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Old 07 January 2002 | 07:37 PM
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Dont know about you lot but every time the wife takes the STi out(which is most days,shopping etc etc)i go over it with a fine tooth comb!!!!!!
She is always parking on bends and other dodgy places that when i find a mark on it she says i wasnt her,yeah right!!!!!!

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Old 07 January 2002 | 07:46 PM
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Hi Darren

i'm quite lucky that the missus don't drive mine but it does'nt stop her hitting it with her car

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Old 07 January 2002 | 07:51 PM
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My wifes too scared to drive mine.

Too big she says and far too powerfull .... I've only got a little one I tell her .... an UK std MY99 5 door that is ;-)

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Old 07 January 2002 | 07:56 PM
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Everytime she drives it I check it & then drive it just to make sure

& to put more petrol in it
Old 07 January 2002 | 08:28 PM
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I don't have a missus

I have to dent it, leave tissues in the door pockets,run it on empty and forget to switch the fog lights off myself

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Old 07 January 2002 | 08:40 PM
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Just wait till Joan sees this one
Old 07 January 2002 | 09:02 PM
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You what!

There is no way i would let a women drive my 300bhp sti.

I aint that silly.

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Old 07 January 2002 | 09:11 PM
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My Hairdressing Wife drives my 500 BHP Type R every day !! G.
Old 07 January 2002 | 09:38 PM
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Wife doesn't drive PTMW! if I can at all arrange/machinate it Do serapticiously check it if she does...

I bought her a Mini so that she didn't need to

Worked out that she's done less miles driving than I have done in track miles

Old 07 January 2002 | 09:48 PM
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Theres another photo opportunity for Dave here
Old 07 January 2002 | 09:50 PM
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Or When the Missus' Workmates drive it
Old 07 January 2002 | 09:51 PM
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Doesn't Carolyn have her own scoob Dave, you wouldn't have to check yours would you??

Can't quite remember which ones which tho

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Old 07 January 2002 | 09:55 PM
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I Bl00dy hate it when Mr T-S takes out my scoob. Have to go over it with a fine tooth comb, checking for any door dings, scratched alloys etc.

How tiresome
Old 07 January 2002 | 09:57 PM
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Old 07 January 2002 | 09:59 PM
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Well I would answer this but then remembered I don't have a missus
Old 07 January 2002 | 10:10 PM
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All I am saying is women are far FAR the better driver; we get cheaper insurance because we are,
But having said that if I was true full I think both sexes have their faults and good points.
So guys stop pulling us women down as you all know there’s a lot of women and boys in here with Scooby’s.

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Old 07 January 2002 | 11:21 PM
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My wife once went shopping in my works car.It was a 306 dts and when she came home we unloaded the car.No more to be said !!!! The next day i opened the car door and saw the biggest dent in the wheel arch you have ever seen,it looked like a JCB had reversed into it!So i asked the question whats happened? And the look on her face was a picture,She said it wasnt me. Now every time she goes out in the scooby she has to park in the disabled or mother and baby spaces!! But we do have a baby now !!!!!!
Old 08 January 2002 | 12:55 AM
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Hey Humbug

I bet you are shi*ing yourself now you have carolyn,bex and sal after you.

Would i like to be in your shoes?-LOL

Women are beautiful creatures created in the eyes of GOD.

Peace

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Old 08 January 2002 | 01:18 AM
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my wife drove my 200sx (3 months old) couple of years ago, i checked it over afterwards.... on the News when it was shown (squashed) as the cause of hours of delays in Reading after she drove it head-on into a Shogun!

lived to tell the tale but doesnt tell it often!

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ps- never drives the scoob without me!!!
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Not wanting to be controversial but a few things come to mind

1. Take a woman out of her natural habitat and you get problems, letting her near a scooby ? Suicide ! You're better off keeping them close to white goods - men can never figure out how to programme a washing machine.

2. Men have to pay more insurance for 2 reasons, women and all these "where's theres blame there's a claim" companies making money out of accidents that happened 25 years ago.

Er - Is this call pushing one's luck ?

Old 08 January 2002 | 01:50 AM
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Where did I read that women make more and bigger insurance claims than men?
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Old 08 January 2002 | 02:50 AM
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I'm gonna tell her you said that mate.
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Old 08 January 2002 | 03:30 AM
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My missus? She is insured and is so scared of the thing I think she may have used the turbo once

Now my mother on the other hand (dare I admit she access to the STi??), every time she pulls out in it, I start to sweat instantaneously

Now the 18"s are on there, I think her days charging around Waitrose are up!!
Old 08 January 2002 | 07:37 AM
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Hmm an interesting topic (well after it got cornered). When doing online insurance quotes recently I have often amended a quote to see whether its financially viable to have a sex change op - and lo and behold it isnt. Most sites like Tesco and Elephant offered me about £5 off for changing to a mrs instead of a mr.

As for the age old argument of whose a better driver. Id say that women are safer drivers as the majority drive at slower speeds - blokes drive faster but that doesnt necessarily make them a worse driver - just less likely to react in time to miss a car pulling out in front etc. Also I bet the average mileage for a women is a damn sight lower than for a male - my mum and dad both drive and both have cars yet on any family trip with one car my dad does all the driving - that must have a big bearing on number of claims etc.

How many top rally, f1, nascar etc drivers are male? How many cabbies, lorry drivers are male compared to female - I think we know the answer to this and it goes a long way to explain why the average male pays more insurance than the average female.
Old 08 January 2002 | 08:44 AM
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Scott
Just for you mate - his and hers.....



Oh, and we drove back from picking MY Impreza up from the garage last night - Mrs T-S forgot to mention she drove MY car back cos she didn't want to drive the farty little 205 GTI
Old 08 January 2002 | 09:19 AM
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My missus has my UK300 today and I have had to bring the agricultural vehicle into work, however the good news is she picks her RB5 up on Saturday so we'll be a 2 Scoob family too..

She also knows how to drive (fast) so I'm not bothered in the slightest!
Old 08 January 2002 | 09:28 AM
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Just seen this thread, but don`t think `you know who` has?
Can`t reply properly as we are on the way out to school.
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Old 08 January 2002 | 09:59 AM
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Just to add my 2p worth,
I've had an Evo6 for just over a year and my better half drives it every other week. The only time it's been dented was when she spun it on a dry corner going way to fast (even for an Evo) and caused £2k worth of suspension damage. This, to me, suggests one of two possibilities:
1. She is female and can't drive or more likely:

2. She has bigger ***** than me for attempting to corner that fast that the car actually lost grip...

I never check the car over after she's been driving it but she checks it over after I've finished with it

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Old 08 January 2002 | 10:02 AM
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I'll tell her that next time I see her.

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Old 08 January 2002 | 10:28 AM
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One of the reasons women get cheaper insurance is they make less - or less expensive - claims. When a woman has an acciden it is usually a low speed small prang. When a bloke has an accident, he doesn't muck about and smashes the car to pieces. I'd much rather my misses had a dink in a car park than rolled the car 25 times...



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