The Wife

[Tobstertx3]

The wife just took my Stinger out for the first time to the local grocery store. It was if someone was taking my newborn away, I was terrified. After 7 weeks she finally caught on that it wasn’t manual.

 

[Kia Stinger]

After 7 weeks she finally caught on that it wasn’t manual.

Oh my goodness!

 

[MerlintheMad]

Absolutely shared emotional condition, @Tobstertx3. I still haven't agreed to my wife taking the car "for a spin", aka errands running, etc. She has been behind the wheel twice: once the day we brought the car home. And once a couple or three weeks later. On both occasions I was a passenger, telling her to not gun it here, there isn't enough room: wait till there is a completely open stretch of road before opening her up. Etc! She was goosing the accelerator in a 15 MPH zone, I kid you not! "I just want to feel the acceleration", was her explanation when I asked with some asperity what the heck she was doing. Eventually I will let her try it out again, for real this time. But she has a heavier lead foot than me!

 

[Waynerm002]

Most women do drive fast, although they think they don’t. First my wife didn’t want the sporty Volvo as the wheels were bigger, the more she drive it the more she liked it. Got a phone call one day that she was driving with little traffic and some body passed her going fast and she kept following them until she looked down and realized she was doing 90. She exclaimed how smooth it was and that it didn’t feel that fast, she had such excitement in her voice, I remarked, “that’s why I picked that version.’

 

[MerlintheMad]

My wife's test drive with a GT2 elicited this when she got back: "I got in the carpool lane, and since there was nobody in front of me, I floored it. Wow! I couldn't believe how fast it accelerated! When I looked down I was going over a hundred miles per hour! I couldn't believe it. It didn't even feel like I was going that fast. It was so smooth."

And the sales rep started to say, "Merlin, your wife -"

"Has a bigger lead foot than I do," I finished for him. And he just nodded and grinned.

 

[washguy]

The wife just took my Stinger out for the first time to the local grocery store. It was if someone was taking my newborn away, I was terrified. After 7 weeks she finally caught on that it wasn’t manual.

Now that's funny! Wash

 

[Bear]

My mpg = 27-30
Wife’s mpg = 18-20

My wife loves the Stinger and especially with the mods. I think she sits in sport mode everyday.

 

[bumble bee]

Haaaa....funny post. Love the first sentence....the WIFE, haaa.

 

[Ucinn]

My wife has had it on the drag strip a couple times already..she's almost as much of a car enthusiast and speed freak as I am. Not so much speed as acceleration.

 

[MerlintheMad]

Not so much speed as acceleration.

Don't get our Aussie friends started!

 

[robz32]

I share the same sentiment @Tobstertx3 The wife has had to take the Stinger to work a few times because her G was up for maintenance and I am the one who takes care of it. Needless to say she is always finding excuses stay out driving it i.e grocery run after work, pick up dry cleaning, etc.

 

[shaggystinger]

The wife and I finally got a night out w/ out kids and first time she's even driven in the Stinger. She was very impressed with the car but of course, wanted me to sloooooow doooooown ha! It will be a while before I trust her to take the car out as the last brand new car I bought her, she curbed all 4 wheels in a matter of months (it was SUV's only for her after that!). Sooooo......not taking any chances this time around till the Stinger honeymoon phase is long over (not happening any time soon

 

[ChiTownStinger]

First time I let my girlfriend drive she curbed the rear wheel #facepalm

 

[Jonathan Lasich]

Here's my "My Wife" story.

My wife is diminutive--5' 2" and 120 lbs. soaking wet. She's a motorhead, just like me and loves to drive. We've tracked a number of previously owned cars together for the past almost 20 years and she's quite an accomplished driver. On more than one occasion, at the morning driver's meeting, at the start of a track day, I've heard guys look at her and say "Is she driving today?", then say under their breath when they hear her say "Yes", "She better stay out of my way!" I just stand there and smile, and wait to see, at some time during the day when they have the track marshalls show them the blue flag as she's climbing up their butt, but their egos won't let them give her a "drive by" signal!!

In 2011, we bought a 2010 Nissan GT-R as a car to track. Prior to purchase, we were having a hard time finding a dealer that would give us a test drive in a car. Finally found a dealer in Toronto with a used one they let us drive. We owned a Corvette C6 Z06 at the time, and me being in business meetings all day long, she took the Vette to the Nissan dealer to drive the car. The salesman was very respectful to her the whole time, and when time for the drive, took the wheel first to show my wife the specified route that they would take. Naturally, he was heavy on the throttle during the drive, but as my wife later said, "drove terribly!". Then she got into the driver's east, adjusted all the mirrors and off they went. As she put it--"I drove the car like it was supposed to be driven!". Back at the dealership, as soon as she put it in Park, the first words out of the salesman's mouth was "THAT WAS AWESOME!! Can we please do that again?!!".

We bought the car!

 

[MerlintheMad]

Curbing the wheels: Yeah, that is the number one fear I have when thinking about my wife driving the Stinger. But I have already done more than my share of that all by myself!? I just don't want to feel badly toward her for doing it now, after I've learned how to avoid the curbs. So I still won't let her have an excuse to just go run around in it. The "honeymoon" with my new hobby is definitely far from over. When it is, likewise, I'll be okay with her using the Stinger. She's patient with me.

 

[BlaydeX15]

My wife drives it sometimes, I only get worried if she has to park it somewhere difficult or get on the highway/freeway.

She just doesn't consider being cautious about damage to the car. She parks next to lifted trucks, in the blind spots right in front of stores, in spots where she has to be on or over the line. She follows gravel trucks, drags stuff out of the trunk and scratches the bumper, (On my Stinger a few weeks ago. Grr) runs shopping carts right into the car to stop them from rolling away, and leans heavy stuff against the side of the car. Last week she cracked the windshield of her van by tailgating on a road that was being chipsealed.

She drives, but she's not a car person. Lol.

 

[Merkur720]

My wife drives it sometimes, I only get worried if she has to park it somewhere difficult or get on the highway/freeway.

She just doesn't consider being cautious about damage to the car. She parks next to lifted trucks, in the blind spots right in front of stores, in spots where she has to be on or over the line. She follows gravel trucks, drags stuff out of the trunk and scratches the bumper, (On my Stinger a few weeks ago. Grr) runs shopping carts right into the car to stop them from rolling away, and leans heavy stuff against the side of the car. Last week she cracked the windshield of her van by tailgating on a road that was being chipsealed.

She drives, but she's not a car person. Lol.

This explains my life/wife perfectly. Which is why she drives our minivan to the airport on work trips...and I willingly pull the kid duty/car line in the Stinger....knowing my wheels and doors are safe from an airport "short term" parking garage.

 

[MerlintheMad]

@BlaydeX15 I winced reading through that short list of "sins". Inconceivable! I'd be grabbing my head and yelling "STOP THAT!"

 

[Ozstung]

Don't get our Aussie friends started!

Did someone call, sorry I'm late. Did you say "Wife" that's a four letter word I don't use around the Stinger, ever since on the second day she let the passenger door go across the foot path. In 8 months she's driven into the garage and out. Any desire she had has gone oh and that goes for the car too.

 

[SEA Stinger]

Here's my "My Wife" story.

My wife is diminutive--5' 2" and 120 lbs. soaking wet. She's a motorhead, just like me and loves to drive.

In 2011, we bought a 2010 Nissan GT-R as a car to track. Prior to purchase, we were having a hard time finding a dealer that would give us a test drive in a car.

Finally found a dealer in Toronto with a used one they let us drive. We owned a Corvette C6 Z06 at the time, and me being in business meetings all day long, she took the Vette to the Nissan dealer to drive the car. The salesman was very respectful to her the whole time, and when time for the drive, took the wheel first to show my wife the specified route that they would take. Naturally, he was heavy on the throttle during the drive, but as my wife later said, "drove terribly!". Then she got into the driver's east, adjusted all the mirrors and off they went. As she put it--"I drove the car like it was supposed to be driven!". Back at the dealership, as soon as she put it in Park, the first words out of the salesman's mouth was "THAT WAS AWESOME!! Can we please do that again?!!".

We bought the car!

Hilarious and inspiring anecdote!!!

It sounds like your wife gives new meaning to the saying "You go, girl!"