Does your significant other continually complain that you spend way too much on accessories for your car?

Do you try to appease your significant other with Anti-Nag Accessories (bribery)?

How much do you spend on Anti-Nag Accessories?

Is there a set percentage rule?


Dave

 

"It's funny 'cause it's true!"
- Homer J. Simpson


I haven't actually come up with a dollar amount or a strict percentage, but I hear where you're coming from.

 

Dave.....
Your wife is very tolerant of your toys

 

Yes, and I am thankful but we are still making a Sunday road trip to the Jewelry Exchange in Tustin.


Dave

 

funny how those trips relieve pressure about toys....LOL
was going to look for some diamond earings for the wife today

 

I tried my best to make sure my mods arrived from UPS the same day her stuff arrived from Nordstroms

One way is to go to Vegas and have Randy Webb install it while she stays home . Then I went to Steve's Auto Clinic up north and she just says, "Why does your car sound different?" I just said, "Oh, it's just got broke in."

One day when she complained about something about "that little car of yours" I just told her well your ring cost more than my car.

Earl

 

The only anti-nag device required is that she has her own MCS.

 

She tells me she wants a diamond pendent. I told I would get her a Diamond Chocker, but only if it works. THAT did NOT go over well at all. I think the pendent just got LARGER!


Dave

 

Dave, Kim LOVES your MINI...get her a pretty bauble!

And in the MINIclo lexicon, the Nag System is what I call my highly developed sixth sense for LEO-detection (law enforcement officer)! Only, however, obtained after a speeding ticket per each MINI I've owned (2)!

Hubby likes that I buy things for Wanda! Her latest gift is the Bentley MINI manual....YAY!!!


Clover

 

Hey... at least it involves a ROAD trip... Knowing my luck, when I find a guy to marry, he'll be clueless about cars and questioning every mod. At least I'm not into shoes!

 

Since we separate our allowances at the beginning of the month from our
'house' account, neither one of us complain about what each spend our
money on.

When we need to buy something large (like a car) which will need to borrow
funds from the 'house' account, then we propose our plans and budget and
get approvals from one another before we make the move....so no
arguments or snags in our house. :smile:

My wife loves books and j-comic books. I even helped her build her little
expandable library for her collection in the basement. I bought a hole
pallet of 6ft tall book shelves from Ikea (20+ shelves), drove it home,
and put it all together for her. I think she buys as many books as I buy
car parts.

 

Damn! That must be a big ring! Unless of course your 10851 was your MINI!

I don't have to buy diamonds, I just have to turn over the keys and let her drive; then all the money is spent for "both of us."

Cheers,

 

Give her a track day in your MINI.

A $100 donation to a charity thru our local dealer got us both ($50/each) an entire day at a race track about an hour away. Now my fiancee wants a MCS.

Shoot, I would have paid 4x that just to shut her up about the MOD BUG!

Marty

 

My significant other has a MINI too.:smile: Perfect solution to the problem

Lois

 

I see this sort of thing on the boards all the time - I feel really sorry for all you guys with nagging wives. Why would you ever agree to that?!

-mike

 

A two-dollar roll of duct tape was all I needed. Man, I hope she doesn't read this!

 

Don't forget the sock to go under the duct tape. All kidding aside I'm fortunate to have to pay penance in other ways.

 

sq rt NAG/zoom * income/month = birthday

 

We're getting a brand new HB MCS, we can't really afford much more...

 

QVC

 

No nagging at all. She loves driving it too, and is easy to get enthusiastic about extra toys.


regards,
Red

 

I'm new to NAM...I saw this thread and being a female was like "holy cow is this really what I think it is?...hmm...naaa it's going to be something about car parts or some guy crap like that!" well yup...it's about woman a-k-a the nags. So, on that note here's my story;

My boyfriend (Tuls) when we first met clearly stated "I hope you won't get jealous of a car!". so the first of our time spent together like most couples we didn't leave eachothers sides, I came down with a cold and each morning was forced out of bed because "energy will help pull you through!" after all he should know he's a guy right. Then Hal showed up down at the mini dealer, the fallowing morning. When I tried to get out of bed his response was "No, no deer. You're sick you should rest a while so you'll feel better and we can go motoring!" when I woke up only and hour or so later I looked at Hal and noticed she had some how aquired 200 more miles!

So I took the necessary action and marched my butt down to the Mini dealer where what did my eyes behold a brand new BRG cooper. The person who ordered it had called just hours before to say they didn't want her. 3days after he got Hal I got Bokke!

so my response...My boyfriend is DAMN LUCKY!

 

OK wait a minute....Lucky me...Ummmmm no...I clearly recall we had a discussion when we met..it when like this....


"hey listen....I just want you to know.....I have my wife on the way from England....she's on a boat and her name is Hal....or Hal E...whatever the case ...You have to know that there is no way I can date someone who is jelous of a car...."

And it went on from there...Emis...being so kewl and all replied to that who thing with a piissshaw...that's silly for me to be jelous of a car....ETC...

so long story short it wasn't luck...it was RIGHT....heh heh...ok so uh...sorry guys....I mean....I would rather be single than put up with any more garbage.....I have had enough...LOL

 

Erinn got her new toy (a truck) 2 weeks after my mini came home. After all, between the mini and her '62 Biuck, we needed a vehicle suitable for parts pilgrimages to Carlisle several times per year!

Every day I wonder how I came to be so fortunate as to be found by a partner who perfers drivable toys to shoes and sparklies.

 

Ah yes...this I understand very well