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:: Out Motoring :: I've had enough of the "cute"
I wish I had a dollar for every time some 20 something girl next to me at the gas station decided to call my very MANLY and mean looking MINI "cute". I mean come on, it's not a puppy. It's not a fluffy scarf. It's not a 8 month old baby. It's a mean rally machine with heritage and muscle and style that has more emotion wrapped into the design than nearly any other car on the planet.
Is my car "cute"? http://lh5.google.com/OutMotoring.co...jpg?imgmax=800 So, I decided to do something about it. Enter the "it's not cute, it's mean" shirt. While I can't really wear one every time I go to the gas station, maybe just once I can silently point to my shirt the next time I hear it... http://www.outmotoring.com/images/P/..._cute_t_md.jpg Who else has "cute" stories or experiences? Stand up and be heard. Enough is enough. |
If the girl's attractive, I don't mind her calling my car cute, remember a rabid puppy can be cute too.
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I allow females between the ages of 18-20 to call my MINI cute They can call it what ever they want if they look good. I prefer the term sporty, but only because it is a plain Cooper, but someday I hope it is mean.
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Originally Posted by Deviant
(Post 2107191)
... remember a rabid puppy can be cute too.
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"Yeah, it's cute like a snub-nosed 38" is my personal favorite. Thought not politically correct in all circles... :)
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Thats a cute shirt.... :thumbsup:
..and I'm far from a 20 something girl...far!!!! |
nobody has ever called my MINI cute. I get 'ghey' all the time from the 'necks in my area, but never 'cute' :lol:
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Originally Posted by PGT
(Post 2107243)
nobody has ever called my MINI cute. I get 'ghey' all the time from the 'necks in my area, but never 'cute' :lol:
BWAHAHAHAH...he said ghey :razz: yeah you kinda are out in the sticks :wink::lol: |
mostly it's contractors driving pickups who hurl insults. I just :lol: at them driving cool work trucks or vans
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Originally Posted by OutMotoring
(Post 2107184)
I wish I had a dollar for every time some 20 something girl next to me at the gas station decided to call my very MANLY and mean looking MINI "cute". I mean come on, it's not a puppy. It's not a fluffy scarf. It's not a 8 month old baby. It's a mean rally machine with heritage and muscle and style that has more emotion wrapped into the design than nearly any other car on the planet.
Is my car "cute"? http://lh5.google.com/OutMotoring.co...jpg?imgmax=800 So, I decided to do something about it. Enter the "it's not cute, it's mean" shirt. While I can't really wear one every time I go to the gas station, maybe just once I can silently point to my shirt the next time I hear it... http://www.outmotoring.com/images/P/..._cute_t_md.jpg Who else has "cute" stories or experiences? Stand up and be heard. Enough is enough. |
20 something FTW..... =)
I don't mind when a 20 something girl calls my MINI cute. Heck they are talkin to me & how cool is that? :grin:
I have an external filter. I say what pops in my head & then look at the reactions of those I'm talking to. Then filter with a bit of humor. Rinse & repeat.:wink: |
I've had mine called cute multiple times (its a cabrio on top of it all)
working on all I can to get rid of that image, but I think it has more to do with the size. Small things (such as babies and puppies) are inherently "cute" to humans, even if that small thing has 200+ horsepower, is lowered, all blacked out, and killer... Just the way peoples brains work. |
Yeah Aaron, it's cute. :nod: Maybe it's the color that does that. Now DS/B, that's not cute. :cool: Been spyin' that grille conversion on your site to make mine even less cute. :thumbsup: C'mon tax refund!
jk y'know. |
To this day i still get tons of stares wherever I drive in the MINI and trust me they are not looking at me! I think the Italian Job saved the car from becoming completely unacceptable for any self conscience male to drive. If they had done a big 'release' of the MINI in a movie like Enchanted or Sleepless In Seattle I would bet most of us would be afraid to drive the MINI....
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Real men drive what they want. :razz: Yep even a Miata.:wink:
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my wife was married before we met....to a 'Camaro' guy. She was so happy I drove a CRX when we met. :lol: it's no surprise to her I have a MINI now.
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Great idea!!!
I've been saying the same statement about all my "angry little cars" over the years ; ) |
Love it! Just ordered it too. How about a window sticker of the same image?
http://www.outmotoring.com/mini-coop...ute-shirt.html |
"CUTE" is no longer in my vocabulary. if it is ever used it is in a very lewd and crude way...use your imagination. :wink:
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Originally Posted by Crashton
(Post 2107299)
Real men drive what they want. :razz: Yep even a Miata.:wink:
Re: my MINI. I'd have to accept if someone called it cute; it is Electric Blue with a white top afterall! :eek2: Cute t-shirt Aaron! :lol: |
hmm, window sticker. You asked for it. I will get some printed up in the next few weeks and add them to the site. Great idea....but maybe just the words without the picture...
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Originally Posted by OutMotoring
(Post 2107320)
hmm, window sticker. You asked for it. I will get some printed up in the next few weeks and add them to the site. Great idea....but maybe just the words without the picture...
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same thing happens to me at school, then i come back with, "its epecially cute when i hit hair pins at 55".:wink:
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Any 20 something ladies around here (in a predominately retirement town) are too stuck up to say anything, so enjoy it!:razz: Maybe it's because mine is Chili Red.:wink:
Nice shirt. |
Never been called "Cute" :roll: after the CF Bonnet and Eye Make Over, in fact I swapped MINI's with a local and found myself looking in the rear view :eek2: thinking I should get out of the way of that Bad A$$ MINI. :grin:
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...m/DSCF2901.JPG |
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