Do you let your over half drive your scooby?
20 November 2003, 06:41 PM
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How many of you let your other half drive your pride and joy, my missus asked me to put her on the insurance for the scooby if/when i get one soon. So i contacted the Dick Turpins (insurance companies) they wanted an extra £700 to put her on, she's 26 3 yrs no claims and no points, Also got a quote for an Audi RS6 (£58k car, 4.2lt v8 450bhp), overall quote was same as scooby and only £200 to add the missus, go figure??
anyone else had the same problem ?? neadless to say if i get the scooby she wont be driving it.
anyone else had the same problem ?? neadless to say if i get the scooby she wont be driving it.
20 November 2003, 06:51 PM
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No problem letting my other half drive my STI8 PPP,
I even let her pick the car up from the dealers when it was brand new. and i had never driven it.
Its not something that bothers me, she has always had access to fast cars
Phil G
I even let her pick the car up from the dealers when it was brand new. and i had never driven it.
Its not something that bothers me, she has always had access to fast cars
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20 November 2003, 07:10 PM
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Isnt the speed that worries me its the little quirks like,
Start up and wait till warm, dont go over 3 rpm for ... and as her eyes glaze over I get worried
But my missus was £40 to add to insurance for yr so seemed worth it just in case
Start up and wait till warm, dont go over 3 rpm for ... and as her eyes glaze over I get worried
But my missus was £40 to add to insurance for yr so seemed worth it just in case
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20 November 2003, 07:30 PM
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no chance. drives it hard when cold. holds it on the clutch on hills and parks in small gaps in car parks so the door get dinked.
only let her drive when im in the car and can shout at her.
only let her drive when im in the car and can shout at her.
20 November 2003, 08:07 PM
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Wife drove my last scoob no probs,no prangs,no tickets.When we went for a test drive we both drove a wrx o3&then an sti.I think we,ll have the sti,she said.Can,t argue with that!!!
We only argued over the colour,guess who won?.... WRONG,it was me.
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We only argued over the colour,guess who won?.... WRONG,it was me.
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20 November 2003, 11:40 PM
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My missus old car was a 1.4 escort but she's just changed if for a Seat Leon Cupra which she kerbed one of the alloys within hours of getting it, she still doesnt seem to understand the difference in acceleration, speed and braking between her sh###y escort and the cupra, had a few brown trouser moments the other day, spends more time messing with the stereo than looking where she's driving. Also has no concept of lanes on a roundabout, thinks she can use all at the same time.
Quite glad the insurance quote was so high, i dont now have to have an argument if she asks to drive it.
Quite glad the insurance quote was so high, i dont now have to have an argument if she asks to drive it.
21 November 2003, 08:09 AM
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My wife drove a metro when she first moved in with her. She got my celica when I bought the scooby, now she drives a 206CC. She only uses the scooby if she needs to ferry her elderly father around: "Yes dad, there is a funny scoopy thing on the bonnet, I think it's something to do with the aircon"
21 November 2003, 08:28 AM
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She passed her test in May and was insured on the WRX from new (June). Only cost £50 extra on the insurance and actually made the PPP insurance increase lower than it would have been just for myself (over 30 and driving with no claims for 14 years)!!
Must admit the fact that she's insured scares the hell out of me - not because she'd drive fast (new driver + fast car = cautious) but she may crash, kerb the wheels etc. So she's only driven it twice :-)
Must admit the fact that she's insured scares the hell out of me - not because she'd drive fast (new driver + fast car = cautious) but she may crash, kerb the wheels etc. So she's only driven it twice :-)
21 November 2003, 08:48 AM
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Same here - insurance premium came down
Gave her a couple of golden rules -the warm up/cool down (which she already followed but still felt the need to mention them) and she seems fine. She even baited me the other day by giving me a call and said she'd just had a race with a golf - 'did you warm it up before you had a play?' - 'well if its wasn't warm then, it is now as we got upto a good 120!!!! - ha ha '
Plus she lets me drive her fiat turbo coupe so I couldn't really say NO........
Gave her a couple of golden rules -the warm up/cool down (which she already followed but still felt the need to mention them) and she seems fine. She even baited me the other day by giving me a call and said she'd just had a race with a golf - 'did you warm it up before you had a play?' - 'well if its wasn't warm then, it is now as we got upto a good 120!!!! - ha ha '
Plus she lets me drive her fiat turbo coupe so I couldn't really say NO........
21 November 2003, 11:01 AM
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my missus drives the 22b and it fetched the insurance down when we got married
rotf when people wave and take another look its a blooby women driving a 22b lol
rotf when people wave and take another look its a blooby women driving a 22b lol
21 November 2003, 11:03 AM
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The first car my GF drove was my old Nissan GTIR. She did very well considering it had an evil Nismo paddle clutch (possibly the reason why it let go soon after
) I have offered to put her on the scoob but she doesn't like it - shame, won't force the issue then
21 November 2003, 11:21 AM
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getting my sti 8 soon and putting my g/f on the insurance has lowered it by £60. she wasnt interested in driving it at first but now she has come around to it. Dont mind her driving it as long as i am about, not to sure about the wet though!
21 November 2003, 12:10 PM
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Keep it quiet from the missus but what insurance companies are some of you with for your quotes to go down or only increase a little bit and what sort of prices you paying, i'm 31 and have 9yrs no claims and 3 points. Must have been real Dick Turpins i called.
Oh almost forgot they offered me a £36 reduction if i had a tracker fitted, so much for the 10-20% discounts available as Tracker state.
Oh almost forgot they offered me a £36 reduction if i had a tracker fitted, so much for the 10-20% discounts available as Tracker state.
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What a stupid thread. That's almost as bad as giving Saddam Nukes.
Then the blokes come on hear grizzling she's curbed the alloys, dinked the doors etc. etc. If we must let women on the roads buy them a tricycle
Women according to Insurance companies have less "big accidents" than men...thats coz they've seen loads in the rear mirror. They cause so much grief with their ineptitude for driving.
I listen to my other half and think OMFG glad it wasn't me anywhere nearby.
When was the last time you heard a woman say "Yep it's my fault"?
Chain them to the kitchen sink then, the world plus the roads and most important our Scoobs will be a lot safer
What a stupid thread. That's almost as bad as giving Saddam Nukes.
Then the blokes come on hear grizzling she's curbed the alloys, dinked the doors etc. etc. If we must let women on the roads buy them a tricycle
Women according to Insurance companies have less "big accidents" than men...thats coz they've seen loads in the rear mirror. They cause so much grief with their ineptitude for driving.
I listen to my other half and think OMFG glad it wasn't me anywhere nearby.
When was the last time you heard a woman say "Yep it's my fault"?
Chain them to the kitchen sink then, the world plus the roads and most important our Scoobs will be a lot safer