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With That Saucy Swagger, She Must Drive a Porsche
New York Times ^
| June 13, 2006
| BENEDICT CAREY
Posted on 06/13/2006 12:30:15 PM PDT by Sabramerican
With That Saucy Swagger, She Must Drive a Porsche
Some people seem a perfect fit for the cars they drive, like Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his Hummer, Michael Jordan and his Ferrari. Yet most drivers' faces and bearing give away clues that tip off their favored model, a new study has found.
Psychologists at Julius-Maximilians University in Wurzburg, Germany, report in a recent issue of the Journal of Individual Differences that students correctly matched photographs of male and female drivers to pictures of the cars they drove almost 70 percent of the time.
The drivers' age and wealth were the most helpful cues, the researchers reported.
...
In the study, the psychologists took photographs, from the waist up, of 60 men and women at a rest stop who agreed to participate in the study. Their cars, also photographed, included luxury models, modest family sedans and compact cars, from BMWs and Audis to Opels, Fords and Volkswagens.
The students looked at 60 sets of three photos, matching one of a driver to one of two car pictures — either the correct one, or one belonging to another driver.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: cars; psych
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Interesting
To: Sabramerican
I wonder what Helen Thomas drives?
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posted on
06/13/2006 12:31:51 PM PDT
by
RexBeach
("There is no substitute for victory." -Douglas MacArthur)
To: RexBeach
I wonder what Helen Thomas drives?Why... me nuts of course!
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posted on
06/13/2006 12:33:29 PM PDT
by
DCPatriot
("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon)
To: RexBeach
I wonder what Helen Thomas drives? A horse that goes backwards.
To: RexBeach
Isn't it a species at the bottom of the LaBrare (sp?) Tar Pits?
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posted on
06/13/2006 12:33:43 PM PDT
by
doc30
(Democrats are to morals what and Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
To: Sabramerican
My wife noticed, and I've confirmed, that those who drive cars like mine fall almost exclusively into two quite distinct categories -- and I'm not in the "young blonde" category.
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posted on
06/13/2006 12:34:02 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† | Iran Azadi | SONY: 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0urs)
To: Sabramerican
That is interesting. I've always felt that clothes, glasses, homes, dogs, and cars are just an extension of our self-perceptions, or our personalities.
It is a little unexpected, however, that people who don't even know you could make that connection so reliably.
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posted on
06/13/2006 12:34:31 PM PDT
by
HeadOn
(Life is hard. It's harder if you're stupid.)
To: RexBeach
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posted on
06/13/2006 12:35:40 PM PDT
by
rlpfly
To: sionnsar
I remember a radio host doing a schtick on girly cars....
"If you are out there driving a Mazda Miata...you should immediately pull over to the curb...leave it running....and simply walk away!"
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posted on
06/13/2006 12:36:15 PM PDT
by
DCPatriot
("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon)
To: theDentist; Xenalyte; Argh; doc30; Gabz
Isn't it a species at the bottom of the LaBrare (sp?) Tar Pits?
Nope.
That saucy Corvette driver was found, however, going down at the bottom of the LeBra tear pits ...
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posted on
06/13/2006 12:36:22 PM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: RexBeach
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posted on
06/13/2006 12:36:34 PM PDT
by
Millee
(Tancredo 08!)
To: RexBeach
12
posted on
06/13/2006 12:36:43 PM PDT
by
in hoc signo vinces
("Houston, TX...a waiting quagmire for jihadis. American gals are worth fighting for!")
To: Sabramerican
Me and my car (I wish)
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posted on
06/13/2006 12:36:48 PM PDT
by
colorcountry
(Life isn't fair, it isn't unfair either. It just "is.")
To: Sabramerican
John Kerry and his SUV....
oh wait thats not his..
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posted on
06/13/2006 12:37:16 PM PDT
by
wallcrawlr
(http://www.bionicear.com/)
To: Sabramerican
Yet most drivers' faces and bearing give away clues that tip off their favored model, a new study has found. I drive a new Vette. Hmmm.... LOL!
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posted on
06/13/2006 12:37:38 PM PDT
by
RadioAstronomer
(Senior member of Darwin Central)
To: Sabramerican
Psychologists at
Julius-Maximilians University in Wurzburg, Germany, report in a recent issue of the
Journal of Individual Differences Someone needs to do a study to match the names of pretentious universities to their pretentious publications.
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posted on
06/13/2006 12:38:20 PM PDT
by
isthisnickcool
(What is it about "illegal" you don't understand?)
To: RexBeach
"I wonder what Helen Thomas drives?"
A gremlin.
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posted on
06/13/2006 12:38:29 PM PDT
by
BadAndy
("Loud mouth internet Rambo")
To: Sabramerican
To: RexBeach
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posted on
06/13/2006 12:38:57 PM PDT
by
DerZornGottes
(Lieber jung und gesunt als alt und krank.)
To: Sabramerican
1991 F-150 here, and it's seen better days. I don't think it looks like me but my wife is always trying to throw out my favorite old work shirts and she's always trying to get me to shave.
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posted on
06/13/2006 12:39:50 PM PDT
by
saganite
(Billions and billions and billions-------and that's just the NASA budget!)
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