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Originally Posted by 66SuperSport
Right there with you man. My wife drives all of our cars, and autocrosses them too. She enjoys them as much if not more than I do. Not only is it easier to justify the cost of parts, upgrades, ect.... it makes it more interesting and enjoyable. I know everyone does not have a wife that's into this stuff as much as mine, but she grew up around cars and racing and we don't have any kids to worry about either.
If the wife shows interest, by all means I would let her get involved. If she decides it's not for her, that's fine too. I wouldn't force it either way. I would highly recommend some type of driving school to take the edge off driving one of our cars. I know my wife's ability behind the wheel has been greatly improved by taking a class with our local SCCA autocross group as well as the Evolution school. Even if they never compete at an event they will learn more about car control in one day at the EVO school than they have in their whole life. I plan on going myself next year if I can.
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My wife did the autocross school, autocross, and drag strip at RTTH's. We both had a blast. To the point where once the 68 Camaro is "done" will start looking for a second classic car. Surprisingly she had more trouble at the dragstrip than the autocross. She did great at the autocross, but she was either short shifting or bouncing off the rev limiter at the strip. I guess I need a brighter shift light??
Like Josh said " it's insured" and to be honest with what these cars seem to be selling for lately it's probably over insured. As long as no one is hurt I'm not worried about what happens to the car. I know she's scared of messing the car up, but I'm not worried. She can't beat on the car any harder than I do, and if something happens that's not covered by insurance I just gives my a reason to make it better than it was.