Kirk,
The advice is buy your wife HER own race car, not to
let her drive yours. :)
--- Kirk Meline <kirkm@zeta-idt.com> wrote:
> Jake
>
> That e-mail in theory sounds great but in real life
> does not work. My wife
> was driving my car for a season and kept flat
> spotting my race tires. It
> gets very, very expensive. Not to mention buying a
> new race car. And also
> who's going to watch my son when we are both racing?
> Single people have it
> made if you ask me. Or you have to be rich. You
> must be single?
>
>
> Kirk
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
> Jake Hodges
> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 1:43 PM
> To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Fwd: Shrewd relationship move?
>
>
> 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:
> >
>
>=====================================================
> >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:
> >
> >
> >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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