I am about 1 week away from departing CONUS. I am heading for SW Asia for a year as a civilian contractor.

My wife recently told me she really likes driving the F-250. It makes her feel very secure and safe when driving down the road. I told her she could if she wanted to, just try to keep it clean.

My question; Would you let your wife drive your truck if you had to go away for a year?

 

I'd tell her fine. She's a better drive than I am. It's not really a problem though. She can't drive a stick and refuses to learn.

 

I'd let her drive it. Trouble is my wife won't drive it because she can't park it!! Kind of solves that problem for me.

 

Yup, got to let the Wife have the option of piloting the SD. Since you'll be gone I'm sure she would take good care of it for you.

Will you still be logging on to FTE while you're overseas?

 

Hmmm...she never said anything about parking it.

I'll try and keep tabs here, but internet will be limited, so not nearly as much as I am on now.

 

It's just a truck.
She's your life partner - treat HER right!

 

also because my wife always drove some sort of trucks when she was growing up, while i grew up in europe so n trucks for me untill i met her)...

She is also actually better than me at backing up the horse trailer....


p.s. and technically the was on the title of our 05 F150 and our new F350....

 

Unless you feel she would be a menace to herself and to society, tell her to have at it. No vehicle gets better just sitting, and it wouldn't send a very good message about mutual trust if you won't trust her with a truck.

 

Look at it this way, it's insured, if she breaks it you get a new one!! Sounds like a plan to me.

 

Absolutely she should drive.

Here's a suggestion - if she hasn't been a part of the service/maintenance process at your local dealer take her there and introduce her to the service manager. I've had a couple of bad experiences when I didn't do this where my wife felt she was being talked down to because she's a woman. Let her build some trust with the service department before you go so there's no concerns get the truck serviced/fixed.

 

mines more carefull than me, so i'd deff. let mine drive. its just the 6 speed that scares me, she's not to good at it yet

 

Ever hear that Carrie Underwood song? Dont make your lady mad.

So long as she is comfortable driving the truck I say let her. My wife drives mine here and there but always parks in BFE because she cant judge the size as well. Suits me just fine!! Its not going to do the truck any good to just sit there for a year unless you plan some storage maintenance items.

Disclaimer - this message will self destruct just in case you return to find your truck wrapped around a pole. In that case I never said it was OK.

 

She knows my "relationship" with my truck, and trust me she knows what would happen to her if something happened to my truck. LOL

 

You'll need someone to drive it while you're gone that long. Bad stuff happens to good cars/trucks that just sit around.

 

I say NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

At least not my wife. For 2 major reasons:

1. She cannot park close enough to her destination. If they let her park inside the store, she would!!!
2. She is unable to keep a vehicle clean enough for my tastes. She has no problem keeping the house clean, but when it comes to a vehicle...different story!