So do any of you notice you drive a lot less "spirited" when you have your spouse or significant other along for a drive? I can feel the evil eye and the wife's eyes glued on the speedo when I am geting a little rambunctious.

What kind of comments do you hear as a warning?

 

"Are you in a HURRY???"

"You're going to get ANOTHER ticket"

"I hate to see what you drive like when I'm NOT in the car".




I recently got a long-sleeved T shirt from OutMotoring. On one of the sleeves it says, "Full Throttle. All the Time". She says, "that shirt is perfect for you".

 

We have had a few laughs already..... enjoy!

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My wife drives faster than me...

 

I had not considered this as a possible benefit to my current marital status...so thanks!!

 

Same here, though I don't think she goes around corners quite as fast.

 

While hanging on around a corner my wife commented on how it's a good thing that ours has the sport seats with the beefier side bolsters. So I try not to take corners quite as hard as I do when I'm alone.

 

Ah, yes. The husband was not a fan of me upgrading my '04 MCS to an '07 MCS turbo, until he learned that the newer versions came with an "OH S#$%" handle. When he's in the car, I'm strongly reminded of when my mom was in the car when I first started driving. Many *GASP* noises, and frantic clutching of handles.

The best was when we were zooming the Blue Ridge and I was going UPhill (had to gain speed to do it, ya?), and didn't realize the rail road tracks weren't as even w/the road as I thought. Got some crazy lift! I thought the poor guy was going to have a heart attack at 34.

He keeps grumbling something about "crazy driver" or some such nonsense. Mints & I ignore him.

 

I dont have that issue my wife races soloII we only ever fight over who gets to drive what car

 

The Oh S#$% handle was one of the useful improvements which came with the 05 model year. Another one of the reasons we upgraded our 04.

 

My wife always wants me to drive faster, but always safe. I'm a spirited driver only when it's either me and/or her in the vehicle. Most people say I'm a good driver...

I believe that you can have fun driving without killing people. Don't tailgate (three second rule always!) and don't take unnecessary risks/idiotic maneveurs (spelling?).

"It's like going to Six Flags without paying for a ticket!"

 

My wife keeps her eye on the speedo, so that I don't get traffic tickets and lose my license and no longer can motor my MINI (as she puts it).

However, when in Manhattan she pretty much is too busy invoking the Holy Family to offer motoring advice. I tend to swerve like a taxi a lot, cut in front of trucks and buses when necessary, not to mention the gas guzzlers. I once had my daughter hyperventilating some years back when I steered our Volvo wagon between a couple of trucks and a bus to make a quick turn.

"Nothing like a relaxing drive in the city," I say.
"And this is nothing like it!" they reply, foot-stomping-like-rap-beat-on-the-brake-pedal-that-isn't-there.
Fun times.

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my wife drives a RSX and a Ducati Monster ..... she does not care.

 

My wife just gives me a soft tap on my shift hand when I'm a little to close to the triple digits, but in the curves she just grabs the OS handle.

 

That is the problem that we have. Now that I finally let him drive the Mini, he wants to drive it all the time, and I'm not having it!

I am definitely the speeder in our family. But, yesterday, we carpooled. He dropped me off with 3/4 a tank of gas. When he picked me up 3 hours later, there was ony 1/4 left. He told me that he can't buy himself a Mini because he was going 95 on the freeway, 65 in town and barely realized it.

 

My wife tells people that I no longer make turns... I make right-angle corners.

I consider that a compliment

 

Our first drip down The Dragon this year, about halfway through, my SO says, "where did you learn to drive like that" ?

I said, "what do you mean" ?

She says, "Breaking hard right before you hit the curve and then accelerating out of it".

I asked her, "How would you take these curves" ?

She replied, "I would slow break way before the curves and then just coast through them".

What else could I say, other than, "then I'm really glad you're not driving".

 

I was wondering what that skreeging sound was as I went around corners very fast with the wife in the car...I thought it was the speed warning, now you tell me it was my wife the whole time..no wonder.....

 

I have to say, though, that while the hubby grumbles a lot, he almost always makes me drive in other countries - particularly when it's opposite-side-of-the-road, opposite-side-of-the-car kind of countries! In Ireland he tried crawling under the dash a few times...that was around the same time I realized that the speed limit signs weren't KMs but MPHs! The roads were only about 8' wide with the famous flagstone walls about 3" from the road. And I wasn't even driving a MINI!! (Boy, but I wish I had been!)

 

It's not an evil eye thing from my spouse. It has more to do with her comfort.

 

I think she would have a hard time saying anything through the giant smile. If anything she eggs me on. "I hope your not in one of those save gas moods today." followed by an excited grin.

 

"NO!!!" That's what the Roof Handle is FOR!!!

 

No issues from the wife about my driving, she is more aggressive than I am.
I do slow down when I have the dogs in the car.
If I don't, they tend to pinball around the boot area.

 

At the Dragon; "I'm going to puke if you don't slow down"

 

On a recent run with DCMM, my friend was motoring behind me and told me shortly thereafter that he new that my wife was screaming when he saw me apply the brakes on my 2007 MCS when we went over hills and around turns....