She's a Keeper

My girflriend just related the story about how she was stopped dead in a parking lot this afternoon walking around and ogling an Aston Martin Vantage. I'm so proud.

That is all.

My girlfriend today, who is not at all a car person, saw an E30 today and said "Look, an E30! Or is that an NA or NB?" I was pretty happy with that, all things considered.

mtn wrote: My girlfriend today, who is not at all a car person, saw an E30 today and said "Look, an E30! Or is that an NA or NB?" I was pretty happy with that, all things considered.

I have mine on the way to being able to distinguish a 1.6 NA from a 1.8 NA. Though she also knows that the parts that distinguish one from another can be swapped onto the other.

My faithful wife of 24 years did 5 loads of laundry, cleaned the house, and cooked for me two nights, worked three days at the Hallmark Store, along with getting the kid off to school all week.

She can drive stick shift, knows most cool cars, loves to travel with me, and she likes to point out all the young ladies with questionable clothing on so we can both agree that our society is spiraling downward

She, my friends is a keeper since I hate doing laundry.

pete240z wrote: She, my friends is a keeper since I hate doing laundry.

I love THIS quote (though I do most of the laundry in my household).

Mine also got two kids off to school all week, cooked dinner every night, did the table decorations for the SCR-SCCA annual banquet, loves to autocross so much they put her on the SCR board of directors, notarized four loans and preformed a wedding. It's Saturday so I'm keeping up with the kids while she sleeps in. We been married 24 years so I guess I'll keep her even though she couldn't tell a Miata from a Corvette and has probably never heard of Aston Martin.

I have you all beat, without goung into too much detail I will just say, "morning sex".

Now we are headed out to run a bunch of errands, which I will do with her happily

Been together 21, married 20.

pete240z wrote: She, my friends is a keeper since I hate doing laundry.

You win

My girlfriend worked in retail at a super schnazzy place (Mark Shale) and spent about an hour a day folding clothes from the age of 15 through 18, and then again in the winters for another two years. When she sees me folding my laundry, she tries to bite her tongue and say nothing. It usually takes about two minutes before she says "You are doing it wrong, give it to me damnit".

First real fight wifey and I had was over folding laundry. There is only one way to fold a towel. Anything else will cause total destruction of civilization. In her mind, anyway. That was 20 years ago, I still don't know how to fold laundry properly. She's a keeper in many other ways.

Salanis wrote: My girflriend just related the story about how she was stopped dead in a parking lot this afternoon walking around and ogling an Aston Martin Vantage. I'm so proud. That is all.

My wife, then girlfriend, used to do that. Now when she sees one it; so when do I get my DB9.

My wife puts up with me, without suffocating me while I sleep. I'd say I lucked out.

^^^ This too plus one!

My wife has started to notice the difference between a turbocharger and supercharger. Both roots and centrifugal. When we go to car shows and places like that she points and says, "Hey, that one's got a turbo!" Then I pat her on the ass and say, "I love you". LOL

You guys are so lucky.

Salanis wrote: My girflriend just related the story about how she was stopped dead in a parking lot this afternoon walking around and ogling an Aston Martin Vantage. I'm so proud. That is all.

Sounds like a woman with expensive tastes. Hide your wallet and find a woman that does that with a rusty LBC

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: Sounds like a woman with expensive tastes. Hide your wallet and find a woman that does that with a rusty LBC

Nah, she fairly recently purchased a car she's been lusting after for a while: an RX-8.

She makes more money than me, so that simplifies things..

I did a little dance this week after finally tracking down a set of heads with the right valve spring keepers for my KLZE swap.
Does that put me on the "keeper" list??

Lesley wrote: Does that put me on the "keeper" list??

It would if all your other interests hadn't already put you there.

what he said.............

you've always been a keeper

In reply to Lesley:

You temptress you...trying to lead us poor souls down the path of temptation, divorce and arguing over whose car is cooler.

I've got a 1958 Pontiac, a 1982 Toyota Corolla and a pair of 1980 Turbo Trans-Ams.

My wife has a 1957 Pontiac, a 1948 Chevy, a 1970 Lincoln and a 1996 Ford F-150

Yeah, she's a keeper.

Shawn

Lesley wrote: I did a little dance this week after finally tracking down a set of heads with the right valve spring keepers for my KLZE swap. Does that put me on the "keeper" list??

I donno. The liking FWD thing is a huge negative. But I suppose I can see around that if you want to make this work.

I do have a thing for 6cyls of all types. I guess thats why I have a RB20DET and am putting a VQ30DE +T in my other 240sx.

~Alex

My wife talked me into buying a TR4 to go vintage racing.

Lesley wrote: I did a little dance this week after finally tracking down a set of heads with the right valve spring keepers for my KLZE swap. Does that put me on the "keeper" list??

I think 85% of this board is carrying a severe torch for you, Les. Deduct the usual 5-10% who are carrying a torch for Wally, and I'd say you've pretty well cornered the market...

Let's see here.

Cons: My wife couldn't pick a Porsche from a Yugo, and she's an enabler.

Pros: My wife talked me into the turbo Festiva, she helped fund my "really bad idea" BPT super-build, she bought me wheels and race tires for christmas, the coilovers are an early birthday present, she's super hot.

Oh, and she's a doctor.

Did I win?