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Offline Homer

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Do you trust your missus with the GTI?
« on: October 20, 2012, 02:08:59 pm »
My missus has been asking for ages to drive the GTI, she aint the best of drivers so I have been avoiding her driving it explaining she has her own car and as she is not a named driver on my policy it would be too big a risk for her to drive it 3rd party....

Now however she seems to be determined to start driving it, I must have hyped it up too much...I will put her on policy before I let her drive it but for some reason still find the thought of parting with my keys rather difficult.

Anyone else went through anything similar?
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Re: Do you trust your missus with the GTI?
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2012, 02:12:22 pm »
I had my missus insured on my old car and she drove it....... once in a year. Now she isnt insured on my car and doesnt want to drive mine as she knows I would go mental if she did anything to it!!  :driver:
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Re: Do you trust your missus with the GTI?
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2012, 02:31:42 pm »
I have too after hav'n a few pints. Haha
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Re: Do you trust your missus with the GTI?
« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2012, 02:36:39 pm »
You love you car, you love your misses. Just remember that when she phones you to say...........



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Re: Do you trust your missus with the GTI?
« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2012, 02:37:05 pm »
I never did but as of Monday the missus will be using my car for her work for the next 5 weeks until her mini jcw is built.  We managed to sell her old one privately and had to take the cash now rather than risking having to part ex when her new car is delivered.  

So my normal 5 miles a week will be 300 for the next 5 weeks :scared:
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Re: Do you trust your missus with the GTI?
« Reply #5 on: October 20, 2012, 03:10:13 pm »
Yea why not. It's just a car, as long as she's careful & doesn't speed About don't see the harm. Like the saying Go's. U break it u buy it lol
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Re: Do you trust your missus with the GTI?
« Reply #6 on: October 20, 2012, 03:54:06 pm »
My Mrs drives my car better than I do and I'm happy to admit it.

She is however a semi professional racing driver and is more used to thrashing caterhams and Porsches about up and down the country and blasting through forests when indulging in rallying.
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Re: Do you trust your missus with the GTI?
« Reply #7 on: October 20, 2012, 05:17:27 pm »
My Mrs. cant drive!!   :jumping:
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Re: Do you trust your missus with the GTI?
« Reply #8 on: October 20, 2012, 05:19:01 pm »
People are more important than metal.  Why not invest in some driver training for her?  To save making it sound too patronising, go with her.  There's plenty on offer out there.  IAM can be a bit old-farty (IMHO, no offence to anyone here and all that), but it's a good place to start and good value.  You could always say it's a way of getting cheaper insurance (which is true).

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Re: Do you trust your missus with the GTI?
« Reply #9 on: October 20, 2012, 05:24:07 pm »
No...   :scared:
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Re: Do you trust your missus with the GTI?
« Reply #10 on: October 20, 2012, 05:27:12 pm »
My wife has driven all my cars mk2 8v  mk4 with 300bhp and now my stage 2+ mk5, although she hates the mk5 since I've fitted the helix clutch it's too heavy for her
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Re: Do you trust your missus with the GTI?
« Reply #11 on: October 20, 2012, 06:38:45 pm »
I have no choice as I am in Afghan for 4 months and I don't want it stuck on the driveway not going anywhere, and I trust her. In fact she has started to enjoy driving it as she used to moan when she was a passenger. Spoke to her the other day and she said it is pretty quick isn't it :laugh:

Will be even quicker when I get back and hopefully book it in at R-tech for Stage 1 :happy2: :happy2:
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Re: Do you trust your missus with the GTI?
« Reply #12 on: October 20, 2012, 06:51:53 pm »
I got my lady on the insurance, just incase but i dont mind her driving it, but it has only happend once tho! :happy2:
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Re: Do you trust your missus with the GTI?
« Reply #13 on: October 20, 2012, 06:58:31 pm »
My GF drives a 98 plate starlet auto thats scrapped and bettered at each corner...... Thats why i dont let her drive mine!  :evilgrin:
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Re: Do you trust your missus with the GTI?
« Reply #14 on: October 20, 2012, 07:40:08 pm »
Only reason I'll be letting my misses drive mine will be because if she's on the policy she brings my insurance down and gets it cheaper because she works at Adrian flux's insurance.

That is the only reason  :happy2:
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