women just don't understand
 

I was taking a friend home this evening with my wife in the front seat. I noticed that this Civic with nice rims and stock exhaust was pushing his little engine hard. He hits the first twist-ish-y just before Portla turns into Market and takes it surprisingly well... so of course I wanna get in on it.

"Honey, don't". Honestly more often than not, I do anyway.

So I figure I'll just stay with him.

"NO, honey."

I'm just lagging behind a bit and I'm getting more and more impressed with how well he's handling. That makes it all the more interestnig. I don't wanna go nuts, but I just wanna see what he's got.

She doesn't say anything else but I can feel the tension.

I decide to acquiesce. Besides, there are two passengers in the car and only one is interested in what I'm interested... that'd be me if you weren't paying attention.

She just doesn't have the lust of the hunt. Sure, a few do, but most women don't. Grrrrrr... all of you who have wives and girlfriends who exclaim, "Oh, kick his ass! Go get him!", cherish the experience.

jason

Just say that the driver looked like an old friend and you wanted to catch up and say hi. :)

and then pass him crazy fast and wave bye. :p

[QUOTE=WindingRoad]Just say that the driver looked like an old friend and you wanted to catch up and say hi. :)[/QUOTE]

classic! haha
edgar, :)

it's only okay to play like that when when we feel like it. otherwise you're forbidden. it all depends on our mood. those are the rules ;)

on a side note i can empathize with your wife while she sat there mouth clenched trying to avoid sounding like a nag. there comes a point in relationship when we learn that our words of wisdom won't get through your heads anyway. that's when we sit there and let the tension build hoping that you'll come to your senses.

then there are times when some ******* on the road deserves to get shown up in front of all his friends whom he's obviously trying to impress. that's when we tell the boyfriend to go for it. we close my eyes, grab the "oh isht" bar and just let the g-force push us back until it's all over. :D

disclaimer: i'm only speaking for myself, not all women.

[QUOTE=mmboost]I was taking a friend home this evening with my wife in the front seat. I noticed that this Civic with nice rims and stock exhaust was pushing his little engine hard. He hits the first twist-ish-y just before Portla turns into Market and takes it surprisingly well... so of course I wanna get in on it.

"Honey, don't". Honestly more often than not, I do anyway.

So I figure I'll just stay with him.

"NO, honey."

I'm just lagging behind a bit and I'm getting more and more impressed with how well he's handling. That makes it all the more interestnig. I don't wanna go nuts, but I just wanna see what he's got.

She doesn't say anything else but I can feel the tension.

I decide to acquiesce. Besides, there are two passengers in the car and only one is interested in what I'm interested... that'd be me if you weren't paying attention.

She just doesn't have the lust of the hunt. Sure, a few do, but most women don't. Grrrrrr... all of you who have wives and girlfriends who exclaim, "Oh, kick his ass! Go get him!", cherish the experience.

jason[/QUOTE]

i guess im just lucky then! :eek:

[QUOTE=wrexxy]it's only okay to play like that when when we feel like it. otherwise you're forbidden. it all depends on our mood. those are the rules ;)

on a side note i can empathize with your wife while she sat there mouth clenched trying to avoid sounding like a nag. there comes a point in relationship when we learn that our words of wisdom won't get through your heads anyway. that's when we sit there and let the tension build hoping that you'll come to your senses.

then there are times when some ******* on the road deserves to get shown up in front of all his friends whom he's obviously trying to impress. that's when we tell the boyfriend to go for it. we close my eyes, grab the "oh isht" bar and just let the g-force push us back until it's all over. :D

disclaimer: i'm only speaking for myself, not all women.[/QUOTE]

Yes, you and my wife are not alike. The "Retaliation Scenario" is the big "no no". I just try to keep to certain roads for spirited driving around the City. Usually, i can push here and there. But believe me there's no "mouth clenched" versions of these stories for me :)

jason

I agree with the significant other making driving less enjoyable. The only time I can drive fast is when I ask my girlfriend if it's ok to go faster for a bit. Otherwise it's freakout time or the inevitable question, "why are you going so fast?" She doesn't know how to drive and may never understand. A pity ;)

Jason,

reminds me of an incident I had with a Neon on San Mateo Bridge a few months back. My wife and I were headed for a get-together with some friends. On SMG, I see this excessively riced out Neon with graphics everywhere and a "turbo" badge off a Porsche 911. His neon was so obviously not a turbo... or even one made past the year 2000 ;) . So anyway, I'm cruising along and notice that every time I get close to this guy, he speeds up and does some crazy lane changes to get ahead... then the normal flow of traffic gets me close to him, and he does it again. Well, I decide to have a little fun with him. Once we get off the bridge, I shoot ahead of him.. so he tries to go faster. I let him get ahead... then shoot ahead of him again. So he keeps doing all these crazy lane changes to get ahead of me again. My wife looks over at me as I was smiling, and says "STOP PLAYING WITH THE NEON!" I laughed so hard that I let the neon go... right into the backup that is the 92/880 merge ;) . You are right... some women will never understand.

shadowcat

Sometimes...
 

[QUOTE=thebankman]I agree with the significant other making driving less enjoyable. The only time I can drive fast is when I ask my girlfriend if it's ok to go faster for a bit. Otherwise it's freakout time or the inevitable question, "why are you going so fast?" She doesn't know how to drive and may never understand. A pity ;)[/QUOTE]

I have to disagree wholeheartedly.

When I drive Pleiad's Forester, she is usually up for the hunt. She loves watching her Forester smoke these unsuspecting ricer/kraut mobiles.

Even when I got stopped with that Audi TT I was schooling, she was laughing!!

Sometimes it's her that starts it, telling me to spank that _________ (fill in the blank with a ricer/kraut mobile name).

Hey Jason, you and the others are lucky your wives/gf's have never seen "Legend of Speed" :D

I'll let some other hardcore Chinese guy explain it ;)

I'm not a hardcore Chinese guy, but Legend of Speed rocks.

ahh, being single...

*basks in it*

Just watched the Legend of Speed today. Basically, this dude hooks up with two seperate girls who wants him to race and beat his opponent.

[QUOTE=Choku Dori]Hey Jason, you and the others are lucky your wives/gf's have never seen "Legend of Speed" :D

I'll let some other hardcore Chinese guy explain it ;)[/QUOTE]

Yeah it's pretty awesome when your girlfriend will ride you in your car like a wild animal after you beat a guy in a motorcycle race, then break his leg with a giant wrench. HAHA