My wife is so great....

[Brandon73fjord]

Wow! It must be A Virginian thing. No woman in Texas would put up with any of that mess. Maybe I should divorce mine and move there. No wait, does it get below 40 degrees there. If so I'm out.

[MatthewCervi]

Very cool. I'll never forget the 30th birthday cake my wife made for my car.

Most of the time I think she's mildly annoyed by my car habit, but every now and then I can tell she understands how much it means to me.

[dubois]

So am I right!

First (and only) wife and we are both 43.

She looks half that age, your car looks good too...

[MMII73]

"My" '73 used to be my wife's daily driver, she recently gave me permission to turn it into a race car. How cool is that? I don't think she fully appreciates how much that will cost, and I don't know if it will actually happen, or when, but it gives me something to work towards. She's also put up with a rusting Inka donor in the driveway for the last six years.

[jgerock]

Thanks for the comments (and more stories!). You know you've really done it when the wife and kids are Q-tip savvy. We witnessed this M3 family at the Pittsburgh VGP. They had removed the pivots from the pop-out windows to clean. Their car was very clean.

[MAD02]

My wife goes with me to the junkyard sometimes. A couple of years ago, while still dating, we went to look for an E30 318i for some fuel injection conversion parts for my 2002. I grabbed the intake manifold, throttle body, fuel rail and in-line fuel pump. I then realized I didnt have enough cash to buy everything. So my wife grabbed the fuel pump, wrapped it some towel we found in a junked car, and hid it in her bra! I paid for the other parts and we went home. My wife rules!!

[SteveJ]

my wife grabbed the fuel pump, wrapped it some towel we found in a junked car, and hid it in her bra!

That could be the new title for the thread-

Sure, your wife is great, but would she hide a fuel pump in her bra?

When I met my wife(to be) the conversation went:

Her- "What kind of a car do you have?"

Me- "A BMW."

Her- "A 2002?"

I found that to be VERY cool!

[Otis]

would she hide a fuel pump in her bra?

No room.

[Meintii]

would she hide a fuel pump in her bra?

No room.

Aww come on at least keep it 02 related!

[Otis]

Aww come on at least keep it 02 related!

Very well, if you insist. Say hello to my little friends ...

[thehackmechanic]

I own nine cars. Need I say more?

When I drove up to Portland Maine to look at an early '72tii, I called her on the way home. "I bought it," I said. I went on and on about the original body panels (so I thought) and the original paint (so I thought) and how much money I thought I could potentially make on the car (so I thought). Finally I said "I think I know what I'm doing." She said "yeah, I think you do."

But that's not the good part. The good part was when neither of the above turned out to be as true as I thought (the original panels and paint), and I made a little money but not a lot. And she didn't say boo. You go, girl.

One of the great stories Maire Anne tells is when, 20 years go, I was parting out a 3.0CS. I was out of town and she got a call from a guy who wouldn't take "he's out of town" for an answer, and was trying to describe some trivial trunk part he needed. "Ok," he said, "you know how, if you stick your head inside the trunk, then look backward at the back panel, you see..." whatever it was. When I got home, Maire Anne said "I used to think you were bad, but now I see that, viewed against the broad scope of automotive wackos, you're actually fairly tame."

Here's to all of our spouses who put up with all of our shit!

Oh, and regarding the girl in the denim skirt standing in front of the inka '02 with the air dam, that makes my dick stiff... and the girl ain't bad either.

[pureaudio]

When I met my wife(to be) the conversation went:

Her- "What kind of a car do you have?"

Me- "A BMW."

Her- "A 2002?"

I found that to be VERY cool!

In a college class I was hitting on the girl who would later become my wife, so I asked her what kind of car she drove. She asks me if I have ever heard of a BMW 2002...I knew it was meant to be.

[shipm_8]

Jessie is the perfect 02 pilot's wife. During our cross-country trip last year, she thought it was great that we were driving a unique car. 10,000 miles and 26 states were a lot of fun. Lately she's been asking when we are going on a road trip again.

There are many things I love about my wife, and her embracing the 02 madness is one of them. Right now there are all kind of parts and tools on the kitchen counters, while I chase a gremlin or two, and prepare to perform surgery on the odometer. Because she considers Tip Top a member of the family, well...no problem with the occasional car-related clutter.

A few months ago, when I broached the idea of a car control clinic, she signed up too. And when later I said..."how about a driving school?" She grabbed her helmet and her Mini and we headed up to Sears Point (sorry, Infineon). At the car control clinic in Candlestick Park one of the instructors came to me and said..."man, your wife hauls ass on her mini!" We learned a great deal, and had a lot of fun too.

What can I say...I got The Girl.

And Jim...what a coincidence....just today Jessie and I were discussing car lifts. Bumped into this one but it's a bit hard to process the price. Looks cool, though....http://www.ezcarlift.com/

http://mysite.verizon.net/vze7aq8e/continued/id25.html

Best,

William

Jessie and Mini

Me trying to keep up with Jessie and Mini

[Otis]

Jessie is the perfect 02 pilot's wife.

As everyone knows, of course I agree. Except she spells her name without the "i" ...