Made the mistake of letting my gf drive....

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Postby FANGIN » Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:15 pm

I'm all for teaching the GF how to drive, as long as its in her car using her gas bending her body panels 8)
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Postby SIKBUZ » Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:51 pm

:lol:

My partner loves driving my RX7.. And she can parallel park better than most guys I know - hence why I don't mind her driving my car :lol:
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Postby ~SlideWays~ » Mon Jul 20, 2009 3:00 pm

cogent wrote:hows about this then, the girlfriend daily drives my RX7 and I get to sit stuck in traffic to/from town each day in a auto 318 BMW!


Lol you poor bastard :lol:
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Postby pjay » Mon Jul 20, 2009 3:21 pm

Mrs made a 2mm curb mark on my teks :'(

She also stalled no less than 4 times down Queen Street.. Yes, DOWN.
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Postby FLAWLES » Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:19 pm

My partner drives my jzx100 chaser sometimes both on the road and on the track

i trust her 100%, lol only cause she can lap taupo in a formula challange car faster than most guys can
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Postby rollaholic » Mon Jul 20, 2009 7:03 pm

pjay wrote:Mrs made a 2mm curb mark on my teks :'(

She also stalled no less than 4 times down Queen Street.. Yes, DOWN.


thats what you get for owning teks

10 points to your mrs imo
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Postby strx7 » Mon Jul 20, 2009 7:13 pm

The 'mrs' here

FLAWLES wrote:she can lap taupo in a formula challange car faster than most guys can

1 up for Donna!!

This thread is a tad rude... I could lap taupo faster than some of you boys :wink: Ive driven a safari, landcruiser, supra, ke25, hilux, carib.. etc and I would put money on there being just as many bad and unconfident male drivers out there. Ive been known to show up males at motorkhana/grasskhanas with my handbrakey skills too. Take that into consideration next time you think 'ohh f** its a female driver'

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Postby FLAWLES » Mon Jul 20, 2009 7:47 pm

agree
we have an agreement now
we dont take donna racing, kart racing or fishing

she wins everything, lol

its a great feeling ( also very $&#$% horrifying ) watching your loved one fang down the pit straight apex the corner and get the back end out, with lots of counter stear

underestimation is a bitch, and most if not all males cant handle it
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Postby sergei » Tue Jul 21, 2009 9:47 am

that sort of attitude (that most of people have here) makes your female parters screw up. If you approach them with "you can do it" attitude, they certainly will try harder. Same thing happens in schools, they say girls are not good at maths, so they give up, while in reality every one can be good at science, it is just the attitude and encouragement.

Just teach them how to drive properly with right attitude, and you will have win-win situation.

One day some one will injure themselves and will not be able to drive back, you will be glad that you taught your partner to do it...
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Postby the fallen303 » Tue Jul 21, 2009 3:37 pm

totally agree, i encourage my wife to drive all my cars, and she loves driving her 200kw aristo just the same as i do. i taught my ex to drive, and she went from not even knowing how to drive manual, to being able to launch it and handle herself round corners, quite often she'd go out to country back roads just for a fang. saying the right thing at the right time can really give them a boost to their confidence.
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Postby KinLoud » Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:40 pm

Ha - my ex complained about the handling of the falcon wagon we had (for towing racecar and horsefloat). She would drive out to where she kept her horse every day.
She says "hey, on one corner the falcon always seems to turn more than I want and I have to reduce how much I turn the steering wheel"
I'm like "wow, ok, I will take it for a drive around the same corner to see what it is doing"
Drive around the corner fairly fast... nothing
Try again 10kph faster... nothing
Try again another 10kph faster... nothing
Try again ANOTHER 10kph faster!!!

AHA - a BIG dose of roll oversteer from the lovely leaf spring rear suspension.
I really had to throw it really hard into the corner to make it do it!

I go back and tell her how fast I had to drive around that corner to make it handle like that.
She says "oh yeah, I always take that corner at that speed or a bit faster"
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Postby Looonie » Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:56 pm

My girlfriends car is hotter than mine...

Sometimes she lets me drive it if I'm a really good boy.

But I'm never allowed to get the tail out :(

And she's insisting on driving the Soarer when it runs.
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Postby rollaholic » Tue Jul 21, 2009 8:07 pm

KinLoud wrote:Ha - my ex complained about the handling of the falcon wagon we had (for towing racecar and horsefloat). She would drive out to where she kept her horse every day.
She says "hey, on one corner the falcon always seems to turn more than I want and I have to reduce how much I turn the steering wheel"
I'm like "wow, ok, I will take it for a drive around the same corner to see what it is doing"
Drive around the corner fairly fast... nothing
Try again 10kph faster... nothing
Try again another 10kph faster... nothing
Try again ANOTHER 10kph faster!!!

AHA - a BIG dose of roll oversteer from the lovely leaf spring rear suspension.
I really had to throw it really hard into the corner to make it do it!

I go back and tell her how fast I had to drive around that corner to make it handle like that.
She says "oh yeah, I always take that corner at that speed or a bit faster"
Awesome!

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has she got a sister / mother / daughter

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Postby 0EBUNY » Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:06 pm

not to impressed on this topic.

ive never had an accident or prang/ding or anything else in any car ive driven while i was driving or because of my actions. and every single guy ive been with has crashed a car.

so dont just assume that just coz a person is female shes gonna be a useless driver.
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Postby Miss_S » Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:12 pm

0EBUNY wrote:not to impressed on this topic.

ive never had an accident or prang/ding or anything else in any car ive driven while i was driving or because of my actions. and every single guy ive been with has crashed a car.

so dont just assume that just coz a person is female shes gonna be a useless driver.


lol I've never pranged a car either, I put it down to a) my parents teaching me to drive in 6 different cars b) driving all of my guy mates cars and c) doing a defensive driving course (skids in my bosses company car woooo). If your Mrs is uneducated, then be gracious and educate her
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Postby wishihadaTE27 » Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:22 pm

This thread was secretly just a way to get all our less active female posters piping up ;)

Well done ladies :D
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Postby 0EBUNY » Tue Jul 21, 2009 11:01 pm

wishihadaTE27 wrote:This thread was secretly just a way to get all our less active female posters piping up ;)

Well done ladies :D


lol and the guys who's Mrs aren't on here. i notice my other half hasn't posted on this yet lol

big ups to jarred for coming on and standing up for Donna.
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Postby Zeb » Tue Jul 21, 2009 11:09 pm

hot car is always better with a hot chick driving it.

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Postby AE86less » Tue Jul 21, 2009 11:29 pm

Zeb wrote:cheer up
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Postby Miss_S » Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:55 am

Zeb wrote:hot car is always better with a hot chick driving it.

cheer up


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