You's all need to take control of your woman haha  

 

Mine respects my car and respects her own or i take it off her  

It's my sis, cos I'm single.

 

1. Makes no concession to mass of passengers/cargo, so expects to be able to drive in the same gears 5 up plus luggage as solo.
2. Expects everyone else to do what they should, then whinges about being cut up after getting/being half-way alongside someone else (on their nearside) on roundabouts.
3. Doesn't read the road.

- Kerbs my wheels :(

- Drives like a chav on speed then tells me off when i overtake perfectly safely or speed up to merge into dual carriageway etc

My missus shouts at everyone who she considers are not driving correctly, that's from the passenger seat.

 

She doesn't drive, hasn't got a licence...........I would never let her near the drivers seat if she wanted to. :peek:

 

She asks me why I stay so calm at the wheel..........someone has to is my reply. :clap:

My other half is a decent driver - she hasn't done anywhere near as many miles as me, so without wanting to sound superior, she isn't as good as me in several areas, but on the whole she's not bad at all.

The one habit I'd like to change is sequential gear changes though - she won't do block changes even when slowing to a stop and even if she's in second when she comes to a halt she'll still put it in first before going to neutral.

Mine's a driving instructor.......she's a good driver...but

 

- she think's she's a better driver than me - Nope, a piece of paper that say's she can be paid to teach someone to drive doesn't make her a better driver than me, nor does having an advanced driving license. No telling her though!

 

- Too slow to pull away, lights turn green...then leisurely puts it into gear, releases the handbrake and pulls away..

 

- When chatting her driving goes to pot, especially on the motorway!

You've started something with this thread Martin.  Anyway, here goes...

 

 she won't do block changes even when slowing to a stop and even if she's in second when she comes to a halt she'll still put it in first before going to neutral.

 

This,

 

- Too slow to pull away, lights turn green...then leisurely puts it into gear, releases the handbrake and pulls away..

 

This and not blending with the traffic when roundabouts or at Give Way junctions.  It's the stopping for no reason that gets to me.  If I was following behind in another car I'd be very annoyed as it's a case of being aware and looking around/ahead most of the time. 

 

Having said this, my lovely wife is on the whole a good driver but her lack of confidence does limit her driving in certain circumstances.  My frustration on these occasions doesn't help as it comes across as negative which then impacts on her confidence for the next occasion we're in the same situation.  I mostly sit quietly but apparently that's just as bad as I've been informed that she can feel the annoyance radiating off me which makes her more nervous. 

 

That's it really.

 

Oh, and the Vectra is too big & heavy and is difficult to park as the seats are too low and she's scared of curbing the wheels as they are expensive and it's not easy to change up sometimes because it's too jerky to drive smoothly and the indicators are funny to work & why do you have to push the rear wiper to cancel it because that's how you turn them on so it's silly to repeat the same action to cancel it and the indicators are silly too.

I like to keep our cars as clean and shiny as I can, not easy when I do about 45k a year in my Superb, and the wife does about 50/60k a year in her BMW.

 

We live in a fairly quiet area where there's not much traffic, the roads are fairly good, so we can use as much road as we like - within reason.

 

If we go out after I've just washed and polished her car its as if she deliberately drives through every dirty puddle, cow pat, pile of horse manure and anything else she can find when she could easily avoid it. 

 

I've learnt to just sit in the passenger seat and keep quiet. 

Breathes.

 

OK, I jest.

But there are times.... 

Chopping in at the bends too actually.

Not smoothly increasing the steering as the corner tightens, holding a line and tightening it up as you see the exit, no none of that. Just turn abit, wait, sharply turn abit more,.. Let off abit, turn in abit more.

Urgh.

I never let the Bird drive me, I thoroughly dislike being a passenger, so I never really see her drive. What annoys me though is she's happy to let her scrutty friends in the car who are of the opinion that "it's only a car" and treat it as such. She even asked me the other day if I'd be happy about having a dog in the car as her mate can't afford to get their T reg Focus back on the road and the dog needs to go somewhere.   Needless to say, I finished the conversation by making a point that the custom re-trim in my car cost more than it does to fix a T reg Focus.

 

There is now a list of people who aren't allowed in my car and it's constantly getting longer.

Nothing. She's a better driver than me. I get too annoyed at all the a-holes, who seem to be more numerous and more discourteous every day.

Well whilst I have faults...

IMHO Mrs H does not change up enough.

She says I am too slow and need to change down for corners

Whacks curbs

Reverses into things

Pushed clutch half way down and crunches gears

Can't park in any direction

Tailgates

Random crazy overtakes

Doesnt indicate

Speeds

The list is pretty much endless

Drove for miles at 60mph in 4th gear yesterday, caught up slower moving traffic and then changed UP to 5th.