Do you let your wife/girlfriend drive your car?

[jjarky]

Was sitting at the dinner table this week and out of no where my wife says "You should let me drive your car." That was a shocker. She's never asked me that before, and we've never discussed it. As I choked down my last bite, I calmly said "Sure", knowing that was the only answer that would be acceptable!

On one hand I was somewhat excited, thinking it might get her more involved in my hobby. On the other hand, I'm wondering if this will lead to her wanting to take the car without me in it! Don't think my stomach could handle that one.

Thought it might be interesting to see how others have or would handle this situation.

[Andrew]

lol at the vote so far.

'Taking it out without you" would be my biggest worry. Almost like letting your 16 year old son take it out for a night on the town with his friends. I would be very uneasy.

[JMitch19]

The more my wife enjoys the car the easier it is for me to justify spending more money on it. Also, she makes more money than me so it's in the best interest of the car and I that she likes it. J/K kinda

[214Chevy]

Not only naw, but hell naw. Sorry, but nobody drives my cars...not even my wife. I love her to death, but there are certain things she does that I feel I'm not entitled to, therefore, my cars apply to her in the same manner. And she understands that and has no problem with it believe it or not.

[Vegas69]

Originally Posted by 509Chevelle

Not only naw, but hell naw. Sorry, but nobody drives my cars...not even my wife. I love her to death, but there are certain things she does that I feel I'm not entitled to, therefore, my cars apply to her in the same manner. And she understands that and has no problem with it believe it or not.

Sounds like you wear the pants at your house too...

[GregWeld]

My wife knows not to even ask.... She knows the answer.

[66SuperSport]

Originally Posted by JMitch19

The more my wife enjoys the car the easier it is for me to justify spending more money on it. Also, she makes more money than me so it's in the best interest of the car and I that she likes it. J/K kinda

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.

[Ron in SoCal]

Some guys have wives/familes that enjoy this together and I think that's great! ^ I think you have to own a 66/67 Chevelle to get into that club though...

I've never had a wife or GF drive one of my Camaros. Too hard core for them I guess?

They don't ride my softtail Harleys either (I barely do these days!). Ex wife used to drive our weekend car - Porsche, but I wasn't too happy about that on many levels. I did teach her to go get the truck/trailer when we were taking the boat off the lake, but that's a threadjack...

[JMitch19]

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.

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.

[GregWeld]

All I could think about at Thunderhill this weekend... is buying (as Charley chided me about all weekend) a Renegade Stacker -- and having a car for Gwen so she could track at her own level (spec Miata etc). She'd love it - but would never admit to it... LOL

I think I'll send her to Bondurant and see what happens.