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Originally Posted by kthxbai
This just made me laugh out loud, literally! As a wife, who is an FRS owner and car enthusiast, I hope that the gents of this forum take the time to include your gals on your twin. Maybe she doesn't know much about cars and doesn't want to feel embarrassed about it. Start with something simple that you can explain and maybe she will learn to appreciate the car and your car hobbies. Give her a little heads up, be it a sly smile or a "hold on to something" the next time you push your baby above 2500 rpm and maybe she won't be so shocked.
As for myself, I love seeing the "What just happened?" look in my rear view mirror on ocassion when I decided to shift above 2500rpm. My husband is pretty in sync with how I drive (as I am with him too), he can almost pin point when I'm gonna push my FRS WOT.  |
Don't get me wrong - I taught my wife to drive MT on my FR-S, complete with diagrams of how an MT works, and even though she isn't comfortable enough yet to hammer on it, she does love stepping on it in her own car - when
she is driving. While I haven't been here too long, it seems quite a few of the other married guys are in a similar situation - there is absolutely no playing racecar with the wife...
If I step on it in any car, regardless of warning, I am at the very least getting a dirty look and some grump for the next few minutes. She even understands the intricacies of a heel-toe shift and can appreciate it in the abstract, but if I do one and she hears the blip while I am on the brakes...."What was the point of doing that? Can't you just turn like a normal person, like you taught me how to do?"
In short, she knows just enough about cars to know the purpose of any mods I want to do (and promptly shut them down) and understands enough about performance driving to get me in trouble if she is a passenger...
