German survey: Men want cars, women want stars

Los Angeles Times ^ | Wed, Nov. 10, 2004 | JEFFREY FLEISHMAN

[presidio9]

[presidio9]

BTW, article is excerpted.

[trashcanbred]

"Men with Volvos have longer sex"

This reminds me of a joke I heard way back in High School.

[2banana]

Men with Volvos have longer sex -- 7.3 minutes a session -- than any other driver

Are they kidding me? Takes me longer than that to light the candles...(wink, wink, know what I mean).

[Sociopathocracy]

An hour with Cindy Crawford vs. an hour of winding roads and a 911. No contest. Where are the keys?

[Larry Lucido]

Cindy has keys?

[STFrancis]

German Ping...

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

They want to die for Islam and we want to kill them

Damn, I love free markets. Demand, meet supply.

[Old_Mil]

>Men with Volvos have longer sex -- 7.3 minutes a session --
>than any other driver, especially those Casanovas with
>Italian cars who clock a mere 4.9 minutes per session.

Sounds like our German friends need to take more Cialis/Viagra or something.

[blau993]

You deliver Cindy, and I'll be glad to lend you my 911 for an hour. But what am I going to do for my other 0.4 this week?

[Sociopathocracy]

I here Terayza's looking for a new man.

[Mr. Mojo]

Men with Volvos have longer sex -- 7.3 minutes a session -- than any other driver

7.3 minutes is long? Poor fraulines.

[presidio9]

They want to die for Islam and we want to kill them

Somebody please post the bunny with the pancakes on his head.

[starfish923]

It's pretty simple.
A beautiful car involves money and status. It even involves fame. Obviously, from the studies, it involves power too. Money, fame, power and status, the four "scarce resources" for which many humans vie.

Men vie for it differently than women, of course, despite what women's (G)lib says.

Women vie for it by showing others what MAN they can "get." Genitalia-akimbo, who's got the money to pay for the biggest boobs, cutest butt, most perfect face, teeth, nose, etc.
Sad that movie "stars" are considered worth "getting." They are all about make believe. Who cares?!

Men can get sex from women anytime, anywhere with anyone they want. Promiscuity is as ordinary as Bier. Sex and women are no big deal. Cars are. Believe me, with their cars, the men are showing off just as much for OTHER men. It IS about status.

So...this is all academic, innit?
I don't see American men as that different....except for ONE thing: American men are THE BEST.

[ElTianti]

You don’t have to cuddle anyone after track day.

[Mr. Mojo]

Believe me, with their cars, the men are showing off just as much for OTHER men. It IS about status.

But often it's just about pure driving pleasure.

[Mr. Mojo]

?

[RayChuang88]

And so will the Volvo owner. Men with Volvos have longer sex -- 7.3 minutes a session -- than any other driver, especially those Casanovas with Italian cars who clock a mere 4.9 minutes per session.

HUH?! The author haven't seen the average new Volvo of the last 4-5 years. Today's Volvos have far more swoopy body designs and are definitely WAY more performance-oriented than the old-time Volvos so loved by liberals.

[blau993]

She can't afford me.

[Michael81Dus]

You´re so right. The skills, the body, your character, all that doesn´t matter. It´s all about which passport you have, right? Man, this is so ... simple-minded.