Being a guy who has played with cars since i was old enough to remember ..i think 1971 playing cars on my couch. I grew up loving cars from day one. I will say among the gear head/motor head crowd the Mini is stereotyped as a woman's car. (at least in America).. Gear heads always drove camaro's chevelles, Corvettes, Mustangs , AMXs, javelins ,Super birds and etc. Anything slower then a 14.00 second 1/4 mile and isnt driven by the rear wheels is a family/womans car..also 4 dr is traditionally a woman's car too.. at least a family car...

Now that i am a wannabe Mini member ... I will still stereo type the base Mini Cooper, cabrio and cabrio S, as womens cars.. The Clubman,Cooper S, and JCW are more masculine.


I am just saying If you are guy driving a base cooper(heck maybe even any) and you drive thru a small town full of drunk yahoo's you may get laughed at, beat down or a brick thrown at your car..

Sure in NY or Europe its no big deal.. totally acceptable... but sometimes small town America can be biased...


I grew up as a young yahoo.. i have matured somewhat since then..not much ..i still collect cars (diecasts) , love reading about cars, love owning and driving my old POS Jeep everyday- I actually have owned a Gremlin for over 20yrs (Not because its on jacks stuck behind my trailer in a field) (only a car guy can appreciate such loyalty)

 

the Fiero GT was a guy car,,but the base Fiero was more girly thanks to Ferris buellers Day Off... Also the NISSAN PULSAR was and is a woman's car. no doubt ....

 

Hope you get your MINI soon....I'm sure your position on the latter concept will be quickly refurbished .

 

[quote=gasmini03;2581664]That's awesome! I knew they made MINI trucks but wonder what they're classified as. I consider that and the El Camino unique enough to deserve a category of their own. I guess we could call it a car-truck hybrid.

 

Something else that might get a chuckle out of the others here. I know a guy at work who is so gay that he wears make-up, paints his nails and is very good at making his voice sound feminine. Guess what he drives? A full size black GMC pickup with a cab! If this doesn't shatter your stereotypes of car "genders", what will?

 

On the other hand, this is a golden opportunity to merge two of NAMs more famous and popular sublects: 1) is the MINI a girl/gay car? and 2) should I get a Cooper or MCS? Almost a perfect storm, seems to me!!!!!

 

No, please, not that, it goes on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on...

Mark

 

and on, and on, and on, and on....

 

Who cares what other people think! If you smile when you put the keys in the car you pay for. Nothing else matters!!! WHO CARES WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK!!!

 

+1......a bi-sexual car.....sweet That means my GP likes Miatas and 911s

 

Or non-sexual...although many would agrue that one.

 

My Justa is a woman's car. Being that I'm a woman and I own it.

Not to get all soapbox-y about it, but I get tired of people thinking that I don't know anything about cars 'cause I'm a girl. I like to drive fast, and I know enough about cars to be useful (my ex was a racecar mechanic). It just so happens that I also wear heels when I drive my car.

And for whoever said that girls don't like to mod their cars: the ex modded the Honda I had before my Cooper and it was damn hard to get rid of it.

 

http://forums.motortrend.com/70/6242...ars/index.html

 

When I put together All MINI Track Day, I tried to always have a female driving instructor. Jenny was a very attractive Blond lady that was great to have at the track. When a guy would get all out of hand, and drive way beyond what he can handle. I would call him off the track and have Jenny show him how its done. It always seemed to cool them down. HaHaHa

Seeing as I was raised by a single Mom from the age of 13 months. My wife is very capable of doing anything she wants, and I have two girls that can as well. I never underestimate the power of a woman! By the way my wife drives a 09 JCW Clubman! HaHa

 

To steal a quote I read on here a long time ago.....
When someone refers to your Mini as "cute", the correct response is:

"Tiger cubs are also cute until you try to wrestle with one."

 

That's just one random idiot's opinion...

 

If you like it and you pay for it! Who cares what other people think! When you walk out to your car, you have to be happy!

 

You have got to be kidding: NO

 

oh yee of small manhood,get over it! just motor 08 ps/b jac modder

 

Hmmm... Interesting. I never thought of this until I was cut off a few days ago. I was in Boston when an over-weight man in a Tahoe, talking on his cell phone ran a stop sign. I know few people stop at this particular sign, and I had right of way so although I stopped when I saw him coming I got close enough to let him know I had the right of way (some people would call this being a "Boston-driver") and he yelled he'd "get out and slap my out of my f-ing queer car" to which I was somewhat offended and yelled back that wasn't a very manly thing to do but I don't believe he heard me.

 

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...-who-wins.html

Show the moron this thread. Then say "I'll floor the gas next time I see you."
See how quickly he pees his pants.

 

We need to make a boot badge that advertises that thread. It has become legendary on this forum... primarily because it is.

 

Sorry to say this but i talked to a random sampling of English people yesturday.. 1 female 5 males all under 33. They all agreed the Mini Cooper is a woman's car. The female said usually hairdresser's drive them.

Now i figure in America sure the mass people think it is. but i was surprised when i heard this from the Brits. The Mini seams like it would be more accepted part of their car culture. Its a frickin Icon. It is no where near the women's car the Nissan Pulsar or Honda Accord was or is. Its boxy men like or prefer boxy vehicles.

Anyhoo's I will still get one and I will just have to take them for a drive and show them the limits of no body roll.

 

I was in Northern Ireland in December and saw about 5 MINI's. All but one were driven by women so this fits with what you are saying. They were all non-S coopers. the one driven by a man was an S cooper. But in the USA (SF Bay Area) I see as many men driving MINI's as women. When I mentioned to the people (all men) where I was working in Northern Ireland that I had bought a MCS They all said that was cool, they like them too, but only the S, the non-S is a girly car. Straight from the mouths of Irish Brits.

 

Most mini drivers here in the uk are women