When people think my car is cute, I run them through gears 1-3 at full throttle. Chirping the tires shifting into 3rd or taking a 25MPH ramp at 60 generally dispels the notion that the car is just for looks

 

If my MINI is a chick car, then it is one darn fast aggressive "chick" car.

Ultimate chick car? VW Beetle in my area. Followed very closely by large SUVs- Yuk!

Sales of MINIs to 60% men doesn't sound like a "chick" car. In my area it's more than 60% men.

Finally the whole concept of "chick" car is stupid and contrived at best. People pick and drive cars that suit their needs, their budget, and/or makes them "happy". The MINI is a "Happy" car.

 

Funny, this same sort of thing happened to me two years ago when I was thinking of getting my Mini S. Most of my east coast Dude friends and even some of their girlfriends and wife’s gave me that smug "Oh that's a CUTE car, are you going to get it with those CUTE little strip's?!" I started questioning the whole thing and did for a little while but just figured why!! It's the dumbest thing, who the hell cares, it's your car and if you love it fine, to each his own!!!!!

I laugh when I see people driving around in SUV's burning a hole in their wallets from the price of gas!! Some of my friends also have SUV's but you don't find me saying it to there face or questioning how dumb it was to buy!!! What I find is it come down to big car people or small car people, again to each his own.

This thread reminds me of the Red state blue state thing, don't get me started.

 

I did a quick search and there were FOUR identical threads, a few months apart from each other. Yep, Merged!


I like MarkS's idea that SUV's [but only on-pavement] are chick cars!

 

I didn’t mean to start a new thread, glad they are merged.

I do not think the Mini is a chick car, not even sure what a chick car is, but my wife wants a new Beetle and you wont find me driving that car, I think girls drive them.

 

WELL SAID!

The whole idea of making assumptions about someone else's sexuality (let's face it, that's why this topic generates so much chat) or verility based on the car they drive, or how they drive it, it pretty stupid. However, it is a good, if potentially explosive way to get a reaction from some people...

What we can safely say is that the MINI is not for wimps. The guys who are really afraid of being typecast by the car they drive are out looking at Hummers .

Having said all that...

nevermind.

 

Most common things I hear from people standing outside the car:

"cute" (generally from women)
"chick car" (generally from men)

Most common thing I hear from those riding in the passenger seat:

"Holy sh_t!" (gender neutral)

 

I was at my dealer today giving the cabrio and my passenger the ride of their lives. Burn-outs, 180s, It was good times. It depends on the color combo, i think. But it doesnt mean that any one color is strictly for chicks. Just the mix, and the way it is personalized.:smile:

 

Challenge accepted.
Manly classic and current cars:
MINI Cooper S (and Cooper)
Mini Cooper
Alfa Romeo "Duetto" Spider Veloce 1750 ('69)
M-998 HMMWV (pre-Arnold)
Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme SX

EVERYTHING else is girly, especially:
Volkswagen Rabbits
Mazda Miatas
Toyota MR2s
HUMMERs
Pontiac GTOs

Well then, that should get some kind of reaction...

 

Um....so.....for those of us females driving MCS's and Coopers....what is this STIGMA attached to anything labeled for "chicks?" Do y'all think that we are truly wimps? Who gives birth? Who takes care of y'all? Is that wimpy? I DON'T THINK SO!


Clover

 

do you guys (and gals) think certain colors are more male or female? if so which ones for which.

 

Oh Miss Clover – I don’t know nothing bout birth’in baby’s.

 

Oh sweetie - being a parent, you know a heck of a lot more than I do about birthin' babies! And you know full well what I was talking about, too!


Clover

 

The VW convertible is a girl's car (Barbie mobile).... Not the Mini..

Glenn :smile: :smile: :smile:

 

If a MINI was a chick car, it would come in pink

 

Ha!....or with a bud vase! Hey wait, that reminds me...................

 

Many marque forums have this thread.

The reality seems to be that more women than men drive convertibles, at least relatively inexpensive ones. But in my area it is true with TTs and BMWs, including the Z Cars, but not the M Roadster or Coupe.

Corvettes seem to be primarily driven by men as are Porsches (excluding Boxsters) and Vipers.

I had a classic Jag for awhile and subscribed to a British Jag club mag. Most of the letters were from men boasting of their manliness in driving XJ6s. I didn't want to tell them that in this country the XJ6 was the car that was driven by the wives of the guys who drove a Mercedes.

There are also a lot of women who are really into cars and appreciate a good handling car, and are not just interested in looks. Conversely, a lot of men who are into the "looks" of a macho car and don't really care about how it handles.

 

a chick's car, i sure get a lot of guys that want to sit in it, drive it, walk around and around it. my take... "top up = cute, top down = !!!!!" and in black i'm told it's "classy"

 

A car is a car is a car... period.

I can also say this, I get more attention in the Mini from ladies than I got in my old yellow Corvette.

 

After owning two Miatas I don't think so.

 

Wow, 2004, holy zombie thread resurrection!
MINI convertibles are totally chick cars, but I don't care. I put some black stripes on it to man it up some.

 

If I cared about what other people think, I wouldn't drive a Mini.

You have to be an idiot to make fun of people driving an awesome little car.

 

Chick car? Whatever people want to call it is fine with me. I call it FUN!

 

just realized this was a really old thread...