Boxster owners men vs women
 

I am constantly told that there are more women that buy and own boxsters by my friends but dont know any. I really tired of hearing it where can i get stats on who buys them and who owns them. :matchup:

There's a pretty large population of Boxsters in the areas where I work and live. I'd say it is pretty well split down the line when I look at the driver.

And... who cares? No offense to my fellow gents... but I can tell you who I'd rather be looking at in the driver's seat when I pull up next to another car at a light :D

where are these women with Porsches? please send them this way...

If the boards are any indication of the ratio, I'd say 9 out of 10 owners are male. In my informal, man-on-the-street observations, I would have to say it's closer to 7 out of 10 male owners, at least in my neck of the woods.

You'd probably have to talk to a few dealers to get a more scientific answer.

AZ UFO wrote:
> I am constantly told that there are more women that buy and own
> boxsters by my friends but dont know any.

Seeing how you phrased that sentence, perhaps you should ask your friends. They might know.

-- peer

ROFL I hear that brother !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOL ok ya got me hehe i have no problem with the ladies i guess what i meant was a couple of my friends seem to think that the 986 is the "chick" porsche and that most of the people who own it are women.

Of the seven I know of in this area, there's only one driven by a female. Oh, and she waves when we pass each other.

"i guess what i meant was a couple of my friends seem to think that the 986 is the "chick" porsche and that most of the people who own it are women."

Uh... so what? :ah:

Out of curiosity, what kind of car are your friends driving? Corvettes? *L*

Sounds like you need new friends. :rolleyes:

:cheers: lol nothing that is as nice.

" lol nothing that is as nice."

Q.E.D. :cheers:

p.s.
last weekend I was out with a group of girls I just met and we ended up an eatery. Some of their male friends arrived and although they drove BMWs, Mercs, and Range Rovers the girls seem unfazed by these cars and would not shut up about my Pcar. The other guys just sat their quietly resenting me.
One girl said "I saw a whale, ran with the bulls (or some nonsense like this) and now I have to drive your car! a Porsche!!". Another girl became VISIBLY excited when she approached my car and was like "ooohhh my god, this is your CAR!!!???"
The other girl who introduced me to them all in the first place was getting jealous.
:cheers:

I was having coffee with a girl friend of mine and we were both admiring my car when a guy came driving up in a new Z4, she made the point of saying "now that is a nice car". I made her a bet that if you asked 10 guys in the coffee shop which car they wanted to drive, 9 would choose the Porsche..just because. Her being the outgoing (and extremely hot) girl she asked about 5 guys, and all 5 of course said the porsche...they know..

lol I cant belive she said that about a Z4 compared to the box. I bought a Z3 for my mom for mothers day about 5 years ago, we still have it. I drive it a few times a year and its nothing compared to even a base boxster, its smaller, and it only has 1 trunk about the exact size of the boxsters rear trunk. A boxster is better in every way imagineable.

Also I have to say I don't know any women boxster owners. Although my girlfriend drives it alot nowadays, and I know there are several other guys on here that let their wife/GF drive their boxster alot. So although the owner is a guy, it may be a girl you see on that specific day driving it.

And if anybody off the street tells you that its a girl's car, slap them around a bit, then ask them what kind of Porsche they have? :matchup:

I'll give the same response I gave my friend asking the same question about the Mini Cooperthat he wants....WHO CARES! I bought what I want, so should he.

Absolutely

who cares, people r ignorant, cars are cars unless ur driving a bright pink boxster with some flowers glued to it, its not a girls car ( i dont think theres such a thing as a girls or guys car). My gf drives a viper and i drive the box and some of our friends always mess with me cuz i drive the "girly" car and say we should switch...so i point out what they drive and they shut up about it haha people who wanna mess with u, are jelaous or know nothing about cars will say stuff like that so dont even think about it.
when people say that to me in full seriousness i take it as ignorance on their part

i actually dont see many women driving them at all....so far ive seen only a half dozen, compared to the guys....

There is actually a very simple girls car test. Does it look like this? If not you have nothing to worry about!

http://timrost.com/photos/1251-03.jpg

The only female drive Porsches I have seen around here are Cayannes.

that is so true...and i think that if the badge wasn't there they wouldn't even know what the car is

None here in Curacao.
 

Currently we have 5 Boxsters on this beautifull island. Women have driven them on a few ocassions but no real owners, yet...
Here's a pic of mine.
Watch out for updated pics coming soon!

not too many female members here that I know of but i am a female boxster owner and I believe there is another forum member porschegirl from NY.

I'm in the NE US and pass a Porsche at least every other day and park with 4 others every day. I've seen one female driver of a Boxster, almost everyone one driving a Cayenne is female and a few driving 911s. It's because of the "do I wave" or "don't I wave" drill when you pass another Porsche that it's easy to notice.

Three things I can say with a high degree of confidence, 1) Women love a Porsche and 2) Women love a convertible but 3) the vast majority of all Porsche owners and drivers are men. The 911 convertible to a woman is da bomb. The Boxster is cute and fun. A recent study showed that although women date men who are bulked up physically they prefer normal sized men for long term relationships and best of all intimacy. Sooooo, they might ove to be seen in a 911 but for long term "intimacy" it might just be the Boxster? Yippee Kayay!

Hey, be careful! I got slammed on another thread for suggesting that women in general may not be up to driving a Porsche.

Now, I was kidding, but hey, if they can't recognize one, can they be trusted to drive one?

This is IN JEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

u guys make it sound like most women dont even know what kinda car they're driving haha i guess i got lucky and found the one girl who shares my love of cars and knows just as much about them as i do :)

With that you never need to go to Campo Allegre. ;)

Here in Central PA there are about (80) Porsche club members.
I never see a female driving a Porsche - Boxster.
Except . . . .
When I'm not home, my wife loves to take the Boxster out for a cruise.
She thinks its a great FUN car, and likes it alot better than then the 928s4.
I can't blame her! :)

You have to be very careful about generalizations. Do more men than women drive Porsches? I think so, judging from the chatgroups. That excludes the Cayenne, of course. Women probably own the majority of SUVs and usually drive automatics. Never mind my wife hates SUVs and drives a stick. So there you go with generalizations.
I know a Boxster owner whose wife and himself both race their Boxster and their two 914s. So there you go with generalizations.

"Do more men than women drive Porsches? I think so, judging from the chatgroups."

Likewise, do more men than women go to chat rooms?

True
 

True, but I find it to intimidate women.
I would assume you've been to Campo Alegre.
Well known in the caribbean!

Been Boxstering for 8 years in Silicon Valley, where Boxstirs are a dime a dozen.

Met women owner owners over the years. With one exception all the women owners I met had manual transmissions. Subject to that one exception, all tiptronic owners I have met were guys.

I have a Barbie Boxster. Manual transmission of course.

Tool Pants, where did you get that "Barbie" Boxster? My two year old son would just die to have one (after I de-ambered it). One of his first words was Porsche which he pronounces like pwoorsha (he cannot say without a huge grin). I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

Barbie had a Boxster in 1998, from Mattel. It is guards red, not pink.

This product has been discontinued. Bought mine in 1999 from ebay. The doll is from a friend that has a daughter.

No I have never been to Campo Alegre. It was just a joke. Although I know people who have worked there. :)

You must be so proud!!

Brought a tear to my eye.

Maybe women drive Boxsters that someone else bought for them?

Maybe women are driving their husband's Boxster?

Maybe women are driving a loaner Boxster while their Cayenne is being serviced?

I have been told several times that my car is a "chick" car and I even had my new sister-in-law tell me real men drive 911's where she comes from and only the women drive Boxsters. Of course my mouth dropped that someone could be so rude especially with her knowing how much I appreciate my car. The reality is I could drive a 996/997 convertible if I wanted to but I think that the Boxster is visually more balanced and is a far greater value. The perception that the Boxster is a chick car is held by a few but they are definately in the minority as I get positive comments about my car on an almost daily basis.