Car downgrade squabble
Discussion
Greg_D said:
as always with threads of this type, you were looking for affirmation of your position.
…uhhh, damn… got me there…Greg_D said:
I get that, i really do, but we impartial observers can see nothing but danger signs, you appear to be immune to SWT venom so crack on and get the fiat.
IN NO WAY am I immune to that stuff, and nor am I oblivious to the DSs. Quite the reverse. I am hastily writing this from a secure underground location in a hideout many miles from centres of population. However, supposing I pass on this Fiat, where am I then?(Massed ranks of Pistonheads): "P*ssywh*pped mate!"
…stuck in a crappy car I hate because someone who doesn't even drive it doesn't like it? This is EXACTLY how Nazi Germany started!
Greg_D said:
But by all that is holy, please god post pictures (or preferably a video) of her reaction when you pull up... you will at least get £250 from YBF to go towards any repair costs... or more likely 5 days in a travelodge while she cools down! hahahaha, you're f
ked
What a beautiful picture you paint… if it weren't me, I should be tempted.kedIt's threads like this that make me incredibly glad my wife doesn't give a toss about cars (she doesn't drive, either).
The first my missus knows that I've changed my car is when I rock up in the new one.
Which reminds me of the time I chopped in a blue BMW E46 Touring for a green BMW E39 Touring. She didn't notice I'd got a new car until a week after I'd bought it. We were off to the shops, and about 1/2 mile into the journey, she looks round the interior of the car and says "This isn't the same car, is it?"
The first my missus knows that I've changed my car is when I rock up in the new one.
Which reminds me of the time I chopped in a blue BMW E46 Touring for a green BMW E39 Touring. She didn't notice I'd got a new car until a week after I'd bought it. We were off to the shops, and about 1/2 mile into the journey, she looks round the interior of the car and says "This isn't the same car, is it?"
You know what? Regardless of the domestic politics, this has been a very successful swap. The 500 is the By Diesel edition which I first spied in 2009, and I quite admired it then, but I felt it was a bit overpriced. It’s got lots of nice trim and toys, and a sexy colour.
It is in cracking nick and drives like new. Nimble, enthusiastic handling. It’s a super little beast.
So Mrs Gert has reluctantly adapted to the new wagon, her only comment being “you know what this is? This is a MID-LIFE CRISIS car, that’s what this is!”. To which I made riposte “…but ALL my cars are mid-life crisis cars”, which is true - at least all the ones I’ve enjoyed owning.
The thing is, though, I don’t get why the VW Up! and its clones got such glowing reviews. It seemed to me a pedestrian and uninspired little wagon. I was prepared to overlook that, if it felt like it was beautifully made, but it wasn’t. The Fiat, even at six years older, feels twice as solid. And the difference between the two jalopies is chalk and cheese. The Seat was like driving around in Eeyore… like, “”oohh… a HILL… I suppose you want me to go up it… well I will, but don't expect me to enjoy it…"
The 500 is more like Tigger! “Ooh! A hill! Let’s RUN!”.
I found myself awake an hour early the other day because I was so looking forward to driving it to work. You can’t ask for much more from a car.
It is in cracking nick and drives like new. Nimble, enthusiastic handling. It’s a super little beast.
So Mrs Gert has reluctantly adapted to the new wagon, her only comment being “you know what this is? This is a MID-LIFE CRISIS car, that’s what this is!”. To which I made riposte “…but ALL my cars are mid-life crisis cars”, which is true - at least all the ones I’ve enjoyed owning.
The thing is, though, I don’t get why the VW Up! and its clones got such glowing reviews. It seemed to me a pedestrian and uninspired little wagon. I was prepared to overlook that, if it felt like it was beautifully made, but it wasn’t. The Fiat, even at six years older, feels twice as solid. And the difference between the two jalopies is chalk and cheese. The Seat was like driving around in Eeyore… like, “”oohh… a HILL… I suppose you want me to go up it… well I will, but don't expect me to enjoy it…"
The 500 is more like Tigger! “Ooh! A hill! Let’s RUN!”.
I found myself awake an hour early the other day because I was so looking forward to driving it to work. You can’t ask for much more from a car.
gert biggens said:
The 500 is the By Diesel edition
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her only comment being “you know what this is? This is a MID-LIFE CRISIS car, that’s what this is!”.
A Fiat 500 is a mid-life crisis car......
her only comment being “you know what this is? This is a MID-LIFE CRISIS car, that’s what this is!”.
Dear gawd.
Look, you have a moral obligation to chop it in for a TVR now, to show her what a mid-life crisis REALLY is.
Speaking of which, on what f
ked-up parallel-universe planet is a car badged "by DIESEL" petrol-powered...?gert biggens said:
I found myself awake an hour early the other day because I was so looking forward to driving it to work.
We ARE talking about a 1.2 Fiat 500, right?TooMany2cvs said:
We ARE talking about a 1.2 Fiat 500, right?
No, special edition...http://www.topspeed.com/cars/fiat/2010-fiat-500-by...
My Citigo is actually an excellent drive, more fun that a corpulent 500....
eldar said:
TooMany2cvs said:
We ARE talking about a 1.2 Fiat 500, right?
No, special edition...http://www.topspeed.com/cars/fiat/2010-fiat-500-by...
And why the flying f
kerigar are all three engine options in a "500 BY DIESEL" PETROL...?You seem to have missed the memo.... your car, your choice!
Let her have input once, and you'll be burdened with what she wants ever after. I understand compromising if you need to carry children, dogs, whatever else, or if it is a shared car... and that might rule out some choices. But if it is a car that only you drive, and if you are paying for it..... then your choice.
My ex-wife used to complain about my choices of 2nd and 3rd car. I pointed out that I was paying and was alone when driving them so it was my choice. She kept complaining, so I replaced the Seat she drove with a 1989 BMW 325i auto estate in white :-) Made a tidy profit when I sold it a year later too.
Although she is now the ex-wife I'm sure this had nothing to do with it.
What's the worst that could happen?
Let her have input once, and you'll be burdened with what she wants ever after. I understand compromising if you need to carry children, dogs, whatever else, or if it is a shared car... and that might rule out some choices. But if it is a car that only you drive, and if you are paying for it..... then your choice.
My ex-wife used to complain about my choices of 2nd and 3rd car. I pointed out that I was paying and was alone when driving them so it was my choice. She kept complaining, so I replaced the Seat she drove with a 1989 BMW 325i auto estate in white :-) Made a tidy profit when I sold it a year later too.
Although she is now the ex-wife I'm sure this had nothing to do with it.
What's the worst that could happen?
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