"Car wanted for the wife" threads

[daemon]

I find the 'its time to change my wifes car, i want to get her something practical and economical, etc, etc,' a bit odd.

Are there really women out there who cant form an opinion for themselves?

[sunbeam alpine]

The existance of the threads proves that there are at least partners who believe this to be so.

[daemon]

sunbeam alpine said:

The existance of the threads proves that there are at least partners who believe this to be so.

Yeah, true i suppose.

Weird. Not sure i could cope with a woman like that.

[bamberwell]

misread the thread title for a moment..... was going to offer a mondeo but wanted some pictures up front!

[cptsideways]

Have seen what wives buy without advise

[Cemesis]

Exactly. Sometimes a partner will say "I know nothing about cars" and look to their other half for advice. There are so many cars out there now that its difficult to know about them all, so they come on here for suggestions that they may not otherwise have thought of.

[daemon]

cptsideways said:

Have seen what wives buy without advise

Asking for advice though is different than being 'told' what you're going to drive though.

Having said that, maybe its just a male thing on forums and the reality is the blokes been told 'get me a fking car and you'd better get me a good one'.

[wiliferus]

cptsideways said:

Have seen what wives buy without advise

This!! My OH literally has no idea about cars, her preference is normally based on size and colour (fnar fnar!).

A lot of ladies know nothing about cars as they have no interest, it's human nature.

[cuprabob]

It's not just cars for the wife, I think we now have a full generation of society who are unable to make a decision on anything without asking a forum for their opinion.

Am I right? :-)

[browna]

Exactly, if it was up to my misses she'd be getting a new shape beetle next, ive tried to steer her away, I've at somehow pursued her to got for a fabia, in pretty red, I'm hoping to sneak in a cute vrs lol

[BigBob]

cuprabob said:

It's not just cars for the wife, I think we now have a full generation of society who are unable to make a decision on anything without asking a forum for their opinion.

Am I right? :-)

Hang on a mo - I'll just pop onto another forum and see what they think


BB

[CraigyMc]

My usual take on this is as follows: she can either

• choose a car herself, in which case I make a point of taking nothing to do with it, or
• she can take a car we agree on, in which case I'll help with it if it breaks down, etc.

Seems to have worked so far, once each way.

C

[FarmerJim]

In our house I have the veto on cars, she has the veto on soft furnishings. Seems to work.

[CraigyMc]

FarmerJim said:

In our house I have the veto on cars, she has the veto on soft furnishings. Seems to work.

I approve of this message.

[Prof Beard]

By and large, I choose Mrs B's cars for her. She indicates general guidelines like it must an auto, can "carry stuff" and not be a "silly" colour and I do the rest. She mainly does "popping around town" interspersed with runs "darn sarf" to visit relatives and visits to our sons in Worcester and Wales. She also buys stuff like furniture quite a bit. Does about 6k miles a year. Three years ago, her previous car became unreliable so I went out and got her a dark blue Saab 9-5 auto estate - its been a monster hit ever since - she didn't even drive it before I got it...

[Fleckers]

my misses gives me a wish list

1.6 or less
manual
colour
electric stuff
cheap to run

i then get a selection together sometimes asking on here for opionions as in anyone got thoughts on xyz cars

offer up selection, we view some then the deal is done

its how last 4 cars have been done

[davebeast]

[MondeoMan1981]

I asked my girlfriend what car she would like when she passed her test. She giggled and said "a pink one".

Says all you need to know !

[ian_touring]

Has no-one yet made any reference to the "Sounds like a fair swap" joke yet?
I am surprised!

[AlpineWhite]

BigBob said:

Hang on a mo - I'll just pop onto another forum and see what they think


BB

Other forums? Balderdash and piffle. Next there'll be talk of "another place".