Dear Tom and Ray:
I collect cars from companies that have gone out of business. So far, I have a 1950 Studebaker, a 1950 Hudson, a 1950 Packard, a 1960 Desoto and a 1960 Edsel. My wife says, "Get rid of them, or I will get rid of you." What should I do? I love these cars more than my wife, and I am willing to move out and find a five-car garage somewhere and just sleep on a cot with the cars. Please advise. — Ron
Tom: I don't know what you want from us, Ron. I think you've answered your own question.
Ray: You love your old cars more than you love your wife. That's kind of pathetic, but at least you're honest with yourself.
Tom: So, our advice is to keep turning the pages of today's paper until you get to the apartment listings, and look for that rarest of listings: the studio apartment with a five-car garage.
Ray: That'll be your temporary housing. When your wife gets the cars in the divorce and sells them for scrap metal, you can move into a more comfortable one-bedroom.
Tom: Or perhaps you'll think better of this plan and consider a compromise, like storing the cars "off site" and visiting them when you're lonely. Good luck, Ron.
(Car Talk is a nationally syndicated column by automotive experts (and brothers) Tom and Ray Magliozzi. Write to them at the Car Talk website.)
2 Comments
By John on May 8, 2012 9:37 PM
Perhaps you might reconsider your priorities.
I would sell the cars and keep the wife, but
that has to be your decision though.
If you opt to sell, what model is the 1950
Hudson as I would be interested in buying it?
The Commodore and later Hornet series were
the best riding riding vehicles of the era. The
step down design also helped them rule NASCAR
through 1954 as it provided a much lower center
of gravity than any other American vehicles of that
era.
By jimmy on May 10, 2012 6:29 AM
Bye bye then!
Yo can find another wife-why would you want to? Or you can get new cars and lose the nagging. Wives are usually good for only one thing and after many years of marriage not even that anymore.