Spoken from a man of extreme wisdom...

I went through this with my girlfriend the other day about a purchase I made. She knows I am saving up and paying off my debt to get into a nicer place. I figured maybe you are on the same boat as well. She may not have any right to tell you about what you spend your money on (this is how I felt) but then she probably knows you are trying to reach some type of goal by not wasting it. If she understands cars she probably knows that a tune isn't really that important in your life vs other goals and the warranty issue is actually really smart compelling argument on her case. I wish my girl had that good of a head on her shoulders. My girl has no idea about cars and hers is always breaking down to non-maintenance related issues.

Good comment. +1

In bold is a good point and does hold weight. Perhaps a nice discussion to understand what is the basis on what is the problem will do the trick. He probably is having (or had) the discussion, let's wait for the OP to post back?

if you like to mod, and your wife doesnt like you paying retarded mountains of cash for REALLY basic parts, then you bought the wrong car.

i like to mod. i bought the c63 to not mod besides maybe just the flash. most of my modded cars were built to embarass cars like the c63.
i think you need to be rich and bored and not really like to even do your own work to mod these things..... and that is not me on all 3 points. i have plenty of money to modify cars, but i dont have the kind of money that im gonna let somebody steal it from me for basic bolton parts for a c63.

so hell yeah if i dropped $20k+ on this car for wheels, suspension, and 100-150whp, then my wife would freak..... and well she should! it means to me that my poor *** had lost my damn mind.

bottom line when it comes to relationship....COMPROMISE. If you don't have that, then you'll have a tough marriage.

+1

Worst scenario is to be unhappily married (as my parents were). Better is to be single. Best is to be happily married.

Remember, we only have one shot at this life. Don't let yourself become old, lonely, and regretting that you didn't share the journey with a real partner.

Reminds me of: Shmoke and a pancake. haha

That's cool that your fiancee is on board for the GT-R. Totally different car from the C63. Just went and test drove one. It was pretty cool.

Every family dynamic is unique. But, if modding cars makes the wife too unhappy, the fun of modding goes out the window even if you can afford to do the mods.

I'm coaxing my wife to enjoy the power of the C63 as well. Looking promising!

Eh, I'm in my 20's, I can't commit to one person, just yet. I always compare Woman to Cars, I get bored of them very easily, no matter how sexy it/she is. I'll probably settle down when I hit my 30's, I'm sure marriage is a good thing at some point (my parents have been happily married for 32 years), but for right now, I prefer working hard, and playing harder without anyone questioning me

It's not douchebaggery. It's a wife who knows and respects the things her husband likes. Reciprocally, her clothes and purses and shoes and jewelry have nothing to do with me.

I know guys who's wives don't like what they spend on cars, or on golf, or on sports tickets, or on TVs, or won't let them go to Vegas with the guys... and guess what? All those guys complain about it on message boards or, on the rare occasion that they get hall passes, to their buddies over a beer.



The OP is expressing his frustration with that EXACT reality.

+1 Except she should be the one "polishing your lug nuts".

I thought douche bags weren't allowed to get married or even procreate.
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Overcoming the obstacle is possible but it might cost you twice as much to mod your car, here's a link that might help.

http://www.tiffany.com/

Now instead of saving up for that new set of HRE wheels you will have to save up for wheels and earings. If she still b!tchs about it just get a divorce attorney cuase she ain't worth it....I'm pretty sure Tiffanys will fix everything though.

So if your wife went and spent a significant amount of your money on her hobby and told you it doesn't concern you conversation over would it roll off your back?

I have a feeling this thread is gonna spiral outta control.

That's natural selection working its magic by screening out the "+1 reason never to get married" crowd. But you don't even have to be a DB for that.

uh oh...

+1 My fiance has no idea about the cost of maintaining a car. So when I bring in the MB for service,she knows its not going to be cheap. Its a good thing she understands my hobbies-cycling,cars.

I'm hopeful it won't. Good to talk about our passion for cars and how that fits with the rest of our lives.

No worries, you do have some time. But if you find a gal who's a great fit for you, my advice is to grab her. The good ones get taken first!

Yep. If it makes her happy, it would 100% roll of my back, and I'd be enthusiastic about whatever it was. Goose, and gander... That old thing.

Well said.