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04-02-2017, 08:20 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Lewes,
DE
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #448, 1964-427
Posts: 111
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Great topic: "The Boss" learned to drive a manual years ago as a new driver. Before the kids, she drove a '76 4 speed Corvette. She's a little skeptic to drive the new Z06, she doesn't want to be the first to put a mark on it, but she knows how to handle it. The Cobra is another story, she hates it. It's hot, stinky, hard on the back, crude and rude......That's why I love it !!!
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04-02-2017, 07:12 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: West Chester,
PA
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #795 427 S/C completed Jan. '14 - '68 FE 427 side oiler
Posts: 1,059
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My wife handles a manual transmission well but has no interest in driving the Cobra. She loves to ride in it, though, and is a frequent passenger. She told me she understands that the noise, the power and the smells are all "guy things" and they don't seem to bother her.
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"Anyone who drives faster than you is a maniac and anyone who drives slower than you is an idiot" - George Carlin
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04-02-2017, 07:36 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Peoria,
AZ
Cobra Make, Engine: 65 Cobra w/351W
Posts: 161
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Jamie loves driving it. She drives all the time. She is pretty good about texting me at work to let me know she's "taking it for a spin". Girl can drive too. She keeps up just fine on club runs.
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I'm not broke. I'm Hot Rod poor!!
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04-03-2017, 08:10 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Brunswick,
GA
Cobra Make, Engine: BDR 1311 428PI
Posts: 3,044
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Vander Wal
Not married but did take a female friend for a ride.
I knew what I was letting loose.
What good are the toys if you can't share them?
Jim
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Jim, sounds like a keeper!  |
04-03-2017, 10:08 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: White City,
SK
Cobra Make, Engine: West Coast, 460 CID
Posts: 2,916
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mdross1
My wife has driven every muscle car we have owned except for the Cobra it makes her too nervous. She enjoys riding in it as long as I don't get to frisky.
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Frisky? Are we still talking about driving, or have we digressed?
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Brian
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04-03-2017, 10:58 AM
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Member of the north
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Join Date: May 2003
Cobra Make, Engine: A Cobra
Posts: 11,207
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Yes, she drives the cobra and yes, she has a blast.
She also wrenches on it and helps maintain it.
Tru
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04-03-2017, 11:14 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: White City,
SK
Cobra Make, Engine: West Coast, 460 CID
Posts: 2,916
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My wife likes the Cobra, but as a passenger - she is not interested in driving it. Between no experience with manual transmissions and a higher level of driving caution due to impaired vision in one eye she's quite satisfied being a passenger and people-watching all the people watching us!
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04-03-2017, 01:39 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Gig Harbor,
WA
Cobra Make, Engine: BDR#499 351W with Webers
Posts: 268
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Yes, she has driven the Cobra, but she prefers her daily driver (Boss 302) and if we are driving on the weekend, she normally drives her '47 Chevy Hot Rod pickup, while I drive the Cobra!!
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04-13-2017, 03:25 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Powell,
OH
Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance, 351w
Posts: 23
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My wife loves cars and enjoys driving the cobra whenever possible. She is very good with a manual and handles the car great. Sometimes when I am out with her she will just laugh for no reason and I ask what...? She responds, I love this thing! ...And that's why I always tell her she is a unicorn!
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04-14-2017, 12:33 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 427 S/C, Twin Paxton 511 FE
Posts: 2,594
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Originally Posted by Murky781
I told my wife I would never let her drive my car, so she made me buy her one. Drives it just as hard as I drive mine and she won't let me drive hers. Go figure!
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I love it!
My wife is already bugging me about the car show tomorrow.
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04-15-2017, 10:59 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Melbourne,
Vic
Cobra Make, Engine: Pace 427SC. LSA Supercharged with 6sp TR-6060 trans.
Posts: 463
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Originally Posted by pormgb
Can't even get my wife to sit in the passenger seat, she thinks my Cobra is some evil sounding beast.
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I'm with you. My wife doesn't hate my Cobra, however she hasn't taken any interest in it and didn't even congratulate me and/or compliment the car when I finished building it. That did (and still does) hurt a lot. She hasn't ridden in it and I am not sure she ever will. She believes that it was a big waste of money and that I "..didn't need to build it". If not at 46, when?
As I own a bodyshop and use the Cobra to promote my business (and I have gotten jobs because people have seen the quality of my work), this is still not good enough for her. I believe she will not be happy until I can report to her that I have brought in as much work from the Cobra as what it cost to build.
I love my wife and she has given me 3 beautiful children, but when it comes to cars, she and I are oil and water. My 9 year old son loves the Cobra and rides in it with me every chance he gets, so that helps balance things out somewhat.
On the bright side, I do not have to ever worry about her crashing it. She can't drive a stick either!  
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04-15-2017, 11:36 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: melbourne,
vic
Cobra Make, Engine: Robnell Blown LS1
Posts: 296
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Sime.. I saw your 'promotional vehicle' and I think you should paint my Mustang!!
Happy to add some to the cost recovery mate |
04-16-2017, 02:01 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Melbourne,
Vic
Cobra Make, Engine: Pace 427SC. LSA Supercharged with 6sp TR-6060 trans.
Posts: 463
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Originally Posted by kyleb
Sime.. I saw your 'promotional vehicle' and I think you should paint my Mustang!!
Happy to add some to the cost recovery mate |
Thanks Kyle! Let's talk some more about the 'stang then.
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04-16-2017, 07:31 AM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Sacramento,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 2046; P.E. Aluminum 427 Windsor.
Posts: 499
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My wife does not like being a passenger but enjoys driving it. I can understand that. I feel the same way.
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04-16-2017, 08:36 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Jasper, GA,
GA
Cobra Make, Engine: Owned CSX 3121 1969-1975. Went to the dark side and bought a 'Vette. May yet repent and be saved.
Posts: 657
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My wife not only drove CSX 3121 regularly, her daily driver for a couple of years was a "66 GT350 with a 4.33 Detroit Locker rear. Thank heavens for Southern women!
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04-17-2017, 09:29 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 427 S/C, Twin Paxton 511 FE
Posts: 2,594
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Quote:
Originally Posted by marcocsx3121
My wife not only drove CSX 3121 regularly, her daily driver for a couple of years was a "66 GT350 with a 4.33 Detroit Locker rear. Thank heavens for Southern women!
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