Watching your girlfriend / wife / partner drive - opinions ?

[Cyrus1971]

I know every thing is wrong with this post so please don’t blast me…

I love it when my girlfriend drives my M3. It makes me happy when she values the details and benefits of a good car. Or remarks on the handling while dropping 3 gears to overtake - with a huge grin applied. I am sure this type of appreciation says volumes about me. Is it validation, or projection or the feeling of envy I imagine from being noticed when the good looking woman I am sitting next too zooms past them, superiority too perhaps, not sure, maybe all of them ? Anyway it’s only one thing I love her for of course ! but it does give me a kick.

I was wondering if others to like to share cars with their other halves ? Or are a bit more cautious than I am with their partner at the wheel ?

[toon10]

My girlfriend likes 4x4's and drives a Rav 4. She dislikes my car because it makes her feel ill when I corner and the seating is too low down for her. Miss Daisy overtook her once too.

I leave the cooking and cleaning to her, I look after the driving. ;-)

[C.A.R.]

Truly terrifying.

[MrMagoo]

C.A.R. said:

Truly terrifying.

This.

[BorkFactor]

I once let my ex girlfriend drive my old ST24 - it was a traumatising experience.

After I warned her, she started the car which was left in first without putting her foot on the clutch! Literally an inch from the only solid object in the entire car park. Then there was reversing out of the parking space - 3500 rpm riding the clutch at about 2 mph. I put this down to being a new car, so told her to move forward she didn't need to touch the throttle at all. Sure enough, she let the clutch out slowly and the car set off smoothly. Then she plants her foot on the throttle almost sending us into the sea!

She never got to drive the car again after that

[devnull]

My OH's road manners are generally fine - enough confidence on the road, drives well, etc, but will not drive any other car than her own (a fabia). I've insured her on my MX5, she's driven it once and that was that. Wont go near my C Class as she think it's too big.

[Mr E]

She laps faster in the Elise than I do

[SirSamuelOfBuca]

Let my gf drive my 5 gt turbo on Sunday. She's hates being a passenger in it.

Once she managed to pull off without stalling she pulled out on to a449 and blasted it slipping clutch in every gear while looking at her feet rather than road.

She now loves the car but tbh it will most likely the only time I let her drive it!

Just to add it is the worse car to passenger in. Makes you want to throw up plus it's actually scary!

[S10GTA]

Mine wont drive the GTA, she is scared of it

[CedricN]

+1 !

Especially when I see her chasing the modern porkers on the Porsche club track days with my 924 Turbo. A joy! To bad I seldom get the chance to be instructor due to stupid rules, its really nice to see her push the car more and more, faster and faster (Her first time on track we flew of backwards in pouring rain after whe ran out of lock, thought it would be her last time )

She also wants me to buy an Elise, and wants to pay half of it. Cant say no to that


Edit: In the beginning she didnt want to try the porsche at all, but I insisted. No one is world champ the first time, let them try until they canhandle it, how else will they ever learn.

Edit2:
Its has also been shown that my overly senstive mechanical sympathy(noises, gearbox, scratches etc etc) was transferable to her, its just about long time education

Edited by CedricN on Tuesday 19th June 09:27

Edited by CedricN on Tuesday 19th June 09:33

[mikeplayer]

MrMagoo said:

This.

Third-ed, mine seems to spend more attention smoking and chatting than watching whats going on in front of her car.

[joe_90]

Sits too close to the wheel, I keep telling her if he has an accident her legs will be the first to go.. But will she listen.. no

Oh, and rams it into first rather than let it pop in as it wants.

[Baldy881]

My missus actually requested to be taken off the insurance for the Integrale this time around. She'd never get it back in the garage without a) knocking down a wall b) reversing over my fishing rods c) skittling the motor bike over. And it scares her. Fine by me

Found my current missus and ex wife the same in respect of cars. They tell me in great length about the fantastic fast cars they've owned and then whenever i'm driving and put my foot down they st themselves and tell me to slow down. Missus had a Cooper S when we met, she asked if i'd like a drive in it (i'm NOT a fan of BMW Mini and she was trying to convert me). Afterwards she said 'i never knew my car would go that fast'. I don't think they knew they went round corners as well.

Just signed the missus up for a 69bhp Fabia 1.2SE which she seems happy with these days

[Cyrus1971]

So (in a rather un-inspiring way) it seems if your OH is like mine and can drive well then you're OK with it, perhaps even enjoy it. If not then having them drive was a one time only gesture that won't be repeated :-)

[tucks]

i thought i was the only bloke sad enough to gain sinister pleasure from watching my OH drive my car. no word of a lie, i keep a video on my phone of a day when i made her drive the Monaro away from our house and forced her to plant her foot down. i use this video on occasions when im feeling glum. i think i have a V8/blonde girl driving and grinning fetish. is that so wrong?
However, i dont like it when she comes home with a story of "oh, this chap asked about your car at the petrol station today". just so you know guys, i know what your up to. you swines.

[GruntyDC5]

Mine hates driving the DC5 and to be honest I hate her driving it. She is a very nervous driver and a danger to herself and others quite a lot of the time. Then other times she is fine and just gets on with it.

She's a strange one in that respect, and many others.

[toon10]

The first time my ex drove my old V6 Modeo, she reversed off the drive and into a neighbours Astra. Her excuse was that it was bigger than her Fiesta. She never drove it again.

[Fartgalen]

My missus gets to drive a lot. She doesn't drink
She's generally very good behind the wheel, but I still find plenty to complain about. (In the wrong gear, too fast, too close to car in front, not looking where she's going, etc). She loves to drive the Mustang, and loves the V8 burble. Probably likes pressing the loud pedal a bit too much, but it's nice to watch and hear.

[Krikkit]

Mine's a generally good driver, but has very poor mechanical sympathy. She loved a quick blast in my Rallye down a backroad (which was surreal being driven in the passenger seat!), but I wouldn't leave it with her for long.

[Riknos]

Can't remember the last time I was a passenger with a female when their driving didn't scare or worry me. Is it in their DNA to glue themselves to the rear bumper of cars in front, even when doing 90 on a crowded motorway? Or despite having 20:20 vision, not actually being able to look more than 6ft in front of them, even when doing said speeds on motorways?

Utterly shocking.