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Little Monster -> RE: wife..... off-roading..... paranoid.... only car......... break stuff........... DOH! (7/12/2007 1:11:52 PM)
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ORIGINAL: HummerGuy
When we bought this H3, it was agreed we were buying it because we wanted to start off-roading. Plain and simple, right? Every time I bring up off-roading, she starts into this thing about "oh what if something breaks, it's our only car" blah blah blah. Her family are all self-proclaimed car "experts" whom some say "there is no such thing as a 5 cylinder engine" so, that being said, you can only imagine what kind of myths she is filled with, such as "we shouldn't run the AC so much because it will drain the battery", "you have to let the car warm up for 5 to 10 minutes before you drive it (in ANY weather)" , etc. I tried to explain to her that with Old cars, this stuff may be true in certain situations, but newer cars do not suffer from this unless you do extensive customizations and so forth. Anyway, she keeps sayings he wants to go, and then always says no and uses the reason to be either "it's too far" or "I don't want to break something" in which case I say "I'm driving so you can sleep" or "It's under warranty and we have AAA to tow us to the dealer if we break something." We don't even do crazy stuff. I feel like I wasted my money buying the H3 because we never use it for anything we intended on using it for. I can't WAIT to get a second car next year, DOH! I just had to share. I keep telling her she would love it but I think her fear of something breaking overpowers her excitement of going, so it's going to be a fight. I told her, we have one of the most durable ruggid vehicles you can buy for off-roading and she needs to stop worrying, but all these years of myths and crazy talk she has known make her believe every car is like a Jenga game, waiting to fall apart [:@]
I just hope once she goes in the next few weeks she will see it's ok. We might go this Sunday to a local place just so she gets a feel for it. I have a feeling once she goes, she will see that nothing is going to happen.
Dude, Stop telling her and just go...then tell her you had a big mac attack for the off road...sorry [:D][:D][:D]
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