jjklongisland
Registered User
So my wife Jenn (been married 11 years) knows how much I love cars. I drive her crazy with our daily drivers because I am 36 years old and have owned over 36 cars... She's a mustang girl and never really understood my liking of my Supercoupe. To be honest I never really had a desire to own a supercoupe. I never paid much attention to them. My moms cousin was the original owner of my SC. He special ordered his SC back in 1988 and it was his passion. He loved his car and it always put a smile on his face. Unfortunately he only got to enjoy his car for a few short years before his untimely death. When he passed away his sister took the car over. I remember her caring for his car with great passion because she new how important the car was to him. Matter of fact as I reminisce I recall one time she came to visit my mom and knowing what a car nut I was she asked me if I wanted to learn how to drive stick. I didnt even have a learners permit but she trusted me anyways. I got to drive the car up and down my block and was a natural. I never thought in a million year I would be driving that very same car many years later. A few years ago she moved to Connecticut and kept the SC at her in-laws garage (it was always garaged since new and never drove in bad weather). A the months passed she felt she was neglecting the car by not driving her at least on the weekends. She new I would give the car the proper attention it deserved and asked me if I was interested in buying it from her. I bought it for $1500. She would have just given it to me but she needed to buy her daughter her first car and I felt it was only right to give her at least that. The deal was contingent upon me never selling the car. If I was to sell it I had to offer it back to her first. That was two years ago. Since owning the car, I like most of you, found a new kind of respect for the Supercoupe. I keep her informed of all of her modifications and she says her brother Franky would be proud. Now getting back to the point of my post, my wife has never showed interest in my SC. She knows it makes me happy and just pacifies me on when I make a mod and tell her about my excitement. She has only been in the car a few times. Last night it was nice out and my boy wanted us to take the SC to my in-laws for dinner. She sighed and relented. Well I wound up drinking alot of Jack Daniels Honey with my fatherinlaw and got pretty loaded. I said honey, its your turn to drive Francine (thats my Supercoupes name after my cousin Franky). Well she growled and got in the drivers seat adjusting it for what felt like 10 minutes. I asked her if she remembered how to drive stick and I received a nasty comment back. She then let off the clutch slowly and off we went. As she was driving it I could see her start to smile. I said you actually liking this arent you? She said yeah, it drives alot better than I thought and brought her back to her high school days. I tried to get her to goose it a few times but she just wanted to drive it normal. It was nice to see her start to feel what I feel when I drive it...