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[BazaJT]

In 1968 a motoring correspondent wrote "the simplest of all cars to drive,so I let my wife take the wheel of the DAF 55 and she coped with it easily". For the Motor show review of 1970 said the DAF 33 was "an ideal second car,easy for wives to drive"
Can you imagine the outrage if similar things were said these days

[STEMO]

They frequently are, by a fella called Opti.

[BazaJT]

Perhaps Opti wrote the original articles

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Back in the day if a woman was allowed to drive by her husband it would be in some sort of practical little town car with 40 BHP or less. This allowed all the pretty little things to go shopping in town and get home again in good time to have a hot dinner ready for her man.

These days you see a number of girlies in large SUV types of car. Surely this can not be right.

Modern day Mini/ Hillman Imp is all a girl needs.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I mean, just look what happens when you mix Katie Price with a Range Rover.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

......and then you have the old dears who think the brake and accelerator are one and the same. How many beige Honda Civics have ended up smashing through a shop window.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

https://youtu.be/pLWqJwqOzbE

I rest my case.

[Raeturbo]

Variomatic, not too complicated even for the fair sex dare I say it😂 And as being an ardent fan of Michele  mouton maybe I shouldn’t 😂🤣😂

[Nick W]

......and then you have the old dears who think the brake and accelerator are one and the same. How many beige Honda Civics have ended up smashing through a shop window.

I've mentioned before that I have recovered lots of such crashes. They are one of the reasons why I think old people should not drive automatics when they can no longer manage a manual.

[YZ250]

Back in those days I would guess that most family’s only had one car, with the husband using it in the week for work. As the husband was the main driver it would seem perfectly natural for him to drive the family car at weekends also. This meant that the wife was an occasional driver, so lacked both confidence and experience. My wife passed her test at age 17 but didn’t have her own car until many years later. By contrast, my daughter passed her test at age 17 and drove her own car immediately. My daughter will drive absolutely anywhere, any distance without thinking about it, whereas my wife still prefers only local trips. When it comes to speed, my daughter would give me a run for my money, but then it was me that taught her to drive and got her through her test so I shouldn’t expect any different. 

[Doctor Gollum]

Damn those acorns

[TheBoy]

When it comes to speed, my daughter would give me a run for my money, but then it was me that taught her to drive and got her through her test so I shouldn’t expect any different. 

But clearly she is more observant when it comes to camera vans and jam sandwiches. Or has she been on multiple patronisation courses.....

[YZ250]

When it comes to speed, my daughter would give me a run for my money, but then it was me that taught her to drive and got her through her test so I shouldn’t expect any different. 

But clearly she is more observant when it comes to camera vans and jam sandwiches. Or has she been on multiple patronisation courses.....

I can’t lie, she’s more observant than me. 

[Andy B]

.... They are one of the reasons why I think old people should not drive automatics when they can no longer manage a manual.

How old is 'old'?
I'm 60 & have been driving autos for the past 30 years, do I have to start driving a manual again in a few years?

[Andy B]

.....
 My wife passed her test at age 17 but didn’t have her own car until many years later. By contrast, my daughter passed her test at age 17 and drove her own car immediately. My daughter will drive absolutely anywhere, any distance without thinking about it, whereas my wife still prefers only local trips. When it comes to speed, my daughter would give me a run for my money, but then it was me that taught her to drive and got her through her test so I shouldn’t expect any different. 

My wife & daughter are almost exactly the same as yours except my wife was a little older when she (eventually  ) passed hers & I paid someone else to teach my daughter.

when I got my ML we went to Costco. My daughter asked for a go of the car so I suggested she drive home, about 10 miles. I think we were doing about 50 by the time we left the underground car park!