When did two-seat sports cars stop being manly?

[coreseller]

Originally Posted by thstone

Here is the Chick Car Index;



Read the whole report at: Chick Cars: The Scientific Report. | Grasping for Objectivity

I gotta say, that chart is indeed bang on. My daughter wanted a Beetle sooo bad, my nickel my choice so it was a Civic.

Coincidentally, at yesterday's auto cross event a relatively stock looking MazdaSpeed Miata that he drove there came in second behind a tricked out / stripped out trailered Corvette. Tossing the living crap out of my Miata on the autocross course is great fun, can't recommend them enough.

[rdass623]

Originally Posted by coreseller

I gotta say, that chart is indeed bang on. My daughter wanted a Beetle sooo bad, my nickel my choice so it was a Civic.

Coincidentally, at yesterday's auto cross event a relatively stock looking MazdaSpeed Miata that he drove there came in second behind a tricked out / stripped out trailered Corvette. Tossing the living crap out of my Miata on the autocross course is great fun, can't recommend them enough.

wouldn't it be cool to push a 200 hp, 2300# car through the cones? yes it is, it's a Miata with a blower..

[coreseller]

Originally Posted by rdass623

wouldn't it be cool to push a 200 hp, 2300# car through the cones? yes it is, it's a Miata with a blower..

That along with VERY reasonable costs. I recently went through everything on my 64k mile '99 NB to start with a solid baseline, Items I dealt with;

-New Mishimoto Aluminum Radiator / Cap / Thermostat
-New Coolant
-New Centric Brake Rotors F & R
-New Hawk Pads
-New Mazda Timing Belt / Idlers / Water Pump / Cam and Crank Seals
-New Accessory Belts
-All New Mazda Rubber Hoses
-New NGK Plugs and Wires
-New Trans and Diff Fluids
-Some other small items

Granted I did all of the work myself which was pretty easy with Keith Tanner's book but all in for parts was ~ $800. Good Luck doing that with a Porsche.

[Perfectlap]

^I call BS on any manual transmission car on that list. LOL.

Even though that person spelled Boxster wrong I have to agree on the 90's MOooostang.
That was every high school girl's dream in 1990 America. By 1999 it was Cherokee LTD.

[JayG]

I would not call a Tesla Roadster a chick car or for that matter the Tesla Sedan either
And both of them are incredibly fast

[bglz42]

Whoever put that chart together was not in Texas. The national chick car of Texas is the Ford F150... hands down...

[BFeller]

Originally Posted by bglz42

Whoever put that chart together was not in Texas. The national chick car of Texas is the Ford F150... hands down...

Aww crap. I own a Boxster and an F150.

[bglz42]

Bfeller, no offense meant! I like the F150 a lot... And I also own a Fiat 500 and a Dodge 3500 so I am all screwed up! LOL!

[BFeller]

Originally Posted by bglz42

Bfeller, no offense meant! I like the F150 a lot... And I also own a Fiat 500 and a Dodge 3500 so I am all screwed up! LOL!

No offense taken - my response was in jest.

Overall, I think the choices on that list were probably true. Sure, in some rural areas, women are going to like trucks. But not in places like LA or NYNY. To me, the only transportation item that can be labeled for women is a bicycle. But plenty of women can and do ride the men's style bikes.

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by BFeller

Aww crap. I own a Boxster and an F150.

After owning this car for over 10 years I could count on the fingers of one hand at the number of times I've seen a chick driving a Boxster. Around here at least I've easily seen more women driving Carreras, usually Cabs.
Ditto for the F150. I'd be impressed if I saw a girl driving one of those. This guy who whipped up this chart must be from some part of the country I've never been to.

But this chart may reveal a bit of a pre-existing bias.