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is your wife/gf a good driver?

Posted on 1/16/23 at 8:51 am
Posted by Jason_EZ
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Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
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Posted on 1/16/23 at 8:52 am to
yes, she's an excellent driver


ETA: looks like a bait and switch thread
This post was edited on 1/16/23 at 8:53 am
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
53061 posts
Posted on 1/16/23 at 8:54 am to
My wife is not a good driver and she'd readily admit that. She's gotten better as she's gotten older. She just drives more conservatively now.
This post was edited on 1/16/23 at 8:55 am
Posted by Gings5
Member since Jul 2016
11031 posts
Posted on 1/16/23 at 8:55 am to
Nope. My car insurance tripled when she joined it after we got married.

Luckily, she only drives about 10 miles a week so wreck chances are minimal.
This post was edited on 1/16/23 at 11:30 am
Posted by John McClane
Member since Apr 2010
37168 posts
Posted on 1/16/23 at 8:55 am to
Yes
Posted by Gee Grenouille
Bogalusa
Member since Jul 2018
7550 posts
Posted on 1/16/23 at 8:57 am to
My wife is probably a better driver than me but she barks at everyone on the road.
Posted by Jimbeaux
Member since Sep 2003
21338 posts
Posted on 1/16/23 at 8:58 am to
My wife is subpar driver, who gets progressively worse when she’s angry.

But that doesn’t stop her from chirping at me the whole time I’m driving. “Watch that car!”, “They’re stopping!”, “There’s a person trying to cross!”

Pounding on my last nerve.
Posted by bbarras85
Member since Jul 2021
2318 posts
Posted on 1/16/23 at 8:58 am to
No. Every car she's owned since we've been together have been wrecked. The last one wasn't her fault though. But still, shes a terrible driver. How do you manage to back into shite with back up cameras and parking sensors is beyond me.
Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
Member since Aug 2008
41694 posts
Posted on 1/16/23 at 8:59 am to
Meh, she works a clutch well…but overall, B…takes turns too wide in town and doesn’t have good anticipation on the highway. I bought her the safest vehicle I could…and in the last 20 years she’s only hit a deer.
Posted by The Third Leg
Idiot Out Wandering Around
Member since May 2014
11741 posts
Posted on 1/16/23 at 9:02 am to
quote:

is your wife/gf a good driver?

My wife is a very good driver, but her weakness is urban freeways and not being defensive when she changes lanes. She is the best parallel parker I’ve ever known.
Posted by sleepytime
Member since Feb 2014
3852 posts
Posted on 1/16/23 at 9:04 am to
She’s an excellent driver except for scraping parking blocks or curbs with the lower part of the bumper. .
This post was edited on 1/16/23 at 9:05 am
Posted by Byrdybyrd05
Member since Nov 2014
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Posted on 1/16/23 at 9:04 am to
Posted by Scuttle Buttin
Member since May 2020
447 posts
Posted on 1/16/23 at 9:04 am to
Yes but she's a better navigator.
Posted by chrome_daddy
LA (Lower Ashvegas)
Member since May 2004
2463 posts
Posted on 1/16/23 at 9:10 am to
She is for the most part. She drives mostly the way I do (fast) and doesn't wreck. Invariably tho, her cars end up w more scrapes and scratches than mine do. She does tend to hang the passenger side front tire off the pavement and blow tires, but she knows how to change it.

But in general she's hard on equipment, don't know how many deck wheels she broke off our Kubota lawn tractor as she just goes flat out. I've since upgraded to an Ariens 60 zero turn, she's not allowed to touch it.
Posted by wheelr
Banned
Member since Jul 2012
5846 posts
Posted on 1/16/23 at 9:12 am to
My recent ex wasn't a horrible driver.

What I did learn though, is some people only look at the car in front of them instead of looking way ahead.
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
70953 posts
Posted on 1/16/23 at 9:13 am to
No. She's a danger to everyone.
Posted by andouille
A table near a waiter.
Member since Dec 2004
11384 posts
Posted on 1/16/23 at 9:13 am to
No No No, scary bad. She tailgates relentlessly, zero defensive skills, has a wreck about every 3 years that I pay for because if I reported it all to insurance, we would be assigned risk.

Unfortunately, I had a fall and my injuries mean she has to drive except for a few short local trips. Her friends refuse to ride with her, she is over 70 and thinks she has the same reflexes she did when she was 18.

If we get on the Interstate she spends more time in the left lane than Nancy Pelosi, she won't move over until someone gets behind her and starts honking.

I pray self-driving cars are affordable before she kills us both.
Posted by Bamafig
Member since Nov 2018
5849 posts
Posted on 1/16/23 at 9:15 am to
Of course not. Neither is my oldest daughter. You would think that they were Asian.
Posted by Willie Stroker
Member since Sep 2008
15646 posts
Posted on 1/16/23 at 9:16 am to
No and she knows it. Her depth perception is off. She will not even attempt to park in tight spaces. In stressful situations she panics and gets tunnel vision.

The only time she drives when I’m in the vehicle is when it’s a long road trip and all interstate. That’s her preference.
Posted by Yewkindewit
Near Birmingham, Alabama
Member since Apr 2012
21598 posts
Posted on 1/16/23 at 9:20 am to
My wife, RIP, could drive the heck out of a manual transmission. She had a heavy foot and also wore out some brakes too. She never had an accident and God took her home way too soon.
She loved her WHITE, Nissan 5sp 300zx before we had kids.
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