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Old 07-16-2019, 09:19 PM
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My wife has zero interest in driving my car... She prefers her Mazda... She doesn’t have the car bug.

Right now she just sees it as “what else could we have used that money for”.
Old 07-16-2019, 09:20 PM
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Maybe this thread needs a poll
Old 07-16-2019, 09:25 PM
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Hell NO! I make that woman stay in the kitchen and make me sandwiches.
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Old 07-16-2019, 09:29 PM
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I am happy to share the GT3 experience with my girlfriend , we eat in the car, park it in the street, take it to the mall - its a car after all!
Old 07-16-2019, 09:36 PM
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I don't have a GT3 yet. My wife doesn't drive my two Porsches because she doesn't know how to drive a manual and has no desire too......I can't relate at all. For some reason, she is very happy with her 2010 RAV4?????
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Honestly..... is this the 1950's??? Not only does my wife drive our GT3 but she tracks our GT3 with me. We have an autocross next week together and we have an HPDE at Watkins together in September. For a forum of car guys Im shocked at how boorish the responses are. Do none of you have wives that have any driving skills at all and if not why are not you teaching them? Seriously-
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Old 07-16-2019, 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Gt4doc
Honestly..... is this the 1950's??? Not only does my wife drive our GT3 but she tracks our GT3 with me. We have an autocross next week together and we have an HPDE at Watkins together in September. For a forum of car guys Im shocked at how boorish the responses are. Do none of you have wives that have any driving skills at all and if not why are not you teaching them? Seriously-
By that logic, are you in to girly things your wife does? I mean, where are all the men who are really into mani/pedis? Lol jk

seriously though, the question was how many dudes LET their wives drive. It’s one thing to keep your wife from driving your car and another if you let her and she has no interest. Good on you for having a girl that’s into driving!
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Originally Posted by Gt4doc
Honestly..... is this the 1950's??? Not only does my wife drive our GT3 but she tracks our GT3 with me. We have an autocross next week together and we have an HPDE at Watkins together in September. For a forum of car guys Im shocked at how boorish the responses are. Do none of you have wives that have any driving skills at all and if not why are not you teaching them? Seriously-
Men and women are different. They have different interests and levels of competency. QED
Old 07-16-2019, 10:27 PM
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Drive it? Mine hasn’t even ridden in it! Similar to others above, my wife doesn’t have the car bug and has no interest. She prefers my truck or her van.
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Old 07-16-2019, 10:28 PM
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My wife has no interest...

teaching her would be selfish - it would be for me. Not her. she has her her own hobbies. (Some of which i have no interest in).

I think it’s a good thing that we each have our own interests. No need to share everything.


Originally Posted by Gt4doc
Honestly..... is this the 1950's??? Not only does my wife drive our GT3 but she tracks our GT3 with me. We have an autocross next week together and we have an HPDE at Watkins together in September. For a forum of car guys Im shocked at how boorish the responses are. Do none of you have wives that have any driving skills at all and if not why are not you teaching them? Seriously-
Old 07-16-2019, 10:39 PM
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I let her only if she lets me drive her CGT.
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My wife has no interest in anything in the garage besides her volvo xc90. She drove one of my LFA’s once for two miles. Think she gets nervous. Is what it is. She doesn’t have the “sports car/need for speed” bug.
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GF prefers uber and public transport. This after I got her the vehicle she wanted and fixed it up for her. She seems really appreciative and won’t let me sell it, but I am the only one who drives it. She has ridden in the GT3 a few times. She usually just falls asleep (apparently the LWB are comfortable for her too). If we go someplace, I usually take “her” vehicle even though I drive.
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Originally Posted by Gt4doc
Honestly..... is this the 1950's??? Not only does my wife drive our GT3 but she tracks our GT3 with me. We have an autocross next week together and we have an HPDE at Watkins together in September. For a forum of car guys Im shocked at how boorish the responses are. Do none of you have wives that have any driving skills at all and if not why are not you teaching them? Seriously-
Felt the same way reading this.. bizarre question and even more strange that no one had an adverse reaction to the predicate. There is no "let" or "allow" in my marriage. Side note: very proud that my wife is featured in only video on the Internet I could find of a girl driving a P1... that was a fun experience.
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Why does it matter? Let anyone who you trust and is a good driver drive your car.
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