She demands that I be unfaithful.

Lady Bot saw a VW she liked. I asked what model and she said, "Cabriolet."

I asked, "Was it a convertible?" (it always helps for your wife to think your just one brilliant dude).

She looked at me with adoring admiration, "That's amazing, darling. How did you know?"

I paused, looked for wiggle room, found none, and told the truth (Damn! How quickly they find out).

So she says, "I want to drive one."

I know nothing about VW's since my buddies' 1962 VW van, 1958 bug, and a squareback from 1968 or so. I guess the modern ones are different? They look different, anyway.

It has to be a convertible. Guidance?

Bot

Oh yeah, she said it was a new kind of VW, not even one of those Bug-oids.

I'm thinking maybe a Golf? Does a Passat come in a Cabrio? The breadth of my ignorance is hard to describe.

Know a good VW forum like this one where I can sneak, lurk, and learn?

That all depends on you and your wifes attitudes toward practical jokes. I'm a joker and if I was standing in your shoes I would do my best to find someone who has an old VW Thing that I could borrow just for a special practical joke on her. "Here honey is your VW convertible." I'll let you take it from here.

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It's a Golf. They stop at '03 I think. Cute surf bunny car.

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If I use that description I'll probably not have to worry about owning one. Thanks for the tip.

B

Tell her it's a death trap and you wouldn't want to have to worry that she'll be killed driving it. If she wants a ragtop, only a CLK will do . . .

There is no guidance. There is no comfort. Recent events have stained this reality into the fabric of my understanding: She will do what she wants regardless of your allegiances to the benzcosm.

I've been trying to bring her to a soul-satisfying Benzgasm but I just don't have the light, SLKy touch.

can you get on ebay and let her look for one that looks like it there?

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Thanks, we just did that. It's the Golf. After looking at a bunch of them and reading some reviews (the ones from England are especially harsh), I'm trying to imagine why anybody would want one.


Oh well, she chose me....

i read in another post you've been married for 30 years; i bet the golf don't look too good by then

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Centrally located in North East Central Pa.

When in high school and college, we used to refer to the Cabrios as ***** baskets.

I'm keeping my Golf for another year or so then trading it for a New Beetle convertible, light blue with the grey top and grey leatherette.

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Centrally located in North East Central Pa.

Find the most ill-running one you can find with front suspension damage and test drive that with her. Oh and try to leave one of them canister air-fresheners in it overnight, I used this one smelled alright before you opened it and then it burnt my eyes. I will never have grey interior again now because of the formaldahyde smell the PO left in my CE.