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Old 11-30-2013, 11:53 AM
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I admit that I get nervous when my wife drives mine. Am I the only one?
Old 11-30-2013, 12:11 PM
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Only I drive it.
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My wife drives my Targa all the time, including on the track.

She can not drive the RS with the racing seats b/c the seats don't adjust the height (w/o taking the seats out).
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My wife has devoured the front ends of her last couple cars. That fact, coupled with how I see her sometimes almost drive in the direction of pot holes, has left me no choice but to ask her, as tastefully as I can, to please not drive it.
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Since new in 2007, my wife has driven it twice...she's a great driver but says
she is afraid of other drivers, parking, etc. ; ^ )
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Hers is nicer/faster than mine. She drives whatever she wants. If guys want freedom to get whatever they want - let them drive them. Had a few older cars (60s/70s) she drove once. Did not like it so never again
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My wife drives a 2013 MB SLK350 and doesn't like my C2S whatsoever. She says the ride is too harsh and she doesn't like the way I drive it with the manual tranny. Also, because it has 3 pedals she can't drive it anyway. If she could drive it I seriously doubt she would take it out of the garage.
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Said : I will drive it all the time!
actuality : drove it twice both times with girlfriends to get coffee, after the girlfriends asked her to
Old 11-30-2013, 01:36 PM
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MY wife can't drive a stick so that's that………she doesn't even like to ride in it so if she could drive it I know she wouldn't! She's not the best driver I've ever seen either so all is good!

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If my wife wakes up before me, she takes the Porsche.
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Just try keeping my wife from driving mine (sorry "ours")! She even did the Drivers Skills class this year and is anxious to go again. She's a MT driver "I'll never drive an automatic". One of the many reasons I love my wife
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Uhm……no.
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My wife has driven it a few times. She doesn't like my "suggestions" when I'm in the car but she has taken it out a few times while I was at work. I would love for her to drive it more and join me on the track but she likes her little zippy A3. She also knows that she'd never live it down if something happened to it and that takes the fun out of driving it.

She does love riding in it however and it's our go to family car with the kids.
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I all but forced my girlfriend to drive mine the second day I had it. Since then she has only driven a couple of times. I'd be happy for her to drive it more often, but she doesn't seem that interested and like others is worried about damaging it accidentally.
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Not very much. She does not enjoy driving three pedal cars as much as she used to in her younger days. Too may years of mini vans and SUVs.


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