i guess i officially am in love?

[jts98z28]

well i told my girlfriend about how i plan on dropping about 10k on my camaro to make it run 10's, she got mad apparently and gave me the option of her or my car that has been sitting on jackstands in my driveway for a year...needless to say i informed her she can leave lol i might be a little obsessed with my car but it stays no matter what girls come and go, and that is the 2nd girl i had to break up with because they were against me spending so much money on my car i need to stop finding duds!

[chrisfrom nj]

dont feel bad a few years ago i chose my 01 xtreme s10 over my g/f

[DaSkinnyGuy]

The woman that is fine with the car is the keeper.

[jts98z28]

i know she was all about my car until i filled her in on how much money im gonna spend lol

[Ls1dreamin02]

When my dad married my mom he said he told her he was a package deal. It was him and the car or nothing. Now they have been married for over 25 years and his corvette is still in the garage never to be sold and to be passed down to me :)

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

Why'd you tell her how much?

[r0nin89]

So did she actually leave over that or was she appalled it was such an easy decision?

[BigRocsFirebird]

your money, your life. your not married so hell with it. no women no worries and more money.

[S.J.SLEEPER]

TRUST ME.....
The money spent in your car will be way less than keeping a woman around. as a matter of fact, You can keep the car and get a Hooker every weekend and it still will be cheaper than a girlfriend/wife !!!

[NJ Torque]

So...she left?

[chrisfrom nj]

TRUST ME.....
The money spent in your car will be way less than keeping a woman around. as a matter of fact, You can keep the car and get a Hooker every weekend and it still will be cheaper than a girlfriend/wife !!!i agree with you on that one you can pick up hookers in the car

[jts98z28]

haha yes shes gone im kinda pumped cause taking her out to dinner got way too expensive and now itll be easier to save for everything

[thunder]

Why'd you tell her how much?

agreed

[NJ Torque]

Oh, I'll put you a combo together thats much less then 10k ;)

[TAdan]

Once when I was dating my g/f (now wife) and my car wouldnt start she said to me "you should get a new car."

I replied, "When you dont want to put out my car dosent tell me to get a new girlfriend."

I laughed, she didnt. :lol:

[BigAls87Z28]

Once when I was dating my g/f (now wife) and my car wouldnt start she said to me "you should get a new car."

I replied, "When you dont want to put out my car dosent tell me to get a new girlfriend."

I laughed, she didnt. :lol:

Post of the year.

[crazyl]

Omg that last post was amazing!

My gf actually gets upset with me if I don't spend Money on my car! She gets pissed if I don't even wash it!

Wish you luck!

Wheels before heels!

[Frosty]

Post of the year.

Absolutely lol

[redsoxsstink]

dont worry if she really likes you she will come back. but if you never really liked her that much, i guess this is a win win for you

[Frosty]

How long have you guys been together? How old are you? Was this a really serious relationship?

[jts98z28]

im only 19 it wasnt serious im just suprised that it seems like all girls hate the fact that i spend money on my car lol i told her because she asked i didnt see the point in lying cause she she bothers me sometimes, the only problem is i work with her lol

[Wolfblitz]

I had the same problem. She told me i was spending more time and money on the car then her. Even after an expenses breakdown of the over 14k i spent in 6 years, she still wouldnt believe me. In short i leave you with what i told her before she left for good. "The car was here before you, the car will be here after you" :moon:

[ryanfx]

haha yes shes gone im kinda pumped cause taking her out to dinner got way too expensive and now itll be easier to save for everything

If dinner is expensive you probably shouldn't be spending 10k on your car and should rather rethink your finances.

[jts98z28]

and dinner itself isnt expensive its the spending 60+ a week on it that adds up to more a month than a 10k loan would

[Frosty]

Wait, you're gonna take out a $10K loan@19yrs old to build up your car? You might want to rethink that...but it's your $$.

There are woman out there that are OK with the car hobby, some even encourage it. A good friend of mine has a wife that is encouraging him to get his Camaro done....she's perfect :rofl:

[Savage_Messiah]

x2 on don't take a loan for go-fast parts. Most will agree it's not really a good idea down the road. Save up, buy what you can afford, get another source of income, etc

[fmybody]

haha yes shes gone im kinda pumped cause taking her out to dinner got way too expensive and now itll be easier to save for everything

lol sometimes i think about how much money i can save if i were single..... SIGHHHH (shes just my gf but a serious one)

[Fleetwiz]

"Once when I was dating my g/f (now wife) and my car wouldnt start she said to me "you should get a new car."

I replied, "When you dont want to put out my car dosent tell me to get a new girlfriend."

I laughed, she didnt. "

:cool:

[FoodStampsz]

haha wheels before heels is epic

[Raist103]

lol thats great. post pics up :)

[bandit88]

Post of the year.

+1
its hard to find a girl into cars...... once you get one never let her go. I know someone in this club who is very lucky to have a car girl ;)

[jts98z28]

im not gonna take out a 10k loan i was just making a reference lol i make enough money to build my car without loans but i took out a $2500 one last year and it worked out fine and increased my credit

[coolmanvette75]

When my dad married my mom he said he told her he was a package deal. It was him and the car or nothing. Now they have been married for over 25 years and his corvette is still in the garage never to be sold and to be passed down to me :)
wow. that was the same thing with my dads vette when he got married. it will be mine one day too.

[1994lt1]

Well it doesn't sound like you were really that happy anyway. My girlfriend encourages me to do what I want with my car (she talked me into $200 speakers). She also wants to learn how to drag race, so I will be teaching her to stage, burnout and launch soon. Some guys just get lucky :) She's a keeper.

[foff667]

I think if I told my wife I was going to spend 10k on my car she'd leave ME :lol:

Guess I have different priorities...

[btownws6]

haha my wife isnt too happy when it comes to spending a lot of money on the car b/c we have a daughter but she loves the car just as much as i do and i know she'll never tell me to get rid of it she actually figures out ways for the money to make it's way into the car haha. Plus she knows that the car will stay regardless of what she says haha

[WiMiMc]

http://www.funnyexamanswers.com/image/watermarked/tofindawomanyouneedtimeandmoney.jpg

[Tru2Chevy]

http://www.funnyexamanswers.com/image/watermarked/tofindawomanyouneedtimeandmoney.jpg

Another:

http://www.njfboa.org/JustinImages/girlsevil.jpg

- Justin

[deadtrend1]

+1
its hard to find a girl into cars...... once you get one never let her go. I know someone in this club who is very lucky to have a car girl ;)

I would like to meet this lucky man!! :rofl:

Ok ok im kidding. But seriously, car is only a meterial posession. Don't get carried away and do regretfull crap. Being young still, you may look back down the road (no pun intended) and wonder what if

[BonzoHansen]

I think if I told my wife I was going to spend 10k on my car she'd leave ME :lol:

Guess I have different priorities...

Mine would just ask 'what do I get?'. How much $$ I have on hand at the time determines if it is check or checkmate.

[Mike]

i will call it now. within 12 months of this threads creation date, the op will have changed his mind at least 10 times on the direction he wants to take the car. and will also have one of two threads...

a. wrecked my car, what should i buy with the insurance money
b. sick of the 13 year old fbody, camaro for sale.

[jts98z28]

i will call it now. within 12 months of this threads creation date, the op will have changed his mind at least 10 times on the direction he wants to take the car. and will also have one of two threads...

a. wrecked my car, what should i buy with the insurance money
b. sick of the 13 year old fbody, camaro for sale.

only one possible thread:wrecked my car, who has a fbody for sale?
i love my car, i still love my first camaro and that was a pos lol

[12secondv6]

well i told my girlfriend about how i plan on dropping about 10k on my camaro to make it run 10's

10K to go 10's????

Why not do 9K to do 9's?

Or 8K to go 8's

Sigh..... this thread hurts my brain

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

Sigh..... this thread hurts my brain

Quite while you're ahead, with your luck your brain is going to spontaneously combust any minute now!

[camaroracer1992]

just went through the same thing recently, except mine was like "sell your camaro for an engagement ring". Now i have nothing against marriage, but to sell my car that was paid/built BEFORE she even came along was ridiculous. i was like F*** that. I explained that since she has never paid for a dinner, etc she had no room to complain, well we know how that ended haha!

I have dated many girls over the years, and if theyre not cool with the car now, they never will be, yea it may suck when it all goes down, but the next car part you buy or the next pass down the strip and youll go "what woman?"

[firebirdcrazy]

I told my lady after a comment she made there will be 3 things in my life at all times. My Dog, my car, and my Motorcycle. She will go before they do and I have held true to my word. She Never brought up that issue again. lol. Bottom line make it clear from the get go and it will never be an issue.

[BonzoHansen]

Bottom line make it clear from the get go and it will never be an issue.

That is key. You can't expect to set the expectations 7 years down the road. And if you are serious about cars any wife-to-be needs to know and accept that. I can't tell you how many guys I know who had to give up the car or just watch it sit in the garage because they never came to an understanding. So no weekend trips, or even whole day trips. Hell, just trying to get out for a few hours is a hassle and after a while guys give up because it ain't worth it.

I will say this - it is a 2 way street. I can't expect to go to Carlisle for 4 days and not expect my wife to go away with her friends for a few days. That is where a lot of guys go wrong, they are over bearing, un-trusting husbands. It's a give & take deal. And family first. I've missed a lot of cruises and such for baseball and other things. And I don't care. I have fun and I'll still get to go to pigeon forge next year, and power tour one of these days, and back to sema, and Carlisle, etc. My wife knows I need my car to be happy, and she knows I won't put it in front of what is really important.

[deadtrend1]

....I will say this - it is a 2 way street. I can't expect to go to Carlisle for 4 days and not expect my wife to go away with her friends for a few days.....
... My wife knows I need my car to be happy, and she knows I won't put it in front of what is really important.

These are two important things to understand

[Fleetwiz]

Well said Bonzo....

[Frosty]

Well said Bonzo....

Yup

[1986IROCZ28]

I had the same problem. She told me i was spending more time and money on the car then her. Even after an expenses breakdown of the over 14k i spent in 6 years, she still wouldnt believe me. In short i leave you with what i told her before she left for good. "The car was here before you, the car will be here after you" :moon:

love that lol i would definately say the same thing

[maroman88]

my gf of 7 years knows where i stand, and she even says its my money spend it how i want :) shes into the car thing, she drove with me to kentucky to the vette museum and factory, and to kerbeck corvette last weekend, goes to all the car shows with me, helps me with projects... she teases me about selling the camaro all the time, but knows it wont happen

[JerzLT1]

10k to run 10s?? You can do that cam only (with nitrous or weight reduction) or easily with heads/cam

[B4C]

Yeahhhh....um why did she need to know? Honestly if I havnt been going out with a girl that long and its inst serious what I spend my money on is none of her buisness. 10K why dont you just sell yours and take all the money and buy a car thats done?

[jts98z28]

well i am too attached to my car and i like to learn how to work on cars myself because i usually fix my friends cars, and 10k because i plan on going faster than 10's eventually so i am trying to do fully adjustable suspension, lightweight parts, and i gotta do rod bolts because i heard 98's had weak rod bolts, and i might as well do heads and cam while the motor is out, and i want a sunoco hood and paint which is included in the 10k

[DarlingReject]

You guys are funny. Coming from a female perspective...if you want to keep a girl, don't tell her how much total. Ignorance is bliss. But you can't get away with that if she's a gear head herself. Which in that case, there would probably be a mutual understanding. It's a jealously thing. You're spending more time and far more money on a car than her. The girl wants to be number one. And should be if you actually care about her. I kinda went through the same thing when my bf started on his Camaro. He blew the engine up 3 years ago and has been sitting ever since. I finally managed to convince him just to finance the money that he didn't have saved yet. But I wasn't too thrilled over him talking about parts and spending thousands on parts and spending so much time looking for parts constantly...but since I did the same thing a few months ago...it was more understandable. It's so much easier to have someone who understands and shares the same interest. I would be perfectly fine wanting to dump $10K into a car...considering I almost have that invested into mine now. :)

[jts98z28]

i still took her out to dinner every week! lol

[sweetbmxrider]

pfff where the hell is father time?

step 1: buy wife/lady car
step 2: apply 300 shot and go racing
step 3: build 8 second wife car she won't drive
step 4: profit!!!!!!!!!

[Tru2Chevy]

pfff where the hell is father time?

step 1: buy wife/lady car
step 2: apply 300 shot and go racing
step 3: build 8 second wife car she won't drive
step 4: profit!!!!!!!!!

When do we collect the underpants?

- Justin

[Blackbirdws6]

I've had to slowly work on my wife so she understands the car hobby. She is supportive but never fails to bring me back to earth when I get a little out of hand and little or large brown boxes show up at our door. I've started shipping to my office ;)

[sweetbmxrider]

When do we collect the underpants?

- Justin

???????????

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

???????????

Let's see you go from a 13 second to a 8 second car and see how that goes

[V]

...the underpants gnomes from south park...

[BonzoHansen]

I've started shipping to my office ;):lol::lol:

My neighbor sends her coach bag purchases to our house so her husband doesn't find out. I keep telling my wife that if she sees one she liks to take it. :)

[WildBillyT]

I've had to slowly work on my wife so she understands the car hobby. She is supportive but never fails to bring me back to earth when I get a little out of hand and little or large brown boxes show up at our door. I've started shipping to my office ;)

Same here. She was never really bitter about it, she just didn't understand it too much.

[sweetbmxrider]

Let's see you go from a 13 second to a 8 second car and see how that goes

where you goin 13's to 8's pal?

[Frosty]

I'm not your pal, guy.

[WildBillyT]

I'm not your pal, guy.

I'm not your guy, buddy.

[T69SS]

Same here. She was never really bitter about it, she just didn't understand it too much.

That was my situation as well, but she has really come around and now goes to shows and helps me clean my car quite often

[Tru2Chevy]

???????????

...the underpants gnomes from south park...

http://www.blindfiveyearold.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/underpants-gnomes.png

- Justin

[RU_Weskot]

:stupid:

[79CamaroDiva]

just remember... girls that ARE into cars are way more expensive than those that arent

:)

[Tru2Chevy]

just remember... girls that ARE into cars are way more expensive than those that arent

:)

Only the ones that have a knack for breaking things....

- Justin

[sweetbmxrider]

??????????

[79CamaroDiva]

Only the ones that have a knack for breaking things....

- Justin

I've broken very little this year in comparison with past years..

[baddest434]

pfff where the hell is father time?

step 1: buy wife/lady car
step 2: apply 300 shot and go racing
step 3: build 8 second wife car she won't drive
step 4: profit!!!!!!!!!

:rofl: my wife never questioned anything i spent on my car. she just didn't understand why something that works still needs to be replaced.

her: why do you need another transmission? that one works
me: :shakes head:

[Tru2Chevy]

response: "Not for long...." :twisted:

- Justin

[Anti_Rice_Guy]

where you goin 13's to 8's pal?

I missed the SP reference and thought he was talking about how first time going 8's you'd need a new pair of underwear. I was saying imagine you going from your 13 second green car to a 8 sec car, you'd **** your pants

[sweetbmxrider]

bill wanted me to drive his car, i think he forgot his meds that day :lol:

[baddest434]

bill wanted me to drive his car, i think he forgot his meds that day :lol:

lol nope didn't forget my meds. i was just giving the underprivledged youths a chance to drive a real race car. to bad the youth of today has to wait so long for their balls to drop. no one had balls to drive it. :lol:

[Frosty]

:owned:

[BonzoHansen]

lol nope didn't forget my meds. i was just giving the underprivledged youths a chance to drive a real race car. to bad the youth of today has to wait so long for their balls to drop. no one had balls to drive it. :lol:

zing!

[sweetbmxrider]

THATS THE TRUTH!!!!!

kinda hard to say ok when the 434 is screaming in your ear and you just watched it wheelie down the track before :lol: ah well, i suck at teh opportunities.

[ryanfx]

:rofl: my wife never questioned anything i spent on my car. she just didn't understand why something that works still needs to be replaced.

her: why do you need another transmission? that one works
me: :shakes head:

That's when you tell her because the new engine you replaced will make the transmission stop working very soon =p

[Brendan713]

i would say can i get a ride down the track in the car. Not drive it because i don't wanna crash it lol Cars first then girls but while with the ladies make up for it.