I think in some cases you can tell a lot about a girl (or guy) you are dating by their driving habits. Back in December I was seeing a girl for a little while and witnessing her drive made me question her a bit. On the first 3 dates I drove, and on the 4th date she kind of planned things and picked me up.

She drive a Civic with a manual transmission. I like that skill in a girl. However, she had a few habits that concerned me. She got easily distracted. She took her hands off the wheel completely for a second to mess with a CD she was looking for (didn't have an ipod setup). She told me about a few times she got completely lost trying something. Girls with a bad sense of direction are a turnoff to me. And then I noticed she would not pay a whole lot of attention sometimes and follow too close, then pass without a signal.

Her car was also full of clutter inside--not that everyone should have a spotless car or anything, but people with significant clutter in their car often have other forms of disorganization in their life. Finally, I noticed she had an exhaust manifold leak so the car sounded pretty bad when you are outside the car. I know she worked hard and had the money to fix it if she really wanted to, but she didn't care.

Due to other reasons, we didn't end up really seeing each other after that, but I really started to rethink her from that experience. She came across as a bit neurotic and not so attractive as a long term girl.

[Edited on January 28, 2009 at 10:01 AM. Reason : .]

1/28/2009 10:01:04 AM

if she was really neurotic, wouldn´t her car have been immaculately cleaned and cared for, all signals in place and hands always at 10 & 2?

1/28/2009 10:03:19 AM

^

and i'm going to go ahead and say that you're trying a little too hard.

1/28/2009 10:03:46 AM

a guy who shits on his car for shit and giggles cares about clutter in a girl's car?

ngaplz

1/28/2009 10:05:29 AM

^^wut?

1/28/2009 10:06:08 AM

werdz

1/28/2009 10:06:42 AM

i once dated a girl who wouldn't turn left into parking spots and claimed it was because she was incapable of doing so. This was a major turn off.

1/28/2009 10:06:59 AM

neurosis:

1. Also called psychoneurosis. a functional disorder in which feelings of anxiety, obsessional thoughts, compulsive acts, and physical complaints without objective evidence of disease, in various degrees and patterns, dominate the personality.
2. a relatively mild personality disorder typified by excessive anxiety or indecision and a degree of social or interpersonal maladjustment.

you don't have to be an obsessive neat freak etc to be neurotic. it is a broadly defined term. she seemed to be obsessive about the music playing in the car and she would freak about where she needed to turn to get where she wanted to go, etc. She also did tell me how she constantly gets headaches and is sick often and stuff. It was unsettling, because she had a really funny side to her that was awesome to be around (ugh moodiness).

Don't get caught up in my Tdub psychiatry diagnosis here

1/28/2009 10:08:36 AM

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"Girls with a bad sense of direction are a turnoff to me."

hahahaha what bullshit

1/28/2009 10:08:41 AM

how is that bullshit? my mom used to get anxiety attacks when she got lost. it brings back bad memories.

1/28/2009 10:10:22 AM

If Marissa Miller couldn't drive, I'd still bang her.

1/28/2009 10:11:05 AM

"bad memories"

and you're saying the chick was the neurotic one.

1/28/2009 10:11:14 AM

my wife is the awesomest person i know but she's god-awful at navigating directions

i think it's adorable

1/28/2009 10:11:24 AM

because getting sick is always neurosis!


SOME PEOPLE JUST HAVE STRESS, MAN

my driving never scares anyone away

1/28/2009 10:11:55 AM

haha, if her driving style was the turnoff, she must of been lacking in almost all other facets.

1/28/2009 10:14:04 AM

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"i once dated a girl who wouldn't turn left into parking spots and claimed it was because she was incapable of doing so. This was a major turn off."

I would tend to agree.

1/28/2009 10:16:04 AM

As long as she doesn't make constant stupid errors of judgment, I think you may have found a winner. Seriously, you are going to live a lonely life if you need the woman to be able to drive up to your standards.

1/28/2009 10:16:54 AM

i cant read good anymore

[Edited on January 28, 2009 at 10:20 AM. Reason : .]

1/28/2009 10:20:31 AM

geez you guys are slipping

USELESS WITHOUT PICS

1/28/2009 10:21:31 AM

I was dumped a hot girl with big tits b/c she couldn't turn left.




Oh wait, no I didn't, b/c that would be retarded.

1/28/2009 10:23:13 AM

You're never gonna get a girl if you want one that can drive...just saying.

1/28/2009 10:34:33 AM

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"^^wut?"

i meant the OP

1/28/2009 10:35:21 AM

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"I was dumped a hot girl with big tits b/c she couldn't turn left. Oh wait, no I didn't, b/c that would be retarded."

you sound plenty retarded on your own

1/28/2009 10:35:36 AM

lulz, i was gonna say....

Quote :

"You're never gonna get a girl if you want one that can drive...just saying."

[Edited on January 28, 2009 at 10:36 AM. Reason : .]

1/28/2009 10:35:47 AM

even though my wife hates receiving tips/advice while driving like pretty much everyone - there has been some improvements in her driving since we've been together (at least while I'm in the car) most notably imho she no longer rides in the left lane on the highway anymore

1/28/2009 10:36:28 AM

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"You're never gonna get a girl if you want one that can drive...just saying."

It's no harder to get a girl who can drive than to get a girl at all.

A girl who can drive well, on the other hand...

1/28/2009 10:37:43 AM

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"you sound plenty retarded on your own"

Typo police

1/28/2009 10:41:01 AM

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"Her car was also full of clutter inside--not that everyone should have a spotless car or anything, but people with significant clutter in their car often have other forms of disorganization in their life."

says the guy who continually bumps a thread he made years ago that's barely cracked a few pages that obviously no one cares about

that is filled with vomiting and shitting on a car then driving it around a parking long like a fucking child.

1/28/2009 10:42:48 AM

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"my wife is the awesomest person i know but she's god-awful at navigating directions i think it's adorable"

1/28/2009 10:42:52 AM

I took my wife (who's a good driver but won't reverse into spaces or drive anything larger than her maxima) to go-kart racing thing called Victory Lanes in CHarlotte. Fast karts. It was hilarious how slowly she was going; she didn't have any urge to race at all. She felt perfectly fine puttering around with no sense of corner carving. "I don't want to race, you guys were going so fast!" I thought it was hilarious and called her "driving miss daisy" for a while after that.

1/28/2009 10:45:29 AM

My fiance keeps telling me I drive slow now (since the accident, and since the $3+ gas days)

I just remind him of how I used to drive, and ask him which he prefers. That usually shuts him up

1/28/2009 10:47:35 AM

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"She also did tell me how she constantly gets headaches and is sick often and stuff"

I have a shitty immune system and have gotten headaches since i was a child, doesn't mean I completely shut down - I take meds and I get over it.
Why is that even a factor in your severely overly-judgemental brain vomit?
You are going to be a lonely person.

1/28/2009 10:49:29 AM

skirts suck at driving

/thread.

1/28/2009 10:50:10 AM

At least she's not like the girl I passed on 40 this morning. She was driving with her knee, texting on her phone with one hand and doing her makeup with the other.

1/28/2009 10:51:17 AM

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"You're never gonna get a girl if you want one that can drive...just saying."

Find one that's decent, and get her in on a couple track days or a driving school.

I just need a track car or bike first.

1/28/2009 10:52:40 AM

my gf can drive, probably better than me, and she knows where she's going, the problem comes up when she's giving directions of little to no time before the actual turn. though this isn't a problem the majority of the time.

1/28/2009 10:53:24 AM

track days =/= good street driver with common sense

1/28/2009 10:59:28 AM

hahahahahaha this thread makes me lol

Perhaps this is my problem... although I don't have issues parking left or right in parking spots... but I may or may not have gotten super lost recently... in the middle of the night...with my date in tow

I too drive a Civic with manual transmission. Arghx, did we go on a date?

1/28/2009 11:10:25 AM

yes I guess I am not like most girls.

I already went through my racing phase and joined the SCCA. I HATE big soccer mom cars.

I want to be the mom that drops off the kids in the silver porche

1/28/2009 11:13:08 AM

^ LIKEWISE


sorry... i don't care if this sounds facetious (sp?)... but I will not be caught dead in a freaking mini van...


unless it's old school with the wooden panel down the side

1/28/2009 11:17:00 AM

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""Her car was also full of clutter inside--not that everyone should have a spotless car or anything, but people with significant clutter in their car often have other forms of disorganization in their life.""

I try to keep the inside of my car neat and clean, and other facets of my life are extremely disorganized. My Dad's car is usually full of papers and other clutter, and he is for the most part a very organized person. Unless you're saying this applies to females only, I don't think it's really a valid indicator.

Summation: Are you looking for something to blame the lack of success with this girl on? 'Cause if you really base that much on driving and car cleanliness/maintenance habits, you're giving yourself a VERY small pool to pick from. Despite the stereotype that women can't drive, most guys really aren't good drivers either, despite how much we like to claim we are. The population of "good drivers" of either sex is really quite small.

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"I HATE big soccer mom cars. I want to be the mom that drops off the kids in the silver porche "

I hope you're not talking about a Cayenne, because while it is quite the serious sporting SUV, it's still a soccer mom car. Just a big expensive one. A Cayenne turbo, otoh, is not, as most won't pay the premium if they're just looking for image.

[Edited on January 28, 2009 at 11:22 AM. Reason : nitpicking]

1/28/2009 11:20:01 AM

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"I want to be the mom that drops off the kids in the silver porche "

Haha...I told my fiance I'll be goddamned if I ever drive a minivan. Of course, we're wanting 5+ kids, so don't ask me how that's gonna work

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"sorry... i don't care if this sounds facetious (sp?)... but I will not be caught dead in a freaking mini van..."

??
facetious: bantering: cleverly amusing in tone; "a bantering tone"; "facetious remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice"

1/28/2009 11:26:51 AM

sorry... i don't care if this sounds facetious (sp?)stuck-up... but I will not be caught dead in a freaking mini van...

1/28/2009 11:31:35 AM

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"Haha...I told my fiance I'll be goddamned if I ever drive a minivan. Of course, we're wanting 5+ kids, so don't ask me how that's gonna work "

Station wagon? (There are some damn nice ones these days, but rear-facing seats are becoming rare...) Limousine? (I've heard of large families who buy used limos)

Or you could just do what everyone else does and buy a 3 row SUV or crossover, but those are no better than a minivan IMO.

1/28/2009 11:33:43 AM

^ i just call them a minivan with a hood


or








[evan]

1/28/2009 11:36:02 AM

When I was in high school my senior superlative was worst driver.

1/28/2009 11:36:38 AM

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"Station wagon? (There are some damn nice ones these days, but rear-facing seats are becoming rare...) Limousine? (I've heard of large families who buy used limos) Or you could just do what everyone else does and buy a 3 row SUV or crossover, but those are no better than a minivan IMO."

We'll figure out something.

Given that we hope to settle somewhere out west in the boonies...an SUV would not only be appropriate, but expected. He actually wants nine kids. I told him I'm fine with that, but he only has five pregnancies with which to work, so he better score some multiples in there somewhere.

But I like driving my little sedan.

It's a bridge we won't get to for a while, so no need to worry about logistics now.

1/28/2009 11:38:26 AM

Can you beat our "worst driver" winner? She totaled her car 3 times...in the third accident she became airborne, sailed over/through the fence of a car dealership and landed on top of a brand new Volvo, totaling it as well as her car. Nice girl though...

1/28/2009 11:40:20 AM

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"A Cayenne turbo, otoh"

droooooollllllllll

1/28/2009 11:40:32 AM

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"Nice girl though..."

With some crazy insurance premiums.

1/28/2009 11:41:04 AM