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Girly cars vs. Manly cars (Laura Ingraham)
Laura Ingraham radio show ^ | April 9, 2007 | n/a

Posted on 04/09/2007 6:53:58 PM PDT by fkabuckeyesrule

I was listening to the Laura Ingraham radio show today and they were talking about how some cars are girly cars and some are manly cars. Laura was particularly mentioning that the Mazda Miata was a girly car. This was news to me. Her assisitant chimed in with saying the Mazda 3 was a girly car. This was also news to me. I'm in the market for a new car and was thinking of buying the MAzda 3 or a Miata. I've been told that the 3 has fewer service issues than other Mazda cars.

Of course one would gather that the manly cars would be trucks.

One girly car I've noticed is the VW Beetle. I've never seen a man driving one of those.

What do Freepers think? What cars are girly cars and what cars are manly cars.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: cars; lauraingraham; mazdamiata; sedans; testosteronethread; trucks
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To: fkabuckeyesrule

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


341 posted on 04/09/2007 10:20:24 PM PDT by Old_Mil (Duncan Hunter in 2008! A Veteran, A Patriot, A Reagan Republican... http://www.gohunter08.com/)
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To: fkabuckeyesrule
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.
342 posted on 04/09/2007 10:31:59 PM PDT by jordan8
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To: Tarantulas

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

343 posted on 04/09/2007 10:44:36 PM PDT by miliantnutcase ("If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. If it stops moving, subsidize it." -ichabod1)
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To: FlyVet

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?


344 posted on 04/09/2007 10:56:15 PM PDT by JLS
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To: fkabuckeyesrule

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.


345 posted on 04/09/2007 11:05:09 PM PDT by MTMS
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To: soccermom

““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.


346 posted on 04/09/2007 11:08:48 PM PDT by ansel12 ((America, love it ,or at least give up your home citizenship before accepting ours too.))
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To: fkabuckeyesrule

-Nuff said.

347 posted on 04/09/2007 11:09:34 PM PDT by Names Ash Housewares
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To: DCPatriot
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.

348 posted on 04/09/2007 11:13:57 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric cartman voice* ?I love you guys?)
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To: mylife

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


349 posted on 04/09/2007 11:17:03 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric cartman voice* ?I love you guys?)
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To: Calvin Locke
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.

350 posted on 04/09/2007 11:18:23 PM PDT by AZLiberty (Tag to let -- 50 cents.)
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To: martin_fierro

I have the same truck 4x4.


351 posted on 04/09/2007 11:19:15 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric cartman voice* ?I love you guys?)
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To: DeerfieldObserver
Actually, Saturn is a very female brand, as well. Not really. Myself, and plenty of other family men drive saturns.
352 posted on 04/09/2007 11:22:18 PM PDT by GenuineChocolateFace
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To: DeerfieldObserver
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.

353 posted on 04/09/2007 11:46:52 PM PDT by 3catsanadog (Vote for the person at the primaries; vote for the party at the election.)
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To: fkabuckeyesrule; MaDeuce
I always hated speed racer.

Then you'll love Race Speedster!

354 posted on 04/10/2007 1:11:10 AM PDT by uglybiker (AU-TO-MO-BEEEEEEEL?!!)
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To: uglybiker
One last manly car ... Jake and Elwood approved.


355 posted on 04/10/2007 3:07:05 AM PDT by MaDeuce (Do it to them, before they do it to you! (MaDeuce = John Browning's gift to freedom))
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To: cynwoody

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.


356 posted on 04/10/2007 4:08:26 AM PDT by SIDENET (Now selling carbon offsets. Get some today!)
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To: Steve Van Doorn

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.


357 posted on 04/10/2007 4:35:36 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts-)
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To: fkabuckeyesrule

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


358 posted on 04/10/2007 4:39:04 AM PDT by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: Army Air Corps
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.

359 posted on 04/10/2007 5:00:59 AM PDT by tcostell (MOLON LABE)
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To: fkabuckeyesrule

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.


360 posted on 04/10/2007 5:06:06 AM PDT by 7thson (I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
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