View Poll Results: Who gets to drive your Evo
Only me, myself, and I.
99
61.11%
My wife/husband or girlfriend/boyfriend any time they want to.
17
10.49%
Trusted friends whenever they want to without me in the car.
12
7.41%
Friends when they want to as long as I'm in the car.
34
20.99%
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Who do you allow to drive your Evo?
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Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 604
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From: MA
Only my best friend, only once too, and ONLY because I've known him for over a decade, and he actually taught me how to drive stickshift with his own car, back when I didn't know JACK about it and stalling like a ****.
I've let 5 people drive it other then me. One is my best friend, and another a very close friend because we let each other give our cars a test drive. Besides that, they both co-drove my car autocrossing so I kinda had to let them lol. The other is another super close friend from years back....I didnt let him drive it for 6 months though, he's not the greatest stick driver. Let my bro drive it 1 mile once cause I had to go get my work truck out of the shop and wanted to make sure they fixed my brakes so he drove the EVO. Last and very much least was my ex. She always begged me to let her drive it, so one day I did, and she only made it like 2 blocks before she was like "F this, you drive, I can't do it"
I have a few other people in line to drive it, but they know my rule. Unless you're special, like a long time trusted friend or a co-driver at a race, gets to drive ANY of my cars until I've put 10k miles on it. Been that way since my first car, will stay that way.
I have a few other people in line to drive it, but they know my rule. Unless you're special, like a long time trusted friend or a co-driver at a race, gets to drive ANY of my cars until I've put 10k miles on it. Been that way since my first car, will stay that way.
I let no one drive it. Had my little brother drive it one night and the next moring the clutch was slipping bad. Took it the the dealer and they hooked me up with a new clutch free of charge and labor. But they messed up my turbo and my car was in the shop for a month. So I will never give my car to anyone again besides my parents to look out for it when I am out of the area.
Evolving Member
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 362
Likes: 7
From: IL
Originally Posted by nhsean69
I have let my Father drive it once, My Girlfriend when im to intoxicated to drive it or when she used to let me take her Drop Top Porsche in trade. I have let 2 of my friends drive it, 1 who just bought a used evo and wanted to compare i went with him, and the other was a friend i trust when it comes to being able to handle cars. Other then that, No one touch's my car. Not to move it, Not nothing, i sleep with the keys next to my bed!
I would let my wife drive it but I have to teach her how to drive stick first and I let my friends that have evo's drive it, but not very offten, only after a new mod is done to the car.
2 friends and 2 girlfriends, all of which were in large empty parking lots and never got over 20 mph. And then my mom and dad, but I don't like my dad to drive it, but I don't have much say in that, luckily his S2000 is back. And my mom hates it and loves it at the same time, she likes the power, but she hates stick shift.
So I put Me, Myself, and I... Just cuz I certainly don't let friends drive it WHENEVER they WANT.... Usually it's whenever I have decided to let them... One of the friends didn't even want to cuz he was scared, but I tried to launch his WRX, so I insisted he drove my car at least a little
So I put Me, Myself, and I... Just cuz I certainly don't let friends drive it WHENEVER they WANT.... Usually it's whenever I have decided to let them... One of the friends didn't even want to cuz he was scared, but I tried to launch his WRX, so I insisted he drove my car at least a little
Last edited by UT_Evo; Jul 23, 2005 at 12:26 PM.
Ill let pretty much anyone drive my car so long as I know them, trust them, and know they can drive. Trusted friends, GF, etc can just take the car if they wantn w/o me in it.
Evo is a great car, share the wealth! As long as they are reasonable people they are not gonna break your car. Prolly be way more careful than I am with it...
Evo is a great car, share the wealth! As long as they are reasonable people they are not gonna break your car. Prolly be way more careful than I am with it...
Originally Posted by mathgeek
In light of the current post about the twin-fatality in Connecticut, I was wondering how many of you let other people drive your Evo, and under what circumstances. I'll go first. I let my wife drive it any time she wants. She's too scared of it to open it up or drive it hard. She loves it, though. I've let some of my immediate family members drive it, but only with me in the car. That's it.
Dave
