vent Argggh!!! my mileage goes to pot when I'm not driving

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#21

10-11-2005, 10:13 AM

psyshack

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Re: *vent* Argggh!!! my mileage goes to pot when I'm not driving

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Originally Posted by Tim

LOL! I have long suspected my wife does the following when she drives my car:

- Enter car, turn on A/C, turn off Econ
- Let car idle for 5 minutes to 'warm up'
- Drive to gas station, deflate tires to 20 psi
- Drive to rock quary, put 200 lbs gravel in the trunk
- Stop at Starbucks - idle for 15 minutes in the drive through
- Street race in an all uphill course
- Find a freeway, drive 85 (whether a highway was on her way or not)
- Run whatever errand she needed to that apparantly required my car instead of hers
- Remove gravel, re-inflate tires, return car to garage

I wish that was it. My wife just lays foot into it. See her going 70 mph thru town. One wonders why women get cheaper ins. Just to move the car 20' requires a WOT move. She says gas pedal goes down to easy. Not her fault. If I made it harder than it would be to hard and she would have to push to hard. Its never her foots problem.

#22

10-11-2005, 12:54 PM

Tim

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Re: *vent* Argggh!!! my mileage goes to pot when I'm not driving

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Originally Posted by EricGo

Tim --- I sent your post to my wife ..

She is much better now, but for awhile I just could not abide being a passenger in the car when she drove. It was almost as if she had confused the gas and brake pedals.

Well I hope I don't get you into too much trouble!

She's actually to the point now where she's scared to drive my car. I get, "I don't like driving yours because I ruin the mileage and that makes you fussy."

She'll just stay home or wait for hers (that's if I'm using it to haul something).

#23

10-11-2005, 12:59 PM

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Re: *vent* Argggh!!! my mileage goes to pot when I'm not driving

You just gave her a new reason to lose weight!

#24

10-20-2005, 10:59 AM

jahwerx

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Re: *vent* Argggh!!! my mileage goes to pot when I'm not driving

Ok, I managed my third 1000 mile tank . . . so I'm not that upset anymore!

With the colder weather coming, it looks like I won't be doing that again until next year though...