Letters
In the Jan. '10 issue of CC, Glad explained the rules set forth by his wife to keep him from buying another car and asked the readers for help. Here's what you said.
I'm glad to see you're in the same boat that I am. My wife loves the reality show Hoarders. She says I'm a car hoarder and if it weren't for her, we would be living in a car. I have almost the exact same set of rules except mine also include: No family money is to be spent on cars. That one means I can't use any money from my regular paycheck and have to save money from side jobs. One thing you might want to try is the old, "It's not for me; it's for our son (or daughter)," trick. That one allowed me to pick up a very solid but somewhat rough '62 Thunderbird for my 16-year-old daughter. Of course, I then picked up an '01 Explorer Sport for her to drive until Dad finishes the T-bird.
-Joe Lullo, Addison, IL
I have the perfect solution for your issue with the wife's rules: I will loan you one of my cars. You can do whatever you want to it. You can cure the new project blues and it won't be yours, so it will be totally legal. Then when you are done, ready to move on, or have blown it up, I will get a car that has had a bunch of stuff I didn't have time to do done to it. It won't be yours, won't be co-owned, you didn't have to sell one to get it, and you won't even have to hide it. What do you want and where would you like it delivered?
Caleb, Drexel, MO
If buying a pile of parts constitutes buying a car, what about selling a pile of parts? Does that constitute selling a car? I know, selling parts can be as hard as selling a car, but it's a loophole either way.
-Levi Doughty
Glad's wife is on to our way of life. Her rules were well thought out and brutal. We must make sure she does not ever talk to other gearhead wives so she cannot enlighten them. My wife gave only one rule, but the end result was the same, if not worse. The rule: You can have another car if I can have another baby, yeah, ouch.
-Name and address withheld
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