Let's find out if you're partner holds the purse strings?

not buying one, don't have a gf, so i'm the bottom slot ;)

Originally posted by wakeech
not buying one, don't have a gf, so i'm the bottom slot ;)

Your not buying one??


My wife just wants it to be here allready. I am driving her nuts

Actually, you could say that the RX-8 will be my wife's car, since we're replacing her 97 Contour SE with it! In actuality, though, she'll probably prefer driving the Audi allroad (6 speed manual, of course) anyway, so I'll get the RX-8 by default. :cool:

Regards,
Gordon

She doesn't really care, she really wants a Mazda 6, but she said I can get whatever I want, heck it's my car and my money (her words).

Want to finance one but the possiblities look slimmer and slimmer for me...If I finance one, it would probably bring me to early 30's before I'm done with the car and at that point I think it's too late to start on a house/property...

Despite that fact, my gf is actually wanting me to get one (rx-8, that is)...man I'm confused and torn apart by both... :(

Thanks for letting talk about this pathetic life :o

Originally posted by RotorGeek


Your not buying one??


hahahaha... yeah, i'm just a rotor-freak.
i'm a relitively poor university student, currently working a full time summer job to pay for school in the fall... i live at home, don't own my own car, not quite finished 2nd year yet, etc etc etc...

no chance of getting an 8 in the forseeable future. :)

Since I'm paying for it myself, my husband doesn't really have a say. But if anything, he just wants it to get here so I'll shut up about it, since it's all I talk about.

not buying one, don't have a gf, so i'm the bottom slot
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;)

She's glad that I've finally found a car that I'm interested in, and knows that I've been wanting to upgrade for a while now.

Maybe she just hopes that it'll keep me from dragging her to auto shows for a couple years. (or at least until she wants to comparison shop Z4's and Boxsters.)

-s

it's interesting to see so far that our partners either don't care or are happy and supportive about our purchase.

Clear cut! Nothing in the middle.

She wanted me to get a pickup, but after I saw the RX-8 I said no way! Now I think she's actually looking forward to us having the 8, and tells her friends we ordered one!

Originally posted by ed hall
Let's find out if you're partner holds the purse strings?

She does ... but, when it comes to buying cars I'm a very lucky man!

:)

:D Looks like I fall into the: "doesn't care, wants me to be happy?" camp

Originally posted by Shoe
She's glad that I've finally found a car that I'm interested in, and knows that I've been wanting to upgrade for a while now.

Maybe she just hopes that it'll keep me from dragging her to auto shows for a couple years. ...

-s

I'll say dito - again!

You beat me to it, once more ... Actually my wife is not a car person by any stretch of the imagination (which isn't very fun for me) ... When we use to live in L.A., I had a condo just a few blocks west of the Convention Center and use to walk over to the Auto Show all the time. As I remember it now, when we dated we'd go together to look at the cars, but after we got married I was on my own.

But here in Dallas, this year, I've draged our family to the Auto Show and the Rev-it-up Event too - just to look at the RX-8. She's been a good sport during my obsession ...

;)

As long as it fit's our budget, I get a chance to sell her on the pros and cons of what we will get. We tend to keep cars along time - she had a 1986 Honda Civic before I met her which she keep for 14 years and I had a 1990 Probe (that I got a few months after I just met her) that I had for almost 13 years.

:D

The first car we bought together was her 2000 Passat (my choice) and she let me make my own choice to get the MP5 with the plan that I'll upgrade to the RX-8 in a few years! (I almost got a used RSX which didn't have 4-doors, but she liked it - but I actually liked how the MP5 felt behind the wheel and was a couple of thousand dollars less to pay so I could save more toward the RX-8)

:p :D

Originally posted by ed hall
it's interesting to see so far that our partners either don't care or are happy and supportive about our purchase.

So where do you fit in?

GF is not a car person and hates looking at cars and going to car shows etc. I did convince her to get a Protege' last year and she loves it. She also seems excited about me getting the RX-8 (probably because she thinks I'll stop looking at cars..not) and she has shown a little (emphasize "little") interest in it. She does think it looks better than my 2 previous choices and reasons for many dealer visits the G35 and 350Z. A time or two she has said "we are going to look great in that car". Of course my response was "we"? :D

Had an RX-3 for years, then in 1979 the RX-7 came out.
Too late,
.......wifey and firstborn come first,
.......time to buy a house,
.......an education or two,

Drove a lot of forgettable used cars for the next twenty years, kids moved out, lots of disposable income, looking to buy used Q45, SC400, something with a 'kompressor', or similar.
Wifey would not let me; "time for something NEW"

When the '8' was announced we both knew it was a slam dunk.

'Supportive' doesn't even APPROACH my Lady's attitude!

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Elara - my wife feels the same, only opposite. I've been trying to talk about it less...

I could care less what she thinks, it's my money...but if you have to know she digs it. :)

D-san

Actually, it was my wife's idea - sort of. When the Evolv first appeared I was filled with promise. The RX-8 concept had me hooked, but I didn't dare demand the right to spend this kind of cash on a car. My wife just said to me one day, "You know, I really want you to get that RX-8. You deserve it. You do so much, and you are so excited about the car and the history, I want you to have it." So, I'm getting mine :D

The wife has a 92 Celica convertible bought last year, which is her first 'sporty' car. She has enjoyed the handling of it.

While I'll be making payments & driving it to work, I have told her this will be our car, and want her to drive it when we go places together (not all the time tho).

I just came back from the Rev-It-Up event in Atlanta, and tried to involve her, although she does not have as many vacation days, so she opted to wait & see our car in person in another couple of months.

Supportive -- but not to the point of being excited.

my wife is the boss in the house. I had to ask for permission and after a certain amount of begging she gave me the cheque book.

My wife plays the practical and sensible part of our marriage...i'm too emotional and impulsive. We compliment each other perfectly.

She is delighted and supportive.

My wife knows that I have been obsessed with this car for the past 2-3 years, and when I told her that I was going to have one of the first ones she just kind of disregarded it.

In January when I told her that I was heading to the dealership because they were taking orders for the car, she just kind of had this look of "whatever" on her face.

Ever since then, every time I bring it up she either just shuts up, mentions other things we should be spending money on, and asks me what is wrong with the car I have now or why she is not getting a new car first since she has had hers longer and it has more miles on it. We could afford 2 new vehicles, and I have been trying to coax her into getting a new Acura MDX to replace her 4-Runner, but she is persistent on keeping her 4-Runner and making me feel guilty about getting a new car first.

She definitely has not been supportive or excited about it, but at the same time has not been bitching about me getting it. I think she just knows that it is not even up for discussion. That car WILL be in my garage by the end of summer whether she likes it or not. :p

Originally posted by 91vert
My wife knows that I have been obsessed with this car for the past 2-3 years ...

She definitely has not been supportive or excited about it, but at the same time has not been bitching about me getting it. ...

Sorry to hear that bro. But hey, you've got all of us to be supportive and excited for you and your future RX-8!

;)

My wife thinks any new car purchase is a waist of money - True but I've been waiting for the RX-8 for 19 yrs after they made the last 1st generation RX-7. If the RX-8 is anything like the 1st gen(sure it will be much better) it will be in my driveway for my 40th birthday present to myself.:D