When did two-seat sports cars stop being manly?

[thstone]

Here is the Chick Car Index;



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

[BIGJake111]

Originally Posted by thstone

Here is the Chick Car Index;



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

Trucks need to be significantly higher and the 90s mustang lower, i don't know a single girl that drives a 90s mustang while i know several with 05 to newer. In general females dont like 90s anything, that is how we win back the boxster, girls tend to like new shiny things. However, seriously the trucks need to be way higher up, the truck split is nearly 40/60. As well as the charger, i know a many a female that drive a charger over an accord in a trade out for sportiness over quality.

[Ian c]

Where's the frickin Prius ?
Every day I have to slow down to 75 as some doddering do-gooder hogs the lanes .
Electric cars should be outlawed from the road whilst I'm commuting to work and back .

[BIGJake111]

Originally Posted by Ian c

Where's the frickin Prius ?
Every day I have to slow down to 75 as some doddering do-gooder hogs the lanes .
Electric cars should be outlawed from the road whilst I'm commuting to work and back .

[Ian c]

Although the only tesla roadster I've seen on the road was driven by a female , my commute is at 5:30am and 3:00pm on the 405 .
Pickups and Prius .... Every time ... Guaranteed .
And I've never seen a 918 on the road . Yet .

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by Ian c

Although the only tesla roadster I've seen on the road was driven by a female , my commute is at 5:30am and 3:00pm on the 405 .
Pickups and Prius .... Every time ... Guaranteed .
And I've never seen a 918 on the road . Yet .

I have a dude in my neighbohrhood who commutes in a Model S. I'm usually on my track bike when I see him but we must have similar schedules, because I see him merge onto the highway a few times a week. That car hauls tail like nothing else on the road during those hours. It shames many a dinosaur fuel car that tries to block it from merging. People here can be real arse holes at that hour but if that car has even the slightest gap it will get there lickety split. Meanwhile with unrelenting traffic flow, the dino fuel cars can sit there waiting and waiting for a gap to open up for an eternity.
The 918 laptime under 7:00 made perfect sense to me...

[JayG]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

I have a dude in my neighbohrhood who commutes in a Model S. I'm usually on my track bike when I see him but we must have similar schedules, because I see him merge onto the highway a few times a week. That car hauls tail like nothing else on the road during those hours. It shames many a dinosaur fuel car that tries to block it from merging. People here can be real arse holes at that hour but if that car has even the slightest gap it will get there lickety split. Meanwhile with unrelenting traffic flow, the dino fuel cars can sit there waiting and waiting for a gap to open up for an eternity.
The 918 laptime under 7:00 made perfect sense to me...

Electric motor = instant torque. Also with the computer checking each wheel all the time, it can make micro adjustments to each wheel to put maximum power without any wheels spin. I have driven the roadster and it's scary fast and silent. Faster than the Lotus it is based on

[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.