Posted on 11/11/2004 7:11:43 AM PST by presidio9
Women like men, and men like cars.
''Hmm, it says here that women think George Clooney has more sex appeal than a Ferrari. Maybe that's because women don't know how to drive a Ferrari,'' said Torsten Kadletz, a used-car dealer unafraid of feminists. He was studying a recent German magazine survey that asked men and women how they'd rather spend a weekend: with a fuel-injected sports car or an air-brushed celebrity.
Few things are more invigorating to the German man than a clear windshield, a palm on the gearshift and miles of open autobahn. In 12 pages of statistics leavened with pictures of half-dressed women draped over expensive upholstery, Men's Car magazine sought to find out where cars and lust intersect. The survey of 2,253 German men and women ages 20 to 50 gauged preference and performance, both on the road and in the bedroom.
Such a study is more than a bit of marketing whimsy in a land where cars are an enduring national pride. The sleek designs and meticulous mechanics of the German-made Mercedes, BMW and Audi have for generations been among the country's finer exports. Cars are studied and shined, engine pings and fan belt squeaks are not tolerated, and Sunday afternoon in the fast lane -- where speeds can reach 140 mph -- is no place for the meek. ''Germans buy cars with passion and love,'' Kadletz said.
FREQUENCY OF SEX
And, perhaps, with a bit of hanky-panky in mind. Men who drive BMWs have more sex per week -- 2.2 times -- than anyone polled. (But are they happy? Apparently, yes.) Guys driving Porsches may have more money, but their cars get more action than their libidos. Porsche drivers have sex 1.4 times a week -- lower than everyone else polled, including guys who drive Fords, Opels and Minis.
''I was surprised that Porsche came in last place,'' said Frank Hofmann, editor of Men's Car. ``I'm driving a Porsche myself, and damn, I didn't want the worst sex life in Germany. But then I discovered that the average Porsche owner is 55 years old. So, 1.4 times of sex a week is OK.''
The study found that sometimes people are like the cars they drive. Take the Volvo. Reliable and stuffed with air bags, the Volvo is marketed as an achievement in perseverance that will always get you there. 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.
Actually, I was on track for the 1996 Olympics before getting injured, and I took a gold medal winner to her HS prom, but let's not go there.
You miss the point about Americans, ignoring for this argument Native Americans, there is no American ethnicity. We are a nation of immigrants, and people who come here become Americans when they take the oath of citizenship. Albert Einstein was an American. I am speaking out of neither patriotism nor nationalism. And athletics are but a small part of it. The facts speak for themselves. Since America's emergence as a world power in the mid 19th century, Americans have been responsible for most of the technical and scientific advancements this world has seen.
Oh, and by the way, I have great respect for the German people but when you say "Sure you kicked our asses in the 1940's, but we had Russia and the UK to deal with," you are ignoring the fact that the United States was fighting a whole other war on the other side of the glob simultaneously.
How did they figure out the durations? Sit in the bedroom with a stopwatch or something? Eeew.
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I'll take my car over a man.
I know where it's been.
It takes me where I want to go.
It never complains.
It's big and safe.
When I am home, it is home.
It never makes me watch Steven Segal or Jean Claude Van Damme movies.
When I want to get a new one, no complaints, no crying, no hurt feelings.
Stop spewing. You're 7 minutes are up. LOL.
If something smells like pizza, looks like pizza, tastes like pizza it is no hamburger, even if you call it like that.
And now go and lecture someone else.
Huh? I have no idea what you´re talking about.
What am I talking about? Simply, that "American men" are not the best. That there is no best nation, and that being the best is an attribute for indivdiuals. In relation to the number of athletes, the US team was not the most successful, and by far beaten by the Chinese.
That's what she said.
Michael, you need to understand one thing about American Athletes. Unlike the rest of the world, our athletes are not supported by Governmebnt Money. All of it's support comes from private donations. Not a single dollar of tax payer's money is expended on that cause.
America was not the decisive factor in the war against Germany in WW2 - unlike WW1. Stalingrad - and no other event - broke the Wehrmacht. And don´t underestimate the fights that were bought from 1939-1944... even in the last months the German army was quite "successful" in killing the enemy (I could remind you of the battle of Hürtgenwald: 55,000 dead GI´s compared to 15,000 Germans). But we shouldn´t go into details, my point is, that the performance of the individual matters, and nothing else.
My 72 Cutlass got more action than those pretentious cars. Then again at age 18, I was definitely on the prow most of the time which explains my lack of funds and the necessity of driving an old hotrod.
This may be Brit-prop or not, I don´t care. I have a German car that works fine, and I would choose it over the same class of Ford, Mitsubishi, Toyota, Renault, Nissan, etc. - As always, the individual performance matters, and the "best" is relative to your needs and taste.
Actually, you came in because of the Brits in 1917 and 1944. The Brits alone were not capable to start a invasion in 1944 so they called you... and you came because you didn´t want the Soviets to succeed alone.
You completely miss the point that individuality matters.
Btw, in Athens, the US team was not the most successful, because in relation to the number of athletes, other teams (incl. China) were far better.
That applies to most of our athletes, too. One third of ours are soldiers.
See, I even have empirical data now to bolster my choosing over the Lexus.
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