Is this a age difference occurence?

I usually drive which at first caused no end of friction. When she drove, I was a very bad passenger. Which also caused no end of friction. Now we take separate cars.

No not really.

I still usually drive. She's Colombian and can drive a stick shift but to be charitable, her situational awareness is pretty appalling. I once mentioned to her that she might want to check her speed. She asked why. Because of the cop car on the side of the road. What cop car? The one with all the lights and stripes and aerials, that cop car just along about a hundred feet. That's when the fight started.

No not really.

She has never driven the Duster. Not because she doesn't know how to drive stick, she does. But Hagerty made us sign something that said she won't drive it and if she did and had an accident with it we'd be s.o.l. Of course this was a huge relief to me. Time is running out though since she will be licensed for 10 years soon enough. She is 5 feet nothing though and probably won't be able to see out of it. She might have a hard time reaching the pedals. Oh and manual steering, good luck steering it.

To her credit she has actually improved as a driver. I've improved as a passenger too because I now trust her a lot more than when she banged my Integra into a curb when she cut in too early. Or put the Mazda into 1st instead of reverse when it was a week old and I was at Moparfest and she almost drove through the garage wall. Anyway, I am one to talk. I forgot a back door was open with the Mazda and did a real number on it and the garage door track when I tried to back out. And that situational awareness thing - yeah I got a speeding ticket in October when I failed to notice a cop car.

So, with us it's a two way street. I usually drive but now I don't really mind when she does. She also won't drive when the weather is bad and the snow flying. I guess I'd better be going - have to pick her up from an appointment.