MY00 UK turbo - 4 door.
Her latest attack on my lovely machine is that 'its not a family car'. I not quite sure what logic she has based this statement upon but it is beginning to annoy me. Granted it does drink petrol quickly and the boot is not very big. But we have a roof box the size of Noahs ark on the bldy thing when needed. I am not quite sure how I should respond. I don't want to tear back into her as she has a terrible temper. Something water tight and maybe funny would be good - any ideas?

BTW we dont have 10 children - just one 4 year old!

[Edited by brooks - 9/26/2002 5:25:46 PM]

Perfectly practical car, just make sure you drive it smooth when she is in it :D

Using my crystal balls I foresee a Vauxhall Zafira Turbo in your future, kill yourself now!

Try this: I went on holiday to France in my '98 turbo saloon, towing a 15 foot caravan, with 4 mountain bikes on top, and with wife in front and 3 teenagers in the back. A bit cramped, but when we got there the fun factor was pretty high.

IF SHE DOESN,T LIKE IT TELL HER TO BUY HER OWN!!!

Change the wife?? :)

Gav - not a good move - the car is registered in her name! My car officially is Fiesta 1.0 L

tell her to go b0110ck5.

thats what i have to do to my misses.

saying that, in the end i bought her her own car to shut her up moaning.

Remember, men and women speak different languages. "It's not a family car" probably translates roughly to "you still haven't redecorated the bedroom", "you still haven't cleaned out the loft" or "you still haven't mowed the lawn and tidied the garden". ;)

DavidRB :D :D :D Oh how true that is!!!

ditto moonracer....davidrb, your definetly not a paper MCSE, youv'e got experience:D

shunty

Buy a old STi7 while there on 0% interest much more a Family shopping car :D:D and feels much smoother :D

Tony

Ps if see then complains buy PPP out her house keeping and tell her to pack :D:D LOL

you feckin what !!!!
it's got one of the biggest boots I've seen...
for a saloon that is, of course.

Andy

Fuzz,

Beat me to it - how big does the boot need to be :eek::eek::eek:

Matt :)

what these things have a boot

tell her its the scooby or you will get some thing so pig ugle even she wont want to be seen dead in it!!

brooks, borrow my car for a week...your wife will defo WANT to return to your 'family car' after that :D

UK99, full de-cat, induction kit, HKS atmos dv, no rear seats, roll-cage, and Prodrive lowered suspension ;)

Best o' luck :)

A couple of weeks in a caterham in Feb should do the trick.

...or on a push bike....;);)

EASY ANSWER................

Get her a Toy Boy.. she will then spend more time with him, get him to cart her around,he can take her shopping etc etc etc

Leaving you alone with your Car to have LOADS OF FUN :):)

SIMPLE........:)

I managed to persuade the wifey (and one year old son - he likes blue so was easily persuaded) that an '02 WRX Sports Wagon was just what we need this June.

In fact it is a family car if you ask me, albeit with handling and performance to scare off most of the run of the mill family cars you see about.

hi brooks
good call that 1 fully understand the sit o
my girlfriend and i went out to bedford and stayed at a couples house for the old barbe about 8 months ago, anyway on the journey back in the morning <after sh1t loads of wine >she was sick...<forced to pull up in layby> but apperently it was nothing to do with the wine or driving it was the cars fault for gerking to much !!

of course its a 4 door family car thats what i told my wife and it is. the boot is quite large compared to my last car which was a cav turbo the boot is small on that baby. just drive the car nice when the wifes in and how can she complain, its better than buying a cmon as feck VTR which has no space what so ever but would keep the women happy because there not too fast, buy her a bus pass LOL

Buy a wagon!!

JGM :)

Still somehow holding onto a bike and a Scooby despite the objections...

My wife just loves the UK STI. She claims it is as practical as any shopping-trolley family saloon. The main problem is she keeps egging me on to drive faster and throw it hard round corners (the STI that is). I'm worried she may be looking for a co-driver's job. :D

Ken