We have been members of the Porsche Club of America since 1978. Autocrossing initially attracted me. My wife would travel with me to events, but, before long, she found watching to be pretty boring. So I coaxed her into driving. Soon she was nearly as fanatical as me and darned good as well. Many guys found that she was faster than them, sometimes with a less powerful car.
Eventually we moved on to doing track events. She has driven at Watkins Glen, Road America, Blackhawk, Putnam Park, Mid-Ohio, Grattan, and Gingerman. Here again she was a very good driver. Our first track car was a 944, the second one an E-Production 356 race car and our third was a 400hp 911 Turbo. So it's not likely she would be intimidated by the GTO
However, she did not want to drive the GTO when we first acquired it. That feeling was based on driving some of the C5's we have had. She is petite and could never find a comfortable driving position. Since the GTO was a muscle car with a similar drivertrain to the Vette's, she had some initial bias.
I kept telling her that it was just a car and drive it so she could get used to it. Wasn't long before the ol' GTO was racking up wifey miles. She now really likes it as it fits her well, shifts easily and is very comfortable.
Some things die hard. She still prefers her Boxster S. While the GTO fits her better than the Vette's, the Boxster is the favorite Porsche of all of the ones we have owned.
If you get your wife to drive it, she will like it.
One advantage of having a wife who competes with your cars is that when I would mention that I wanted to do some modification, she would ask if it would make the car faster. When I said yes, she would say "OK". Now you see why I have been married to her for nearly 37 years.
