I am letting (sic -- more like suggesting) Debbie drive more and more on extended trips -- defined as in excess of 90 minutes. We are perhaps practicing for some future time when I have to turn in my license and she doesn't, since I am 11 years her senior.
I "survive" this by simply not looking out of the windshield. I either check on how the corn is growing or, if the daughter is with us, plant the daughter in the front seat and crawl into the back seat with a good book. Debbie is probably a better driver than I am. (How many husbands will admit that?) However, having originally picked up my license in 1968, I have a couple of decades experience in having the steering wheel in *my* hands rather than being the passenger. I do have one thing up on her, though -- she has NO interest in getting a motorcycle endorsement. When it is two-wheel time, she is perfectly content to sit on the back and let me do the leaning in corners, while SHE checks out the corn. On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 5:13 PM, Wilton Strickland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Don't mention it to her. I don't any more, and I taught her to drive when > she was 16. 'Had a pretty good training program going for 35 years or so. > 'Don't know what happened to it. For example, I'm in the front passenger > seat, and I can clearly see that the light ahead is going to be red when we > get there, but wife's foot is still on the power and, sometimes, > accelerating. Plus others. I try not to mention it any more. My training > program's gone to Hell. > > Wilton > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Curt Raymond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Diesel List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 4:37 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Oh, come now > > > > I've always wondered why my wife seems to burn so much gas... > > Last night I followed her home from the Indy (new wheel bearings and the > 190D is happy again) and noticed how frequently she's on the brakes. I > think > she doesn't look very far ahead when she drives and thus uses too much > throttle so and then requires the brakes. > > > > Several times she was on the brakes when I was on the throttle. But if > you > ask her I don't know anything about driving... > > > > No I didn't mention any of it to her when we got home. Not even the time > where she put on the right directional and if I hadn't been behind her > would > have gone in exactly the wrong direction. > > > > -Curt > > > > Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:27:17 -0400 > > From: Mitch Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Oh, come now > > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > > > > Now that I've got a scangauge, > > http://www.scangauge.com/ > > I can tell you that warmup and stops take a huge toll on mileage. If you > can > > drive hundreds of miles without touching the brakes, you get very high > mpg. > > > > My Achieva gets 34-36mpg with the cruise set at 70 mph, but on a four > mile > drive > > into town at a steady 50 mph (overdrive, converter locked) I get 25-26 on > the > > way in and 27-28 for the round trip. > > If I drive it carefully for two miles on a cold start, I don't even get > 20mpg. > > > > Now I know why my 300SD got 28 mpg driving it home at 75-80 mph (1300 > miles in > > two days) and never again hit 25 mpg. > > > > Mitch. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- LT Don http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ apt-get update apt-get upgrade The following packages will be replaced Prez Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
