I've found that giving my wife's car the same love and attention with cleaning, maintenance, etc, not only makes her happier when she sees its cared for just as much as my "ten year old garage queen", but it makes me happier as well.

Before I bought my Triumph and sold my VW, my cars were always impeccable and when my wife and I were dating I used to not care about her car as much, because she "always kept it dirty" and wouldn't appreciate it as much, or so I thought. I find that although she may not keep her car as clean as I'd like, if I give it the same type of attention that I give my car, she does try to take care of hers better, so our cars are on the same "playing field" so to speak, both are kept clean, both are parked far away from cars that can dent them, etc.

With that said, she sees her car as sort of equal to mine now, and not like its just the dog hauler/grocery getter that we drive around 70% of the time (she can't drive stick yet so when my car is taken I'm always driving)



Lesson learned, take care of your wifes car as good or close to as good as you take care of your own, she will be thankful, be happier, and take care of hers a little bit better than she did before.