LOL...
My dad convinced my mum to let me get the Skyline. Dad had a 260Z Datsun, so my old man was keen.
I was at hospital at the time, it was the only turbo, manual sedan at Autoworx. I'd just had my shoulder operation and was up to my eyeballs on morphine. Anyway, mum & dad come to visit me, we had organised for them to test drive it the day I went under the knife, so I asked them what they thought, dad said "Oh yeah... It is really nice, I like it, it is a very safe car (ie; much safer than Vl commonwhore)", then my mum said "But it has too many horses, I'm worried about you having that much power".. I sighed, put on a sad look and pleaded my case...
When I got discharged dad drove to autoworx to pick it up, I was a happy as larry.
So moral of the story is...
Get an operation, and play the guilt trip, pay later!