I have the same problem with mine. At least yours likes the WRX - mine hates it too. She has not mentioned the wing, but she is not very happy with the scoop and the gold wheels. I have begun my "crusade" a while ago and I got some positive results, but I am still far from hearing "yes, I love this car!" from her.4MLA1FN said:my wife continues to say, "look at that wing.. that scoop...the *gold* wheels??? it's just obnoxious. i like the wrx better." how many other wives are saying the same thing??
. to me, this line shows that SOA was aware of the/our desire for this car. at the dc autoshow, there was a guy with his wife and baby who were drooling over the 350z. we all were. he wanted it but she wasn't keen. my buddy and i started reasoning with her about why the car would be a reasonable purchase; e.g. "see, it has a hook back here here for attaching the tether of a child seat. this *is* a family car." it was hilarious. in the end, she moved from "no" to a negotiating position: if he'd get her a volvo wagon, she'd let him get a 350z. he was pleased. 8)
4MLA1FN: Thanks for the strategy advice. I actually have been (repeatedly) using all these points. "The long-time dream" is a big headline, which I supplement with "right now is the only time for me to truly enjoy this car and that I just have to get it out of my system". I also point to the 4-doors (my present car has only 2 and that was a big deal to her at the beginning). Every once in a while I would drop a line about rally heritage and talk about the different cars in this sport. The more she knows about this stuff the more understanding she will be. I have a few months left and I am pretty optimistic about this.4MLA1FN said:wojo: try the strategy of expressing how long you've known about this car, the injustice of the rest of the world having it for years but not us, and that its arrival is a dream come true. it won't convert her, but she'll know how much it means to you.
I believe what it means is that it will maintain temperature but not change the output between defrost/vent/floor. Most "fully-automatic" systems will do this for you. Additionally, a lot of fully-automatic systems are digital with an LCD display, whereas the STi has an analog knob with temperatures marked on it. Personally, I like this better. More subtle and probably less to break.4MLA1FN said:
