How to sweet talk the Missus?

Hightower · 13 February 2006, 18:16

I want to but this massive 4x4 (won't fit in carparks with height limits), anyway I test drove one home the other day to show my missus only to be told we couldn't buy it as it wouldn't fit in the Safeways car park

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What do you think I should say to change her mind?

Jimbo · 13 February 2006, 18:21

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Originally Posted by Hightower

I want to buy this massive 4x4 (won't fit in carparks with height limits), anyway I test drove one home the other day to show my missus only to be told we couldn't buy it as it wouldn't fit in the Safeways car park

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What do you think I should say to change her mind?

Point out that when said car park is full, she need no longer agonise about finding a space. In a delica with bullbars, every space is free!

Point out the sheer practical utility of the things - pleasing amounts of room for vast amounts of shopping, swiveling chairs keeping kids happy, pleasant drive, towering commanding presence over other drivers, a more secure drive in snow/mud etc etc.

Nos4r2 · 13 February 2006, 18:35

Go to Safeways car park with an oxy-acetylene cutting torch and cut down the height restriction....

Poly · 13 February 2006, 18:37

tell her she can do the shopping from home on her PC and doesn't need to take your car out anymore.

Nos4r2 · 13 February 2006, 18:50

buy her a micra and don't let her loose in the 4x4...

dctucker · 13 February 2006, 19:12

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Originally Posted by Hightower

I want to but this massive 4x4 (won't fit in carparks with height limits), anyway I test drove one home the other day to show my missus only to be told we couldn't buy it as it wouldn't fit in the Safeways car park

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What do you think I should say to change her mind?

Have you been married more than a month?!? If so, you should know better than to waste time bothering to ask this question!

Your only chance is to somehow make it HER idea to buy this beast of a vehicle. That will be a far greater challenge now that you've blown it by displaying this purchase as YOUR idea. You know that there's no hope of actually changing her mind...

Or you just buy it and bring it home. That's how I bought my rib. Of course, there was benefit in it for her Paralympic sailing campaigns. Just be prepared to live in the SUV for an indeterminate period of time.

Haven't you ever heard that it's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission?

dc
12 years of wedded bliss

MikeCC · 13 February 2006, 19:13

Demonstrate just how easy it is to drive over any awkward restrictive posts and rails.

Suggest that the shopping bill at the nearest supermarket car park without restrictions is much less than Safeways.

If you're really keen on the monster, just tell her you'll do all the shopping from now on.

Valentine's Day tomorrow - don't get that wrong or you've really had it!

Rogue Wave · 13 February 2006, 19:13

your making a rod for your own back ....just buy it and tell her I lent it to you, It works with engine stands apparently!

dctucker · 13 February 2006, 19:20

Also, almost forgot the one other option -bribery.

The owner of one sailboat I race on has an arrangement with his wife: Any amount he spends on the boat, she gets to spend on upholstery, furniture and other household accouterments! A $1200 sail costs him $2400, but that's okay, he can afford it and it keeps the wife happy and busy while we're sailing

Of course, you're certainly talking about a couple of orders of magnitude larger expense. How badly to you want this thing?

Kernow Buoy · 13 February 2006, 20:16

Oh come on guys

" Darling the roads are getting so dangerous these days I worry more each time you go out, I feel I really need to protect you more, I'd feel much happier if I knew you and the kids/dog/parrot(delete as applicable) were wrapped up in that big safe car"

OK, so you've got the car here's for the leather seats, sat nav, etc.

" I just cant imagine life without you"

Rogue Wave · 13 February 2006, 20:26

or you could tell her tha safeways is not a problems cos your gonna have to shop at Lidl's for a few years to pay for the noo wheels

dctucker · 13 February 2006, 21:44

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Originally Posted by Kernow

Oh come on guys

" Darling the roads are getting so dangerous these days I worry more each time you go out, I feel I really need to protect you more, I'd feel much happier if I knew you and the kids/dog/parrot(delete as applicable) were wrapped up in that big safe car"

OK, so you've got the car here's for the leather seats, sat nav, etc.

I happen to despise this line of thinking. How will you feel when you kill someone with your behemouth SUV? Happened to a 20-something neighbor of mine growing up, she wouldn't drive again for 10+ years.

Per passenger miles driven, SUVs are NOT the safest vehicle, not for it's passengers, and certainly not for the poor unfortunates on the receiving end. Please don't let me get started on my anti-SUV rant! If you need large towing capacity, fine, but otherwise, stick to a well engineered CAR.

ADS · 13 February 2006, 21:49

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Originally Posted by Kernow

Oh come on guys

" Darling the roads are getting so dangerous these days I worry more each time you go out, I feel I really need to protect you more, I'd feel much happier if I knew you and the kids/dog/parrot(delete as applicable) were wrapped up in that big safe car"

OK, so you've got the car here's for the leather seats, sat nav, etc.

" I just cant imagine life without you"

Cars better though if your going to hit a tree or a solid object, something to do with the heavier mass of a 4x4.

Poly · 13 February 2006, 22:00

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Originally Posted by dctucker

I happen to despise this line of thinking. How will you feel when you kill someone with your behemouth SUV? Happened to a 20-something neighbor of mine growing up, she wouldn't drive again for 10+ years.

Per passenger miles driven, SUVs are NOT the safest vehicle, not for it's passengers, and certainly not for the poor unfortunates on the receiving end. Please don't let me get started on my anti-SUV rant! If you need large towing capacity, fine, but otherwise, stick to a well engineered CAR.

I think you kind of missed the point... ...it wasn't an engineering argument he's looking for - he want's a way to convince his wife.

Kernow Buoy · 13 February 2006, 22:07

Cheers Polwart I was beginning to think it was me!
DC Tucker, this was a light hearted answer, really nothing to do with SUV's look at the thread title
'How to sweet talk the Missus'
Remember its evening here, we're all drunk

Anyway I'm off to polish my Humvee

Hightower · 13 February 2006, 22:19

Thanks Guys....I would really like a womans opinion please

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Here's a couple of pics of said 4x4 (not actual car)

The Garfish · 13 February 2006, 22:21

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Originally Posted by dctucker

How will you feel when you kill someone with your behemouth SUV?

i ad a likkul aksident inn mi SVU wunce. i runng upp mi dadd an sed dadd iyve itt a pigg. itts stukk inn de bulbarrs an screemin itts fkin hed orf. wot shal i doo. hee sed yewd besst shewt de fkker soe i didd. i runng mi dadd bakk an sed dadd i didd wot yew sed. wot shal i doo wiv iz mowterbyke

garf

Hightower · 13 February 2006, 23:33

Garf, you're incorrigible. But we Luv you

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Phill27 · 14 February 2006, 02:35

go single its far easier lol....... Tried it for three years and she hated the toys parked in the driveway!!! Buy her a horse and she still isnt happy.... Tried to explain that the truck was for a horsebox but oh no she wanted a lorry ....lol!! Hence the single life and the purchase of a pub!!! Oh what a life.... (P,S employ young blonde staff, take them out clubbing, meet their mates and roll on at 3.30 am ready for a 6am start!! Oh life is such a bitch!!!) Good luck with it all.....

If at first you dont suceed try try again!!!

Other option is tell her you got a cracking trade in for your old car and the new one only cost 200 quid on top.... They always fall for a bargain....

Or do what i done with the t.v, accidently drop it down the stairs and tell her the insurance paid for the 42 inch plasma!! How gulible was she....

Nos4r2 · 14 February 2006, 05:28

Surely you don't have to tell her a Delica is a 4x4?

Sure looks like an mpv to me....