Guy who drive chick cars

[swede123]

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Mazda Miata.

Big Steve [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

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The Miata is definitely the perennial chick car. In fact, every time I see one on the road driven by a man I snicker to myself. Usually the guy at the wheel is older, balding, and looking rather silly.

You might also add my wife's newest vehicle to the list: Ford Expedition. I'd venture than 80% of all Expeditions on the road are driven primarily by women. Same goes for Suburbans and Tahoes.

Swede

[TylerD]

Audi TT - Hairdresser's car.

[swolfe]

mercury cougar

EDIT: the newer ones...

[MrWookie47]

While I see the femininity of some of these cars, others I'm just not seeing it. Maybe I'd see it better with some examples of masculine cars to contrast. What's a manly car that costs <$30k?

[ThisHo]

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Volvo,


yes a volvo

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I'll grant you its a "family" car and its clearly not a "man's" car, but are volvo's really "chick" rides? On the "chick ride" scale, with convertible cabrio being a 10 and {insert rebuilt muscle car of your choice here} being a 1, a Volvo (IMHO) falls in at about a 4 or 5 (yes, I drive one).

ThisHo

[M2d]

me oughta get a real car

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

Mini Cooopers are not chick cars. They are middle-aged nerd and/or cargeek cars.

Miatas are also generally considered chick cars. However, I think they're more of a poor man's midlife crisis car. They're also awesome for autocross. A similar car is the Honda S2000. It too is quite awesome for autocross but falls in the same category as the Miata for regular use, only it's a shade more of a chick car than the Miata.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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While I see the femininity of some of these cars, others I'm just not seeing it. Maybe I'd see it better with some examples of masculine cars to contrast. What's a manly car that costs <$30k?

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WRX
RX-8 (not overtly manly per se, but it's a man's car)

[M2d]

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What's a manly car that costs <$30k?

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honda element. not the most studly of vehicles, but any car you can wash out the inside with a hose has to be a manly car.

[swede123]

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While I see the femininity of some of these cars, others I'm just not seeing it. Maybe I'd see it better with some examples of masculine cars to contrast. What's a manly car that costs <$30k?

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WRX
RX-8 (not overtly manly per se, but it's a man's car)

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I don't know that I'd call WRX a manly car. Don't get me wrong, Subarus are great and all, and the WRX is quite impressive in terms of performance, but the looks of it doesn't exactly ooze masculinity. Like an earlier poster said, a 1960s or 1970s muscle car would probably be about as masculine as you get, or maybe a full-size truck, not one with off-road package and big tires, but a regular work truck.

Swede