Posted on 04/20/2002 7:31:08 AM PDT by yankeedame
Hey, gang! Since we had such a hoot with "Worst Cars of the Millenniun" how about having a go at this? And remember: Keep your punches clean and no hitting below the belt. At the sound of the bell come out fighting. **DING** )
Presenting....The Ultimate Chick Cars of all Time
#5 Dodge Neon
Neons are Barbie cars: little and cute and rounded in the hips. Even in black, they are feminine and adorable, only just a bit tougher, like Tattoo Barbie."
#4 VW Jetta
" Anything by Volkswagen is a chick car. VW realized this years ago and joined forces with another company to sell guy cars-- they called that company Porsche."
#3 Mazada Miata
"I discovered this phenomenon when I got a Miata. 'Girlie car'. That all I heard."
#2 VW Cabriolet
"All teen-age girls classify them as cute. 'Nuff said."
#1 VW Beetle
" The VW Beetle. A chick car, definitely. And made to be so. How? I know of no other automoblie with a FLOWER VASE as standard equipment."
Presenting....The Ultimate Guy Cars of All Time
#5 Dodge Viper
"It might be a guy car if there was a movie or TV show built entirely around it. Other examples include Burt Reynold's Trans Am from Smokey and the Bandit, Nash Bridges' Hemi Cuba convertible and Jim Rockford's Firebird."
#4 Ford F-150 Pickup
"Any car with numbers or letters for a name, or tacked on the end, can become a guy car. For example, F-150 or Civic-SI."
#3 Chevy Camero
"...with twice the horse power needed. Used to show other guys how manly you really are."
#2 Chevy Corvette
"I believe the main aspect that determines the male/female state of a car is based on the engine compartment(hood)-to-cab-lenght ratio. A car such as a pickup or Corvette has a large hood-to-cab-lenght ratio."
#1 Ford Mustang
"A back seat guaranteed to be too small for your mother-in-law."
1. Two doors only.
2. Rear/four-wheel drive. NO frontwheelers, please.
3. AMERICAN MADE V-8 or better to provide power.
4. There can never be enough horses.
5. Measure engine displacement in cubic inches, not (French-inspired) litres.
6. Make it loud...in paint, engine noise, and chrome.
7. Put it in a movie, driven by Burt Reynolds, Steve McQueen, H.B. Halicki, or Mel Gibson.
8. Above all, Make it in the U.S.A.
This is an interesting test. Stare at the photo and see if you can locate the automobile that is hidden somewhere in the picture.
Time yourself.
Interestingly, women tend to find the auto faster than men.
Average time for men: 7 minutes, 22 seconds.
Average time for women, 1.39 seconds.
It was about 35 years ago on the streets of Monterey, California, of all places, that I saw the ultimate "guy car"; a 1951 Lime green Henry J. jacked up on a CJ-5 chassis with 11.00X15X36 "Dog-bone" Goodyears with an Enderle injector poking through the hood sitting on top of a 6-71 "Jimmy" blower mounted on a 392 Chrysler "Hemi."
Had a Monterey Blue and White right behind.
great suspension, ehh ?
Real men drive vehicles that can seat their entire families. Sorry, kids are more important than a load of manure. :) (Ignore if you are a farmer, construction worker, etc.)
What Car?
Steve McQueen has not done "reasonably well" for about 15 years; seems he fought a losing battle with mesothelioma, a disease that the CDC had never previously documented in a non-asbestos worker related diagnosis; they offered, by way of apology a tentative link to the scuffed-off asbestos from brake linings due mostly to his penchant for off-road dirtbike racing and roughing and occasional forays into auto racing. Didn't stick then, doesn't now, but funding is always important at budget time.
By the way, the Mustang front suspension had to be rebuilt after every take, while the Dodge never even fatgued either torsion bar; McQueen was a superior driver and a dedicated daredevil, but in the end, the Devil got his due.
Isn't that the same??
Sorry to differ, but Rolls have flower vases too!
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