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I suspect this happens to lots of you guys, and maybe some of you gals too. I need some advice on how to answer when my wife (passenger) demands "do you have to pass everybody on the road?" The obvious answer doesn't seem to work. I suspect the question is rather rhetorical, but I feel the need to answer, but I can never seem to come up w/ the right answer. Any suggestions?
 
Say, "Well, everyone except that hot 23 y.o blonde I picked up last week. Anything else you'd like to know?"
 
Tell her

"Ya know honey, life is like a rat race,
and I'm just leaving all the rats behind"
 
"No, only the ones in front of me!" :driving:
 
Buy your wife her own car or slow down - you're not going to win this one. :nonono:
 
JPSmit said:
Buy your wife her own car or slow down - you're not going to win this one. :nonono:
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:iagree: Take it from someone who knows!
 
I don't do much road trips any more. I get on the two-lane coastal road, pass the 22MPH motor homes, the 17MPH semis, then she wants a "viewpoint" stop, and by the time she's done, they all pass me and she cannot figure out why I get upset.
SHE's the one who has a time to arrive, and doing it her way isn't going to get us there on even the same day.
 
YES! MUST-GET-THERE-FIRST! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Just kidding.
 
It's not the destination, it's the voyage. Being retired has advantages. Being free of deadlines is one of them. Relax and smile. Sincerely, one who knows a/k/a husband's driver.
 
I had the same problem. I got rid of the Triumph and kept the wife. Now having second thoughts.
 
And that is why my wife likes to go riding in our stock 29 ford roadster.
I really can't pass very much or speed even.Not like my sunbeam Tigers as all it takes is the time of a sneeze and I have an open road.I already passed everything else
 
TR6BILL said:
I had the same problem. I got rid of the Triumph and kept the wife. Now having second thoughts.
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That's like bringing sand to the beach. With a Triumph, you can get as many women as you want. :laugh:

I don't get any trouble out of my wife at all. If anything, she's too compliant. I let it be known from the get go, I call the shots no matter where I am, be it with her or sleeping under the overpass. :yesnod:

I wouldn't trade her for anything. That being said, NEVER AGAIN ! :wall:

She agrees. :wink:
 
I drive according to the car Im in. Her car drive sane, my car like I stole it. I know the day we are going to have by asking her what car are we taking.

I guess I avoid the chances for a comment. Now directions are a different story.....
 
"I'm just keepin' th' rev's up."
 
"Gotta blow the carbon outta the cylinders, keep the valves clean. Am saving big mechanic bills this way."?
 
CZ_Dave said:
Tell her

"Ya know honey, life is like a rat race,
and I'm just leaving all the rats behind"
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Wasn't it Lilly Tomlin that said something like: "Even if you win the rat race, you're still a rat."
 
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