My 5 year old daughter. (True Story)

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Laid down the law.

My five year old, Just like any other 5 year old.
Is walking around the house with an old Cell Phone in her hand. (I thought it was old) She is having this conversation with an imaginary person on th eother end. (I thought) She is talking about cars and what she wanted to order for herself and her mother. Then she says " You must get my Daddy a Black NSX, because his is missing, some guy has it and it's been so long since we have seen it.
He has not been himself since it was taken from him by the man with the truck. So I want the Black one in your ad and I want it next week. Then she asked if it has a childs seat? I am sitting here looking at her and smiling, because I think she is just piecing together conversations from my many calls about the NSX. Turns out that she has a dupont Registry in front of her talking to a dealer in one of the ads. He was on the other end of the Phone just rolling with laughter. I couldn't believe it. She was really concerned enough that she wanted to get me a car..

On one hand I was like that's my girl. Then I thought on the other. Have I taken the car so seriously that a 5 year old has noticed a change in me? So serious that she would take it upon herself to call and get me a replacement, so she could have me back as my old self.

This was a big wake up call to me. The car is just that. My kid realizes that it has changed me and I had been taking them for granted. Now my child wants my car back so she can have her daddy back. So What am I to do? I am going to pick up my car. (The one she ordered for me)

The other one? Well who knows when that will be done.

Kids are amazing. No moral, just didn't realize that I was different in the mind of my child, and that she attributed it to my not having my car.
 
What an absolutely fantastic story, thanks for sharing!
Congrats on the NSX too / two!
 
I am sorry guys. I left out part of this, So I will explain what I accidently clipped away.

My Daughter calls all black sports cars the "NSX" The car that she is calling a NSX is actually a Porsche 928.
The car she ordered is really me talking in terms of "Giving a order" I called the person with my car and said I am coming to get it. "Period" (That is what I meant by laying down the law) She prompted the call.

The other car and not knowing when it will be done, was about the 928 that is getting redone.

She was actually talking to a Ferrari dealer. He was laughing to the point of tears. He said he knew it wasn't a crank call by the sincerity in my daughters voice.
He said she was so frustrated when she was telling him what car she wanted, because he kept saying we don't have NSXes. That is when I knew she was talking to someone, she kept saying " You have a picture of it in your ad, One in black and one in Red" She was looking at a Gallardo and a 996....

I won't be picking either of those up.
I will most definitely pay more attention to my kids, I better hide my credit cards, she may know how to order stuff with them.
 
len3.8,

You are a very lucky dad. Hope she grows up into a beautiful and successful lady who also loves sportscar like her daddy.
 
Len, that is the most hilarious thing I've heard in a long time. Your description provided me a vivid mental picture of the scene. Very nice of the dealer to play along and not hang up on her.

On the serious side, I hope that the shop that has your car as well as other shops like it find this thread. It is important for them to see the kind of impact that insufficient communication can have on their respective customers and customer's families.

Granted we all need to remember that a car is just an object and we should not let it impact our families. However, your current project and those similar to it.... are huge financial commitments. The level of customer service should only increase, not decrease as more 0's get tacked on to the bill.

Good luck buddy.
 
Len,

that is a joy of having a wonderful kid. That story cracks me up but also touch my heart deeply. Thanks for sharing the story.

On another note, I can totally relate on your problem with that kind of shop. The same experience prompted me to do most of the things myself on my cars.
 
What a beautiful story! She sounds soooo sweet. Now don't disappoint her... go get that "NSX" even if it's a Gallardo. :D

Don't worry about the credit cards... give her a few more years and she'll figure those out herself. ;)
 
At the age of 5? You've got one smart lady on your hands! I already feel for you because she sounds like she is only going to get more "interesting" with age. LOL, I'm suprised she didn't just go ahead and have one of them shipped to your house.
 
Fantastic story Len...

Kids are so amazing, 5yrs old and already so "grown up". I'm sure she will continue to make you proud.

I have followed the story of your car and I do feel for you! However, you are totally correct that you have had a wake-up call.... Time to thank God for giving you such a wonderful family... :smile:

Don't worry about the car..... It's a machine!

"We can re-build it... Better, stronger, faster" :biggrin:
 
Sig said:
Len, that is the most hilarious thing I've heard in a long time. Your description provided me a vivid mental picture of the scene. Very nice of the dealer to play along and not hang up on her.

On the serious side, I hope that the shop that has your car as well as other shops like it find this thread. It is important for them to see the kind of impact that insufficient communication can have on their respective customers and customer's families.

Granted we all need to remember that a car is just an object and we should not let it impact our families. However, your current project and those similar to it.... are huge financial commitments. The level of customer service should only increase, not decrease as more 0's get tacked on to the bill.

Good luck buddy.
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Sig. You know exactly what I am trying to relate.


Andrie and others thanks. My daughter (As well as you all's kids) are from a Generation that just absorbs everything. It is so hard to get anything by them. When you think they are not listening or you are not affecting them, you probably are.

I couldn't be happier than I am now. Family wise, I have absolutely no complaints.

AU NSX, yeah it's been a long wait on the car. A lot of things that weren't expected should have been. Never plan around something you have absolutely no control over, Especially, someone else's time and what they view as important.

Over the last 19 months, I have learned a lot. I have never been a patient person, but I have been constantly told that I am now more patient. I seem to have no problem slowing down now. So the quality is getting better at pretty much all that I do. So there is a good thing that has resulted.

A lot of weekends with the family instead of dragging the family with me. (Big difference)

I just thought I would share it because it made me look at it from a different perspective. I had no idea that my youngest child thought that the car would be the most important thing in my eyes.

For some reason she was trying to order a Pinto for har older sister. :eek: I better make sure her older sister isn't being mean to her on the sly... :smile:

Enjoy it while you have it.
 
That's a great story! Doesn't it make you wonder who she's calling and what she's ordering when you're NOT around? haha

That reminds me of a Simpson episode where Bart orders a credit card in his dog's name and goes crazy buying/ordering things.
 
Wow Len, that made my day! Seems like you are a great father and I admire the reflection you mention. It reminds me of my wife's video of our then 2 year old cheering "Go Daddy Go Daddy Go Daddy..." during a race. The race result and the effort it took seemed inconsequential after watching that scene and her sincerity. Man, kids. They're awesome.

Great story. :smile:
 
Len, that's awesome. Great story.
 
Ponyboy said:
Wow Len, that made my day! Seems like you are a great father and I admire the reflection you mention. It reminds me of my wife's video of our then 2 year old cheering "Go Daddy Go Daddy Go Daddy..." during a race. The race result and the effort it took seemed inconsequential after watching that scene and her sincerity. Man, kids. They're awesome.

Great story. :smile:
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That is a cool feeling.
 
That was a good story, now just have her call GJ every day and beg for your car back. I am sure he will get the message, its too hard to say no to kid's.
Hope you get the ride back soon, if not let me know and I will send you my old one for you to beat around a bit. N.K.
 
prova4re said:
That was a good story, now just have her call GJ every day and beg for your car back. I am sure he will get the message, its too hard to say no to kid's.
Hope you get the ride back soon, if not let me know and I will send you my old one for you to beat around a bit. N.K.
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She called him, Funny, her voice sounded a lot like mine when she was talking to him. ALMOST done....
I noticed you made sure you put old one... :biggrin:

Thanks buddy. I appreciate the offer. We will roll together with Gallardo's in the future.
 
len3.8 said:
Laid down the law.

My kid realizes that it has changed me and I had been taking them for granted. Now my child wants my car back so she can have her daddy back. So What am I to do?
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Kids. Nothing gets past them. Nothing. You can't hide anything from them and they'll pick up any distress in those around them.

Aren't they great?
 
ChopsJazz said:
Kids. Nothing gets past them. Nothing. You can't hide anything from them and they'll pick up any distress in those around them.

Aren't they great?
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True....true....
They are brutally honest as well.
 
Is this your daughter?
 

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Nah, but she is cute enough to be. I can also read the numbers on that credit card. :smile:
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Good thing that's not my card. I guess it's not too smart to send this all over the net like this. I wonder who originally took this picture? Glad it's not mine!
 

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