Significant Other's Reaction to WOT

[JIMDTS]

My wife does not say amything about WOT's She usually only flaps her jaws when she see me drop the shifter into 2nd gear. Then she knows I'm up to something. I normally get you're nuts.

Jim

[Texas Jim]

My wife does not say amything about WOT's She usually only flaps her jaws when she see me drop the shifter into 2nd gear. Then she knows I'm up to something. I normally get you're nuts.

Jim

Jim

BTDT

Every once in a while, starting from a light, going up the entrance ramp, I start in 1st and shift it when I am ready for the next gear.

She says "Why do you do that? You are driving a Cadillac not a Corvette." I just smile, shift to the next gear and don't say anything.

The answer "Because it's fun." makes sense to a lot of you, but probably wouldn't mean much to her.

[Brad]

Depending on her mood, I either get an approving "FAST ZOOM!" or a sarcastic "Yes dear, it's a race car......"

We just had a baby a month ago, so I have a feeling I'll be getting a new comment soon enough.

[UKcat]

Well, I AM the significant other, and I LOVE IT!!!!!

However, I love the smell and sound of NITRO, too!!!

[BodybyFisher]

Wife hates it, usually says something stupid like, stop acting 18

Daughter loves it, usually rolls her eyes at her mom.....

[WarrenJ]

The song about telephone poles looking like fenceposts comes to mind. That can get to be a bit tedious after the first 10-minutes or so, after the andrenalin wears off a bit.

That song would be "Hot ... Rod ... Lincoln". The fateful story of an attempt to catch up with a cadillac.

We left San Pedro late one night;

The moon and the stars were shinin' bright.

We were drivin' up Grapevine Hill,

Passin' cars like they were standin' still.

Then, all of a sudden, in the wink of an eye,

a Cadillac sedan passed us by.

The remark was made, "That's the car for me."

But, by then, the taillights wuz all you could see.

Well, the fellers ribbed me for bein' behind,

So I started to make that Lincoln unwind.

Took my foot off the gas and, man alive,

I shoved it down into overdrive.

Well, I wound it up to 110;

Twisted the speedometer cable right off the end.

Had my foot glued right to the floor;

I said, "That's all there is - there ain't no more."

Now the fellas thought I'd lost all sense;

The telephone poles looked like a picket fence.

They said, "Slow down, I see spots."

The lines on the road just looked like dots.

Went around a corner and passed a truck;

I crossed my fingers just for luck -

The fenders clickin' the guard rail post;

The guy beside me was white as a ghost.

Smoke was rollin' outta the back

When I started to gain on that Cadillac

I knew I could catch him and hoped I could pass

But when I did I'd be short on gas.

There were flames comin' from out of the side;

You could feel the tension; man, what a ride.

I said, "Look out, boys, I've got a license to fly"

And the Cadillac pulled over and let me by.

All of a sudden a rod started knockin';

Down in the depths she started a rockin'.

I looked in the mirror and a red light was blinkin';

The cops was after my Hot Rod Lincoln.

Well they arrested me and put me in jail.

I called my pop to make my bail.

He said, "Son, you're gonna drive me t' drinkin',

If you don't quit drivin' that - Hot ... Rod ... Lincoln!"

Beep beep, beep beep . . . .

Click on "Warp" (top right).

http://lp2cd.com/time/50/50002.htm :D

Regards,

Warren

[MrEl01]

I did it once when my wife was with me. I should have warned her, I guess, but it was one of those spontanious WOT's. I didn't even know I was gonna do it, so there was no way to warn her. Just rounded a slow curve to a long straight-away and pinned her to her seat. She was impressed with the Eldorado's power, but not so much with me. I explained that it is actually good for the N* to preform the WOT proceedure and why it needed to be done. Her responce was " So the car was designed for big little boys to HAVE TO PLAY WITH ?" All I could say was "yea."

[parrothead]

No significant other but here's the drill with my 11 & 13 year olds in the back seat.

Now I do have an Volant cold air box and a Corsa exhaust. This is done on the on ramp to the expressway where I have good vision and the speed is 65.

I have trained them so well.

WOT, sounds niiiiiice.

Dad: 330 horsepower!

Kids in harmony, "of American muscle"

[Jan Olsson]

Ok. On some rare occasions my wife wants me to floor it "Because it was a while ago since last time", lucky me

A moment I allways will remember is when my aunt on my mothers side and her husband was visiting Sweden (half of my relatives comes from Germany but I haven't been speeking german regularly since my grandfather died in -91 so it's no use to ask me to say something in german )

Anyway my father was sitting on the passenger seat, them sitting in the backseat. I drove my -93 STS and Wolfgang (her husband) was impressed and wanted to feel the "oomph". My father who likes to scare older ladies (she's about 15 years older than my mother) said to me "How fast have you been driving this car?"

I responded "238 km/h (148mph) after the speedometer but it's really not more than 230 km/h (143mph)". She asked my father "How fast"

He replied with a meaning look at me "238 km/h". She then gave me a look like "You wouldn't dare with me in the car!"

I floored it of course but let go at 80 mph, cause I'm nice to older ladies

[tonyny]

A compilation of spousal comments may be interesting. Mine says smuggly "There goes another litre of gas".

That's my wife but with the English version "There goes another gallon of gas".