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Before my wife and I got married, I had the S10 Chevy truck. She always knew that I wanted a Camaro. While we were dating, I bought my first V6 (only because I couldn't afford the Z28).
We got married. The Z28 was still in the works. She had the car she wanted (parents bought it for her as a graduation present). When I went in to take delivery of my Z28, I had to tap the savings for the downpayment. It was a few grand. She wasn't happy about that, but was happy to see me happy. Regardless, we were both working and that few grand was replaced by both of us rather quickly.
As time went on, the mods slowly came. A couple hundred here...a couple hundred there. This is when she began w/ the "your car costs too much." and the "no more modifying your car" began. Then, there was a couple problems...lost the tranny at 6K miles. Don't know why that happened. It was covered under warranty, but she felt that my musclecar was problematic.
The rest of the problems were normal...messed up cats (covered under warranty), messed up window motor (warranty), etc. All of it was what could have been called normal wear and tear (tires), but her view of my musclecar declined. This is what started to make her unhappy. She still liked my Z28, but thought it had "problems."
Then, I got my SS. Right off the bat, I had to get tires..."Oh my gosh...more money." hehehehe Normal wear and tear stuff again. I didn't spend any money to do any mods on this one, but everytime I had to get an oil change, I'd have to drive it 30 min to get to my dealer. This ticked her off. "Why not just take it down the road?", she'd say. All repairs and normal work are done at ONE place.
She loves my SS, but thinks it costs too much. I have to remind her that her SUV is under warranty and is "new" meaning that problems don't happen as often. On top of that, you don't get into modifying a grocery getter w/ intake and exhaust.
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