Porsche costs and lies.

[scruffy101]

I am just curious how many of us lie to our partners about the costs of these cars.My old 3.2 911 got to the stage where i just refused to speak about it and paid for stuff cash so it did not show on the statements.

[fieldl]

No different to my last car TBH.
Car things just cost "man money" or half the purchase price

[jonny996]

I have it worse, my misses has only ever had company cars, so she doesn't have a clue about running costs, never mind running costs of 911

[Irish]

I have a deal where every pound I spend on the car a similar amount must be "donated" to a cause....."handbag liberation front" and "shoe supporters foundation".

I dread the annual service and pray my clutch holds out.

[jdh1]

Your question pre-supposes that a Porsche owner might put himself in a position whereby his wife has access to his bank account, and might therefore be able to form an opinion on the efficacy of his spending. Extraordinary!

scruffy101 said:

I am just curious how many of us lie to our partners about the costs of these cars.My old 3.2 911 got to the stage where i just refused to speak about it and paid for stuff cash so it did not show on the statements.

[CATSFLAP]

If she has to ask you, she probably thinks your lying in the first place.

[BobM]

Someone I know replaced his year old Murcielago with one the same colour so he didn't need to tell his wife

[willdew]

BobM said:

Someone I know replaced his year old Murcielago with one the same colour so he didn't need to tell his wife

I can imagine how easy it would be to get away with that.

If I swapped mine for another the same colour that was still a Porsche (even going from my 968 to any model 911), I could imagine there being a slight quizzical silence for the first 5 seconds, but nothing ever said, as she'd convince herself she must be imagining it. I'd just have to replace the empty water bottles into the passenger door pod, for that finishing touch.

[JEBLondon]

Irish said:

I have a deal where every pound I spend on the car a similar amount must be "donated" to a cause....."handbag liberation front" and "shoe supporters foundation".

I dread the annual service and pray my clutch holds out.

That's a familiar feeling...

I recently got a new 997S and it also cost me a kitchen...!!

[anonymous-user]

shhhhhhhhh. is it wise to play with fire on a public forum? next you'll publish the full cost of a trackday...

[magic torch]

I run mine as my company car so the costs are very well documented....

Still, the costs are insignificant compared to the kids.

[cuneus]

francisb said:

shhhhhhhhh. is it wise to play with fire on a public forum? next you'll publish the full cost of a trackday...

PMSL god how insightful is that . . . 7 mpg, tyres , pads . . only reason I sold it

[Merritt]

cuneus said:

francisb said:

shhhhhhhhh. is it wise to play with fire on a public forum? next you'll publish the full cost of a trackday...

PMSL god how insightful is that . . . 7 mpg, tyres , pads . . only reason I sold it

Hmm - I stupidly added up my seasons track daying last week... I wish I hadn't


Steve

[Adam B]

jdh1 said:

Your question pre-supposes that a Porsche owner might put himself in a position whereby his wife has access to his bank account, and might therefore be able to form an opinion on the efficacy of his spending. Extraordinary!

quite, we have one joint account for all the bills/mortgage and the rest stays in our own accounts to do with as we like, she doesn;t complain about £1k on a sports exhaust, I don't complain about an £800 handbag

[cyberface]

Adam B said:

jdh1 said:

Your question pre-supposes that a Porsche owner might put himself in a position whereby his wife has access to his bank account, and might therefore be able to form an opinion on the efficacy of his spending. Extraordinary!

quite, we have one joint account for all the bills/mortgage and the rest stays in our own accounts to do with as we like, she doesn;t complain about £1k on a sports exhaust, I don't complain about an £800 handbag

Exactly, only sensible way to go about it IMO.

[anonymous-user]

Adam B said:

she doesn;t complain about £1k on a sports exhaust, I don't complain about an £800 handbag

one is the result of months of research and development, years of experience, material costs and skilled manufacture. the other is the result of some bloke called serge with a crayon and a colouring book, 1/4 of a dead crocodile and £750 profit. had this conversation with the wife recently; value of a day at donnington vs. a green coat. we agreed to disagree.

[Adam B]

francisb said:

Adam B said:

she doesn;t complain about £1k on a sports exhaust, I don't complain about an £800 handbag

one is the result of months of research and development, years of experience, material costs and skilled manufacture. the other is the result of some bloke called serge with a crayon and a colouring book, 1/4 of a dead crocodile and £750 profit. had this conversation with the wife recently; value of a day at donnington vs. a green coat. we agreed to disagree.

hey look - we all know here which one was a waste and which one was necessity!

[freemax]

...admittedly i only just started doling out money on the 911 but my girlfriend's rule in these matters is "Anything that makes you happy..."

...maybe something to do with Latin American women...?

[Merritt]

freemax said:

...admittedly i only just started doling out money on the 911 but my girlfriend's rule in these matters is "Anything that makes you happy..."

...maybe something to do with Latin American women...?

Hehe - no, im fortunate enough to have a very understanding wife myself and shes defintely not Latin American


Steve

[deutscher]

BobM said:

Someone I know replaced his year old Murcielago with one the same colour

Why?