Does the family get it?
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I was wondering what everyones family reactions are to your various supercars? Does your wife like them or think they are stupid? Are your kids embarrassed as they are so show off? Or do they join in with whole thing and like them as much as you do?
No right or wrong answers obviously just interested if it's your thing that is tolerated or loved by everyone?
I'm lucky my wife is very accommodating and even includes me getting my third car before my 30th birthday before various other things she could easily ask me to put first. My 2 year old is totally obsessed with his Grandads cars especially his F430 runs to it every chance he gets have to drag him out of it. Pressing the starter button makes his day.
I know people whose kids have zero interest and the wife refuses to go anywhere in the supercar.
P.S If anyone is wondering hoping to be able to get Evora 400.
No right or wrong answers obviously just interested if it's your thing that is tolerated or loved by everyone?
I'm lucky my wife is very accommodating and even includes me getting my third car before my 30th birthday before various other things she could easily ask me to put first. My 2 year old is totally obsessed with his Grandads cars especially his F430 runs to it every chance he gets have to drag him out of it. Pressing the starter button makes his day.
I know people whose kids have zero interest and the wife refuses to go anywhere in the supercar.
P.S If anyone is wondering hoping to be able to get Evora 400.
Most relatives think I'm vain and flash. My colleagues think I should 'trade it in for a newer one'.
I try to explain the mid-engined layout reduces the mass moment of inertia, while the dry sump lowers the CoG. That manual gearboxes are no longer made, and that turbo charging is the work of the devil. Aluminium body, 5 valves per cylinder, flat plane crank...the 360 is an engineer's car, but non-engineers just think you are a wanna be playboy.
I try to explain the mid-engined layout reduces the mass moment of inertia, while the dry sump lowers the CoG. That manual gearboxes are no longer made, and that turbo charging is the work of the devil. Aluminium body, 5 valves per cylinder, flat plane crank...the 360 is an engineer's car, but non-engineers just think you are a wanna be playboy.
My wife appreciates the looks and the attention supercars get. She also quite enjoys the speed if she feels secure. She refuses to travel in anything with buckets (which rules out a lot of my cars) but she's actually driven the Speciale and the V12VS. At the weekend she wants to drive the Lambo.
My little daughter (17 months) is just starting to get excited about cars. I've started taking her down to the garage to look around. She runs around shouting 'car' and putting her hand into all the vents, playing with the wheels, etc. All good fun until she tried to climb onto the bonnet of the Speciale!
My little daughter (17 months) is just starting to get excited about cars. I've started taking her down to the garage to look around. She runs around shouting 'car' and putting her hand into all the vents, playing with the wheels, etc. All good fun until she tried to climb onto the bonnet of the Speciale!
I posted this in another thread recently but it applies here also.
Towards the end of last summer I was out in the 458 Spider with Mrs Leg, roof up though as she moans about her hair in convertibles.
I've had the car a couple of years and as we're driving along the conversation goes like this:
Me - "I still really like this car"
Mrs Leg - "Which one are we in?"
Me - "How are we married?"
Which pretty much sums everything up. I have 2 sons, 20 and 17, too. I bought them each a car for their 17th (subject to GCSE results - nothing is free in my house), a nice 1.4 Adam Glam and a smart looking Toyota Aygo special edition. Nothing flash but nice cars. The eldest has had his for 3 years and he's washed it 4 times. The youngest has had his since September, he's never washed it.
I am, alone, stranded in a family of heathens and non-believers. My garages are a Church to the almighty motor car and I the presiding preacher yet my flock never attend mass.
My car friends and knowing you're all out there keep me sane.
Towards the end of last summer I was out in the 458 Spider with Mrs Leg, roof up though as she moans about her hair in convertibles.
I've had the car a couple of years and as we're driving along the conversation goes like this:
Me - "I still really like this car"
Mrs Leg - "Which one are we in?"
Me - "How are we married?"
Which pretty much sums everything up. I have 2 sons, 20 and 17, too. I bought them each a car for their 17th (subject to GCSE results - nothing is free in my house), a nice 1.4 Adam Glam and a smart looking Toyota Aygo special edition. Nothing flash but nice cars. The eldest has had his for 3 years and he's washed it 4 times. The youngest has had his since September, he's never washed it.
I am, alone, stranded in a family of heathens and non-believers. My garages are a Church to the almighty motor car and I the presiding preacher yet my flock never attend mass.
My car friends and knowing you're all out there keep me sane.
Edited by _Leg_ on Thursday 8th March 15:45
As I see it, my passion for cars was around long before my wife and kids came along.
My wife tolerates it and is certainly not anti my hobby, but wouldn't be bothered in the slightest if I sold them off and never had another special car again.
My eldest boy (12) pretends to like them, but I don't really think he's that bothered either.
They're both just humouring me.
My youngest boy (10) really doesn't care for them and gets pretty embarassed when people see him in one.
Sod 'em though.
My wife tolerates it and is certainly not anti my hobby, but wouldn't be bothered in the slightest if I sold them off and never had another special car again.
My eldest boy (12) pretends to like them, but I don't really think he's that bothered either.
They're both just humouring me.
My youngest boy (10) really doesn't care for them and gets pretty embarassed when people see him in one.
Sod 'em though.
_Leg_ said:
I posted this in another thread recently but it applies here also.
Towards the end of last summer I was out in the 458 Spider with Mrs Leg, roof up though as she moans about her hair in convertibles.
I've had the car a couple of years and as we're driving along the conversation goes like this:
Me - "I still really like this car"
Mrs Leg - "Which one are we in?"
Me - "How are we married?"
Which pretty much sums everything up. I have 2 sons, 20 and 17, too. I bought them each a car for their 17th (subject to GCSE results - nothing is free in my house), a nice 1.4 Adam Glam and a smart looking Toyota Aygo special edition. Nothing flash but nice cars. The eldest has had his for 3 years and he's washed it 4 times. The youngest has had his since September, he's never washed it.
I am, alone, stranded in a family of heathens and non-believers. My garages are a Church to the almighty motor car and I the presiding preacher yet my flock never attend mass.
My car friends and knowing you're all out there keep me sane.
I had something similar with my wife when I first got my Tesla was in a car park and my wife went and stood next to a Vauxhall Insignia and started asking why I hadn't opened the car yet. I told her I was disowning and walked off to our car. I still bring it up every time she mentions getting a new car for herself.Towards the end of last summer I was out in the 458 Spider with Mrs Leg, roof up though as she moans about her hair in convertibles.
I've had the car a couple of years and as we're driving along the conversation goes like this:
Me - "I still really like this car"
Mrs Leg - "Which one are we in?"
Me - "How are we married?"
Which pretty much sums everything up. I have 2 sons, 20 and 17, too. I bought them each a car for their 17th (subject to GCSE results - nothing is free in my house), a nice 1.4 Adam Glam and a smart looking Toyota Aygo special edition. Nothing flash but nice cars. The eldest has had his for 3 years and he's washed it 4 times. The youngest has had his since September, he's never washed it.
I am, alone, stranded in a family of heathens and non-believers. My garages are a Church to the almighty motor car and I the presiding preacher yet my flock never attend mass.
My car friends and knowing you're all out there keep me sane.
Edited by _Leg_ on Thursday 8th March 15:45
It boggles my mind that your sons aren't interested in your collection
I will be your car adoring son I'm not much older (27) hahah left home paying for myself all you have to do is give me rides in your cars
My wife must be a saint. She's always egging me on to buy a nice car.
The rest of the family...not so much! When I traded in my M3 for a 993 C4S in the mid-2000s my brother turned up at the house, looked at me and just said grumpily: "oh, BMW not good enough for you then". My brother-in-law outdid him though. When I told him I'd bought a 599 he just said: "why do you want to do that", totally deadpan miserable. Nice.
The rest of the family...not so much! When I traded in my M3 for a 993 C4S in the mid-2000s my brother turned up at the house, looked at me and just said grumpily: "oh, BMW not good enough for you then". My brother-in-law outdid him though. When I told him I'd bought a 599 he just said: "why do you want to do that", totally deadpan miserable. Nice.
My wife has zero interest in cars. Although she's insured on all of them she only ever drives the LR and that's occasionally when it's too far to walk. My two youngest sons don't show much interest however they're only 3 and 5. As long as it has a TV in the back they seem to be happy. My 15 year old son is the same as my wife, absolutely zero interest in cars - to the point where he just walks away if I start talking about anything car related. If my dad had had a Lambo when I was at secondary school I'd have been begging him to pick me up as often as possible. However my wife never questions any car I buy, she just says if you want it and we have the money then get it. My folks came round the other day and I told them I'd just bought a new car. My mum glanced through the garage window on her way out to their car (in the dark) and my dad said he'll look at it some other time. Nice
Pioneer said:
My wife has zero interest in cars. Although she's insured on all of them she only ever drives the LR and that's occasionally when it's too far to walk. My two youngest sons don't show much interest however they're only 3 and 5. As long as it has a TV in the back they seem to be happy. My 15 year old son is the same as my wife, absolutely zero interest in cars - to the point where he just walks away if I start talking about anything car related. If my dad had had a Lambo when I was at secondary school I'd have been begging him to pick me up as often as possible. However my wife never questions any car I buy, she just says if you want it and we have the money then get it. My folks came round the other day and I told them I'd just bought a new car. My mum glanced through the garage window on her way out to their car (in the dark) and my dad said he'll look at it some other time. Nice
Yep similar story here.No one else in the family is remotely interested in cars and they all think I'm barking mad. Can't argue with them there !
My youngest boy who is still at primary school even lectures me on "stop wasting all your money on cars and buy more houses" WTF ?!
Think he may have been listening to the missus too much.
I offered my 15 year old one of my old cars for his 18th birthday if he did well at school and he said no thanks. Unbelievable.
What a plonker he could of at least said yes and then immediately sold it
My wife kind of gets it. She's finally worked out I'm obsessed and given half a chance would never sell anything.
She calls the F40 ''the little b
d'' (because while she finds the seats comfortable she thinks the car is a puffed up airfix model, noisy, cramped and I drive it too fast lol).
She calls the F40 ''the little b
d'' (because while she finds the seats comfortable she thinks the car is a puffed up airfix model, noisy, cramped and I drive it too fast lol). The other half hates Ferraris. Made me sell my FF and nagged everytime I drove it. Always says Ferraris are stupid and hates the attention.
I now have a Maserati GT as the family car and once more there is peace and calm in the family. I have a 2 seater Ferrari for myself and my small daughter. My daughter loves the speed but has developed an interest in Japanese cars.
Luckily the missus hasn't worked out why I keep pressing the sport button in the GT. She does complain about the car having a bit of a noisy exhaust sometimes.
I now have a Maserati GT as the family car and once more there is peace and calm in the family. I have a 2 seater Ferrari for myself and my small daughter. My daughter loves the speed but has developed an interest in Japanese cars.
Luckily the missus hasn't worked out why I keep pressing the sport button in the GT. She does complain about the car having a bit of a noisy exhaust sometimes.
kids (14 & 16) couldn't care either way, actually the 14 year old hates me taking her anywhere in it.
Cant keep the wife out of it....when we go out together she insists on driving it, often come home to find it parked the other way in the garrage.
Im the miserable looking chap in the passenger seat
Cant keep the wife out of it....when we go out together she insists on driving it, often come home to find it parked the other way in the garrage.
Im the miserable looking chap in the passenger seat
Wilmslowboy said:
kids (14 & 16) couldn't care either way, actually the 14 year old hates me taking her anywhere in it.
Cant keep the wife out of it....when we go out together she insists on driving it, often come home to find it parked the other way in the garrage.
Im the miserable looking chap in the passenger seat
That's not misery...that's fear!Cant keep the wife out of it....when we go out together she insists on driving it, often come home to find it parked the other way in the garrage.
Im the miserable looking chap in the passenger seat
My wife loves the SL570. Appreciates and understands the joy of being able to realise that boyhood dream when I finally made the purchase of my first Lambo. Bit of a petrolhead herself (recently got a DB9 Volante GT to replace the Mustang GT Convertible she had before...which is now my daily driver)
My 21 year old lad thinks the cars are wicked. My 18 year old daughter prefers horses of the 4 legged variety.
So no complaints from me.
My 21 year old lad thinks the cars are wicked. My 18 year old daughter prefers horses of the 4 legged variety.
So no complaints from me.
Wilmslowboy said:
kids (14 & 16) couldn't care either way, actually the 14 year old hates me taking her anywhere in it.
Cant keep the wife out of it....when we go out together she insists on driving it, often come home to find it parked the other way in the garrage.
Im the miserable looking chap in the passenger seat
Love thisCant keep the wife out of it....when we go out together she insists on driving it, often come home to find it parked the other way in the garrage.
Im the miserable looking chap in the passenger seat
My ex-wife wasn't much of a fan of my liking for old Italian cars (namely a Ferrari Mondial). She likes cars and normally buys new every five years or so and currently has a 7 years old MX5 (wow that went quick).
She hated the old Mondial and drove it down the drive once. I shouted at her because it wouldn't start after that LOL. She told me there and then what an ugly POS waste of money it was. I had that for five years and four with her. Everytime it came to service she grimaced.She even hated me going out in the car in fear it might break and cost the earth to fix. My daughter went in it but was embarrassed the one time I collected her from school. Not sure if it was it being a Ferrari or that Ferrari LOL.
Fast forward 6 years and separated and bought an F355. My Fiancee (girlfriend then) loved it. My ex liked it but told me I'd never have bought that if I was still with her.
I bought a 97 Alfa Spider as a third car because my GF liked them. I let her have that two years ago (longest I'd owned a car) and she doesn't even drive (so I have to). I've currently got a 360 Modena and she adores that too. She gets a little uncomfortable if people point and photograph it whilst we're in it (as do I) but otherwise no issues.
My daughter likes the 360 and she is named in my will to have whatever 'supercar/exotic' I own if I croak it. As she's 25 going on 26 this year I intend to let her drive it or borrow it one weekend insurance willing.
She hated the old Mondial and drove it down the drive once. I shouted at her because it wouldn't start after that LOL. She told me there and then what an ugly POS waste of money it was. I had that for five years and four with her. Everytime it came to service she grimaced.She even hated me going out in the car in fear it might break and cost the earth to fix. My daughter went in it but was embarrassed the one time I collected her from school. Not sure if it was it being a Ferrari or that Ferrari LOL.
Fast forward 6 years and separated and bought an F355. My Fiancee (girlfriend then) loved it. My ex liked it but told me I'd never have bought that if I was still with her.
I bought a 97 Alfa Spider as a third car because my GF liked them. I let her have that two years ago (longest I'd owned a car) and she doesn't even drive (so I have to). I've currently got a 360 Modena and she adores that too. She gets a little uncomfortable if people point and photograph it whilst we're in it (as do I) but otherwise no issues.
My daughter likes the 360 and she is named in my will to have whatever 'supercar/exotic' I own if I croak it. As she's 25 going on 26 this year I intend to let her drive it or borrow it one weekend insurance willing.
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