My TT

[kiyakubuke]

Nice.
My wife is suggesting we sell the boxster and get a 911. not sure I want to ride with her in a 911. I've been through 3 tours of combat and survived cancer, but her driving my boxster is the scariest thing I've ever experienced.

[Nine8Six]

Originally Posted by kiyakubuke

Nice.
My wife is suggesting we sell the boxster and get a 911. not sure I want to ride with her in a 911. I've been through 3 tours of combat and survived cancer, but her driving my boxster is the scariest thing I've ever experienced.

lol if you would passenger with my wife you'd be in for a whole NEW style of ride. She thinks she owns the roads, literally, and drive her RR just-like-that. Crossing anywhere, u-turn here and there, not yielding 'too often', speed limits???pfff. She goes over a possibly-fatal street-bump at high speed and this girl simply yell "WOO HOO". You think your second-half driving is scary, well I'd like to contest that

[kiyakubuke]

Originally Posted by Nine8Six

lol if you would passenger with my wife you'd be in for a whole NEW style of ride. She thinks she owns the roads, literally, and drive her RR just-like-that. Crossing anywhere, u-turn here and there, not yielding 'too often', speed limits???pfff. She goes over a possibly-fatal street-bump at high speed and this girl simply yell "WOO HOO". You think your second-half driving is scary, well I'd like to contest that

my wife pulled into our driveway, side swiped my parked truck. when she made contact, instead of stopping, she hit the gas and powered through. got out of her car, looked at the damage to her car in dismay, turned to me and said, "Why did you park there?!?"

[JayG]

Originally Posted by kiyakubuke

my wife pulled into our driveway, side swiped my parked truck. when she made contact, instead of stopping, she hit the gas and powered through. got out of her car, looked at the damage to her car in dismay, turned to me and said, "Why did you park there?!?"

Of course it was your fault

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by kiyakubuke

Nice.
My wife is suggesting we sell the boxster and get a 911. not sure I want to ride with her in a 911. I've been through 3 tours of combat and survived cancer, but her driving my boxster is the scariest thing I've ever experienced.

Sounds like the typical Carrera driver to me.

In over ten years I can count on the fingers of one hand at the number of women I've seen driving Boxsters. They seem to avoid cars with manual transmissions.
"too complicated" according to the missus. They all want Range Rovers or Cayennes... the new chick dream car is a luxury SUV... unfortunate for us all.

p.s.
When I first saw the 996 TT at the NY Auto Show I was convinced that it was by far the best looking 911 ever.
There was nothing remotely VW beetle about it. It looked like the kind of Porsche that you could park next to a Ferrari any day of the week.
The fact that you can snag one of these for under $40K (cost of entry not cost to own) is pretty amazing. My buddy bough one at the height of the financial crisis from an extremely cash-strapped dude for $30K. He bought to flip for quick cash but his girlfriend wouldn't let him.

[kiyakubuke]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

Sounds like the typical Carrera driver to me.

In over ten years I can count on the fingers of one hand at the number of women I've seen driving Boxsters. They seem to avoid cars with manual transmissions.
"too complicated" according to the missus. They all want Range Rovers or Cayennes... the new chick dream car is a luxury SUV... unfortunate for us all.

p.s.
When I first saw the 996 TT at the NY Auto Show I was convinced that it was by far the best looking 911 ever.
There was nothing remotely VW beetle about it. It looked like the kind of Porsche that you could park next to a Ferrari any day of the week.
The fact that you can snag one of these for under $40K (cost of entry not cost to own) is pretty amazing. My buddy bough one at the height of the financial crisis from an extremely cash-strapped dude for $30K. He bought to flip for quick cash but his girlfriend wouldn't let him.

surprisingly, my wife has no issue with the manual transmission. she grew up in Asia and had never driven anything but manual until she came here.
that is where her driving skill ends though. anyone who has spent time in any southeast asian country will know what I am talking about. speed limits have no meaning, stop signs are just a suggestion and the right of way goes to the bold.

[Nine8Six]

Originally Posted by kiyakubuke

..... and the right of way goes to the bold.

yes, giving way is a sign of weakness, inferiority.

a fast(er) car can come pretty handy lol

love it