How many of you have risked marital harmony to acquire an MB? - Page 3 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Stevo · #31 12-22-2008, 01:02 PM

My wife loves her 240D, fact is, it was her that insisted we buy it.

Shes not wild about having all the parts cars around tho, I tell her "If your gona drive an old car, have lots of em"

amosfella · #32 12-22-2008, 01:16 PM

Remember, most women are emotionally driven. Economic reason be forgotten. It's about what they want. Now, my gf has said that I can have whatever cars I want, but she wants a Ferrari F430. At least she doesn't want it all at once. I told he not to ask me to maintain the ferrari. I would put oil in it, but that's about it.
Whatever I do, and whatever I buy is my business. If the amount is over $2K, I just have to let her know.

300SL24 · #33 12-22-2008, 02:27 PM

About 7 years ago I had a 1983 240D as my daily-driver. This was around the time my wife and I started dating. It was a beautiful car; signal red with palomino MB-Tex. She thought the car was too loud, too slow, and kinda old. But she accepted the fact that I liked old cars, and diesels in particular.

Well we got married and, quite naturally, the 240D began a gradual decline. The Michigan winters finally took its toll on the car and rust was spreading, the transmission was slipping, and a terrible pothole messed up the suspension. My mechanic said there was enough oxidation that a new transmission might fall out eventually. My wife encouraged me to sell the car before it became too unreliable. So I did.

At the time the only really nice older MB I could find in the area was a 1990 300CE-24; a nice car, but not a diesel. I looked for a 300D 2.5 turbo or another W123, but no luck. So I bought the 300CE but always had my eyes open for a diesel.

Well I recently and came across a 1995 E300D. It was a one-owner car. 100,000 miles on it. All the books. I couldn't pass this up; I'd wanted a E300D (W124) since it was new back in 1995 and Peter Egan wrote a review of it for Road & Track.

But my wife couldn't understand why I wanted to buy a 13 year-old used car. She kept telling me to buy a new car. It has 100,000 miles for god's sake she'd tell me. I told her I wanted a diesel, and she said BMW is selling diesels (she drives a new 328xi). I told her I'd rather buy a well-maintained, used E300D than a new BMW diesel.

She finally relented and let me buy the car. She even likes it. But she reminds me it'll be my car for the next 5 years...believe me, I plan on driving it for more than 5 years.

Boy do I long for my single days when I could look at any cars I wanted to, and buy a car without her permission.

slept thru it · #34 12-22-2008, 03:21 PM

too many great posts to count in this thread. You guys have made my day.

BTW - I justify - to myself - time spent on this site as a money saver; I learn how to maintain my car and keep my wife from buying on the internet!

KAdams4458 · #35 12-22-2008, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by sixto

eHarmony is beta testing MB Diesels as a new dimension of compatibility

Sixto
87 300D

Gee, thanks! My wife works graveyard, and I just laughed hard enough to wake her up. Now I'll have to go buy her flowers or something!

That was really funny, though.

daw_two · #36 12-22-2008, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by tangofox007

Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to be married to a woman who had so much money that she could afford to tell me what to do.

YOU don't want to know. Ask me some night about my ex-wife; she was a great house keeper. She kept all 4 of them. I can joke about it now.

daw_two · #37 12-22-2008, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by POS

All of my purchases get run through the wife first, but it's always a formality. She doesn't care what I buy.

My wife (current) just asks if I can make money with the purchase. Smart woman.

rrgrassi · #38 12-22-2008, 04:09 PM

MY wife became a diesel convert after the TDI purchase...as soon as cash flow starts again, I'm looking buy an SD or SDL.

daw_two · #39 12-22-2008, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by rrgrassi

MY wife became a diesel convert after the TDI purchase...as soon as cash flow starts again, I'm looking buy an SD or SDL.

Any color preference? I know where there are 2 local ones.....that could be bought. Both are on my "target" list.

rrgrassi · #40 12-22-2008, 04:22 PM

My disease, no-cash-itis prevents any purchase at this time, unfortunately...Any color but white. Sorry Jimmy! My favorites are cabernet, blue, black, then silver or gold.

techboss · #41 12-22-2008, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Stevo

Shes not wild about having all the parts cars around ...

My wife, for whatever reason, puts up with it. I just drug home a 91 350SDL because it has a decent (#17) head, but once I got it home, realized that it HAS to be back on the road again. It's too sweet to part out. Now I'll need ANOTHER parts car I guess....

I tell her the donor cars are just like organ donors. "After all, I am a recipient of a cornea transplant" I say. She responds "Yeah, but you didn't keep that cadaver around!"

Gotta love her.