Your spouse... Your car...

[clontarf_x]

The last time I let my significant other drive my car, it was in a huge limestone carpark. Nothing anywhere near, even an asian L plater could of driven safely within the boundaries.

Then she panicked and almost sent my xf fairmont ghia into the Mandurah Estuary.

Never, ever again.... ever.... *Puts the ST's keys in his small desposit safe*

[HOON69]

actually i have let her but i try not to make it a habit.

[Feathers]

Originally Posted by clontarf_x

The last time I let my significant other drive my car, it was in a huge limestone carpark. Nothing anywhere near, even an asian L plater could of driven safely within the boundaries.

My Dad took me to an industrial estate near his work one weekend to teach me to drive in his ute.
Things were going well for about an hour, until he told me to turn into an empty car park, so I could practice reverse parking between the lines.

Unfortunantly the car park had thick steel around the entry to stop trucks parking in there, and he didn't realise that the tray on the ute, being wider than the cab wouldn't fit through.

Smashed the passenger side mirror, and pushed in the door, as well as knocking the tray out of alignment. He just turned to me, and said, "ok, lets skip that". I was distraught, but he wanted to keep on going with the lesson.

Obviously didn't learn his lesson, as he took me to the same place to teach me to drive a bus. We gave the car park a miss that time.

[XplosiveR6]

I always let my g/f drive my car, i dont really care, she is a good driver. prob is now that she grew to love falcons and now she has a much better car then me - traded her dawoo in for a BA!

[rag top]

Nope, mrs backed it out the drive way, and that was enough for her. Now she refuses to move it. She has never been for a drive in it, apart from the 1 occasion she backed it out of the driveway.

[EFFalcon]

so long as i'm in the car....

[RegSpec]

My wife uses our BA XR8 6spd. for her daily driver. Does more ks than I do!
She was the one who insisted that our new car had to be a manual. :eclipsee_

[XR8GRL]

Lucky for mr. philstoj the pursuit is manual, so I can't drive it. I have no problem with him driving my ute.

[the lane]

Only when I've had a couple too many beers, she prefers to drive own EF.She drives too bloody slow anyway ,at those low revs it will only glaze the bore,well thats the BS I tell her. :

[OzJavelin]

Wife and I interchange cars all the time (all the cars are registered to me .. so technically all mine). I don't worry about her driving them, I just worry about what happens to them where they get parked (eg. shopping centre carpark)
Wifes first car: HT Holden 202, 3-spd manual
Wifes second car: ZB Fairlane V8, auto
.. basically if you can drive/own a pre '70s car (ie. crap brakes, steering, etc), you're pretty right with anything ..

[Lukeyson]

we both have pretty much the same car, just hers has 4 doors, mine has 2

[Matty_XR6]

My missus shares a passion for cars so she minda treats it as well as i do.. althou everytime she has taken it to the shops it getsv scratches (well not everytime) but i know she can drive.. she had her old man teach her who used to do off road racing in buggies
I make sure she drives it calm as she is on insurance but premium is sooo high..

***hmmm have to get cheap car for her***

[FPV GT]

No problems letting the Lovely Liz drive the GT.

I love the look on the face of the WannaBeRevheadsCuzTheirNot's face's when they see a woman driving a V8.
One neanderthal knuckle dragger commented that "Why do ya let the a sheila drive ya GT?"............... I bet he is single

Regards
Paul

[FTE217]

My wife is too scared to drive my cars knowing how much I look after them.
I had a VT wagon lowered nice 19's, she went to the local shops seeing the VT was blocking her car in the driveway.
There I am working on the front garden as she comes back and I notice the back rim is scrapped/gouged right around the whole rim !!!! I'm having convoltions !
My self control was tested to the max but I couldn't contain myself lol, my eldest son ran upstairs going "mum's going to cop it,mum's going to cop it".
I said didn't you hear the friggin scrapping !!
She looks at me like WTF are you on about ?
Look at this I say !
Oh it's only the wheel !
OMG wait till you see the replacement cost on the bank statement then you won't say "it's only a wheel"...haha cop that !

It's the best thing that ever happened, she's too scared and wouldn't dare drive my cars again !!

[Blue Thunder 2]

Mrs Blue Thunder here. The GT is my main ride during the week and I must say love the awesome baby. Like you say about your wife FPV GT being a woman and cruising along the road in a big V8 you do get quite a few looks. Love to see the fella's admiring my beast. Gives me a bit of a chuckle sometimes and makes you feel pretty proud of your car. Come the weekend though, I can't get near the drivers seat and I am not allowed anyway otherwise he cracks and says he never gets to drive the bloody thing. Oh well, suppose I got to give him a turn sometimes. We have this running joke between us. Goes like this. When he goes to take the GT out, I say - Don't you hurt MY GT. He says - WHO'S GT - OUR GT!!!
We are both as fussy about it and both LUV "OUR GT".

Originally Posted by Bucknaked

She prefers to drive the focus and I prefer to drive the falcon. Both cars are as much mine, as they are her's. We share. So theres no his or her's in our house

We are the same ,Both cars in my name but she owns me so she drive the XR day to day (for her thats only about 50klms a week) i use it to tow the Seadoo and for the rest of the year it stays in the gararge Wife is learning to drive Manual because she loves the Focus ..

Whats Mine is Hers And whats Hers is Hers!

[Cobra]

Originally Posted by rodderz

My missus hates manuals

Problem solved!

My missus hates autos

Problem solved? Yep! Till I wanna drive a manual that is...

[Blue Thunder 2]

Know where you stand Stampy. Good to hear you know who's the boss!!!

[SunDrifter]

My missus is 22, and won't be covered on my XR's insurance for another 3 years. We'll see if she drives the car then.

She panicks a bit when i'm a passanger in her car, but i know that she is actually a good car, if not a little too cautious.

[bprint xr8]

I dont have a spouse or a girlfriend, but have let some female friends drive my car (all over 25)

[Tote]

Nic drives the Landrover as much as I do, she drives the copany BA as well, she has driven the ute when she needs to and can drive them all as well as me, the only thing she's nervous about is loaded car trailers.
Regards,
Tote

[TheSneakiness]

I don't have a significant other to drive my ute.

However, there are probably no women my age on the Coast who wanna drive Fords...

Maybe I should move???

[big_waity]

Originally Posted by EFFalcon

so long as i'm in the car....

Other way round for me....

I'd rather not be in the car. Picture it, married, 1 car, I can walk to work, Uni is a 30 minute drive for her. As unfortunate as it is, she must drive the car. I can't afford to have 2 cars either. We tried that a couple of times, but the cost is too high. Aside from knocking the front bar off 3 times cause she parks to close to trees in front of her, she has caused less damage to the car than me. Funny thing is, I don't know how. Oh, she also ripped the plastic stone deflecter out from under the car reversing out of the car at about 40k's an hour. Oh, AND! she was the one driving when the T5 blew up in the EF. That was only cause I didn't have a license though.

[jmc-007]

Originally Posted by HOON69

actually i have let her but i try not to make it a habit.

The other day (monday arvo this week) after work. She said can i have a go driving your car in the carpark. I said cool no worries. All down hill from there.

She is not a very tall lass. about 4foot9 . Complains ford should make cars so small people can drive them.

Then proceds to Mash the accel pedal thinking she is in the Barina. :

: by this stage we are doing close to 70KPH in a carpark. never again and the next car will be a manual so she doesnt think about asking for a drive.

[Valknutr]

i let the ex drive the car, she absolutely hammered the hell out of it but i couldnt care less it can be fixed, plus she paid for petrol and she gave me an added incentive to let her keep driving it......

[luke]

Geez... I'm over protective... I wouldn't even let my MUM drive my car (I bought it off her -- she drove it for about 10 years).
I don't have a spouse, but my last girlfriend drove my car and that was when i found out my car has a rev limiter! Never again.

[SSBUB]

you dont let your old lady drive an EA after her owning it for 10 years??!!
hahaha!!

[bathurst77]

Mrs Bathurst77 dont even have a drivers licence.

(maybe when she is old enough I will let her, for now she can take the kids on the bus)

[XR82GO]

i have no worries letting my other half drive my car...she is a great driver and doesnt do over the speed limit like some women i have seen

[JAK]

I bought the car for the family anyway.............. her's during the week......mine on weekends!!