Test Pipe dilemma.

[phillyb]

i think you should just buy my test pipe in the FS section and get it over with

agreed

Wait until your wife is fast asleep, sneak downstairs, open her purse, and take your balls back.

lol

 

[mazdaspeedster3]

Call the CC company and tell them what you are doing, ordering and wanting to ship to another address (work). Then, CALL the supplier you are ordering from to place your order and tell them what you are doing. They will want the 800 number on the back of the card to verify and then they will ship. Issue resolved... Discreet brown packaging... Just like the porn. LOL...

 

[intak3_bLkMs3]

agreed i spoil my car and my girl mostly my car first. she dont like she knows theres other girls out there so she deals with it i know u gotta be a gentlemen but just talk to her dude

 

[ChrisK]

Its easier to ask for forgiveness than permission!

 

[builthatch]

I want to order a Test Pipe for my Speed 3 but My wife does not like me modding the new car. She does not drive the Speed and will never know I put it on but she will notice the big brown box on the porch. I've thought about having it sent to a friends house but companies will send only to the billing address on the credit card. How do I get the pipe? There has to be other guys out there that have had this problem. Any suggestions?

sheesh, i'm glad i'm not wrapped up in anything like that. i would never allow such craziness.

you have her hobbies, she should have hers. that's that.

 

[mazdaspeedster3]

My wife would laugh her ass off. Scrap booking is no where near as expensive as Modding...

 

[builthatch]

My wife would laugh her ass off. Scrap booking is no where near as expensive as Modding...

you'd be surprised. my sister did that s*** for a while and it was not cheap!

anyway, this is what we do...

of course we have a central account, but we also have our own accounts into which we can put money that we make individually, so that we may spend what we want ON what we want. This way you avoid the ridiculousness that the OP has to face. Why would i expect my wife to work for the mods on my car? i wouldn't...i'd earn the cash for my little account myself, and spend it on myself.

People might frown on any such examples of "non-unity", but it works. the fact remains a marriage is made up of two individuals, and it's not unreasonable for them to have differing interests. sometimes those interests cost money (within reason) and if you are using your own money to pay for them, what the heck does it matter? I modded cars before i met my wife, i built model jets before i met my wife, i raced RC cars before i met my wife, i played football before i met my wife. i'm not stopping these things because suddenly she is married to me...and on the same coin i don't expect her to pay for them, so i use some of my cash to handle them all. it doesn't interfere with me supporting her, it doesn't keep me from paying our bills and contributing to investments....

stripping away individuality is part of what degrades marriages. "we, we, we" works to an extent, but the problem is one person will always dominate the other in that case. if you don't keep some individuality, you have an unbalanced relationship despite the facade of "we".

 

[Breezy]

Are you crazy? Just wait till the first time it needs some warranty work. She'll be finding out then. And it might just cost you a bunch. All that for just 10 or 15 hp, only at high rpms. Are you racing this ting? If not it's a waste considering your situation.

 

[Antonio DiMarco]

Is it about the money or the warranty?

I want to order a Test Pipe for my Speed 3 but My wife does not like me modding the new car. She does not drive the Speed and will never know I put it on but she will notice the big brown box on the porch. I've thought about having it sent to a friends house but companies will send only to the billing address on the credit card. How do I get the pipe? There has to be other guys out there that have had this problem. Any suggestions?

Is your wife more concerned that your modding a new car and may void the warranty or is it about the money.

I hate to say it but if its about the warranty I can see her point.

You got to ask yourself how far you want to go with this lie if you end up buying it. Say the engine dies and Mazda voids the warranty? What will you tell her then?

Jut playing devils advocate here.

 

[jp4130]

Are you crazy? Just wait till the first time it needs some warranty work. She'll be finding out then. And it might just cost you a bunch. All that for just 10 or 15 hp, only at high rpms. Are you racing this ting? If not it's a waste considering your situation.

Your kidding right? The majority of people on the forums are not stock. They must all be "crazy".

 

[numbnuts22715]

Are you crazy? Just wait till the first time it needs some warranty work. She'll be finding out then. And it might just cost you a bunch. All that for just 10 or 15 hp, only at high rpms. Are you racing this ting? If not it's a waste considering your situation.

lol.
If its just a test pipe... it takes 10 minutes to install. he can replace it back to stock. dont act like its a big serious thing.

 

[controlo]

yeah. a test pipe is real inconspicuous for sure. easily swapped out.

cheap, sounds great, good gains. get it!

tell your wife to suck it. haha. jk.

 

[essejkcamraw]

he didn't want mine...so anyone else who wants to help this cat out, by all means...try and do so.
the option to have a co-worker/friend get it for you and pay them back is a good option. honestly, the person above me has the best advice. just tell her, if she finds out you lied or hid something from her, she probably will flip the **** out

i spend money on my car, not my gf and every now and then she gets testy, but i tell her to shut the **** up and we're ok.

when i was married, it was a different ******* story. i didn't spend money unless the other party knew what it was for and approved

hahahh! yes!!

 

[parkerfe]

What are you trying to accomplish with the test pipe other than violate federal law? If you want to be faster, take a high performance driving school at a local road course instead...that will make your car much faster than a test pipe...

 

[Stu C]

Get a couple of hookers over at the same time as you install. Guaranteed the test pipe won't be a problem.

 

[Antonio DiMarco]

+1

What are you trying to accomplish with the test pipe other than violate federal law? If you want to be faster, take a high performance driving school at a local road course instead...that will make your car much faster than a test pipe...

Take a class I guarantee that you probably don't know the full potential of that chassis. There's more to cars than going in a straight line. (drive2)

 

[AAMguy]

man up and just buy it...its a fricking test pipe

its like me being 17 again and trying to hide the fact that i put a big turbo on my old vdub...

 

[08cosmic3]

Thanks guy for all the advise. Some of it was very funny. I'm not worried about the warranty issue because a test pipe is not going to blow up the car. I'm only doing mods that are easily reversed for dealer visits and a TP is just such a mod. I don't track my car but would like to get all the power I can out of the car short of upping the boost. I will get a DP once the warranty expires as that mod is not easily reversed. I'm going to have a friend order the TP for me.

I now need advise from those that have TP's. Which one to buy. I'm concerned mostly about fitment. I dont list the one with the flex pipe because I fear it will not hold up.

SU Test pipe (In stock)
SLS test pipe (In stock)
CS test pipe (Out of stock)
PTP Test pipe (Not sure)

 

[abovie3]

get the corksport. good, quality made and i had no issues with fitment when it came to install.

 

[builthatch]

you track ****** singing the songs of road course exploits need to get a life (bolt)

the one thing that sold most of us on this car, the main aspect that sealed the deal, was the power, specifically the torque. Sure we like the 4 doors with a hatch, sure we like the look, or the overall value, but the 263hp and 280lbft is what sealed the deal. showcasing that power is such an accessible activity during the average menial drive; it's something you can do in any number of ways, safely and legally, on pretty much any public road anywhere and any time.

it could be merging into traffic, pulling away from a toll, passing a line of slow moving traffic- these are examples that you see everyday, and the fun had has everything to do with pressing the pedal and feeling the torque and very little to do with lateral G's. sure, fantastic handling is great, and coupled with some skill certainly can be very rewarding and in fact life saving, but during the daily drive, there is little to no outlet for much of anything that can be had on a road course.

i'd invest more time into promoting track time for sport bike enthusiasts, where it really makes sense, as opposed to preaching to those who for the most part are looking for more power for the daily commute as 280ftlbs is just not enough after a while. i mean, just take a look through most of the this forum- a heavy, heavy percentage want more power, they want to go faster...not on a road course, but in the real world.

i understand the handling game...you'll see me promoting the new eibach pro-kit release countless times on this forum, but let's not forget where we are here and what car we're talking about!