by Tricia
We are driving around and see a house with a few “junk” cars in the yard. My husband comments, “How can people have cars like that sitting around not working?”
My reply, “I dunno Dear, how can they?”
He was silent for a moment, then another moment. He knew the sarcastic undertone of my remark meant something.
Then he replied, “No, that’s different. It’s in the garage.”
“It’s no different. It’s not working and its been sitting there for almost a year and a half.”
– Silence.
Ok ladies, does your man have some “project” around the house that they say they are going to work on and never do? I actually called a junkyard and they offered $100 for our old vehicle and they would tow it away. I thought that was a great deal to get the hunk of junk out of our garage. Hubby said no, because he was going to fix it.
A year and a half later, how many times has he touched it? Only once when his dad was visiting. They tested the battery to see if that is why it won’t start anymore. The battery was fine…hmmmm…
I’m not a mechanic, but it is probably going to cost a bit of money to fix the vehicle. It was a $600 vehicle to begin with and was just meant for scooting around town when we needed two vehicles. We really got what we paid for, and it lasted about four months before it died. I guess if you look at it this way – it could be considered a deal compared to renting a car during that time.
My thoughts are to get rid of it and be done with it. He still wants to keep it. I dunno, must be a guy thing (and if you a guy and you’ve read this far – I warned you) 🙂
Ok, whew…I feel better just getting it out there 🙂
Funny. I guess each gender has a hard time throwing things away. =)
I can relate with you 100%. My hubby has a 1969 oldsmobile 442 sitting in the garage. we pulled it out of a feild 3 years ago. Let’s just say it should ahve stayed in the feild. Last year we spent $10,000 on this thing and to look at it you can’t even tell. This car is in such bad shape it’s not funny. I begged and pleded with my hubby not to buy this car. we were not married at the time so my thoughts didn’t really mater. If it were up to me I would push it out of the garage and put a for sale sign on it. hehehehe
I’m a husband, and I read the whole post. For me, it’s computers(also board games, but since my wife plays those, it’s not as much of an annoyance).
I/we have a half-dozen dying or deceased computers in our dining room with our regular PCs. This is totally my fault. They’re an eyesore, and at least one is complete garbage.
I have actually given a couple away and thrown another one out in the last 6 months, but it’s been really tough to deal with them.
To a certain extent, they’re a symbol of the geek life I want to have – to be a guy who has fun fixing computers. Of course, every time I sit at my desk and NOT work at them, I get a little twinge of guilt because I have all this desk and floor space tied up in computer carcasses.
It’s hard for people, especially guys, to admit to themselves they’ll never do EVERYTHING they want.
Try asking your husband what he thinks the car is really worth, and see if he would consider selling it and directing the money straight into one of his other interests. Just straight across, a few hundred dollars selling the car goes right into his business or his current other obsession.
Don’t suggest that he put part of the money into paying off debt. Let him come up with that on his own… or not. Even if he doesn’t, he’ll no longer be carrying the guilt of not fixing it, and you won’t have a CLUNKER IN YOUR GARAGE!