Great News! Wife hates driving the car! - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

bmurphy · 2nd April 2002, 00:43

No kidding, my wife's ML430 just spent a couple of days in the shop and she was driving my M5. Honestly, she said she hates driving it (which thrilled me to know end) so I ask her why, here's our conversation:

Me: "Honey, the car is filthy, have you been four wheeling in it?"
Wife: "No, it's been raining and I don't care to wash the car every 4 to 5 hours like you do. I really don't like driving your car anyway."
Me: "Great, it makes me nervous with you driving it. But why don't you like it."
Wife: "Well, I can't eat or drink in it and you always want me to undo the baby seat so the seat doesn't make marks in it and that's a pain."
Me: "Well, I know the baby seat is a pain but you know that cars are not cafeterias and if you did spill a drink in "Emma" as you have in your car I would murder you in cold blood."
Wife: "I know, that's why I hate it."

So, the good news is I never have to worry about the Mrs. driving my heaven sent sled again. Best of luck to your other married chaps out there who may not be as lucky as me.

Murph

Diamond Dave · 2nd April 2002, 01:04

Murph,

You are a scream. Between that dialogue and the nod to 1,000 fleas infesting groins on the parking thread, you've got me laughing pretty good!

I invoke similar rules with my car but the wife likes her BMW so much she has no desire to drive mine. Doesn't like to drive a manual anymore, too. Guess we're lucky guys!

Take care,

DWP

dwasifar · 2nd April 2002, 01:29

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Originally posted by bmurphy
So, the good news is I never have to worry about the Mrs. driving my heaven sent sled again. Best of luck to your other married chaps out there who may not be as lucky as me.

Ummmm.... she didn't actually say "I don't like driving your car," even though those were her literal words. What she said was wifespeak for "You act like a jerk when I drive your car. I think you care about it more than me."

...and if she feels that way, you might not feel like such a lucky fellow a week or two from now.

rvacha · 2nd April 2002, 01:39

I was both laughing

and wincing

while reading that. You have some Big Ones bmurphy!

EBMCS03 · 2nd April 2002, 02:30

Hahahha Totally Understood... "cars are not cafeterias " and "so the seat doesn't make marks "

Oh ya this one too "and I don't care to wash the car every 4 to 5 hours like you do"

cohenfive · 2nd April 2002, 02:48

i can't believe how similar your conversation is to my wife's.....we just don't have the baby seat any more. both of us were laughing at your conversation, really hit close to home.

that being said, i'm trying to be better with my car, so far without a lot of success...

richard cohen

LSM · 2nd April 2002, 02:53

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Originally posted by Diamond Dave
Murph,

You are a scream. Between that dialogue and the nod to 1,000 fleas infesting groins on the parking thread, you've got me laughing pretty good!

I invoke similar rules with my car but the wife likes her BMW so much she has no desire to drive mine. Doesn't like to drive a manual anymore, too. Guess we're lucky guys!

Take care,

DWP

Diamond Dave-
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Johnny D · 2nd April 2002, 04:21

My wife won't drive the beast. She did once only. She scraped the whole side of my previous car pulling out of the garage, cost $1,000. I was pretty upset so now she doesn't want to have anything to do with driving my beast. She loves riding in it especially with the heater controls at her fingertips. We used to fight anbout the tem all the time. This has been a real marriage-saver for me.

celler · 2nd April 2002, 05:24

There was a guy on the old BMW Digest run by Welty that used to tag this sig line on after every post.

"My wife and I have one thing in common: She doesn't like driving the M3 and I don't like her driving the M3."

Seriously, I know we are short a chromosome and all, but why do women:

1. Find the only mud puddle in town when it has not rained in a week and not even think about an evasive manuver around it.

2. Not understand that it is possible to travel a few miles without a water bottle or Starbuck latte of the day in the car to slosh around all over the upholstery.

3. There's a damn good reason BMW puts such crappy cup holders in the car (see no. 2 above).

4. Expensive rims do not exist to help you find the curb when parallel parking.

5. Finding a parking place close to the grocery store is NOT a good thing.

6. The trunk is not an additional closet where you throw things until it gets full.

7. The human body can usually wait that extra 10 minutes it takes to get home from the fast food restaurant before opening that Big Mac with extra ketchup.

Feel free to add your own.

Best wishes.

Craig.

Aussie2U · 2nd April 2002, 05:29

Murph, I can identify - that was funny! The baby seat leaving indentations in the seat is too true... My pet peeves were her leaving her hair scrunchies around the gear shifter and hand lotion on the steering wheel. She just didn't understand that in a 1g turn, the last thing I need is extra lubricant on the controls.

I got lucky one day however, when my wife announced that she thought the clutch movement on the M5 was causing a twinge in her back. Her chiropracter advised her to keep driving our ML and stay off the "manuals" to be safe.

Whew. I didn't even have to slip him a $50 for that excellent prescription! (Maybe he's a car guy too and just knew?)