Problems with the RL

[XeroState]

I get this same problem every time I have someone in my car. They constently beg me to let them drive it (corny topic title, but got ya to look none the less ). It usually comes when I tell them I am just gonna drive normally for awhile to let things cooldown(hehe..ya right). They get all relaxed and I drop it a gear and pin it and they get thrown to the back of their seat and either say "Holy Shit Batman, no need for the rocket booster in town"(my favorite), "Wow, a Satty that has power" or "Woot!" or something along those lines. Then they bug me for like 3 weeks straight to let them drive it. Anyone else have this problem.


*EDIT* sorry for double post, my comp locked up when I posted

[dipolley]

I have the exact same problem, but only with a few of my freinds. One reson I bought the Redline, no one knows how to drive a stick anymore. So that does cut down on the problem considerably. Damn kids and their automatics. They don't know what they are missing. But when they are with me, god help them if I put in a good CD (like the Top Gun Soundtract). It's fun to see the look on someones face when a saturn hits 100mph. Yeah, a Saturn, you heard me. It's a SATURN. And then they realize I am still in 4th gear. Priceless

I have NEVER let anyone but me drive my car. Not even my own mother. (she has an L300, the caddilac of the Saturn family). I have let a few sit in the drivers seat and feather the throttle a bit, but not drive it. The last person I let drive one of my vehicles totalled it out and put 6 people in the hospital (including 3 kids under 10 years old). That is why I don't let anyone drive my car. Not going to feel guilty like that again.

[IeatRice]

I never let anyone touch my stick . The worst is when the females ask to drive--NEVER will that happen

[XeroState]

MY GOD YES....why is it that females feel like they can drive anything (even if they don't know how to drive stick and won't tell you ). The only person to drive my car other than me was my dad on the test drive (where he promptly gunned all the way from 1st to the end of 3rd..hehe fathers are funny). I have only let 1 of my friends even sit in the drivers seat and touch the stick (engine was off with keys in my hand...lol). This one damn girl (I'll admit, she is hot) is slowly breaking me down to where it is very hard to say no to her. DAMN HER!!!!

[dipolley]

Xero,
So she wants to touch your stick, and you are thinking with yours. What's the problem? lol. Unfortunatly the sticks are not the same. Don't do it, unless she ....washes and waxes your car too.

[XeroState]

Lol, see that is what I was thinking..sort of an agreement before hand. Though she already cooks for me (hehe...mmm...free homebaked food) and all I have to do is drive her to and from work once a week so her work friends she her in my car...lol.

[IeatRice]

Originally Posted by XeroState

MY GOD YES....why is it that females feel like they can drive anything (even if they don't know how to drive stick and won't tell you ). The only person to drive my car other than me was my dad on the test drive (where he promptly gunned all the way from 1st to the end of 3rd..hehe fathers are funny). I have only let 1 of my friends even sit in the drivers seat and touch the stick (engine was off with keys in my hand...lol). This one damn girl (I'll admit, she is hot) is slowly breaking me down to where it is very hard to say no to her. DAMN HER!!!!

DON'T DO IT. Once you give her that liberty, she won't stop. Next she'll want to take your car out every once in a while. Then, she'll want full rights. Next thing you know, it's her RL.

And yeah, why is it that women don't know how to drive a manual, but when you tell them your car is a 5-speed, all of a sudden they do? "I can drive a stick" or "I know how" Yeah right. Have fun in your auto talking on your cell phone.

[XeroState]

Lol, I talk on my cell phone (not hands free, but merely sandwhiched between my ear and my shoulder) and eat while driving standard (not in the RL, never eat in the RL). I will not let her drive it unless I get somethin outta it....lol. And it will be a one time thing no matter what else she does for me, it will require another neogation for another drive.

[IeatRice]

Originally Posted by XeroState

Lol, I talk on my cell phone (not hands free, but merely sandwhiched between my ear and my shoulder) and eat while driving standard (not in the RL, never eat in the RL). I will not let her drive it unless I get somethin outta it....lol. And it will be a one time thing no matter what else she does for me, it will require another neogation for another drive.

If you can get something out of it...go ahead. Just make sure it's worth it, and keep her off the freeway.

[dipolley]

Cell Phone: only when on the highway where I don't have to shift. Unless it is the 2 way (nextell). Just to much to do at once.

Food: NO

Drinking: Only if you can close it. And it better be closed if you aren't using it.

Smoking: HELL NO. And I smoke too. I will pull over and smoke outside of the car at a rest area or parking lot. Or I just don't have one. I shouldn't smoke anyway. And not smoking in the car helps with me not smoking as much, cause I love to drive my car.