Evening ride
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Evening ride
Last night my wife and I put the top down nice country music to the drive in to get a milk shake, only about 10 miles. We enjoy doing that.
When leaving traffic was not bad and I had to cross 2 lanes to go the way I wanted to go. It was all clear to the left but a few cars coming from the right. The cars to the right were far enough away for me to go. I hit the gas just a little and my wife screamed out DAD what are you doing. Made me think I was about to hit something that I did't see. The wife said why did you have to go so fast, I told her to stay in front of the oncoming cars. After all that being said my top speed was 44mph.
I guess when my wife is in the car I need to not go above idle.
She does the same thing with the golf cart.
When leaving traffic was not bad and I had to cross 2 lanes to go the way I wanted to go. It was all clear to the left but a few cars coming from the right. The cars to the right were far enough away for me to go. I hit the gas just a little and my wife screamed out DAD what are you doing. Made me think I was about to hit something that I did't see. The wife said why did you have to go so fast, I told her to stay in front of the oncoming cars. After all that being said my top speed was 44mph.
I guess when my wife is in the car I need to not go above idle.
She does the same thing with the golf cart.
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I took my wife out for ice cream last night. This was her first ride in the GS. She asked what that handle thing was for at her left hand. I told her it was a grab bar, for her.
She gave me that look of like; "don't even think about it".
I rarely get the: "come hither boy and let me make a man out of you!" look.
She gave me that look of like; "don't even think about it".
I rarely get the: "come hither boy and let me make a man out of you!" look.
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My wife has always had trouble racking a semi-auto pistol. Now that we've got the GS, I tell her I'm taking her for a ride to help her work on her hand strength. That's what the console and door handles are for, right?
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My wife is the best! When we drove Rt 66, we got to the great section of road just outside of Oatman, AZ,(full of curves) my wife grabbed both handles, closed her eyes and said, "Go for it"! She later explained that she wasn't scared. She just didn't want to scream and spoil my fun!
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My wife is the best! When we drove Rt 66, we got to the great section of road just outside of Oatman, AZ,(full of curves) my wife grabbed both handles, closed her eyes and said, "Go for it"! She later explained that she wasn't scared. She just didn't want to scream and spoil my fun!
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Last night my wife and I put the top down nice country music to the drive in to get a milk shake, only about 10 miles. We enjoy doing that.
When leaving traffic was not bad and I had to cross 2 lanes to go the way I wanted to go. It was all clear to the left but a few cars coming from the right. The cars to the right were far enough away for me to go. I hit the gas just a little and my wife screamed out DAD what are you doing. Made me think I was about to hit something that I did't see. The wife said why did you have to go so fast, I told her to stay in front of the oncoming cars. After all that being said my top speed was 44mph.
I guess when my wife is in the car I need to not go above idle.
She does the same thing with the golf cart.
When leaving traffic was not bad and I had to cross 2 lanes to go the way I wanted to go. It was all clear to the left but a few cars coming from the right. The cars to the right were far enough away for me to go. I hit the gas just a little and my wife screamed out DAD what are you doing. Made me think I was about to hit something that I did't see. The wife said why did you have to go so fast, I told her to stay in front of the oncoming cars. After all that being said my top speed was 44mph.
I guess when my wife is in the car I need to not go above idle.
She does the same thing with the golf cart.
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I just love cruising leisurely and wife gets all comfortable and not paying attention and I floor it and her head snaps back and then you see the horror in her face and then she smacks the crap out me and I laugh and ask her if she enjoys the power and acceleration and LOUD Track Mode Sound! 
and she gets mad 
and she gets mad
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Jim, it sounds like you need to do this more often!
Give her the thrill of the Corvette ride.
My wife asked what that was too. I told her it was called the "Oh Sh_t" handle. She asked why-I told her to grab it tightly as I put my foot to the floor.......
Give her the thrill of the Corvette ride.
My wife asked what that was too. I told her it was called the "Oh Sh_t" handle. She asked why-I told her to grab it tightly as I put my foot to the floor.......
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So, a little nostalgia. This goes back many years to my first Vet, an 85 C4. Actually, still have it as well as my C5 and the GS. So anyway, the C4 was my first car with a digital gauge. My wife and I were driving to Cape Cod one evening. No traffic, road was great. The C4 was about 2 months old. So this BMW pulls next to me and begs for a run. I couldn't help myself so I dropped down a couple gears and punched it. Well, when the digital said 150 I made my wife look to see the number, she had to take her hands off her face first...She will never forget. At that point, I just coasted and waited for the BMW to catch up. He pulled along side and just laughed!! Today, she helps me drive more sanely with the GS. Good thing cause it's a rocket compared to the C4. Have fun out there and try to be safe!!!
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My wife is use to it when I hammer it to get up to speed when turning into traffic.Reminds me of my early ATC days when I had this trainee I was monitoring and she was going to vector this C-5 in front of an F-4. I had to use the driving analogy to make my point on how this wasn't going to work. She learned a valuable lesson with the effects of speed/compression (not to mention wake-turbulence separation) that day.
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Mine has a 6th sense, It's like she knows. I see her grab the door handle and the seat bolster just before I accelerate. Never say's a word until I'm done and then say's "you're scaring me". 
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Here is an example of my wife and our driving from here to there.
When I first come upon a nice straight road where you can see forever it seems. "When are you going to gun it?" "If you aren't going to, pull over and let me drive!" "I'll show you how to point and shoot this thing." We then have a good laugh, and I do pull over quite often to have her drive. She absolutely loves it. I kid you not.
When I first come upon a nice straight road where you can see forever it seems. "When are you going to gun it?" "If you aren't going to, pull over and let me drive!" "I'll show you how to point and shoot this thing." We then have a good laugh, and I do pull over quite often to have her drive. She absolutely loves it. I kid you not.
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It's actually pretty common where I grew up. (the southeast). A mother with children will often call her husband the same thing all the kids do.. Daddy. It's neither weird, nor kinky. My wife will sometimes favor me with a smile, and a "Big Daddy" ;-)
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