Reluctant female passengers

[Moseso]

Hang on to her AND that book under the catalog:

HOLY !!!!
I didn't pay that much for my first TR !

Nor I! Nor did I pay that much for my SECOND TR! (I've sure got more than that in the current one, however...)

 

[TRnorwegian]

Mad River,

You're really rubbing it in to us less fortunate...
You even got the pictures to prove it. Next you'll perhaps be describing how she outruns your 250 and has more mileage behind the TR wheel as well? Or how she takes pleasure in polishing your 250 on her spare time.

And Craig, it's quite obvious you have raised your oldest well. Can't think of better ways a son treat his father. It sounds like a bedtime story from TR heaven.

 

[Trevor Triumph]

Yes, treasure that woman! My wife drives the cars and she has been seen getting hands dirty reoaring the elctrical system and bleedig brakes and clutch. Some of us are sooooo lucky. T.T.

 

[CraigLandrum]

$618 for the book????!!!! Heck, my son didn't pay that much for the TR3 we are restoring right now...

TRNorwegian, I appreciate the compliment about my son, but I can't take all the credit - wife #2 (and still a dear friend) certainly did more than her share. I got extremely lucky with all four of my kids (2 with wife #2 and 2 more with wife #3. I finally realized it was all that double-clutching that was causing them and learned to shift properly).

 

[TRnorwegian]

$618 for the book????!!!! Heck, my son didn't pay that much for the TR3 we are restoring right now...

TRNorwegian, I appreciate the compliment about my son, but I can't take all the credit - wife #2 (and still a dear friend) certainly did more than her share. I got extremely lucky with all four of my kids (2 with wife #2 and 2 more with wife #3. I finally realized it was all that double-clutching that was causing them and learned to shift properly).

Hi Craig,
Since you and your oldest still are into those unsyncronized gearboxes, it seems prospects are good with regards to lots of grandchildren

Anders

 

[Guest]

Reading this stuff about the women who want nothing to do with their husband's cars cracks me up. My first car was a 64 TR4 in high school[1972] and I still have it as a daily driver.Its my time machine.When I get in it,Im 16 again.If I dated a girl and she didnt like the TR,it was see-ya later baby.When I got divorced in 1989,I kept the TR4 even though the Ex fought like heck to take my car that I owned even before I met her.I was single from 1989 to 2006 when I married my dream girl.I took a long time to find her but the wait was worth it.I found her on Match.com and in my ad,I said "I will ruin you for all the other boys."We had been dating for a month{may 2003} and I asked her if she would like to go to a British car show.On sunday morning she showed up and went to get in my PU truck.She didnt know we were going in my 1954 Ice Blue Concours TR2 as it tucked away in the garage.She flipped saying that she was a car nut and she couldnt believe she was actually going to a show in such a beautiful car. She would go to car shows alone because no one she knew was interested.We have been together ever since.We attend car shows all over the North-east and it blows guys minds to see her polishing the TR2,while their wives wont even attend a show.When they comment about her involvement with the car she laughingly tells them "Im the buff bitch!".This summer her and I built a 30'by 40'garage at our new log home in NH that we also built with our own two hands.She agreed that we needed a manly toy box.The only problem is that she continues to ruin me now by doing such things a buying the last 6 cases of Sam Adams seasonal brew at the packy because she knows theyre my favorite.These kind of women do exist,but they are few and far between.I have found that the best way to find one is to put her to the Stooge Test.All men love the 3 Stooges,but women break down into 3 groups.Group 1 The Stooge haters.They cant stand to see you have fun,laugh,or do anything that you enjoy.British Sports cars are an example.My Ex fell into this catagory.She would constantly point out such things as "You know-Moe didnt hit Curley in the head with a real Axe!"and I would say "Thank God you told me!I was gonna do that to you later and I might have killed you!" STEER CLEAR of these women.They are dead inside and just havent been buried yet and will make your life a living heck.Group 2 Stooge apathy We know the Stooges are stupid,but we like it! She says "I dont get it,but he likes and it's ok. This kind of girl is fine.Life is give and take.Just hope they're for real and dont revert to GROUP 1.Group 3 Stooge Loving Girls.These are the GREATEST girls on earth.They get it and understand what guys are about.Propose the day you realize that her heart is true.You will forever be happy with all the beer and whiskey you can drink,a home with a garage bigger than the house,full of guy toys and tools and she's usually a great cook too.Hey-if you even burn the house down or blow up the garage,she'll understand.She knows deep down you're just a Stooge and she loves ya for it.I dont know much,but this test works.

 

[kodanja]

John
Welcome to the forum.
Where in Ct are you located?


Bill
North Haven

 

[TRnorwegian]

Bill: I am willing to bet John has a 1954 Ice Blue Concours TR2. Call it a hunch

John: I like your Stooge Test. To bad I never tried it sooner But I can't really complain. I get to have my toys, and she'll even use them on sunny days. But I can forget bringing her along to car shows.