Is it bad that I won't let my wife drive my modded A/C?

[{WBK}Viper]

I forgot to mention also that

uh hem....if you are married...the car is hers too.

[LongBeachCoupe]

lol i didnt realize that hahahahaWe arent married yet!

Im laughing hard now that i didnt realize that...

But even if its "half" your spouses... I wouldnt want to screw up anything thats half hers, even if its half mine too lol!

I mean, if its the only car, dont make a mo-fo walk to the bus station or anything though hehe!

[rjdmmfl1]

It's just a car. If something happens it can be fixed.Much harder to fix a relationship.

You let her drive it otherwise you're in for it down the road.By telling her no...you're telling her you don't trust her. Tellingher you don't trust her tells her you love a "thing" more thanher.

My wife can drive mine anytime to matter what I do to it. We'repartners all the time...not just when it's convenient or circumstancesallow. Be a man and let her drive it.

I uunderstand what you guys are all saying, and honestly, I'm not taking any of it personally! I appreciate you guys even taking the time to respond.

I know plenty of guys that don't let their wives drive their vehicles at all. Its like, EVERYTHING ELSE is ours, but the car is "mine".. especially when you buy them a new car when you bought yours. I think part of it is because of the speed, yeah its not the fastest car on the road, but we both use to drive Sentras, so to her, its pretty darn fast (has the same 0-60 as my dad's Sc 430, and she absolutely loved that car whn she rode in it)

BUt again, my biggest issue is the fact that you can't drive it like a normal car due to the low profile tires and the front splitter.. oh yeah, and the fact that I don't want my chrome wheels scratched

I think some of the comments are a bit of a stretch, the whole I value a thing more than you... not the case at all, but I do like my stuff taken care of, and would hate for something to be damaged that could have ben avoided with the proper driving tutorial

Again, I'm not gonna respond to every person's post, and please don't feel like I'm takiong any of this personally.. its always intersting to hear other folks opinions on things! thanks again for taking the time to respond!

[ESP]

Rob, I'm with you on this one mate.

My fiancee doesn't drive the car either. This isn't strictly because I won't let her though...she understands that keeping the car in perfect shape is important to me and she doesn't really trust herself with it because of her inexperience with lowered/kitted vehicles. If she suddenly said to me "I want to take the car out to the store for a bit", I wouldn't object...but she understands that it's my car, not ours. There is no valuing of an object more than our relationship (as someone else in here put it)...that's just shallow.It's about a mutual understanding of what we each find important...I want the car in perfect shape, and she wants to be chauffeured around! Hey, if it means I get to spend more time in the driver's seat, how could I object!

[BlackNWhite]

My gf knows how crazy I am about my car. I baby it everywhere we go. I spend lots of time looking for the perfect parking spot in parking lots and so on, and so on.

After she's noticed that... she's asked once. I hesitated, finally agreed and then she chickened out.

Since then... she hasn't asked me once.

[Infantry1327]

you shouldnt have a problem at all. Me and rob are both sporting 20's so you haft to be extra carefull pulling up to a curb. As long as you arnt driving in alot of ruff construction areas, you should be good. Bith a stock body and wheels it really isnt that low. Most of us have kits on the front of our cars witch bring it even lower and make pulling up to curbs a little trickier but comes second nature with practice. You dont haft to go sideways over every bump, just those overly large speed bumps. which I hate. Take it slower on sharp inclines driveways and speed bumbs and you wont have any problems. I rarely take things sideways and I have never bottomed out.

[BrianAC2.5]

this guy i work with just bought his fiance a band new inifinti ex35 or something the smaller of the two infiniti SUV's and she crashed it the next day

[edonissan13]

I got 20's and the whole enchiladai let my gf of 7 years drive my carshe said she feels " kewl" driving it hahaha

its just material stuff that could be replaced.but a good g/f,wife, ect cant

[dangeris]

DON"T DO IT, DONT DO IT!!!!

Well let me just tell you this. My wife and I went to WalMart this morning to grab a few things. After shopping, we loaded up her car (Acura TL-S) which btw, is sporting my OEM wheels with Acura badgings. Anyway, she proceeds to put the car in gear and starts rolling forward and turning the wheel. That's when i heard the dread..."scrape" sound I was like.."DUDE...Did you just hit the freakin' curb" And she says to me "What?....It's fine!" Yeah right..Fine my A$$. Let this picture be warning to others!!!



BTW,...My wife has also entered into a driveway that had a dip in it head on after it was lowered and AFTER I told her to slow down and go into it diagonally...but did she listen?.....NO! Another trip to the bodyshop!

And she wonders why I don't let her drive my car.

...its just material stuff that could be replaced.but a good g/f,wife, ect cant

Dude,..are you with us or against us?

[edonissan13]

I'm not choosing sides Just giving my opinion

[GixxerK!d]

her place is in the kitchen

[rjdmmfl1]

Looking at the responses, it appears that most of the folks that are ok with it do not have a low profile vehicle (and by low profile, I mean an extended or lowered fron combined with low profile tires)

ANy of you reading this with a low profile vehicle know about driving over speed bumps diagonally, or hitting slanted inclines or declines diagonally, and I mean SLOW and diagonall... if you don't have this setup, or have never had this setup, then I'm afraid i wouldn't let you drive my car either without a proper tutorial on how to properly drive a low profile vehicle.

Its seems like it would be obvious, but its not.. the difference between 5 mph and 2 mph is HUGE when you're driving a low profile vehicle...

[LinkNuc]

her place is in the kitchen

barefoot and pregnant...

[fullvietFX]

I let me girlfriend drive my car, some things are more important.

[Forrest80]

Have a few thoughts on it.

#1 What ever girls you guys are with unless your with them for a long time (some one said 7 years, i say thats almost a long time) You probably wont be with them for long anyways, so why let them mess your stuff up?

#2 It is just a altima it can be repaired if you really like that girl.

#3 At least bring her to some bumps and show her how hard it is not to scrape a speed bump. After she see's what you have to do, it might click in her head this is to much work or hey she can handle it.

[LongBeachCoupe]

her place is in the kitchen

barefoot and pregnant...

Ill chalk it up to you being bigots, and maybe being a "tough guy" with comments like that... you like to push girls around or something...

Lemme guess, your both single? And if your going to respond "i was just joking"... I dont see anyone laughing.

[edonissan13]

Ill chalk it up to you being bigots, and maybe being a "tough guy" with comments like that... you like to push girls around or something...

Lemme guess, your both single? And if your going to respond "i was just joking"... I dont see anyone laughing.

[altimacoupelvr]

This is funny cause this situation is totally opposite for me! I don't let my husband drive the car. It's MY baby!!! well he did drive it once back from texas but that was only cause i was super sick and was doped up on cough and cold meds. But other than that no! He never even asks though! so it works for us.

[LinkNuc]

I think anyone sould be able to tell by my posts, i didn't have a good "go-around" the 1st time (definitely the last time fo sho)....but no, of course I treat women with respect (then I kick them out in the morning if they don't make me breakfast ) but I honestly have earned the right to crack off those comments...and they are in fun with a little spite behind them

hooked up = epic fail

[LongBeachCoupe]

Im really confused.

[LinkNuc]

Lol, and I'm part to blame

[rjdmmfl1]

Lol, and I'm part to blame

i don't think the thread sucks, I think you suck for coming in here and f*cking up my thread!

[LinkNuc]

I guess I suck then, and stop stealing monkeys..."F*ck You!"...""Fair Enough"

[CoutureCoupe]

If I could play Dr. Phil for a moment... it sounds like your wife wants you to trust her. Most women I have been with never want to be the driver so I am guessing this is just to make a point. Give her the keys and say "baby I trust you," let her cruise around a bit and say a quick prayer for your baby. I doubt after that she will plan on making this a regular thing.

BTW SL 65 AMG is way better!

[Infantry1327]

I guess I suck then, and stop stealing monkeys..."F*ck You!"...""Fair Enough"

whats with the stop stealing monkeys comment? I really hope for your sake, thats some kind of inside joke, and not ment to be racist.

[dangeris]

whats with the stop stealing monkeys comment? I really hope for your sake, thats some kind of inside joke, and not ment to be racist.

ooooh man...here we go...

[Infantry1327]

Hey I am giving him a chance to explain himself, but I can't speak for rob. I can defenetly see a flurry of tempered posts coming out if it was ment to be a racist comment.

If it was:

[ESP]

[Shift_Altima]

Ready. Set.



by the way linknuc.. aren't you always talking about how jersey people are aholes? looks like maybe you're the one who just can't shut ur mouth? just a thought.

[sammyboy]

Dont do it. I don't know about you but you have a lot more mods then me and I wont let my girl drive. I don't mind at times. I let her drive it three times since I got it in Jan. Twice more when I was too drunk to drive and thankfully she hasen't gotten hit or hit someone. I'm the type of person that if someone hit the car while she was driving i'll still be mad at her. I have this mentallity that says "If that was me driving, it wouldn't happen" even if I was on the same road.

I value my gf's life more then my car obviously, but I cherish my car like it was my 1st born.

Btw. Why would you go from a A/C to a SL 600 thats such a huge upgrade in cars. I woulda just got the SL600 or 65 instead of the Altima Coupe. Thats if I had the money