So who sits in the middle??

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Princess Valiant

Princess Valiant

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So I have noticed in a lot of old movies like American Graffiti and some other classics that have scenes of a young couple cruising down a social street in a very American car of steel. Usually the girl sits in the middle but what if the girl owns the car and is better at driving it than the guy??

Say it's a 4 speed car and the girl built it herself and doesn't allow anyone else to drive it, is it right for her to put her boyfriend in the middle with his legs to the passenger side so gear shifting doesn't get interrupted.

Does she have to concede to letting him drive and cringe every time he grinds some gears and doesn't quite control the old car like he should ?? Or maybe, just meeting him at the place of get together is the best option, so he can drive his modern, automatic, Japanese, battery operated ***** car there so she can spare herself the embarrassment.

Just curious what general male FABO population thinks.......
 
i think if the punk cant drive a stickshift he's not dating my daughter

also, i wont let me kids go on unsupervised dates anyway, no good can come out of that


but, yes, the boy drives because the girl needs to be treated like a princess
 
diymirage said:
i think if the punk cant drive a stickshift he's not dating my daughter

also, i wont let me kids go on unsupervised dates anyway, no good can come out of that


but, yes, the boy drives because the girl needs to be treated like a princess
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Princess .someone always needing something never satisfied.
Queen. Always takes care of the king and demands little in return.
Never date or marry a Princess.
 
Back in the day if you had to sit in the middle with a standard floor shift you were considered the "*****" because you had to either straddle the shifter with the driver's hand between your legs holding onto the shifter OR you had scrunch both of your legs into the space of the passenger side and every time the driver went into 3rd or 4th you had really scrunch over. We're talking 3 people in the front seat!! Either way it was embarrassing for the "*****" in the middle. Those were just the rules in the 50s/60s. Sorry for the bad language but those were the terms we used. These days it's pronounced Bee-ach.
Driving a floor shift car with a girl in the middle was the dream of every pimple-faced teenager!!

Treblig
 
You don't sit in the middle with a manual trans... You don't want to get in the way of shifting... :BangHead:

Only with an automatic and bench seat do you sit in the middle if you wish... :steering:
 
Well can they take turns ?
My sister n law has a 67 camaro ss 350 4speed 4:11 posi with a nasty sb.
She has had the car since 88 or 89.
Sometimes she drives sometimes my brother drives.
 
Have him sit over in the passenger seat and deal with all the rest in the back seat later. everyone is happy...
 
Pretty much every "rural" kid back in the day could drive a stick, guy or girl. If she came off a farm or ranch , she could drive any size farm truck, not talking pickup.
If she was a country girl, she probably dated a country boy. If he drove her car, and ground a gear, she would slap him c***less.
 
Oh I fogot it depends on buckets or bench.
I think it' endearing to have my wife sit in the middle next to me.
If she was driving I'd have no problem sitting next to her in the middle.
 
I'll let any good looking girl/woman drive my stick shift with me in the middle (legs straddling the shifter), That is also every pimple-faced teenager's dream!! Pimple-faced teenagers have no couth and usually have only one thing on their mind. Of course older guys aren't much more couthy/couthier????

treblig
 
I'm a horrible passenger..... been in too many wrecks with someone else at the wheel. Knock on wood.
 
girl in the middle for sure.... guy drives and the other guy rides shot gun. We take my car, so "it's the girls car thing" doesn't apply. Also, if the guys are wearing cowboy hats, keeps the brims from touching. If its a stick, she moves her sticks so I can shift (one leg on each side of the tranny tunnel does just fine), and if i'm racing, watch your knees cuz it will hurt! But i always pay.................... :D
 
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Rainy Day Auto said:
So I have noticed in a lot of old movies like American Graffiti and some other classics that have scenes of a young couple cruising down a social street in a very American car of steel. Usually the girl sits in the middle but what if the girl owns the car and is better at driving it than the guy??

Say it's a 4 speed car and the girl built it herself and doesn't allow anyone else to drive it, is it right for her to put her boyfriend in the middle with his legs to the passenger side so gear shifting doesn't get interrupted.

Does she have to concede to letting him drive and cringe every time he grinds some gears and doesn't quite control the old car like he should ?? Or maybe, just meeting him at the place of get together is the best option, so he can drive his modern, automatic, Japanese, battery operated ***** car there so she can spare herself the embarrassment.

Just curious what general male FABO population thinks.......
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Rani, did you have a recent occurance??? LOL....
 
Rainy Day Auto said:
So I have noticed in a lot of old movies like American Graffiti and some other classics that have scenes of a young couple cruising down a social street in a very American car of steel. Usually the girl sits in the middle but what if the girl owns the car and is better at driving it than the guy??

Say it's a 4 speed car and the girl built it herself and doesn't allow anyone else to drive it, is it right for her to put her boyfriend in the middle with his legs to the passenger side so gear shifting doesn't get interrupted.

Does she have to concede to letting him drive and cringe every time he grinds some gears and doesn't quite control the old car like he should ?? Or maybe, just meeting him at the place of get together is the best option, so he can drive his modern, automatic, Japanese, battery operated ***** car there so she can spare herself the embarrassment.

Just curious what general male FABO population thinks.......
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This male thinks that if it is her car and it is a 4spd manual or not, she better drive it!

I’ll sit in the middle IF there is a thing going on between us , she is my girlfriend or wife, IF there is a need to cram to many people in the car.

By the way, my wife is a better stick car driver than most men. And yes I have bet on that and won.

Any girl who dates a man that would rather drive a ...
modern, automatic, Japanese, battery operated ***** car there so she can spare herself the embarrassment.
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Must be ether insane, or,,, oh hell I’m not even sure what to say here.....
The question is why would she?
He needs to step up or be dismissed!
Otherwise, he better be donating to her car!
LMAO!
 
Dad use to talk about a 53 Chevy he bought for 50 bucks in the late 50s. Said he flipped the column 180 so he could shift with his left arm and keep his right arm around his girl...
 
"Dad use to talk about a 53 Chevy he bought for 50 bucks in the late 50s. Said he flipped the column 180 so he could shift with his left arm and keep his right arm around his girl..."

Now that's pretty cool!!!! Reminds me of my Dad when he was dating my Mom 1945/46. He had just been released by the VA Hospital in Ogden Utah. He had lost his right leg in the war and had a wooden leg from the hip on down. He was walking with my "Mom to be" down the streets of Ogden and the knee joint on his wooden leg gave away and he fell to the ground. He picked up the pieces and hopped (on his good leg) to a nearby bicycle shop and used their tools to put his leg back together. They continued on their date and the rest is history!!!!!!!!!!!! My Dad was made of STEEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's him on the right......I still haven't figured how a man 19 years old can lose his leg, get gangrene numerous times on his way back from Europe, go through numerous surgeries, almost die numerous times and still have a GIANT GRIN on his face????? I guess he was just happy to be alive???

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treblig
 
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My Daughters dates had to show up with their own cars , A copy of their Bank statement showing they have steady job. And my Police friend would run their name before they showed up. But it didn't help One of my daughters is at home with two kids who's father is a dead beat . He and his family thinks the USA owes them a free life.
 
Rainy Day Auto said:
n, so he can drive his modern, automatic, Japanese, battery operated ***** car there so she can spare herself the embarrassment.

Just curious what general male FABO population thinks.......
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Did Honey get a Prius?
 
On the ranch, the REAL cowboy/girl chose to sit in the middle so that they didn't have to get out and open the gates.
Yote
 
Rainy Day Auto said:
So I have noticed in a lot of old movies like American Graffiti and some other classics that have scenes of a young couple cruising down a social street in a very American car of steel. Usually the girl sits in the middle but what if the girl owns the car and is better at driving it than the guy??

Say it's a 4 speed car and the girl built it herself and doesn't allow anyone else to drive it, is it right for her to put her boyfriend in the middle with his legs to the passenger side so gear shifting doesn't get interrupted.

Does she have to concede to letting him drive and cringe every time he grinds some gears and doesn't quite control the old car like he should ?? Or maybe, just meeting him at the place of get together is the best option, so he can drive his modern, automatic, Japanese, battery operated ***** car there so she can spare herself the embarrassment.

Just curious what general male FABO population thinks.......
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Drive yourself in your car. I f he has an issue that's strike one. I raised 2 daughters to be assertive and self reliant.
 
Treblig said:
"Dad use to talk about a 53 Chevy he bought for 50 bucks in the late 50s. Said he flipped the column 180 so he could shift with his left arm and keep his right arm around his girl..."

Now that's pretty cool!!!! Reminds me of my Dad when he was dating my Mom 1945/46. He had just been released by the VA Hospital in Ogden Utah. He had lost his right leg in the war and had a wooden leg from the hip on down. He was walking with my "Mom to be" down the streets of Ogden and the knee joint on his wooden leg gave away and he fell to the ground. He picked up the pieces and hopped (on his good leg) to a nearby bicycle shop and used their tools to put his leg back together. They continued on their date and the rest is history!!!!!!!!!!!! My Dad was made of STEEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's him on the right......I still haven't figured how a man 19 years old can lose his leg, get gangrene numerous times on his way back from Europe, go through numerous surgeries, almost die numerous times and still have a GIANT GRIN on his face????? I guess he was just happy to be alive???

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Simple, he was a MAN who sucked it up and said “Onward!” Refusing to be a bumb!
 
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