Sarnie

This is naturally an evocative topic, of which we can all relate. In an ideal world, each partner would earn the same, all money goes into one account, bills paid and then each spends the same amount on additional recreational spending. However, life sticks a massive spanner in the works. Seven years ago I lived in a house with my girlfriend (my now Wife) with no kids, and mentioned buying a Gallardo. Three weeks later it was on the drive. No further conversation needed. However I think as you mature and get older your perspective changes. We now have a 5 year old son and a 2 year old daughter. My Wife has had three out of the last five years off work unpaid, which I have paid for. I would never see it as money owed, as far as I was concerned I was paying for the best thing that any child could have which is to have their Mother around them full time. My job is to provide, my wife's is to nurture. My Wife works one less shift a week than she should as we needed her round the kids, I cover that loss of income for her. It actually benefits me, and us all, to pay my Wife to not work so that I can, as I have a larger capacity to earn money than she does, even though she earns £35k a year which isn't a pittance!! A female poster posted previously that she felt almost humiliated to ask her husband for money and hated feeling 'dependent', which is indicative of current society. Years ago women were brought up to expect to be an obedient housewife, now they are groomed to be fiercely independent, which is perfectly fine but is it the best thing for a family for a Mother to go back to work barely months after a kid has been born just to be able to pay 50% of the bills??? Whats the point in sending a kid off the full time childcare for a random woman to witness your kids first steps, words or any other poignant moments? Anyway, enough of that @*!#. My five year car sabbatical is done, I'm buying a fast, loud TWO seater sports car!!! haha

One that might be even more 'grateful'

A single joint account?? Are you crackers!?!?!? We have joint account that ALL direct debits come out of, that we both put money in to. However, I earn more than wife so I put in more than twice the amount she does. I don't mind this as I earn more. However, she does ALL of the housework around the house. I don't think I've used a vacuum in a decade or ever ironed any item of clothes. Conversely, my wife has never paid for a takeaway, never pays when we go out and never pays for the hotels or weekends away. I pay for nearly all of holiday costs. She contributes to spending money and stuff as and when. We went to Dubai at the start of the year which cost £5k which I paid for, the Mrs put £300 to the spending money. I don't begrudge her smaller contribution one little bit, just as she appreciates me providing the vast majority of the money for our luxury stuff and doesn't gripe at me for not vacuuming. She don't have it bad anyway, she works five days on and then gets five days off so she has plenty of time to be a lady of leisure, way more than I certainly do!! We both have our own accounts that we buy things from. I don't see it as a trust issue at all, it's not that I don't trust her, I just don't want to feel like I have to ask permission to spend whatever I want on whatever I want. My Wife has no problem what I spend my money on as long as it doesn't impair our quality of life or ability to pay the bills. I'm currently saving for a car, if I was saving that money in our joint account I'm sure she'd suddenly decide that actually we need a kitchen more than I need a car!!

Will these phones work in England?

I can confirm that the member Colin referred me to has come up trumps and is a true legend, many thanks Adrian. One happy boy!

But have you mastered the electronic hand brake ? Haha! No! Every time I drive it, when I stop I go to grab the keys in the non-existent ignition, pull the non-existent handbrake and get out without pressing the stop button to turn the engine off

I sooooo want to love the GTR but I just can't!!! I have a MY14 Qashqai that has a much better interior!!

Pm sent!

Alfa Romeo 159

http://www.350z-uk.c...he/page__st__20 Yup, no secret!! Although it's no longer going to be yellow. I've dropped the Ceramic brakes in favour of Exclusive paint (hence the PS request) and Sports Bucket seats.....

Thats a great site and helps a little but still not quite realistic enough!

Is there anyone on here that is nifty on Photoshop at all that could really help me out? I've got a new car on order but really can't make a decision on the colour, can anyone help photoshop a few pics into the colours I'm looking at to help me make a decision? Would be greatly appreciated!!!

From the third line of the very first post; "the rear sub-frame has already been done by BMW "

I have an M3 Vert for sale soon ha

My Wife is a Police Officer in Nuneaton which is where Stinson lives. The Officer that arrested that guy is a good friend of ours. There are huge Pro's & Con's to what he is doing. It's disappointing to see that of the ones that got arrested some only received suspended sentences, will that stop them doing it again? Probably not. Therefore if these scumbags are only going to get suspended sentences, I'd be more inclined for Stinson and his pals to dish an old fashioned beat down. If you turn up with alcohol to give to a 11 year old girl and have sexual intentions, you deserve anything and everything that could be waiting for you....

15 extra BHP, lots of options as standard such as Sports exhaust, Sports Chrono, PASM, GTS Alcantara Interior & Exterior, Porsche Dynamic Light system, Sports Seats Plus, smoked rear lights...... You can spec an S with most of that but the cost would be slightly more than a GTS and you'd not be able to have the exclusive GTS interior and exterior stuff nor the extra 15bhp....... No brainer if you're buying new imo

It's hard to put them as the poor man's Porsche anymore, when the cost of my spec is starting with a 7 I could buy a 911 for sure, but I just don't like them, plus if you read or watch some of the reviews of the GTS, there's a strong argument for it currently being the best car/value for money in the range.

It's the comfort factor that I'm thinking of. I don't want them to be hardcore racing seats that the Mrs will hate sitting on as the car is going to be rarerly used but when I do take the Mrs out in it for a weekend away etc, I can't have her moaning about the seats and wanting to go in the Qashqai!!!!! Admittedly I've not sat in them yet, so we'll see!

Maybe. Thing is, I'm trying to totally spec it to entirely what I want, not what the next person will want. I'm not planning to sell it for a good while but you never know. Hopefully the Silverstone day thing will help to clarify a lot of the spec that I'm not 100% on........

I must have missed the Heated Seats off, they are definitely on the spec list! I think it will be either Sports seats + PCCB's or neither at all.................depends how flush I am when the spec gets locked down!!

I must admit, I'm wobbling on the PCCB's................and maybe even the Sports Buckets........... I'm not taking delivery until the new '15 reg comes out in March so I have plenty of time to decide!

Yep!! Should look like this but with different wheels..........

I probably would have ordered Guards Red if I'd ordered a few months ago but there's lots being ordered in that colour and lot and lot of standard S's in Guards too..... Spec is currently; Cayman GTS Racing yellow Electric Folding Exterior Mirrors GTS Exterior Gloss Black Package Porsche Entry & Drive PDK Sports Suspension 20 Inch Carrera S Wheel painted partially Black Smoking Package Light Design Package 2-Zone Automatic AC Sports Bucket Seats GTS Interior Package with Silver Stitching Illuminated Aluminium Door Sill Guards Digital Radio Preparation for Mobile Phone PCM Bose Surround Sound PCCB's

I wish it was!! Racing Yellow