Darn, I forgot to delete your post too !
Nice theory about the 'angry wife for so many days thing.' 
I also tend to 'just do' rather than ask. People seem to love to say no to
someone else's fun it seems too often. 
  But next time you have a vanagon issue...............you better be on your
toes young man !  You wasted a bunch of our time here you know !!    ;-)
scott

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Vdub Guy
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 5:40 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Any real automatic trans upgrade for vanagon?

<When I asked my wife if I could buy one of those, she just laughed, and
laughed, and walked out of the room still laughing. Maybe that means "yes"?>

Never, ever ask. After 25 years of marriage, I've found it is "easier to ask
forgiveness than it is to ask permission". Think about it this way, if you
do something without asking, most wives will be mad for a day or two. Ask,
and she says no but you do it anyway, you're looking at 2-3 weeks of an
angry wife. At least that's the way it is with my wife, as they say YMMV. AW
damn, sorry, I forgot, everyone is supposed to be deleting anything I post!
Jeff