I'm rubbing off on her part2

[Looneybomber]

My girl inevitably likes the higher performance model of cars with more aggressive styling. Jag XKR-S, 911 GT3, GLA 45 AMG. Well just today she sends me a snachat of a vette. As she gets closer to it she says "oh wait, it's just a regular one". She likes the C6 grand sport and Z06. Before meeting me she couldn't tell the difference between Honda and Hyundai.

[equatorial]

Nice. When I was shopping for a GT-R, I pointed out so many that my wife started doing it for me.

[centralcoaster33]

Cool! My wife is not a car person. But I’m a regular at our track (uh, spectator, I can’t afford to be a regular on our track) and due to taking her to our historics race (motorsports reunion), she’s started to have fun at races and started to appreciate cars a tiny bit more. Also, I have a thing for passing VW bugs and busses. If I see one, I have the uncontrollable urge to pass it! At first she was upset for the aggression, but I explained it’s just these cars… well, these and Suburbans, and I must pass them! We still have the VW’s from the ‘60s here in California (not enough rust, too close to Santa Cruz), so they are slow (no longer road worthy in my opinion) and driven by stoners. Anyway, now she looks forward to the races and when we’re driving and she sees a VW before me, she points it out ‘there’s one!’ and I’ll speed up to pass it while she smiles and shakes her fist at it! She’s still not a car person, but she’s less of a non-car person now.

[SoundEfx]

You guys are lucky. My girl has the weirdest taste and personality when it comes to cars.

She likes the Bently GT, Audi A5 and the Aston Vanquish, that's it, NO OTHER. Individually, they are not bad cars, but style wise, they are all over the place.

She loves to drive 'fast' when she is driving, but when I go 65, she's ready to freak out....lol. One time I ignored her frantic cries and doubled the speed limit, at which point she literally started praying and I had to slow down before busting out in laughter....lol

When it comes to my cars, she hates every one of them and she doesn't watch car shows. She's a weird cookie, but my cookie non the less.

I doubt that she'll ever care enough to start learning the different model of various cars, but who knows, I have to keep hope alive right?

[Bubba1]

Cool! My wife is not a car person. But I’m a regular at our track (uh, spectator, I can’t afford to be a regular on our track) and due to taking her to our historics race (motorsports reunion), she’s started to have fun at races and started to appreciate cars a tiny bit more. Also, I have a thing for passing VW bugs and busses. If I see one, I have the uncontrollable urge to pass it! At first she was upset for the aggression, but I explained it’s just these cars… well, these and Suburbans, and I must pass them! We still have the VW’s from the ‘60s here in California (not enough rust, too close to Santa Cruz), so they are slow (no longer road worthy in my opinion) and driven by stoners. Anyway, now she looks forward to the races and when we’re driving and she sees a VW before me, she points it out ‘there’s one!’ and I’ll speed up to pass it while she smiles and shakes her fist at it! She’s still not a car person, but she’s less of a non-car person now.

LOL, your Vw thing reminded me of my youth. I smile whenever I see an old beetle after playing "slug-a-bug" as a child in the back seat of my parents' '63 Chevy. it was a game played with my older siblings during long road trips. The game involved being first to spot a Vw beetle (very common back then) and say the words "slug-a-bug". If you were first, you got to punch the other backseat players in the arm. Being smaller and in the middle seat was a disadvantage, so both my arms got sore on road trips, especially if we passed a Veedub dealership. The game seemed to wane when I got better at spotting them.

Sorry for the tangent. My wife is also not a "car" person, and that's fine with me . She fully supports my frequent track or car show days, she just has no interest in attending them.

[themadscientist]

The thread title was misleading. Whoops, that's the other browser tab, sorry.

[BusyBadger]

The thread title was misleading. Whoops, that's the other browser tab, sorry.

Took longer than normal for something like this to show up!

[txchamps]

Cool! My wife is not a car person. But I’m a regular at our track (uh, spectator, I can’t afford to be a regular on our track) and due to taking her to our historics race (motorsports reunion), she’s started to have fun at races and started to appreciate cars a tiny bit more. Also, I have a thing for passing VW bugs and busses. If I see one, I have the uncontrollable urge to pass it! At first she was upset for the aggression, but I explained it’s just these cars… well, these and Suburbans, and I must pass them! We still have the VW’s from the ‘60s here in California (not enough rust, too close to Santa Cruz), so they are slow (no longer road worthy in my opinion) and driven by stoners. Anyway, now she looks forward to the races and when we’re driving and she sees a VW before me, she points it out ‘there’s one!’ and I’ll speed up to pass it while she smiles and shakes her fist at it! She’s still not a car person, but she’s less of a non-car person now.

If it weren't for the Bug, I would not have learned how to work on cars. I have done brake jobs, changed wheel bearings, done tune-ups, cleaned carbs, put in new starters, (and distributors), rebuilt a transmission (with help) on my many Bugs that I owned in my youth. My interest in cars and how all the different systems work together began with them. Never rebuilt one of their engines, but at one time in the distatant past I knew how to do it -- in theory. Be kinder to the little fellas. They spawned a generation of wrenchers.

[nissangirl74]

She fully supports my frequent track or car show days

This is so important. I've seen women at car shows who have no business being there. They act bored / bitchy, their guy can't have a good time, it's awful.

[centralcoaster33]

The thread title was misleading. Whoops, that's the other browser tab, sorry.

Haha! Thought the same thing!

If it weren't for the Bug, I would not have learned how to work on cars. I have done brake jobs, changed wheel bearings, done tune-ups, cleaned carbs, put in new starters, (and distributors), rebuilt a transmission (with help) on my many Bugs that I owned in my youth. My interest in cars and how all the different systems work together began with them. Never rebuilt one of their engines, but at one time in the distatant past I knew how to do it -- in theory. Be kinder to the little fellas. They spawned a generation of wrenchers.

True. For me, the 240SX spawned my mechanic know-how and DIY approach. I think the 240 is a great beginner car for wrenching, and I suppose the Bug can be just as good. I too, had my manual transmission completely taken apart, in my apartment dining area, as well as the other bits, minus carb work of course! At work, the two guys I would talk car with, were VW Bug guys, one out of necessity for transportation, the other a restoration project. So, yes, I must respect the origins of DIY by necessity... I guess.

I was also younger and a bit high strung (too much coffee?). There's an architect at the neighboring office with a VW bug and one morning I flew past him and when he saw me at work he was like, WTF?! So I explained and he understood, but did not appreciate or agree with my perspective. At that point, I dialed it down quite a bit (not completely!).

I like the tagalong women who will come to car shows and races some (provided there is no complaining). I really like the women who can let their man go on without them and let them have fun at the events (provided there is no debt to be paid afterwards). My favorite would be a woman that goes to the events and is as equally interested in them as her man is. Sounds like there are more than a few lucky members on this site.

[the converted]

I'm rubbing off on my wife. Last night in the car we were talking about suspension anti geometries and the effect on bump compliance....