After a conversation with my friend about Autocross (or other
motor-hobbies) being a source of interpersonal relationship difficulties,
he sent me this. It's a real thing.. I've seen it with my own eyes at BMW
club track events both at Sears Pt. and Buttonwillow. (I know.. Infineon
and, what's Buttonwillow again? Jim's Towing?)
Jake
>You can pass this response on to the list, if you want:
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>Hey, guys---
>
>I have some friends in the BMW car club, and they were able to find a
>better solution: buy your wife a race car. You can get some pretty good
>results from this shrewd relationship move:
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>
>BEFORE: "Buying tires that cost twice as much and last half as long is
>absolutely ridiculous and we can't afford it."
>
>AFTER: "Honey, my M3 was pushing badly in the corkscrew last weekend... I
>could really use a new set of Kuhmos for Christmas."
>
>
>BEFORE: "I'm not going anywhere with 'Willow' in the name."
>
>AFTER: "Give me a hand with this Easy-Up, will you, dear?"
>
>
>BEFORE: "You spend too much time in that damned garage."
>
>AFTER: "Are you going to have my Brembo kit installed by Friday, or am I
>going to have to do it myself?"
>
>
>BEFORE: "Why do we need so many cars?"
>
>AFTER: "Burn up your own tires; I'm saving mine for Thunder Hill in June."
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