want to mod the vehicle, she doesn't understand and I'm wasting my money for something I will not get a return on.

So my advice to you is make suttle mods in the begining and find a neighbor that will accept packages for you and you can trust. Anything she notices to the car she really believes I did myself because I am that type of guy who is capable of doing alot without paying for them. Believe it or not, I still own my own bal*s, but after all these years, I just don't like to argue and have to try and explain why I did this or that, because in the long run she will never understand that this is a guy thing.

Best of luck?

lh4x4

Quit whining. You picked her.

pTr73

I never had or ever will have this problem but my guess would be to tell her (kindly) that it isnt your "dream car" until its actually a completed car i.e. with a supercharger!

And then after you laugh it off as if you were joking see her reaction, then base your next move on that!

A triple black vert was my dream car and I bought one brand new (in '08). I already installed full exhaust w/tune, Borla stingers, Callaway CAI, MGW short throw shifter, ported vmax throttle body. The car is a bit faster than when I first bought it, sounds much meaner and is plenty but I really dont want to stop there. I am contemplating FI myself.

0Andrew6@TheDoubleAA

::: waits on giant milwakees best can to crush man not acting like man :::

Seriously there is a very very super easy answer to this. I will even give you the receipe:

1 long sock
1 can of green beans (this can be substitued for most any cans)

Put can of green beans in sock, swing. This will work for most anything when she starts to complain. If you feel this is too "caveman like" you can try the wooden spoon to the bottom of the feet or even the "donut rule".

LTC Z06

Secret saving accounts, permission, begging, arguing who the heck did some you marry?

0Callaway Chris

If we can be of help, let me know. We've helped convince wives, everywhere!

In fact, in a rather funny way, I think I have my wife convinced that her next car should be a Callaway SC Camaro.

h2oskiman

I guess I'm pretty blessed my wife is the one urging me to move up to a z i'm the one draging my feet.She knows that I really want the z and she says she wants to see me happy go figure

TMyers

Oh the other thing is to get the wife addicted to the power. My wife drive the vette most of the time to work, seh does not like the truck. In fact this year she wants to race also.

Ingram

Not to be a downer, or side with the wife...

Perhaps she's concerned about finances. I know allot of guys who blow money on all sorts of toys, meanwhile they're not exactly is a position to be diverting funds into these luxury items. I'm sure this would stress out lots of wives...

Now if money is not even close to being an issue... Giver ****; she really shouldn't say a word...

-Ingram