How do you deal with your GF's poor driving..

Mines just passed and is actually really good. Took her on a quiet motorway Saturday and she took it in her stride. I cant fault it much at the moment...
 
not read all the replies, but has anyone suggested the good ole punch to the ovaries?
just sayin' :D

edit: more seriously, i'd be a nervous wreck after a week with her driving i think. Fortunately my wife is a good driver, but i'm generally a nervous passenger anyway.
 
My wife is god awful

Start car up - before the starter has even come to a stop race out driveway
She negotiates the kerb line by using her front wheel and tyre, the speed of impact varies
She tailgates other cars for no reason
She'll still be accelerating towards red lights and cars that are stationary
She opens the painted door handles with her keys in the same hand
She drops her keys on the roof
She ignores every single light on the dash apart from the fuel light
She drives too fast in the wrong conditions
She sits in lorry blind spots on motorways
She will sit on a hill slipping the clutch rather than using the handbrake
In order of priority driving is about 3rd / 4th in what she is doing at that time

Since I met her she has ruined every car she's had, firstly it starts with the front left wheel, which usually ends up looking like a cheese grater has been rubbed all over it then general dinks and scratches appear then it'll be making a 'funny' noise which when I ask will have been going on for weeks then she'll be stranded somewhere from her complete lack of mechanical sympathy.

Solution was to rent her a Juke of which she is now panicking because she has to give it back soon and pay the damage bill and ultimate solution is that she is getting a company car which will lump every single problem on someone else and she'll have to be accountable to someone other than her 'moaning' husband.
 
There's nothing wrong with gearing down when slowing your vehicle down. If you leave the clutch depressed for the entire braking distance though that is an issue.
 
She is too quick to change gears
She's nearly always in the wrong gear
She doesn't know who's right of way is who's
She leaves gaps just that big enough for someone to nip in forcing her to slam on her brakes
She dawdles when she's following me
She'll turn the heating on flat out when stone cold expecting it to warm up quicker
She will go hot cold hot cold and the reverse in order of which way the temperature is rather than finding a nice temp and leaving it there
She moves lanes when the signs tell her too even if there is a 3m on it, then we sit between lorries for 3 miles
 
maccapacca said:
She dawdles when she's following me
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This is so annoying. My GF thinks that following me means sitting around 200-300m back on the full carriageway. Apparently she "can't keep up", although I'm sure she drives faster than 60mph when not following me! This has often meant that traffic has pulled in between us and then her not noticing I've pulled on the slip road. Yep, off she's gone, merrily on her way, oblivious of me honking my horn, and waving my hands at her.
 
mine...

should wear glasses but doesn't
my pants are normally brown after a journey if she drives

however when she does wear them, nothing to complain about.
 
I hope the OP doesn't allow the GF to drive his car?

My GF is an okay'ish driver. She could be better.

Once gave her the opportunity to drive the M135i. She kurbed a wheel ever so slightly whilst existing a parking bay...... Never let her drive it again after that.

She also loves to ride the clutch. They annoys the beck out of me lol. Guess the good thing is that she's doing it in her car. And not in mine.
 
This is my wife.
She is a shocking driver. I always drive when I'm in the car with her as frankly I hate her crap driving. Every car without fail she's bashed up, not badly, although I'm afraid this will come.
Last one was a couple of months ago when she backed into our own house on the drive(and we have a big drive). Turns out she reverses to get out without looking behind at all and just relies on the parking sensors to beep and one had stopped working.
I refuse to pay to get body repairs done any more but then I have to drive around in a bashed up car as she couldn't care less about it. Grrrrrrrr.



maccapacca said:
My wife is god awful

Start car up - before the starter has even come to a stop race out driveway
She negotiates the kerb line by using her front wheel and tyre, the speed of impact varies
She tailgates other cars for no reason
She'll still be accelerating towards red lights and cars that are stationary
She opens the painted door handles with her keys in the same hand
She drops her keys on the roof
She ignores every single light on the dash apart from the fuel light
She drives too fast in the wrong conditions
She sits in lorry blind spots on motorways
She will sit on a hill slipping the clutch rather than using the handbrake
In order of priority driving is about 3rd / 4th in what she is doing at that time

Since I met her she has ruined every car she's had, firstly it starts with the front left wheel, which usually ends up looking like a cheese grater has been rubbed all over it then general dinks and scratches appear then it'll be making a 'funny' noise which when I ask will have been going on for weeks then she'll be stranded somewhere from her complete lack of mechanical sympathy.

Solution was to rent her a Juke of which she is now panicking because she has to give it back soon and pay the damage bill and ultimate solution is that she is getting a company car which will lump every single problem on someone else and she'll have to be accountable to someone other than her 'moaning' husband.
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maccapacca said:
She'll turn the heating on flat out when stone cold expecting it to warm up quicker
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This ^

Happens with the heating at home too - just turn the thermostat up to 30C. I've explained how a thermostat works, I'm sure she understands, but she still does it :mad:

Wife is generally a good driver, to be fair. She does drive to a different rhythm to me, though, which makes me uncomfortable (I'm not a great passenger, though - it's more me than her) - much later braking, follows the car in front much closer, is happy to brush the hedge on the nearside on a regular basis.
 
maccapacca said:
She negotiates the kerb line by using her front wheel and tyre, the speed of impact varies
She'll still be accelerating towards red lights and cars that are stationary
She opens the painted door handles with her keys in the same hand
She sits in lorry blind spots on motorways
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My girlfriend does the above, it's only really the accelerating towards stationary things that scares me (although it has stopped recently where she did it so late and so hard on the brakes that ABS had to kick in). Other than that she's actually an ok driver, but 99% of the time I will drive if we go out (mainly because I much prefer being in an E46 than a Mk1 A Class...)
 
Apparently her ex used to moan at her for driving too far to the right and cutting corners.
She said that I told her in a much nicer way though. :D Phew! :D
And she's since let on that she scraped the right hand side of her last car because of cutting a right hand bend too much on a narrow road and took out the wing of another car, yet she still does it!
I blamed her Eastern European driving instructor and driving on the right... but apparently she only learnt in the UK!! :eek:

Oh and her ex apparently once bought her an automatic Golf because she looked at the pedals all the time. :D :D
I am worried for the future here if this carries on haha :D
I can't drive her around in my Disco at the moment as there is no passenger seat belt..
I removed it to get some interior panels off and the roof lining out as I'm still trying to fix the sunroof.
 
I hate how my girlfriend has a statistically lower accident rate. It really gets my goat.

Tiredly sexist thread is sexist.
 
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