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View Poll Results: Would you let your wife (or girlfriend) drive your Cobra?
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any time she wants, she's a great driver
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42.52% |
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maybe once, just to shut her up
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9.45% |
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no, no, no, I don't think so
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52 |
40.94% |
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I'm gonna take the fifth on that one
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6.30% |
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hey! I'm the wife and it's my car!
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0.79% |
10-05-2009, 09:06 AM
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Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: St. Louis,
MO
Cobra Make, Engine:
Posts: 23
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My wife can drive a stick, but she isn't strong enough to handle the clutch that I installed in my car. I told her this car needs that kind of clutch.
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10-05-2009, 10:52 AM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Flower Mound, TX,
tx
Cobra Make, Engine: Lonestar LS 427, Keith Craft 501,Toploader
Posts: 883
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No way.. But she's scared of it anyway. Have all you guys seen the video of the woman driving that red Cobra and crashing it into those parked cars? Somebody see if they can find the link to that video for all to see.
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10-05-2009, 10:57 AM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Carlsbad,
Ca
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 2932 with 438 Lykins Motorsports engine. Previous owner of FFR 5452.
Posts: 2,616
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Mine can drive it if she wants to but she enjoys sitting in the passenger seat much more.
I think she is afraid of hurting it or killing us.
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Jim
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10-05-2009, 10:59 AM
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Banned
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Yorba Linda,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF w/392CI stroker
Posts: 3,293
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim Brewer
No way.. But she's scared of it anyway. Have all you guys seen the video of the woman driving that red Cobra and crashing it into those parked cars? Somebody see if they can find the link to that video for all to see.
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Wet road...they were leaving a bar...just a bad cocktail from the beginning. The owner should win the Stupid Award for handing her the keys in those conditions (maybe he did because he was the one with too much alcohol?!?).
My wife used to drive an old Z-28 I had and would bark the tires on shifts. That is until I put a 4.56 cog in the rear.  After that she wanted nothing to do with that car.  |
10-05-2009, 11:27 AM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Nampa,
ID
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA EXP002, 1968 PI 428 FE
Posts: 691
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My wife won't drive the Cobra. When I first got the car I made the mistake  of getting on it hard and swapping ends. Scared the **** out of her and she has refused to drive the car ever since. She has however laid claim to the Mustang and has had it to the drag strip and open-tracked with it. She can drive a stick very well and could drive the Cobra if she had to. She definitely has lots of repect for the Cobra.
Dick
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10-05-2009, 11:41 AM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Covington,
wa
Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance # 532, 466 BB, 560HP
Posts: 3,029
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim Brewer
No way.. But she's scared of it anyway. Have all you guys seen the video of the woman driving that red Cobra and crashing it into those parked cars? Somebody see if they can find the link to that video for all to see.
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And I'm guessing no man has ever wrecked a Cobra. 
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John Hall
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10-05-2009, 12:47 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
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It did occur to me that if I was married to Danica Patrick, not only would I let her drive my Cobra, I most certainly would benifit from some driving lessons.
Other things occured to me too.............
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10-05-2009, 12:57 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Feb 2004
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 67FEfastback
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I love those videos. Gods attempt to weed out the stupid ones.
I won't let my wife near my daily driver let alone the Cobra or the Corvettes. She asked me once and when I said no, she asked me "why?". I said "Do I really have to explain it to you?" She replied "No, not really".
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10-05-2009, 01:19 PM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: MIDLOTHIAN,
VA
Cobra Make, Engine: BACKDRAFT
Posts: 228
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Well, my wife left the day my car came home...it was all planned, separation before the devorce. I have had several girlfriends and all interested in driving it. I have a written agreement with my insurance company that no one else would ever drive this car and it would stay that way.
It may prevent me from getting laid, however my car will stay intact...
I am not wlling for someone to tell me, I'M SORRY!!!!!! AFTER A $50,000 MISHAP.....
Sorry, not me..
Dex...
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10-05-2009, 02:17 PM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Bethesda,
MD
Cobra Make, Engine: CSX 6022, navy blue, period correct 427 SO
Posts: 2,154
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 67FEfastback
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Those are almost too painful to even watch.
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10-05-2009, 05:50 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Cobra Make, Engine:
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I have a girlfriend who is into cars, and has her own '08 Mustang GT five-speed. After quite a few trips together with ME driving, (she LOVES the Cobra!) I asked her if she wanted to drive the Cobra. She said Yes, and after stuffing a few sofa cushions on the seat back to get her short but shapely legs to the pedals, she was able to drive it and drive it well. I guess it depends on the woman and her abilities.
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10-05-2009, 06:11 PM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: St. Lucia, West Indies,
WI
Cobra Make, Engine: Unique 427SC 383 stroker
Posts: 3,786
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Absolutely - she's a good driver and no stranger to fast cars. She's not too keen on driving it though and much prefers the passenger seat.
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10-05-2009, 07:55 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
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No. Never. WAY too much car for her. She can't drive a stick anyway, so it's no big deal.
Eric
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10-06-2009, 08:17 PM
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Seasoned Member
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Join Date: Apr 1999
Location: Portsmouth,
VA
Cobra Make, Engine: Unique 427 S/C, Dart 427W "Replica" Ford engine
Posts: 584
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I had to get rid of my wife to get the Cobra...
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10-06-2009, 08:40 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Crosby,
TX
Cobra Make, Engine: BDR #621, Keith Craft 408
Posts: 476
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She always gets to drive it on parade laps when I'm at performance driving events.
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10-06-2009, 10:09 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Williamsport,
PA
Cobra Make, Engine: Kellison Stallion 468 FE
Posts: 2,703
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no way.....and after she told me i had to choose between her and the car.......i still have the car and her, i guess my response gave her a reality check........
"well hunny, i hate to see you go..." can always get another wife....
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10-07-2009, 03:24 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Westerly,
RI
Cobra Make, Engine: Fordstroker 408w custom solid roller-Craft ported Brodix 17*heads-CFM ported Vic Jr. intake-1 3/4 primaries- 575hp-TKO-600RR Liberty upgrade- -Moser 8.8 trutrac-McLeod Street Extreme--QA-1-Wilwood brakes, Classic Chambered 3" Cobrapacks, Avon's
Posts: 645
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I'll need a doner car first. Does anyone have a 1976 Ford pinto 3 speed . Too much HP, the pedals are close, clutch a little stiff than today's cars, too light= too much potential for disaster at this time.
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10-08-2009, 12:05 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Rancho Cucamonga,
ca
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 239
Posts: 820
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LOL
My "EX-WIFE" (God I never get tired of hearing that!) hated the Cobra, rode in it once. *****ed and complained about it all the time, even when it was just sitting in the garage.
My Girlfriend loves it. So one day I said to her "Do you want to drive it"
She says "Sure" I pulled over, and we switched. Gave her a quick tutorial about the pedal placement, no gas pedal stabbing and away we went.
She drove it for half an hour, thru city streets and back roads all the way home. No issues at all, just like she had done it before.
The next weekend we were going to our Sunday morning Coffee meet in Calabasas. I threw her the key and said “It’s all you”
I love the look on everybody’s face.
The pictures were on the internet that night lol
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10-08-2009, 02:35 PM
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Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Penn Valley,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: Purchased CSX3225 in 1968 for $4,995. Original 428 car but changed to 427 MR about 20 years ago.
Posts: 238
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She drove the car 40 years ago but has no interest in doing it now. This included driving the car to work. To drive the cobra she needs to put a pillow behind her back since the seat is bolted directly to the floor. She just doesn't like driving a stick shift even though she has no trouble doing it. I've tried to get her to drive my Z06 but she's just not interested in doing it.
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