Following on from a recent and amusing hijack of a thread what devious ways or excuses have you used to buy new toys for your car.. Like a fair few I have a secret stash that gets spent on the RS. In the past I have let my wife believe there was a hole in the silencer when in reality I'd had it removed. The Clio V6 airbox was obviously a gift from someone having a garage clear out And the icing on the cake a meg engine conversion, when the Clio engine went pop I convinced her that the turbo would be quieter, more economical and cheaper to source.
That's some serious blogging lol I am in need of an excuse to spend 600 on an exhaust from rst which doesn't sound like I've bought a kronk
Workplace deliveries are a must for the "it's always been like that" excuse and the "I'm really busy gotta work Saturday" for secret fitting excuse
5 years ago when I had my R26 I was in hospital for 5 weeks and had to give all my bank details to the wife to sort out my finances etc... "What's this payment to RS Tuning for £300 quid? " Err, well if you get the car remapped its mpg is better so it saves you money .
i never go over 4000rpm with the missus in, so she dont see how loud it is, "what that noise" oh the dump valve it helps protect the turbo love, all that pressure needs to be gone!!
I've managed to get an airbox and backbox chop past the missus with no questions so far... Which is hilarious as I park about 2m from the front of my house with the exhausts facing the front door! Even the neighbours kid has noticed it but she hasn't!! I have no idea how I'll explain the cooksport springs in 6 weeks' time though!! Tbh I'm not that fussed if she finds out or not, she has a horse and spends a fortune on that, and I pay the friggin mortgage!
If I don't spent money on the car so I enjoy it, I won't drive to hers and pick her up to see her. It's in her best interest that I spend money on the car.
There all mental can't live with them can't love without them you can't win she knows I buy car parts some she doesn't know about bt even her dad nd tht recon I'm sad for it but I don't care it's my money I'll buy what I want even if it doesn't go down well once it's bought it bought. Get the silince treatment for a week bt suits me fine
Lol at this thread. I get my mods and get them fitted under the excuse of it's broken and I may as well get performance parts than standard as it will be more reliable then.
Hahaha this is funny. My excuse is that it will cost me too much to buy genuine parts so aftermarket must be bought. Plus the cars knocking on ten year old. Needs a lot replacing
Lol, exactly, the justification I've always used is the cost per horsepower is much better value with the Meg than her horses! I used that one to death with my old Gti6's (I had two). full suspension refresh with polybushed everything, pillow bearing adjustable camber topmounts with coilovers, braided lines, Speedline Turinis, quickshifts, lightened fly, stripped interior, 2 buckets and 5 point harnesses. It started wearing thin when I tried to justify the buckets....!!
I'm going to sneak in a Forge intercooler when I get my radiator done in the next couple of weeks. :cool:
My wife just accepts it now. But I used to say I have a parcel for work coming. Over the years I have spent a fortune on my meg but I have also built a full bsb spec r1. Explain that. The best one was when I turned up with a 2year old bmw m3 comp. lee.
Haha mines a good one really , I surprised her with a 24k BMW 6 months ago, have that and leave me alone lol, so she does
I had a E92 120d before the RS250 as i wanted the economy... but i got bored and wanted a good all round hot hatch that would be capable on track and as a daily driver. I live with the rents, who get very annoyed with me swapping cars as i get bored lol. so i didn't tell them i was changing car, blagged work saying i had the dentist and in reality i went to pick up the 250. I got home and showed my mum... she went mad at me like stupidily mad for "wasting money" yet i have more optional extras in the 250 than the BMW. I had recently shoved the back end of the beemer into a kurb while dodging an idiot in a van, and scuffed the alloy so i told her i had done all the suspension, arms etc etc and it would cost £1000's to replace so im sold it to avoid the costs. This she didn't believe... nor did my dad. But they couldn't prove it and although i was only going say 20mph they didn't believe i was going slow to cause all that "damage"... they like the 250 more now though although im sure i'll be in the bad books when i get the exhaust done ;p
i dont have to answer to these questions, if i want it i will purchase it, HOWEVER i do seem to spend more on her car than mine, shes quite the petrol head so win win really
I uswd to use the excuse of the parts being broken, and i could get better than genuine parts for the same price. But now im single i dont have to explain myself to anyway, lifes much easier
Having my cooksports delivered to my work office then just going to say my mechanic pal cut the springs down! Also going for a back box chop soon so guess it'll be the old hole in the exhaust blag
I dont think my missus will notice whwn my springs go on they are at work waiting also fitted my dv and blsnking plate the other day o
When I fitted my dv my ex didn't notice. When our daughter pointed asked why is the car making that funny woosh noise my ex said it always does that. I wouldn't get it past my mrs now though. She knows too much about cars.
I always buy cheap reused parts , always..., for the DP and decat i say my mechanic told me to replace it, the cat it is broken. Stage 1 she didnt notice, Stage 2 she feel it, lol.
This thread is brilliant haha..I have nothing to add to these funny stories unfortunately but it's given me ideas if I ever need to
This is awesome! I just have to do stuff when she's at work and order parts to the folks address. I had to take the car for back box chop straight from buying it so she thought that's what it would sound like!
