Why wouldn't you let her drive the car? What would be the negative? Its meant to be driven, and its not like its some super rare and expensive model.

So whats the deal dimeified? You felt like you needed to resurrect as old a post as you could find or what?

Depends
 

It all depends on the relationship. My wife and I have been married for 20+ years, we do everything together, sail, run, bike, go on Porsche drives. She bought the 83 911 SC for me as a birthday present and doesn't ask to drive it.

Well...once she did ask and I said, "o/k, let's go together to make sure all your questions are answered". She knows how to drive a standard (her car is a Wrangler w/ standard). So she drove it just fine. I asked her about the gauges. Stuff like, "do you know what's normal temp, oil pressure, and why is the temp normal and oil pressure up and the oil level looks low?" She decided on her own not to drive it because she thought if she ran it out of oil or something she'd feel bad. Insurance covers damage, but not mechanicals, and Porche mechanicals are expensive and she knows it. We still go on long weekend drives and she still drives the car, with me in it. No fights about it ever.

It is extremely unreasonable of you to let your wife drive the car at all.

Perpetual bachelor for this very reason.

My g/f knows the rules: Borrowing the Porsche = BJ. Unfortunately, she doesn't ask to borrow it. :)

Six year old post.... :rolleyes:

My wife can't actuate the clutch pedal in my C4, so she can't shift it, and hence, can't drive it.

Otherwise, I'd let her drive it. She parks her car away from everyone elses and is picky as I am when it comes to her car :-)

My wife knows how fussy I am about my toy cars so she never asks to drive it. If something hapened to it she knows that she'd never hear the end of it.
I've had my Turbo since May and she's only ridden in it once and has yet to drive it; most likely she never will.

Yes
 

Yes, but timeless topic.

These old posts make me laugh. Here is an old interview that raises some brows. I like to play it loud while glancing at my wife from time to time. She just nods her head.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzXkbJwrN38

P.S. My wife could dot my i. But I fight dirty.

If i have a hard time handleing big horsepower the wife isnt driving it. Ill wrap it around a tree 1st. I told her that I will buy her one and she can drive it all she wants.

hahaha this great. I solved my problem with letting her do a "test" ride in the 930 with me. 2nd gear, full boost and no performance driving skills=backwards. That solved the "can I take the pcar today" problem.

I think you were definitely unreasonable unless your wife has history of problem (not too careful with cars).

Can't resist to chime in. We got a 964 (1990 C2 Targa) over 4 years ago. We did opt for the car as she hd issues with the clutch at the 88 which we drove first.

3 months later she did her first DE event at Pocono Raceway in PA. Today she is an advanced group driver, orders brake pads, has her own helmet and painted the roll-bar which ended up in my 944 S2 track car (the 911 retired from track duty).

She drove Lime Rock, Watkins Glen and Mid Ohio too. Not to mention autocross.
Also, she refuses to drive automatic / tip - manual only. Loves the sport suspension (read track set-up) and thinks our 330 BMW Ci with sports package drives like a Buick.

Oh, and yes she does park at the mall - far from all other cars and rather walks 5 minutes than to ding the car.

Just take your women to P-car events, let them learn, share the passion and have fun meeting new pople.

My $0.05

Laz

My wife can't drive a stick nor is she about to learn. She even said before even if she could she wouldn't want to drive my car. I just make sure I get her something nice before I get a car I want. Before the 911 it was a new minivan, before an M3 it was a nice dining room set. She knows I'm anal about the cars and I don't take a certain car if there is the possibility of a valet and I park further away in certain lots too and shes fine with it. Certain boundaries work for certain marriages or relationships and its a matter of learning bout each other and communicating no right or wrong - my $.02.

Yes.

[QUOTE][Certain boundaries work for certain marriages or relationships and its a matter of learning bout each other and communicating no right or wrong -/QUOTE]

AAhhh yup aaahh yup aww what He said....
I think that sums it up .... a timeless answer for a timeless question.....but its still fun to hear how everyone incorporates the P cars into their own relationships and marriages....

Borrowing Pcar = BJ .... I read that one to my Wife and She even thought that was funny...

Get it in writing or you'll regret it later... :(

Brought back from the dead after 6.5 years, wondered why it looked so odd on the first page.

Depends on if it is a high crime area about parking the car, and shopping mall is a good place to steal a car. My wife likes driving sports cars.

Now that I think about it, she has wrecked like 5 vehicles

I think you're not being unreasonable at all. Parking lots and the legions of other idiots that use them are the WORST place for a car you care about. If my car is anywhere than in my garage under a cover, I'm worried about it. A parking lot (particularly a mall parking lot) is about the worst possible place someone can take it. Guarantee of door dings, scratches and unwanted attention by less-than-savory individuals with less-than-honorable intentions.

Well, old topic but still. When I had my 914 I wasn't comfortable with my wife driving it due to how sloppy the shifter was. When I got the 911 I decided early on that I would find one in decent enough shape to where she would not have a problem driving it. She doesn't drive it much these days but before we had our first child she used to drive it like she stole it which I admired greatly, I had been looking forward to her first ticket but it never came.

My wife is my partner in all this and if she wants to drive my car there is no way I'm going to say no. Of course not every woman likes to do this sort of thing and if she wasn't good with a stick or something I might be wary. In that case I would get her good so that I Wouldn't have to worry about it. I would hate to have so little faith in someone for something so small. I have worked very hard to get where I am and get what I have and what I have learned from that work is that she matters much more than my things.

Once she had parked on the street at our gym and someone hit the driver's rear quarter panel while she was in there. She called me up hysterical but I was very calm. I asked her if she was okay and if the car was drivable. She wasn't sure so she walked home, which is only a 5 or so minute walk. I told her I didn't care about the car nearly as much as I cared about her and she should not be afraid to make this phone call in the future.

She can play with all of my toys.

Yes you were.

Your wife should come first. Not a car because that's all it is, a car.

My wife can drive mine whenever she wants.

I won't let my brother drive it. He runs a Formula Ford. Nuff said.

you really don't play well with others do you? I know one thing is fo sho, if I don't share wit my wife, she won't share wit me. Nuff said.

PWed for sure. Emotional blackmale only works if you let it.

You are unreasonable. All you'd have to do is kindly remind her to park it away from the crowd, to minimize the chance for door dings. I like the fact that my wife enjoys the car as much as I do. She puts as many miles on it as I do as well. Certainly impresses the SUV moms at her work, when she comes in in the 993. ;)

George

My Solution
 

SmileWavy
This has been a load of entertainment and may get an award for oldest thread!
Here's my answer:
Buy her one of her own!
When I bought my (pristine) '81 SC, my wife loved it so much, that she asked if we could drive it to work everyday. (she drives it quite well too)
I told her that it is a 'weekend car' and not a 'daily driver' and if she wants to drive a Porsche to work everyday that she needs her own! So guess what? We find a sweet higher mileage '82 SC that was well taken care of and looked "pretty" and the price was right. Now I have the best looking garage in the neighborhood with 2 SC's !!! And most importantly my wife is the happiest woman in the neighborhood.

I think you ought to get your priorities straight sell the 930 and buy yourself a minivan so she can drive it all she wants.

MY wife used to like to drive my RX7 around before the 6 puck clutch, extreme pressure plate and 9# flywheel. One day she was run off the road by a white hair in a Buick that never looked when changing lanes.

Then another one pulled out right in front of her causing her to lock up the brakes in order not to hit her.

She told me she felt invisible in the little sports car and didn't want to drive it anymore.

After I got my 911 she took it for a spin around the subdivision. She isn't really interested in driving it. Never asks.

She has pulled some stunts in the Audi wrecking it twice, since then she only drives my Toyota truck and I drive the Audi now. I don't think she will ever ask to drive the 911 after that.