First And Only Time
Racer
Joined: Aug 2003
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From: Frederick MD
**** happens, it's just a car. If your wife doesn't feel the same way about it, then she shouldn't drive the car.
My wife doesn't even like my Corvette (or the fact that I'm thinking of buying a C6 to join it in the garage) - she calls it my Redneck Ferrari
But she does know how I care about my cars and always treats our other cars with the same care that I do. She's driven my E55 many times without incident, although I wouldn't freak if something happened to it when she was driving. It would suck, but hey **** happens and I certainly care more about her than any material possession.The short answer is - if you're going to hold an accident or lapse in judgement against your SO, don't let them drive your car
Instructor
Joined: May 2007
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Wife/Corvette
MY wife hates Corvettes...seems like in 1968 someone asked her to ride in one and she came back with: uncomfortable, hard to get into, smells(ugh), When we visit our vacation home where the car resides and we go someplace together we go in the rental car. Corvettes get expensive when your wife rents Cadillacs.Maybe the claybar and WD40 aren't so bad after all.
Race Director
Joined: Dec 2006
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Jul 2004
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From: GEAUX TIGERS PSL FL.
Race Director
Joined: Dec 2006
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I solved my problem easily, I waited to buy my Vette until AFTER the divorce was final. 
Safety Car
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 4,269
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From: Mililani HI
Which is why I love my wife, when I ask her, do you want to drive the vette? She responds with are you friggin nuts 
She knows I am **** about cars that she even gets paranoid with her own Benz since I clean and care for it.
She knows I am **** about cars that she even gets paranoid with her own Benz since I clean and care for it.
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Team Owner
Joined: Jun 2007
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St. Jude Donor '08 thru '13
The thing is a lot louder, and sounds a lot faster with the Bullets.
Genius! Pure genuis!
Burning Brakes
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 807
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My wife used to occasionally take the C6 vert to work and I was nervous the entire day when she did!! I even went over to her parking garage to check on the car during one of my lunch breaks!! 
I finally solved this problem- Bought her a BMW 5-series that she absolutely loves, which has bluetooth, nav, etc., now she doesn't even care to drive the Vette!!
Of course now I have a Z and she can't drive a manual gearbox, so I have nothing to worry about now anyways!!
I finally solved this problem- Bought her a BMW 5-series that she absolutely loves, which has bluetooth, nav, etc., now she doesn't even care to drive the Vette!!
Of course now I have a Z and she can't drive a manual gearbox, so I have nothing to worry about now anyways!!
Former Vendor
Joined: Aug 2005
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From: Loganville GA
clay bar should fix it, but I have the perfect cure for wife driving the vette.
She loved driving it when it was stock, but now that its supercharged she is scared of it, and also scared it might break down on her. Same thing happened when I supercharged my 350z, her driving of them just stopped.
She loved driving it when it was stock, but now that its supercharged she is scared of it, and also scared it might break down on her. Same thing happened when I supercharged my 350z, her driving of them just stopped.
Racer
Joined: May 2007
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From: Irmo South Carolina
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jun 2002
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From: Commerce Texas
I removed a 4" wide by 6" long strip of BLACK paint from my WHITE C4 bumper - no way you could tell it had been rubbed against a black pick up truck bumper when done. Took, maybe, 20 minutes. Great stuff Scratch-X.
Safety Car
Joined: Nov 2007
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From: Bethesda MD
clay bar should fix it, but I have the perfect cure for wife driving the vette.
She loved driving it when it was stock, but now that its supercharged she is scared of it, and also scared it might break down on her. Same thing happened when I supercharged my 350z, her driving of them just stopped.
She loved driving it when it was stock, but now that its supercharged she is scared of it, and also scared it might break down on her. Same thing happened when I supercharged my 350z, her driving of them just stopped.
After the cutout, she said it's too loud.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 1,088
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From: St. Petersburg Florida
