detansinn

Our Targa is our “date” car. We’ve been married for 30 years.
I am not going to play RennList marriage therapist. The OP needs to communicate with their spouse instead of asking a bunch of randos. The gender angle doesn’t play with a 911 as it’s a car with pretty universal appeal — just look at some of the posts in this thread. 👍

rwbern

Well, it’s not so simple for some of us.
* #1 - a younger partner - ‘70 911T - she drive it a little but cleaned the rims with a soft toothbrush
* #2 - younger partner - mother of the children - ‘75 911S - never quite understood & drove it a little till she backed into/under a pick up
* #3 - younger(much) partner - ‘85 930 - never understood - drive? She knew better after a few demo laps - had to make a choice
Still best of friends with all. :-)

Guess I am a slow learner; P cars are cheaper than ex-wives. While I still enjoy a lady’s company, younger of course, I know what to expect from the 911 on a daily basis. Great thing about being older is I get to choose.

Muckesäckele

Dude, you gotta keeper! She motos? Damn, I'm impressed! My wife is an avid skier and mountain biker who's a former commercial driver. When she put the chains on the 15 passenger vans, the men on her trips couldn't believe this diminutive woman was TAKING CHARGE! I'm very lucky to call her my tandem bicycle partner on and off road. I think if she weren't such a tree-hugger and liked motors more, she'd ride a motorcycles (her brother has probably accumulated a million GoldWing miles in his life so far). That said, she rocked a manual Jeep in Moab way back in the day, so she's a natural behind the wheel.

Anyway, really cool you shared that. You moto too? I've had an endorsement for almost 20 years, but still haven't taken the plunge to ownership. As a cyclist who used to descend like an idiot and madman, I see performance street bikes as "descending all day!" I'd kill myself within a week!

Anyway, kudos to you and your wife!

txpackers

Yes, she is a keeper. We’ve been married for over 30 years now. Your wife sounds great too. Shared interests certainly help keep marriages strong.

My wife rides an Indian Super Chief. She keeps telling me I should get a motorcycle, but I’m only into cars. I think it goes back to having many friends in my younger years who rode and all dumped their motorcycles at some time. In almost every case, the cause was other idiots on the road.

Interesting you mention a Jeep Wrangler with a manual transmission. That’s always been one of her dreams. Also been looking at the new Tacoma with a manual. Some day I expect we’ll have one or the other in the garage too.