My wife told me today that she doesn't want me to buy a Mahindra....

[jrel85]

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[moulin6801]

Good point guys !!
Yes if you are single, I think this pick up can hurt your dating life a bit...
I have show the photos of the Mahindra trucks to the ladies at work and ALL of them thought it was ugly or sort of ugly...

I can just see her face as you park the Diesel Mahindra at the girl front door to get her on for a first date !! HA HA HA

[blue7.3]

Originally Posted by jackson

All good suggestions.
Take her points as valid interest and opinion. Concentrate on the savings, 30 mph compared to 17 mpg over a one year driving 15000 miles that you could spend on her. Concentrate on the saving between a full sized and the new Mahindra that you could spend on her. Show her how it will carry a couch and lawn supplies that she chooses.
A truck is like a dog, it is your friend. Explain that yes, old diesels smell, but this is using the same new technology from the high end luxury diesels. A woman needs to be heard.
A man needs action. Make it a conversation, a date to look at the truck in the afteroon, than you take her shopping and dinner. By dessert she will see that you actually want the truck and she will feel honored you wanted her opinion. Take your time.

Moulin, dude, with all due respect to Jackson's thoughts here, just buy her off! Flowers, candy, night on the town, whatever. It's way easier than rationalizing... 28 years this June. Trust me...

-cheers,
-pete

[topgut]

There will be almost no offensive smell with the new emissions system. My friends Dodge Cummins 08 I think has no diesel smell.

[TXBlackKnight]

Originally Posted by moulin6801

Good point guys !!
Yes if you are single, I think this pick up can hurt your dating life a bit...
I have show the photos of the Mahindra trucks to the ladies at work and ALL of them thought it was ugly or sort of ugly...

I can just see her face as you park the Diesel Mahindra at the girl front door to get her on for a first date !! HA HA HA

This is probably why I am going to keep the car . Other than that, you can just tell the girl that you are trying to do your part for the environment, being green and all that other BS.

[Mikeo]

I think this pick up can hurt your dating life a bit

I think most of the farm girls here in the Ozarks will appreciate a good ride from a truck that can work as hard as they do. Besides they like to get out of the woods and go to town occasionally.
Mike

[blue7.3]

ROFLOL... Welcome Mike!!
-pete

[Coach]

Men and women look at vehicles differently. Men see the beauty in what a vehicle will do, i.e. diesel torque, power, reliability, durability, 4x4 etc. Because of what the vehicle is or what it can do influences a man's ability to overlook what it looks like.

On the other hand, women see vehicles strictly what they look like as far as asthetics, color, how it drives, and how it makes them feel. They could care less what it does as long as it looks nice to them.

Therefore, you have to help them get past what it looks like and start seeing the beauty within....you know, kind of like us guys. We may not look like Brad Pitt but we sure have enough other qualities that endure us to their hearts.

[moulin6801]

You have a good point Coach...

[lonnie.maynard]

My wife, when presented with the Mahindra, asked only a few questions:

Will it make it up Daisy Pass above Crested Butte so we can camp and see the wild flowers in July? Yes, dear.

Will you explode the rear axle like you do all the time on the XJ? Uhrmm.. don't think so......

How much can it pull? Well, it can't pull the 29' goose neck, but it can haul hay!

Does it have air conditioning? Yarp!

Locker? Uhrmm.., hope so!

Winch? You bet!

O.K., then.

I'm a lucky man Of course, I have trained her for years on an 83 Ford w/ holes in the floor board, and a 93 XJ which only chooses to get stuck when it's at least 20 miles from the nearest help. Who says you can't train wives???