Are corvettes chick girl woman cars?
 

Bit of a debate.

I didn't think of corvettes as chick cars, but someone pointed out that corvettes have been highly marketed to women, even young girls

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and Barbie has been driving a pink corvette since the 70s

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Anyone else think Corvettes are chick cars?

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Yup.

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I have seen many a stripper in corvette, as well as many an southern dude with a boat and a bit of mid life crisis money, as well as some guys or girls that just like vettes. I will say that I see way more girls in muscle cars than I do roadsters excluding the z3.

She probably shopped Boxsters at first, then tried to test drive one....

Too underpowered! Needs BIG V8 muscle. :troll:

Top 10 Chick Cars - #4 is a Corvette. Just sayin'.

http://bolesblogs.com/2006/06/10/top-ten-chick-cars/

this one definitely isn't ;P (2000hp twin turbo)
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I hate when people call them 'vettes.

It's like calling our cars 'sters'

"Man I always wanted a ster".

At any rate, Corvette is not a 'sporty' car. It is a sports car. Hence it can never be chick car.

Range Rover is a chick car. Volkswagen Bug is a chick car. Neither are sports cars.
SUV is the pinnacle of category in chick cardom. Luxury sedans are a distant but respectable second.

Also, the Corvette is perhaps the only American car that the French would line up to see at the start of the 24 Hours of LeMans. Seeing a C7 Stingray drive down the street in Paris, Rome or Madrid would turn more than a few heads.
But here for some reason it gets the tank top and gold chain thing.

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Barbie likes pink and open air motoring. Who can blame her on the later.

for some of us we are old enough to remember when the corvette was not the only "vette" on the streets. there was always the remarkable piece of engineering known as the chevette. maybe that is what some of the "vette" owners are bragging about.....

I will stand by your comment on Le Mans. I really wish ford would produce something great again, the special edition mustangs are all the same to me. I feel that ford has done great for themselves recently and they need and Ecoboost poster child or something.

Yeah.... but they also have Lamborghini on the list as number ten. Buy me a dress and call me Sally.... I'll take a Lamborghini.

I met a girl at a party in college one time and she said she drove a vette. So when it was time to leave, and we headed out to the parking lot, I got to ride in her vette. A "Chevette". No worries though :)

you know it's a chick's list (of chick cars) when one of the cars in the top ten is not even a car model but a brand. LOL. The author propably refers to a torque wrench as "the long stick thing". and then her bf/husand says "that what she said!".

If they're referring to the FRS, the list features three legitimate sports cars you can see at any Sunday autocross (along with the Mini and Corvette).
And the Prius is definitely not a chick car. Most women who buy chick cars could care less about engineering, 'hyper-miling', regen braking, etc.

I've seen more chicks in Corvettes than Boxsters.

The Corvette chicks look like stripper/callgirl/football WAGs, and the Boxster chicks look like professional business women.

Just sayin'...........

TO

I have a couple of female friends who have chosen their cars strictly for power and performance.

One is driving a bright yellow whatever that car is in Transformers (sorry, I don't pay attention to American muscle car names/types).

The other is driving a new 2013 911. That she paid for, in cash, by herself, because she is single.

Most of the other women I know chose whatever they drive strictly because they have to take the kids to soccer.

Not sure if that helps, just interesting factoids about women and cars. :D

He speaks the truth . . . ;)

Watched them pull one out of a ditch on the tail of the dragon last year. Lots of power, but no handling. Could be a chick car.

Oh C'mon! I would argue that for that much power, it handles better than some of these older Porsches now selling for princely sums (with not much power).

Unfortunately, the Corvette, like many big power cars, attracts drivers with more courage than skill (I'm being polite there). The same kind of drivers that have totaled more than a few Carrera GT, Viper, etc.

I have a friend like that, he bought a Viper when it first came out. He said the dealer provided no instruction whatsoever. They just waited for him until late in the evening to pick up the Viper and then just slid the key across the the desk. He was used to hot-dogging on the highway in his little BMW convertible. He wouldn't admit to it but the Viper must have scared him straight because I never saw the car leave the garage after the first few 'outings'.

You know.... I actually do not see much being wrong with driving a car desirable by women, I mean any guy in his right mind, if he has to look to impress anyone, we would assume it's a girl. Alot of guys get big gaudy trucks and lift them to impress each other, but alot of the girls I know see them as death traps. I really don't mind that alot of the girls I talk to drool over my car, while guys say meh or "it's a girls car."

I believe BIGJake has restored my faith in "kids today" . . . ;)

if he is a kid. this is the internet after all. you might not be a porsche chick, and i might not be a king ...

Big truck = attracts guys

Boxster = attracts girls

Which do you want to drive?

ps: no offense intended to Porsche Chick, Jinx, or any of the wonderful women on this forum

Would not fit.

I don't think chicks prefer Corvettes because there is not enough room for the shopping and beauty support equipment.

Woman are gatherers/collectors so they need lots of storage.

Thats why the Boxster is an ideal car for chicks, its got 2 trunks so lots of storage.

Most don't know about the extra space in front so thats why more girls don't own Boxsters, fortunately for the guys.

Thats also why the Boxster is ideal for guys, lots of storage for a girls stuff, a surprise under the Frunk, (Girls like those kind of surprises) plus with the top down it shows off the guy and is likely to get him a nice tan.

Natural Selection:
Good looking guy with tan = good genes/attraction
Guy driving with a big smile, even in traffic jam = happy & balanced person, rare catch
Nice looking real sports car = Affluent and Successful
Empty passenger seat = Available
2 Trunks = Room for more shopping/gathering

I have seen a few girls in the late model mr2... as a daily... i just hrmm i really want to keep a camera on them and see how daily life is for a girl with a late model mr2... because its "cute" haha.

reason #174 why the Boxster, Corvette and Miata are NOT chick cars, they're cars for old rich guys.


TIME - 10 Things People Won't Spend Money On Anymore

Convertibles
The fun-loving, wind-in-your-hair thrill of driving in a convertible just hasn’t been enough to keep consumers buying the classic ragtop in strong numbers. Businessweek noted that convertible sales have fallen 44% since 2004, and automakers have been significantly scaling back the number of models that are even offered in convertible form. Apparently, too many consumers see convertibles as impractical, and/or not worth the $5,000 or so premium one must pay compared to the regular model.

Data recently released from Experian Automotive indicates that the convertible is largely now a toy purchased by the rich. Nearly 1 in 5 convertible buyers have household incomes of at least $175,000 (compared to 11% of buyers of all cars), and 12% of convertible buyers own homes valued over $1 million (compared to 4% of buyers of other cars). For what it’s worth, convertible drivers are also better educated than the average car owner (50% of convertible buyers have at least a bachelor’s degree, versus 38% overall), and nearly one-quarter of all convertibles are now purchased in three sunny states with ample coastlines: California, Florida, and Texas. -TIME Magazine

Holy Crap, decades back I actually owned a 1986 Corvette in that exact same color, Silver Beige. Even had the gold BBS wheels lol, 5.7 choked liters of 225 hp goodness.

BTW.....if you need a car to catch the eye of the opposite sex, well, 'nuff said.

The Wreck Of The Barbie Ferrari
John Hiatt

Saturday night he comes home stinking
sunday morning she wakes up thinking and thinking and thinking and thinking
does she need to get the kids dressed to go to church
he's pulled a shotgun out of the lurch
he heads for the TV room starts to search
his problems swollen like a river and his reality's shrinking
he finds them huddled by the toy box and splatters 'em all
the ken and the midge and the skipper doll
they look like a family but they're really not at all
well he's sad but he ain't sorry
it ain't the end of the world
it's just the wreck of the barbie ferrari
he wonders if he ever said I do
to that little blonde plastic voodoo
and his mind's gone fishin'
well it started just as plain as the nose on your face
now it's in a thousand peices all over the place
he thought she was driving but it's twisted beyond recognition
all the diapers and the tutus and the basketballs
she was givin' them a lift to the promised mall
but somewhere by the TV that V-12 stalled
as he loaded the chamber her eyes got starry
it ain't the end of the world
it's just wreck of the barbie ferrari
when they get home from church won't they be sorry
he's cornered 'em all on his urban safari
It aint the end of the world...
He's played with cars and guns since he could crawl
now he wishes he'd never met that doll with her face gone
there wasnt nothing he ever thought about
he couldn't drive through or shoot his way out
as he surveys the family room littered with dolls
he can't find one leg to stand on
he aims the gun at his head now he's starting to cry
looking for the courage to let it fly
can't live without his family now that something has died
he's not sure who's hurt not sure who's sorry
It ain't the end of the world...

Jinx
 

Back in the seventies I drove Bill's LT-1 Vette. Factory side pipes
(Yes I still have the scars) they did get hot and loud. Special
Handling suspension, heavy duty rock crusher four speed. 3:91
Posi rear end. Two top

Was I a Vette chick. You bet your a-- I was and really enjoyed
Being one.

I drive a 89 Lotus now, purchased it after I saw Sharon Stone in "Basic
Instinct". I have a older Audi 8-L for the winter months.
To haul stuff around. Potting soil,dog, etc etc. I have a old old
Jeep CJ-7. Fiberglass body.

I must say I now consider myself a Porsche chick even thought
It belongs to Bill but he shares.

Must say I get the most comments and looks when I drive it.
Except when trying to get out of the Lotus in a dress and I
Slip off the sill ending up sitting on the ground.

With love,

Jinx

I see you. :)

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I had a conversation with a gal this evening that reminded me of this, "Hey jake, I saw a Porsche today"
"Oh really what kind?"
"It wasn't as cool as yours, it wasn't convertible and had too much cabin, when are you taking me for a drive in it ;) "


Turns out it was a 997tt

So yeah I would rather have the tt but I take pride that she would rather go for a ride in my boxster :D girls like convertibles and I don't mind.

Girls may like convertibles, but many wives do not........

i will quote my ap world history teacher "the corvette got the girl, the truck kept the girl"

Have I got a girl for you Jake! Gorgeous, AP scholar, Cayman devotee . . . ;)

No, it's not me . . . lol . . .

sign me up, we all know porsches are best in a his and hers set haha.

Have to correct you on this one...lots of power, awesome handling, misinformed driver who couldn't handle it.:(

Agreed, I've known more women with Corvettes than any 911 or Boxster

but I will agree women love porsches, it has helped get me laid more than any car I've owned :D :D :dance:

So is your next car going to be a Beetle or Mini? :D ;)