Wife doesn't understand

[Pu241]

Or just marry a woman that likes your festiva, and wants one of her own*... then they start multiplying.

*Note: This may not work out well if you are already married, as the state frowns on polygamy.

Not if your from Utah!:p

[batstiva]

My fellow Festivite- I've been married 25 years to the same girl. They are all pretty much the same when it comes to wheels. You can talk logic all day long with her about buying a used beat up car that needs lots of work.If you dont approach it right,your gonna come up a loser.She is gonna see some woman driving a new KIA FORTE. And think,thats what my hubby should buy me!:cry_smile: What you have to do if you want to stay sane is get that little Festy you have right now running tip top.Get it running so she feels "Safe" in it. Then you plant a little seed. Something along the lines of. "Honey,I'm kinda thinkin we need a second set of wheels"."How do YOU feel about that"? You want to get her involved in it. Then when she says "Maybe". You let that thought marinate. Then you ask her again a couple days later. And she now says "OK". You say,"Hey I got a great idea"! Why not get another Festy. The mileage is great,they are easy to park,we can fit 4 in the two car garage etc etc.Plus you tell her,"I can fix this new one faster because I've got experience from our other one".
My wife looked at me like I was nuts when I bought our Aspire. I made sure that it was running tip top before I let her drive it. She came to me @ a week after driving it and said. "Ya know,I like this little car". "I really can zip around in it,& I actually feel safer in it than our big car". So I started buying more, using the above process. She came to me and said. "What are you planning with all these cars? I told her a fleet. I want a fleet of them. Using the above explanation for my rational. She was like "oh that makes sense". It works,get her involved.Get her to think its her idea.Even better,get her to think that the car you are driving now, is yours. And the back up car will be hers,only better. The key to success is get the one you have now running tip top. If you cant do that, you might as well go buy her that new KIA.
Lastly as part of Fraternal Brotherhood of Festivites. You our sworn to total secrecy on the above methods of Festivary. Sharing our methodology is punishable by death.Good luck & Gods speed. Now go forth and conquer! (sounding of Festiva horns loudly blaring in the back ground)

You sir, are my new hero!! :headbang:

[htchbck]

Or just marry a woman that likes your festiva, and wants one of her own*... then they start multiplying.

*Note: This may not work out well if you are already married, as the state frowns on polygamy.

[Charlie1717]

^^ Sticky this! :p

[nitrofarm]

Dear Young Buck

My fellow Festivite- I've been married 25 years to the same girl. They are all pretty much the same when it comes to wheels. You can talk logic all day long with her about buying a used beat up car that needs lots of work.If you dont approach it right,your gonna come up a loser.She is gonna see some woman driving a new KIA FORTE. And think,thats what my hubby should buy me!:cry_smile: What you have to do if you want to stay sane is get that little Festy you have right now running tip top.Get it running so she feels "Safe" in it. Then you plant a little seed. Something along the lines of. "Honey,I'm kinda thinkin we need a second set of wheels"."How do YOU feel about that"? You want to get her involved in it. Then when she says "Maybe". You let that thought marinate. Then you ask her again a couple days later. And she now says "OK". You say,"Hey I got a great idea"! Why not get another Festy. The mileage is great,they are easy to park,we can fit 4 in the two car garage etc etc.Plus you tell her,"I can fix this new one faster because I've got experience from our other one".
My wife looked at me like I was nuts when I bought our Aspire. I made sure that it was running tip top before I let her drive it. She came to me @ a week after driving it and said. "Ya know,I like this little car". "I really can zip around in it,& I actually feel safer in it than our big car". So I started buying more, using the above process. She came to me and said. "What are you planning with all these cars? I told her a fleet. I want a fleet of them. Using the above explanation for my rational. She was like "oh that makes sense". It works,get her involved.Get her to think its her idea.Even better,get her to think that the car you are driving now, is yours. And the back up car will be hers,only better. The key to success is get the one you have now running tip top. If you cant do that, you might as well go buy her that new KIA.
Lastly as part of Fraternal Brotherhood of Festivites. You our sworn to total secrecy on the above methods of Festivary. Sharing our methodology is punishable by death.Good luck & Gods speed. Now go forth and conquer! (sounding of Festiva horns loudly blaring in the back ground)

[JimFestiva]

My wife didn't understand either when I got the second Festiva. She tolerates it now since I took it off of the jack stands and moved it out of the front yard.

[Movin]

*cough*...check the BALL JOINTS...*cough*...change the fuel filter...*cough*

:eeeeeek: :eeeeeek: That's not necessary until your 50 yrs old is it??

[jbuck1975]

So my wife came in tonight and asked me "have you had a chance to look at that car yet?" She now seems like I can get it!! She just said She would offer less and then more If needed. I said I know I watch them auction shows.

89 Festiva. carby. needs repairs!!

[loknlode]

take her car one day - you HAVE to work - she'll come around

[Safety Guy]

Charlie wrote:

"Yeah show her a shop estimate to fix your cars issues and show her that it will cost the same as buying another festy."

Not to mention some shop doing something wrong or not doing what they should! That's one reason I work on them myself. I'll know it was done, and done RIGHT!

*cough*...check the BALL JOINTS...*cough*...change the fuel filter...*cough*

Karl

[Charlie1717]

Cheaper to get a second Festiva to bring up to speed as a DD so you can take your current DD down for repair, than to take your current DD in to a "mechanic" to repair it for you! Once a Festiva is brought back up to operational status it usually require very little maintenance. But these car's are approaching 20 yrs old, and many were not well treated, thus extensive repairs are needed, but they are still more reliable than many new cars on the road.

Yeah show her a shop estimate to fix your cars issues and show her that it will cost the same as buying another festy.

[jbuck1975]

I didn't attempt to work on it on my last vacation due to the fact I was scared of not being able to get it going again before having to go back to work. I want to be able to fix it right instead of rushing through it and having to go back and fix the same thing over again.

EVO deck'd out with Bruce Lee

[Pu241]

Cheaper to get a second Festiva to bring up to speed as a DD so you can take your current DD down for repair, than to take your current DD in to a "mechanic" to repair it for you! Once a Festiva is brought back up to operational status it usually require very little maintenance. But these car's are approaching 20 yrs old, and many were not well treated, thus extensive repairs are needed, but they are still more reliable than many new cars on the road.

[Pu241]

Cheaper to get a second Festiva to bring up to speed as a DD so you can take your current DD down for repair, than to take your current DD in to a "mechanic" to repair it for you! Once a Festiva is brought back up to operational status it usually require very little maintenance. But these car's are approaching 20 yrs old, and many were not well treated, thus extensive repairs are needed, but they are still more reliable than many new cars on the road.

[Safety Guy]

This!:

"I would rotate them.
The one I have needs work! Oil seals needs replaced. Bad oil leaks. I'm using lots of oil. Can't work on it because NO backup."

I think having a second Festiva is a must. Cars not only break down, but they also need to be fixed sometimes, and sometimes the fix takes longer than a day.

I have three and two-thirds Festivas, but only two are insured at a time.

Karl