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Whoever said it's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission didn't see this :lol:

 

 

Imagine if it was a £70k Exige Cup? Fireworks would be the least of your worries :hrhr:

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Trev, take note.  I don't know how much longer I can cover for you.

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Granted this approach is not suited to everyone and a "special" relationship is put in place before any such action is undertaken.

 

Trevor.

I'll get around to it at some point.

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Yeah, but that relationship is with me.

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Trev, take note.  I don't know how much longer I can cover for you.

You didn't think I was taking you tonight for expert opinion?

"Cover me, I'm going in" :-)

 

Trevor.

I'll get around to it at some point.

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Never worked for me when I walked in with a puppy. Mrs didn't like dogs. 13 years on she's still here (Mrs and Dog).

 

Only reason I got away with the Esprit (again without telling her) was because it was my 40th Birthday and I told her I was having a mid-life crisis and it was better than another woman. She couldn't fault my logic there!

 

The MT-01 Yamaha was one step too far though and that was sold a mere 8 months after buying it because my ears hurt. :)

 

Love you Wendy (just in case she reads this!).

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"yeah, it was really nice, darling.  Sparky bought it, and I'm just looking after it for him."

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Tricky to explain the 'Trevsked1' number plate though....

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I can see one of the highlights of the TLF BBQ will be the "Buy What You Want Boot Camp" seminar I'm running. I'ts a tough and grueling course but the results are outstanding.

 

Trevor.

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Can you deliver the course with a broken arm and black eye? :lol:

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Key to the course is finding your own patsy.  There's only so much of me to go around.

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See what I mean, you cannot work with novices, additionally I don't recall any Welsh students. What were said persons qualifications for this role? The key is always choose the most stupid person you can find.

Trevor.

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I'm going to vomit in your car tonight.

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When I drove my brand new Elise into the garage Toni opened the kitchen door and said, "what the fuck did you do". I said I'll never ride the Harley again.  She said cool and went back into the kitchen.

I sold the bike a year later . :smoke:

I think it's fast enough…maybe

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:D

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I'm currently using the "I need a toy and the choice is a Harley or Lotus" argument. I thought giving Wendy 2 choices would mean she would go with the car. Instead I got "Or none at all!"...........doh!

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A Harley what?

 

Anyway, I think and I said that to my wife when we met at first, that the stereo, the hightower pc, all the bikes, the motorcycle and the sportscar etc. is going to stay. If she don't like me as I am, then go find someone else, as it'll be a long tough struggle for both, and it shouldn't be. On the other hand, I don't put hanscuffs on her interests. Fpr example, my wife travels twice as many weeks as me every year, and have fun with her friends. And I don't Loose anything; in fact the opposite.

What I wil say about it is this, that I naturally prioritize her instead of a dead object. But the Whole thing is not about objects; it's about supporting eachothers interests. As we grow older they may change, but so we support those instead.

Mutural respect.

Fair enough if someone changes his or her mind and just plain Looses interest and Sells the car or what ever, but many of my friends sold their stuff and still dream about it many years later. In fact as most of them got divorced, they began to buy up the toys they like: the big stereo, the LP player, the motorcycle, the expensive Watch, the sportscar etc. and it's not because they are in a midlife crisis. That is something a bunch of women invented to get around their own problems.

 

Cheers,

Jacques.

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Nobody does it better - than Lotus ;)

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I had a lucky escape when I told SWMBO 6 weeks ago I'd bought a Corvette, a car she has always hated during the 29 years we've been together.

 

I think I was lucky in that when I broke the news, it was along the lines of what that Tory? spin doctor was caught out saying, in that when you've got to release bad news, make sure there's some worse news in the headlines. On the day I sheepishly came clean, SWMBO was dashing in & out the house doing radio and newspaper interviews for what was the debacle of The Sheffield Half Marathon (that never was).

 

She's actually been for a ride in it now, so I definitely got off lightly - well if you call the comment  'What, only 180bhp from a 5.7 litre engine - that's pretty shit' getting off lightly!

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We went to see the Sport 350 together. I then arranged for a test drive and came back saying I'd put a deposit on it and could I borrow some money!

 

Luckily she said yes :) The downside is she reminds me occasionally that the car is part hers!

Dave - 2000 Sport 350
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I'm lucky in this regard....The missus comes from a "car family" and knows the score with boys and their toys. She recently gave her blessing to help with the possible purchase of a certain mint condition V8 Esprit....

 

Now...my conscience on the other hand...

Vanya Stanisavljevic '91 Esprit SE | '97 XK8

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