stas

Hello fellow corvette enthusiasts, sorry for the long post but spare me a moment. I screwed up and need your advice. My girlfriend recently accidentally nicked a wheel during parking and I did not go about telling her to be a little more careful in a nice way. The sweetheart that she is, she forgave me. Unfortunately I have this stupid tendency to overthink such incidents and try to reason about them afterwards, bringing up everything that happened. As a result everything got blown way out of proportion. She told me she will not get behind the wheel again.. that was really not my intention. Me and my big stupid mouth.
To be honest I trust her completely when she is behind the wheel and I’m not worried at all. She started driving the Z starting with a parking lot (it was her first stint on a manual tranny), then small streets, then big streets and highways. Lately she has been performing perfect rev-matched downshifts.. We went to a scenic driving route recently and she handled the car beautifully through the twisties, it made me so happy to see her enjoy driving it. I am just so proud of her, and all the progress she made as she really was not that interested in cars to begin with and this car is not easy to drive. It brought me such joy that we shared this common interest and experience together. Now however, I think it will be really awkward and I feel very guilty in making her feel badly or afraid of driving. The car is by no means a trailer queen. Wish we could just put all this behind us, and one day she would just take the keys with a smile (unless that’s asking too much) and place her beautiful self in the driver’s seat.. What do you advise folks?
Everyone, please help me convince Ana to get behind the wheel once again so that everything is back to normal..

Aerovette

My wife says the same thing..."I will never ????? again because of this" and in time, she forgets, I forget an dthere we are doing that very thing again. Time heals all wounds. Buy a card. Tell her you "like" the car, but you "love" her.

dangerz

She'll probably forget about it.

teebee

She's a woman...she won't forget about it (take it from a guy who's been married 34 years). But with time you might be able to get her back into the driving it.

cor28vettes

Have her read your post and she will understand.

redroket

I have been married for 35 years and have had my z for almost 4 years. My wife hates driving the Z mainly because I am so careful with it and she is afraid to scrape a wheel or get in an accident. While I really like my Z there is not comparison between wife and car. I am a bit of a hot head so I am sure I would be in the same position as you! Flowers, nice card and a nice dinner will get you back in good graces with her!

keliente

Women are not programmed to forget

jbondfl

Forget posting here.
Tell her exactly what you feel.
Hand her the keys and tell her YOU won't drive it again until after she does.

transamer79

shes a woman, they hold grudges. let her read your first post and she should understand

vette.mix

Buy her something nice, its part of the Corvette tax

Pony327

Dude it's a car and there are over 200,000 more C5s out there, that being said I would be upset too. However I dont get people who wont let other friends cousins drive their cars as if they have a enzo or something, gimme a break its a dime a dozen C5

C5C6Norm

Surprise her, buy her a decent used one, try to find one with her favorite color, and you both can go play.

stas

Thanks for the replies guys and gals.. I tried to let her know how I felt, maybe she'll read this and believe me. Thank you all, keep them coming.

Stas.

DropTheTop

If she's a keeper like mine ( My GF and I have been together for 12 years, lived together for 10 of them and own a house together ) give her the 2001 and get yourself an '03, or '04 CE. If she's only temporary, then go snap the heel off her favorite stilettos and call it even!

jbondfl

Now that there's funny, I don't care who you are.

Vetteman Jack

Just tell her you're sorry and overreacted. Then throw her the keys and say go out and have fun. And next time, remember how this turned out and think before speaking. Good luck.

NYVette01

I mean this in the nicest way possible. Man up.

She screwed up by curbing your rim. I would be pissed too and there is nothing wrong with being mad about something like that. She obv. wasn't being careful enough. If she can't understand why you would be mad then that is HER problem, not yours. It is after-all your car, you make the rules and you decide who can and can't drive it.

jbondfl

You're single aren't you???
I guarantee you that the "I'm the man" treatment won't satisfy anyone.

He's got it right. An apology that she accepts is the only way out of this.

Cod

bumble-z

Geeze, just sign off on the title to her. When you would like to drive HER car, just beg, plead and promise her every thing. good luck, I think your gonna need it.