Tough Crowd

[Keith Newby]

I contacted a friend and invited her for a drive into some of the twisty parts of east San Diego County. Fifteen minutes into the drive she takes her shoes off and plants her bare feet on the dash, asking “do you mind if I put my feet on your dash?” Well I’ve never understood the fascination for putting one’s feet on a cars dashboard, but the perceived damage has already been done so I reply “not if your feet are clean” whereupon she removes her extremities from the dashboard after first protesting that her feet are indeed clean.

I’m driving responsibly and smoothly. Another ten minutes pass and she says “I suffer motion sickness…not in boats but in cars.” I slow down…we are in a car after all and now, small children on skateboards are flying by while old ladies in walkers streak past. The effect of motion sickness is something I’m not prepared to deal with.

We arrive at our destination with gastric juices intact at a nice rustic restaurant in the back country and she says “Couldn’t we have simply taken the freeway to get here?”

Tough Crowd

[JFERR]

Find a new friend. Or at a minimum don't get serious about this one. If there is one thing I have learned in life it's this:

Life is to short to associate with people who don't share your passions or at a minimum don't care that their your's.

[Bavarian Motorist]

I just hope this isn't your girl friend or something.

[Marc Gelefsky]

Bah!! you should have tossed her ass out!

[docdyh]

I would only permit feet on dash with a short skirt.....

[TriGem2k]

Originally Posted by docdyh

I would only permit feet on dash with a short skirt.....

I second that rule! Good Call docdyh!

[Bavarian Motorist]

Originally Posted by docdyh

I would only permit feet on dash with a short skirt.....

If she was flexible enough to put her feet on the dash, you can bet she's got some nice things going on

[Boxtaboy]

...Depends if she has nice feet.

[Topless]

Originally Posted by docdyh

I would only permit feet on dash with a short skirt.....

.........and willing to go comando. Otherwise Eject! Eject! Eject!
"beauty fades but stupid is forever"

[thomschoon]

Originally Posted by Keith Newby

“Couldn’t we have simply taken the freeway to get here?”

Sounds more like a wife then a friend!

[Perfectlap]

This one betty I know whines the whole time she's in my car. The seats are too low..The suspension is too stiff...Its too cold to lower the top...raise the top so it doesn't mess up my hair...etc...etc...
She can't stand that I park far away in a parking lot...
and NEVER cleans her own car.
To make matters worse she worships those luxury SUV's

and yes obviously we fight a great deal.

as someone very wise once said "girls only get away with being difficult if they are hot".
But as someone else who is even wiser once said
"beauty fades but stupid is forever"

[Bavarian Motorist]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

This one betty I know whines the whole time she's in my car. The seats are too low..The suspension is too stiff...Its too cold to lower the top...raise the top so it doesn't mess up my hair...etc...etc...
She can't stand that I park far away in a parking lot...
and NEVER cleans her own car.
To make matters worse she worships those luxury SUV's

and yes obviously we fight a great deal.

as someone very wise once said "girls only get away with being difficult if they are hot".
But as someone else who is even wiser once said
"beauty fades but stupid is forever"

I hate having passengers in my car. I think the solution is to remove the passenger seat and air bags and just tell people that your car is a 1 seater

[TriGem2k]

Originally Posted by Bavarian Motorist

I hate having passengers in my car. I think the solution is to remove the passenger seat and air bags and just tell people that your car is a 1 seater

I had my seat removed to clean under it and my parents came outside and said "wow that's great don't put the seat back in, its a perfect doggie transporter".

[Dr. Kill]

The feet on the dashboard thing always annoys me. What happens if you hit something?
Still, that is something you can deal with.

Someone who would bother to complain about being given a free ride in a Porsche is clearly someone you will be hearing A LOT more complaining from about everything else later. Ditch her. Life is way too short to be with a disagreeable woman. A good woman will respect your passion for cars and driving even if it not her thing. It took me many years to find the right girl, but as soon as I did, I married her.