Not if you want to remain a couple!

Oh, Doug, don't be scarin' Loren!

We have quite a number of couples (and some father/son teams) who seem *quite* competitive (at least they kick our butts regularly!) but who seem to get on quite well (at least in front of an audience!). Interestingly, the couple that comes to mind first mix it up -- don't always run together (and the husband's best results -- like a 17 in a 2-day BC gravel/slush rally -- were with a another, hard-core navigator). So it can be done. I see more couples yelling on sailboats. I may sometimes be a disappointment to my co-driver for not being competitive enough. I just like to drive, (Oh, and the purse money...right!)

I still think the bigger, more prevalent issue is navigator motion sickness. Unplanned stops for a good hurl are pretty common.