Venus Road Trip [New Volvo Designed by and for Women]

NY Post ^ | March 7, 2004 | Andy Geller

[Pharmboy]

March 7, 2004 -- It fits as well as a well-tailored dress. It's designed to be flattering and not get dirty.

And it won't mess up your hair. It's the first car built by women for women. It's Volvo's Your Concept Car, or YCC, and it's about to cut a striking silhouette on the road.

[Pharmboy]

Computerized assistance is provided for parallel parking.

Don't go there, girlfriend...[Z-snap, head shake and stare...]

LOL!!

[11th Earl of Mar]

Does the stick shift vibrate when you push the gas?

[tsmith130]

The center console is free of a gear shift to make room for a handbag.

HALLELUJAH!!!!!!!!!!!

[Pharmboy]

To avoid any suggestion that women don't like looking under the hood, there is no hood.

And, to avoid flat tires, there are no tires...

[1rudeboy]

. . . requiring an oil change only every 30,000 miles.

If one cannot get a woman to understand that an auto requires an oil-change at 3,000 miles, if at all, then how does one expect a woman to understand that it needs one at 30,000?

[Pharmboy]

LOL! And is VERY DIFFICULT to start at that time also...

[dennisw]

In no way did these women design and engineer a new style car. They just dropped a bunch of messages in the suggestion box and MALE engineers and automobile architects took it from there. None of these ladies know a dang thing about how much curvature sheet metal will take and how to do it on the factory floor. The guys do this.

These gals are only glorified interior decorators with "bold new ideas". The guys at Volvo make it happen.

[dennisw]

If one cannot get a woman to understand that an auto requires an oil-change at 3,000 miles, if at all, then how does one expect a woman to understand that it needs one at 30,000? ............


A blinking strobe light and siren goes off on the dashboard.

[Fraulein]

To avoid any suggestion that women don't like looking under the hood, there is no hood.

That doesn't avoid the point but confirms it.

[finnman69]

Does it have built in anniversary audio reminders in the onboard computer system.

[facedown]

And seat covers can be changed at whim.

Does this cover make me look fat?

[WIladyconservative]

Does the stick shift vibrate when you push the gas?

yep - low, medium, and who needs a man . . . . .?

[Pharmboy]

This thread is funnier than even I thought it would be (Mrs. Pharmboy asking what I'm laughing at, but Pharmboy reluctant to tell her so Sunday AM does not get off to a bad start...)

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

It even has a new gear called PMS. Passing Made Simple.

[jigsaw]

So they developed a body-scanning system

I was born with one of these, and it's gotten me in trouble sometimes.

[Pharmboy]

C'mon Dennis...there must be some wimmin automotive engineers out there.

[Hardastarboard]

And then the woman takes the car back to the dealer, tells him it's defective, and wants it fixed under warranty.

[ontos-on]

To avoid any suggestion that women don't like looking under the hood, there is no hood.

And, to avoid flat tires, there are no tires...

LOL. No hood has to be a joke.... or maybe the women designers at Volvo were serious. That's an even more startling thought.