How many of you (men) let your wife drive your 997 Turbo?
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my wife drives mine 3-4x per month. No biggy to me since she's a very good driver and loves the manual transmission.
When I do a new external mod(wheels, spoiler, etc.) or wanna listen to the exhaust once in a while, I also have her drive it up and down the street(and freeway) to see how the car look/sounds. She loves driving it.
When I do a new external mod(wheels, spoiler, etc.) or wanna listen to the exhaust once in a while, I also have her drive it up and down the street(and freeway) to see how the car look/sounds. She loves driving it.
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She'd love to drive it and has the odd winge on that but she cant drive stick...probably not a bad thing since that tech lower front lip went on 
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So things happen for a reason I guess. I do know she liked the odd drive of my 996 tip and misses that. I offered tuiton for her to learn manual but so far so good.... that offer not taken up as of yet. So,the lip lives to see another day
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.So things happen for a reason I guess. I do know she liked the odd drive of my 996 tip and misses that. I offered tuiton for her to learn manual but so far so good.... that offer not taken up as of yet. So,the lip lives to see another day
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At the risk of getting blasted, I thought I would ask....And to be politically correct...How many of you (women) let your husband drive your 997 Turbo?
My wife simply asked the other day...Or stated...I would like to drive that car sometimes....Now mind you she has a 996 Cabriolet and Cayenne S...But I pictured my turbo with no front spoiler, a Coach purse imprint in the leather seats, and a Nordstroms parking ticket in the glove box
Just asking for fun...Not trying to be a pig or anything...So take it lightly please! And women...No offense...I love my beautiful spouse!
My wife simply asked the other day...Or stated...I would like to drive that car sometimes....Now mind you she has a 996 Cabriolet and Cayenne S...But I pictured my turbo with no front spoiler, a Coach purse imprint in the leather seats, and a Nordstroms parking ticket in the glove box
Just asking for fun...Not trying to be a pig or anything...So take it lightly please! And women...No offense...I love my beautiful spouse!
Main reason I stay with a manual trans is to keep the wife and kids from asking to use my turbo. Most women don't want the bother of trying to perfect the required hand/leg to brain cordination. Soon, it looks like these automatic-dual clutch manuals will be all that is offered. And with this, domestic problems will be emerging.
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No interest from my wife, she has driven many manuals over the years, but when she drove our 2006 BMW M3 6 speed and it started doing this bucking bronco thing she kind of freaked out. I told her the 997TT was harder to drive than the M3 and she wants no part in that party. Guess I lied a bit 
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My wife drives all our cars whenever she wants. But with the kids most of her trips are in her X5. But when she heads out with the girls she will jump into the our TT Cab. She also loves to drive our M5 SMG.
That is why we have these cars is to drive them and enjoy them. Why would she be any different? Only car she doesn't want to drive is the Cup car.
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That is why we have these cars is to drive them and enjoy them. Why would she be any different? Only car she doesn't want to drive is the Cup car.
JCM
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My gf drives my M3 (manual) , my 997s(PDK), and Honda si (manual) .
My Turbo has a stage 3 clutch and with the power assist removed it may be a bit tricky to push the pedal so she's content opting out .
My Turbo has a stage 3 clutch and with the power assist removed it may be a bit tricky to push the pedal so she's content opting out .
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My wife drives all the time. She hasn't raced the 997 yet.
However, I used to drag some of my other cars. In most of them she could beat my times. I guess because she is lighter, or maybe cause she could careless if something breaks.
However, I used to drag some of my other cars. In most of them she could beat my times. I guess because she is lighter, or maybe cause she could careless if something breaks.
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