Other Half's worst driving habit?
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Mine's easy. She has absolutely no sense of direction. She dropped off our eldest at a football club about 3 miles from our home this morning. It's a simple 5 minute rural journey. The previous day she drove there and back twice, the day before that she drove there with me to see where it was. So today on her 4th such visit within 48 hours she apparently went sailing straight past and ended up in the next town, before she realized her mistake. I guess I'll have to rig up the sat-nav for tomorrow!
Shes not driven for a while but when she did, Driving FAR too close to the steering wheel. It seems dangerous to me? Airbag just t
tting her in the face in a crash rather than it having time to deploy properly. But shes tiny so i guess she needs to be closer to the steering wheel than i can only imagine.
tting her in the face in a crash rather than it having time to deploy properly. But shes tiny so i guess she needs to be closer to the steering wheel than i can only imagine.
The Crack Fox said:
2-Sense of direction. Once attempted to drive to the West Midlands. Refused to take the TomTom. Called me lost in tears saying the signs are all funny (they woudl be, she was in Wales).
My ex didnt have any really, she was pretty handy bhind the wheel and drove her car like it should be alot of the time (r53 cooper s)
other ex's however have been atrocious
Ray Luxury-Yacht said:
Driving.
Going from 5th at 70mph to 2nd whilst holding the clutch in till 20mph, letting the clutch out, deciding she doesn't want 2nd, puts it in 3rd and labours the engine at 1500rpm.
Either that or the fact that brick walls keep jumping out on her whilst reversing the car.
Can't tell left from right.
Best one was when I had criticised her driving too much and she told me to STFU (I had only asked her to change gear). I knew she hadn't spotted the stop sign, so kept quiet and an eye out for cars coming (it was dark and easy to spot headlights). She threw the anchors out about 10m before the sign and we skidded to a stop in the middle of the road.
I didn't say anything, but there was a distict silence for the rest of the journey. I've never felt smugness like it before
Approaching Give Ways at junctions and roundabouts as if she's going to carry on at a reasonable speed and then suddenly slowing down. I'm amazed she hasn't been rear-ended more often (only once).
Coupled with this, and I've seen other female drivers doing this, she'll ram the car into first at any speed below about 15MPH.
Coupled with this, and I've seen other female drivers doing this, she'll ram the car into first at any speed below about 15MPH.
My wife is a pretty good driver, can park better than I can, that's for sure.
Her annoying things are driving anywhere at the drop of a hat with no consideration to fuel, picking up and dropping off the kids when the lazy feckers could use public transport. To be fair they go to school on the Bus every day but are apt to try and scrounge a lift whenever possible.
Car is always a st tip, no consideration to maintenance, cleaning or whatever, her argument is its my job, funny how women say stuff like that but get all feminist when anyone says cooking or cleaning is "Womans Work", I dont hold with that view either and am happy to don a pinny and knock up a roast, did make me laugh when they asked for equality and the government said "Ok, you can work until 65 as well", "well actually we meant on pay and stuff"
She gets a bit focused on getting somewhere like some crappy, unimportant school thing and if late will speed in a 30 where she shouldn't, I get told off for saying, "You are doing 45 mph in a 30", "you drive then" is the usual response,I just don't want her to hurt someone or get nicked, if one of the kids is having having seizure then speed all you want but a school music evening isnt a valid reason.
She tends to accelerate towards "situations", or at least doesn't back off when there is something going on in front, thats when I start pressing the imaginary brake pedal, say a car pulling out and one turning into the same road, ok will probably clear by the time we get there but I prefer to back off, see what transpires rather than leaving it to the last minute.
Usually in too low a gear, sometimes two gears lower, I just say you can pay for the fuel if you are going to do that, though nowadays I just shut up as it always ends badly if I say anything and sometimes she cant hear me for the engine hammering away anyway !
Demonstrates Super human, Amazing clutch control, but really just applying the handbrake and putting the car in neutral would be more appropriate.
By and large though, she is probably a better driver than me in a lot of situations and isn't one of those women that refuses to drive anything bigger than an "ickle blue one", stick her in anything and she just gets on with it.
Her annoying things are driving anywhere at the drop of a hat with no consideration to fuel, picking up and dropping off the kids when the lazy feckers could use public transport. To be fair they go to school on the Bus every day but are apt to try and scrounge a lift whenever possible.
Car is always a s
t tip, no consideration to maintenance, cleaning or whatever, her argument is its my job, funny how women say stuff like that but get all feminist when anyone says cooking or cleaning is "Womans Work", I dont hold with that view either and am happy to don a pinny and knock up a roast, did make me laugh when they asked for equality and the government said "Ok, you can work until 65 as well", "well actually we meant on pay and stuff" She gets a bit focused on getting somewhere like some crappy, unimportant school thing and if late will speed in a 30 where she shouldn't, I get told off for saying, "You are doing 45 mph in a 30", "you drive then" is the usual response,I just don't want her to hurt someone or get nicked, if one of the kids is having having seizure then speed all you want but a school music evening isnt a valid reason.
She tends to accelerate towards "situations", or at least doesn't back off when there is something going on in front, thats when I start pressing the imaginary brake pedal, say a car pulling out and one turning into the same road, ok will probably clear by the time we get there but I prefer to back off, see what transpires rather than leaving it to the last minute.
Usually in too low a gear, sometimes two gears lower, I just say you can pay for the fuel if you are going to do that, though nowadays I just shut up as it always ends badly if I say anything and sometimes she cant hear me for the engine hammering away anyway !
Demonstrates Super human, Amazing clutch control, but really just applying the handbrake and putting the car in neutral would be more appropriate.
By and large though, she is probably a better driver than me in a lot of situations and isn't one of those women that refuses to drive anything bigger than an "ickle blue one", stick her in anything and she just gets on with it.
At the top of the hill we live on is a T-junction with a main road. Every single day, she gets to the top of the hill, then, whilst waiting for a gap, rides the clutch to balance the car on the hill, rather than apply the hand brake.
Then, she wonders why her car required a new DMF recently, at a cost of £££. Apparently, that makes the car unreliable.
Then, she wonders why her car required a new DMF recently, at a cost of £££. Apparently, that makes the car unreliable.
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