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

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

"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:

haha wheels before heels is epic

lol thats great. post pics up :)

+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 ;)

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

wow. that was the same thing with my dads vette when he got married. it will be mine one day too.

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.

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...

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

Another:

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

- Justin

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

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

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

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

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

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?"

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.

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.

These are two important things to understand

Well said Bonzo....

Yup