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Does a flash motor make a man more desirable?
The long-debated question of whether women find a man more attractive if he drives a flash car (or in other ways spends cash conspicuously) has been further muddied by an alliance of psychologists and biz profs in the States. Carrying out a survey among 1,000 American subjects, the soft-studies profs sought to find out what …
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Saturday 18th June 2011 12:13 GMT Anonymous Coward
It can be
I was sitting in the beer garden enjoying some fine female company. Boxter roars(ish) into the car park with much sound and fury. Heads turn (possibly because said pub was popular with local constabulary).
Out steps tanned, groomed aviator wearing driver who scans his hunting ground before swaggering over to our table. Keys plonked down, presumably as some way to try and mark territory or establish male dominance.
"So, do you like my car?" he says to my rather fine looking friend. She looks at the car, looks at him, smiles and says "How cute, a baby Porsche. Will it grow up?"
Cue much laughter from the rest of us and the tables near by. Cue more when the poor driver stalls trying to make a quick exit.
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Monday 20th June 2011 08:46 GMT Anonymous Coward
Well... Ancient law of nature...
Like dissolves in alike.
Guess your friend was not what he was looking for.
No worries, he will find it a few pubs down the road.
By the way, I would not mind being introduced to your friend. As Animal from Muppet Show used to say "My kind of Woman...": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yvHWyvexZA
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Friday 17th June 2011 16:02 GMT Anonymous Coward
Yes..
because the "dozy" motorist didnt see the tit in black leather with a black helmet, hurtling down a road at mach million at 11.30 pm on a black motorcycle..Until it was too late..
Because, had the organ donor observed the speed limits then he wouldnt have T-boned the car pulling out because they and the "dozy" motorist would both have had time to react.
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Friday 17th June 2011 10:43 GMT Anonymous Coward
Previous experience dictates
Mid 20s I took the plunge and bought a sports car (quarter life crisis?).
Did my notch count no difference whatsoever.
When parked up, it actually got more comments from fellas than it did any ladies.
So sports cars = great way to get chatting to boy racers, but crap for pulling.
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Friday 17th June 2011 11:50 GMT andybird123
sports car?
depends on what your definition of sports car is
ferraris, lambos, top end porkers, are all proven fanny magnets, I think the key is that the car has to cost at least 100K when new and be a household name
I've had various fast Japanese cars and women don't bat an eyelid (until I step out of it obviously, they are only human)
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Friday 17th June 2011 13:48 GMT Anonymous Coward
sports car?
Granted it wasn't 100k when new, but it was from an Italian household name, a revvy engine with a lightweight body, fantastic handling, Paninfarina styling and featured in many late 90s/early 2000s racing games.
Wasn't a supercar by any means. In fact, I'd only thought about it as a coupe, it was only when it was in getting (one of many) repairs that the girl I'd been going out with said "You should really get rid of that sports car. I never really liked it."
She was happier when I bought a big middle-aged looking Peugeot, and then a big lazy Japanese coupe (which is more pipe and slippers than cigar and gucci).
Which either means I'm 'marraige' material (she's still with me) rather than Porsche-driving 'one night' material, or that girls aren't fussed.
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Friday 17th June 2011 14:21 GMT Admiral Grace Hopper
What *is* it with you lot and 'females'?
I think it's due to the component-centric view of your typical IT-enculuured dweeb who categorise the entire world into things that are plugged into other things and things that have things plugged into them. They can't help it, bless 'em. (BTW, if any of you have DIN gender changer kicking around can you pass it on? I've got a keyboard that I re-purpose if I could switch it from a male pin-out to a female one. Thank you).
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Friday 17th June 2011 10:49 GMT Ooo-wait-BUT!
Soft science makes me gag
By making such a strong distinction between men and women; and insofar as it is men making the car purchase and women making subjective pronouncements based solely on that purchase choice these 'academics' have failed at very significant levels:
Firstly - the sexist clause... this survey was doomed from the word go when it approached the research phase already knowing what result it was looking for;
Secondly - the lack of a decent data pool... was there a representative sample of ethnically rare one-legged single parent lesbians in the survey?
Thirdly - the interpretation of subjective observations: there are two distinct types of women (of the subset of women who are interested solely in men); those who value a man for the person he is (the Civic buyer) and those who fuck for money.
But, it's America... so we can let them off. It's not like they know how to do any REAL science.
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Friday 17th June 2011 10:49 GMT Bunker_Monkey
Porsche.... everyones got a porsche except me!
(jingles keys to his brand new, gleaming Lotus Exige - yeah i wish!)
Cause Porsches are overbloated toys in my opinion, I would only buy a british sports car with much better handling and less understeer..
Wheres the IT angle on this? Shame I can't have the same effect with a monster gaming pc!
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