Taking out first timers?

[23109VC]

Originally Posted by blue2000s

Me too. I don't know why, but I love to share this toy.

+1

letting someone else drive it is the best way to let them reallly experience it...

[landrovered]

Let someone else drive my car?... Ha ha ha...


No

[tonycarreon]

Originally Posted by landrovered

Let someone else drive my car?... Ha ha ha...


No

hah. glad i'm not the only one. was starting to feel like maybe i have a problem...

[blue2000s]

Originally Posted by landrovered

Let someone else drive my car?... Ha ha ha...


No

It's like letting someone watch you play with your toy, what fun is there in that? Giving someone else the experience is a pretty good feeling.

I have friends who have never been in a Porsche, let alone driven one. I like to give them the opportunity. I'd (will) do the same thing if it were something exotic, like a Lamborghini or Ferrari.

Now I know how it felt for my uncle to let me drive his '77 Targa or my cousin with his '87 Targa when I was a kid. If it weren't for my mother-in-law's boyfriend, I wouldn't have been able to ever drive some really cool exotics. I wouldn't even know what a Bizzarini is, let along have driven one.

http://www.healeysix.net/images/bizzarini.jpg

[cvhs18472]

I let them drive my car and just keep am eye out for them exceeding "their" limits. I have had some nice cars in my life and was never selfish about the driving experience. I loved the look that someone had when they got done driving my MGB. 289 Ford engine pushing over 350HP. It is never the same when someone else is driving. Ed

[Frodo]

Unfortunately, NE Ohio doesn't have an abundance of challenging twisties---at least not right around here where I live. But there is ONE close by, a sort of cut-through "short cut" (it's actually longer) between two more heavily traveled roads. (My kids, back when they really were kids, used to call it "the fun road") That it is actually longer is, of course, a good thing---keeps traffic down to a large extent.

Anyway, when I take someone for a first-drive in a Pcar I go various different directions, BUT I always work it so I end up on "the fun road". Having taken it easy up to that point, that's where I push her. Took my older cousin on such a run a couple years ago. Despite his reaching for the "phantom" passenger side brake pedal a few times, he seemed to have a good time.

[stephen wilson]

I like to go to my favorite on-ramp, ~65 MPH at the "apex". Sadly, N.J. isn't great for twisty roads either. I really need to move!

I actually enjoy letting family drive it ( wife,parents,brother-in-law ), I haven't trusted any friends with it yet.

[jmatta]

Let my brother in law drive one of my 911s years back...he went through my neighborhood at 70mph and the folks thought it was me driving...never lived that one down. Needless to say, I always give caution about speed limits and try not to let their exuberance take over.

It is fun to look at their face as they experience the drive for the first time.