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mikeinmobile · 06-19-2017, 11:29 AM

My wife will only drive ours in relief duty on the hwy on long trips.

We drove straight thru from San Diego to Mobile (33 hrs, which includes 3 one hour breaks for meals and a micro nap). It was Jan. and very little to no traffic, especially in the West Texas desert in the middle of the night. So she took over in the desert from 11pm to 2am and there were basically no cars and speed limit is 80 or 85. I tried to sleep but all I kept seeing in my mind was Deer running out of the scrub. If you've ever been thru there in the winter you know how many dead Deer are all over the roadside. Needless to say I got zero sleep. Fast fwd to early afternoon east of Houston and she takes over again. This is a heavy, fast moving cut throat stretch from Houston to the Louisiana line. Of course we're both ready to be home yesterday and I assure her that the car will do whatever she want's it to do........ accelerate hard, brake fast, cut hard, get around other cars quick...... so after a few miles she starts to get aggressive and is driving the car likes it's capable of and I slept hard for 2 or 3 hrs. It's like the movie "My Cousin Vinnie" where he only gets a good nights sleep in prison during a riot.

BeastMode · 06-19-2017, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by SlingShot

This is something else I don't understand nowadays. I see so many couples that have separate bank accounts. They each pay their own bills, and pay half of household bills. Guess I'm just old or old fashioned, but what happened to being married jointly.

I'm young guy and completely agree. It doesnt make much sense to get married, and then not get on track to pursue the same financial goals. For myself and my wife we dont have "his and hers" money or cars. She doesnt drive the Camaro since it is a manual, but in the end it is hers just as much as it is mine.

To those that said people split it up because of lawyers...anything acquired after marriage is typically "marital property" and as such is up for debate during a divorce. Having a seperate bank account alone does not protect that money or assets.

SquawkVFR · 06-19-2017, 12:09 PM

I told my wife if she wants to drive a Camaro, she can go buy her own. Ball's in her court.

samman11 · 06-19-2017, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by SquawkVFR

I told my wife wants do drive a Camaro, she can go buy her own. Ball's in her court.

lol. I bet that went over well. Remember, you're married now. What's yours is hers and vs versa.

Rolfomatic · 06-19-2017, 12:58 PM

I'm not worried about my wife driving my Camaro. She handles the M6 with no problems at all. I'm a lot worried about her parking it.

chuckie669 · 06-19-2017, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Rolfomatic

I'm not worried about my wife driving my Camaro. She handles the M6 with no problems at all. I'm a lot worried about her parking it.

Nail on the head, That is 98 percent of it for me. She can drive it for hours, but she loves cramping up into those tiny spots up front.

My only rules. She knows to warm the car for 30 sec when cold and that shell have to walk a little further when going to the stores

STUNNAH · 06-19-2017, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by SlingShot

This is something else I don't understand nowadays. I see so many couples that have separate bank accounts. They each pay their own bills, and pay half of household bills. Guess I'm just old or old fashioned, but what happened to being married jointly.

Liberation and independence...It's just as you stated, I would buy my toys and she can buy hers...50% on the household budget and the remainder goes in my mad money account...Can't be questioned on how the other spends or saves their money...

JLSuperfly · 06-19-2017, 02:06 PM

I bet some of the internet macho man who posted here would rather lose their left nut than have their wife see what they wrote in here.

DvKillar · 06-19-2017, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by JLSuperfly

I bet some of the internet macho man who posted here would rather lose their left nut than have their wife see what they wrote in here.

LOL!!

SlingShot · 06-19-2017, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by BeastMode

I'm young guy and completely agree. It doesnt make much sense to get married, and then not get on track to pursue the same financial goals. For myself and my wife we dont have "his and hers" money or cars. She doesnt drive the Camaro since it is a manual, but in the end it is hers just as much as it is mine.

To those that said people split it up because of lawyers...anything acquired after marriage is typically "marital property" and as such is up for debate during a divorce. Having a seperate bank account alone does not protect that money or assets.

Thank You !!! I'm glad to see it's not just me, and I feel better all is not lost.

sherob · 06-19-2017, 03:56 PM

My wife has no interest in driving my Camaro, nor being a passenger in it... to claustrophobic to her. She likes being in a SUV.

redcoats1976 · 06-19-2017, 05:37 PM

mine just has no interest.a car is like a toaster to her.she could care less how fast it goes or how it looks as long as the a/c and p/s work.shes happy with a 4 door 94 nissan and will probably drive it till it dies.she drove my hot rod pontiac once in 25 years,and wasnt happy with it.BTW we share the same financial goals and bank account,always have.

Foxfire15 · 06-19-2017, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by BeastMode

I'm young guy and completely agree. It doesnt make much sense to get married, and then not get on track to pursue the same financial goals. For myself and my wife we dont have "his and hers" money or cars. She doesnt drive the Camaro since it is a manual, but in the end it is hers just as much as it is mine.

To those that said people split it up because of lawyers...anything acquired after marriage is typically "marital property" and as such is up for debate during a divorce. Having a seperate bank account alone does not protect that money or assets.

Eh, my wife and I have our separate accounts for our whatever money / personal bills. That said, we have joint accounts that we pay our joint bills out of, and use for stuff for us (home improvements, vacations, savings whatever)

As far as driving the car, my wife can but doesn't like to. She doesn't have anywhere to rest her arms when she's driving. She drives her Miata instead.

chuckie669 · 06-20-2017, 06:51 PM

No awesome story to tell. She got home today and told me it was uncomfortable and it was hard to hold her speed.

She did set a new personal best for my car. I think this experiment proves I have a heavy foot if nothing else. My norm is 17.5 ish, she got right under 23.

I prefer the smiles per gallon personally.

06-19-2017, 11:29 AM	#29
mikeinmobile Drives: 2011 2ss/rs Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Mobile, Alabama Posts: 493 View My Garage	My wife will only drive ours in relief duty on the hwy on long trips. We drove straight thru from San Diego to Mobile (33 hrs, which includes 3 one hour breaks for meals and a micro nap). It was Jan. and very little to no traffic, especially in the West Texas desert in the middle of the night. So she took over in the desert from 11pm to 2am and there were basically no cars and speed limit is 80 or 85. I tried to sleep but all I kept seeing in my mind was Deer running out of the scrub. If you've ever been thru there in the winter you know how many dead Deer are all over the roadside. Needless to say I got zero sleep. Fast fwd to early afternoon east of Houston and she takes over again. This is a heavy, fast moving cut throat stretch from Houston to the Louisiana line. Of course we're both ready to be home yesterday and I assure her that the car will do whatever she want's it to do........ accelerate hard, brake fast, cut hard, get around other cars quick...... so after a few miles she starts to get aggressive and is driving the car likes it's capable of and I slept hard for 2 or 3 hrs. It's like the movie "My Cousin Vinnie" where he only gets a good nights sleep in prison during a riot. __________________

06-19-2017, 12:09 PM	#31
SquawkVFR Account Suspended Drives: 2010 Camaro Join Date: May 2014 Location: Alabama Posts: 1,971	I told my wife if she wants to drive a Camaro, she can go buy her own. Ball's in her court. Last edited by SquawkVFR; 06-20-2017 at 09:48 AM.

06-19-2017, 03:56 PM	#39
sherob Drives: 2015 SW 1SS/RS 1LE Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Brighton, CO Posts: 2,736	My wife has no interest in driving my Camaro, nor being a passenger in it... to claustrophobic to her. She likes being in a SUV. __________________ “The Eagles and the Captain and Tennille ruled the airwaves, and we were the answer to it.” - Joey Ramone

06-19-2017, 12:58 PM	#33
Rolfomatic Drives: 2013 1LE Join Date: May 2017 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 36	I'm not worried about my wife driving my Camaro. She handles the M6 with no problems at all. I'm a lot worried about her parking it.

06-19-2017, 02:06 PM	#36
JLSuperfly Drives: 2014 Red Hot LS3 Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SF Bay Area, CA Posts: 4,266	I bet some of the internet macho man who posted here would rather lose their left nut than have their wife see what they wrote in here.

06-19-2017, 05:37 PM	#40
redcoats1976 Drives: LT W/2LT,blue metallic Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: central florida Posts: 5,023	mine just has no interest.a car is like a toaster to her.she could care less how fast it goes or how it looks as long as the a/c and p/s work.shes happy with a 4 door 94 nissan and will probably drive it till it dies.she drove my hot rod pontiac once in 25 years,and wasnt happy with it.BTW we share the same financial goals and bank account,always have.

06-20-2017, 06:51 PM	#42
chuckie669 Drives: 2011 ss Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: E-TX Posts: 764	No awesome story to tell. She got home today and told me it was uncomfortable and it was hard to hold her speed. She did set a new personal best for my car. I think this experiment proves I have a heavy foot if nothing else. My norm is 17.5 ish, she got right under 23. I prefer the smiles per gallon personally.