Randy,
Just an observation on my part….
I totally understand where you’re coming from, but the likelihood that
Clay’s spouse works in an oak paneled office with associates wearing three
piece tailored suits and Italian loafers or Allen Edmonds wingtips is slim,
based on my experience working in Alaska. Even more so as they’re not in a
“major metropolis”, like Anchorage. I’m betting the dress code at her place
of business is far more relaxed. Alaska is a very, very different place
than the Lower 48 or for that matter, any Canadian province (excluding the
Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut, of course.)
And while I’m not one to judge, my wife may or may not approve of my
hobbies at times, but she understands that they’re something I get great
pleasure and enjoyment out of and she accepts that. Granted, I don’t have
2-3 older Mercedes in need of work or repairs other than my finnie, but if
we lived in a place where I could have such things, I would and she would
be accepting of it (as long as they weren’t parked on the front lawn, of
course.) I might even go for the green and white W126 German police car
replica….
-D
On Apr 30, 2019, at 5:56 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
On 30/04/2019 3:54 PM, Clay Monroe via Mercedes wrote:
Hers.
Played upon her deathly fear of my car collecting. Both ends of the
OCD spectrum. I collect, she needs things retentively clean and tucked
away.
My paranoia tells me she wants to cash out my home and leave me in a
rusting out SD on the streets of Seattle.
clay
I believe I suggested all of this to you before, but I will say it again
as a reminder.
She is a lawyer. She works with people who judge her by the way she
dresses and what she drives, and where she lives, etc.
If you want to collect old Mercedes, then they need to be objects of
beauty. You need to stop creating green police cars and such.
Find a good example of a big Mercedes sedan that can be made to look
like it has real significant value. Black or Silver are likely preferred
colors.
It needs to evoke respect. You do not want to appear to be a bottom
feeder. You need to appear to be the sort of gentleman who has impeccable
taste, and prefers classic vehicles rather than the present throw away
vehicles. Dress the part as well. You need to appear to be either coming or
going to or from the country club or the yacht club. Tweed jacket, penny
loafers etc. If you have never read the book, Dress for Success, then find
a copy and read it. I believe the writer's name was John Molloy and he did
research into the attitudes of people based upon the way they dressed etc.
I believe he wrote subsequent books - Dress for Success for Women and Live
for Success or some such that also looked at vehicle colors etc. You may
not agree with all that he suggests but I suspect it will go a long way
toward sorting out the issues with your wife if you try to see the
situation from her point of view and work towards a goal of having her
appreciate your affection for classic Mercedes. It will no doubt also
improve her level of respect for you.
She needs you to appear to be dignified and respectable. If she can
share with her friends and co-workers, that her husband collects classic
Mercedes Benz, then that will have value to her. She does not want to tell
folks about your hobby because she is embarrassed by your bottom feeder
cars. You need to move on beyond free junkers unless you are prepared to
quickly invest enough in them to make them appear to be respectable classic
vehicles. That means good paint and upholstery etc.
Randy
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