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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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To: Sabramerican
Anyone in the market for a new car should consider the Chevy Malibu Maxx. My wife just got one and once you warm up to the ugliness it's a pretty good car. And it's cheap!
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posted on
06/13/2006 12:53:06 PM PDT
by
Jaysun
(In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily.)
To: colorcountry
Me and my car (I wish)psst! You forgot your pants!
To: martin_fierro; Tijeras_Slim
another extremely perfect rendering
43
posted on
06/13/2006 12:53:22 PM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: martin_fierro
Me & my ride!
To: RexBeach
I wonder what Helen Thomas drives?
45
posted on
06/13/2006 12:54:22 PM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(Democrats are guilty of whatever they scream the loudest about.)
To: JoeSixPack1
To: HairOfTheDog
psst! You forgot your pants! Ha! Those are my "hot" pants.
(damn it! now I've gone and given away my age)
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posted on
06/13/2006 12:56:40 PM PDT
by
colorcountry
(Life isn't fair, it isn't unfair either. It just "is.")
To: RexBeach
I wonder what Helen Thomas drives?Built the same year she was born.
To: sionnsar
I drive nothing but stick shifts.
BMW M5 (6 speed) & BMW M3 (5 speed).
49
posted on
06/13/2006 12:58:26 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: Sabramerican
Some people just are what they are...
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posted on
06/13/2006 1:01:06 PM PDT
by
nicollo
(All economics are politics)
To: martin_fierro
Tijeras, we might be neighbords
Jag!
To: doc30
La Brea...Tar Pits, Tar Pits!
La Jolla... Sequoia....
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posted on
06/13/2006 1:01:45 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Build the fence. Sí, Se Puede!)
To: Sabramerican; Dashing Dasher; Jersey Republican Biker Chick; najida; teenyelliott; ...
53
posted on
06/13/2006 1:01:56 PM PDT
by
Millee
(Tancredo 08!)
To: leda
I miss my 1964 IH corn-thasher PU. sniff.
54
posted on
06/13/2006 1:05:37 PM PDT
by
patton
(What the heck just happened, here?)
To: Millee
55
posted on
06/13/2006 1:05:51 PM PDT
by
EX52D
(Life is a stage, and we are merely players...)
To: ExDemSince92; martin_fierro
1955 little red wagon :-)
'56 Ford Fairlane
'62 Dodge
68 Opal GT
67 Merkur
67 Honda 305 Superhawk
68 Mustang
72 Mustang
77 Honda 230xl
68 Dodge Crackerbox Semi
74 550 Honda chopper w/fuel dump
75 International Cabover
59 Pan Head Harley
75 Honda Shadow
77 Longnose Peterbuilt
79 Kenworth Cabover
81 Ford Conversion Van
75 Harley FXE
85 Mustang
92 Ford Explorer 4x4
93 Ranger 4x4
85 Harley Electraglide
Amd that was just one year! (Not really...:-)
But I can't remember the rest.)
To: patton
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posted on
06/13/2006 1:08:25 PM PDT
by
leda
(Life is always what you make it!)
To: RadioAstronomer
I drive a new VetteHere's what I drove when I was a kid.
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posted on
06/13/2006 1:08:41 PM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(Those who know don't talk. Those who talk don't know.)
To: JoeSixPack1; martin_fierro
fred flintstone posts here?? ; )
59
posted on
06/13/2006 1:10:27 PM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
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