Girly cars vs. Manly cars (Laura Ingraham)

Laura Ingraham radio show ^ | April 9, 2007 | n/a

[Old_Mil]

Oh-and by definition anything that runs on diesel is a man car.

[jordan8]

Are you a girlie? If not, get a Mazda Speed3 - turbocharged 2.3 liter inline four-cylinder motor that produces 263 hp and 280 lb-ft of torque to drive the front wheels, 0-60-mph in 5.9 seconds, electronically limited top speed of 155 mph. I read an article on this car that compared its performance to a Ferrari of 20 years ago (don’t recall the model) and found it to be virtually equal, in speed, quickness and handling. The democratization of speed, they called it.

[miliantnutcase]

This is the king of all MAN cars. And the original bad guy car.

[JLS]

Good point on the MG and the tops were harder to handle on them too, making them less a chick car. I wonder about the Miata, does it have an electric top or must you take it up and down by hand. Working the top by hand would not seem very girlie to me either.

You are exactly right, this just a discussion trying to be trendy. That Laura Ingram took that easy course for conversation does not surprise me, but also does not detract from her show to me.

She is taped delayed in my market. I like some of what she does and ignor other parts. I don’t listen to her every day or necessarily every week.

BTW, I have never quite figured out why the VW Jetta is called a chick car either?

[MTMS]

I haven’t read all the posts yet but I have to say that all the men I know drive pick-ups. So do lots of gals, but, then again, this is Montana.

[ansel12]

““For me it was only about the gas mileage.” It is a shame more people don’t think like that. Everybody is worried about status and what everyone else thinks.”

Now I switch between two vehicles, my one ton plumbing van and my little, nondescript Mazda Protégé. It is fascinating to see how differently people treat the two vehicles.

Everybody expects a bruiser to be driving the plumbing van and drivers don’t give me the attitude, but in the Mazda I sometimes see attitude, until they get a closer look at the driver.

[Names Ash Housewares]

-Nuff said.

[Steve Van Doorn]

That lady is so dam ugly why did you have to go and show us that?

I never understood that show putting that ugly person in tight clothes.

[Steve Van Doorn]

are you kidding? You drove an LAV 25 through a McDonalds drive through? how and what happened?

[AZLiberty]

I think the real question is: Did you pay the extra $200 for the plastic flower holder?

No, I paid extra for the real crystal flower holder.

Just kidding.

[Steve Van Doorn]

I have the same truck 4x4.

[GenuineChocolateFace]

Actually, Saturn is a very female brand, as well. Not really. Myself, and plenty of other family men drive saturns.

[3catsanadog]

Any car built after the mid-70's is a girly car.

I remember hearing the guys revving up their cars in the late 60's/early 70's and feeling my stomach vibrate from the sound.

Not too good at car names.

[uglybiker]

I always hated speed racer.

Then you'll love Race Speedster!

[MaDeuce]

One last manly car ... Jake and Elwood approved.

[SIDENET]

I know that lesbians love Subaru Foresters, but I bought one for my wife (a Forester that is, not a lesbian). I don’t believe in letting a deviant group claim a good, functional car as “theirs”. Foresters are great to have in bad weather.

[mylife]

No I’m not kidding.
We got some looks LoL and it was a bit awkward getting the food. the gal had to hand it up and I had to reach down.

[SVTCobra03]

No doubt about it. The manliest cars are the Shelby GT500 and the Charger SRT-8.

[tcostell]

When my brother gets a few drinks in him and starts telling his "2nd Armored Cav/West Germany" stories, driving a truck similar to one of those is one of his favorites.

He was rolling up a hill during maneuvers near the Czech border and traveling over evenly spaced ruts, and not allowing it to slow him down at all. The truck bucked and bounced a little more severely with every new rut until finally it became too much to handle.

When it finally stopped moving, he was pointed downhill instead of up. Talk about manly.

[7thson]

The only thing I can say about VW’s - Beetle’s and the old vans - is that back in the 70’s and early 80’s, when I use to hitchhike, about 99 percent of the time, anyone coming up on you driving one of those would stop and give you a ride.