oh not this crap again...

if you're so uncomfortable driving a comical cute car, get
something else. obviously the MINI was too early for you.

 

I have a golf buddy who is a PD. After we golf,we like to go and have some bites or drink and the last time we went in my new MCSconv't. I do the 90/10(top down) and he says ' com-on man put the top back up,people's gonna think we're gay'.. The top stayed down and I told him" hey I'm driving and if people sees me driving and they think we are gays ,you know what that means??? he says''awe man shut the *#@& up."
LIFE'S TOO SHORT,JUST ENJOY ALL OF IT WHILE YOU CAN--- THE TOP STAYS DOWN....km

 

Hmmm...I've got a MC and a MCS conv...I'm suddenly feeling very conflicted. I'm either REALLY in touch with my male and female sides or it's time to register early for the gay pride parade!

Chuck

 

well, I was driving around finding a parking spot at the movies last night when I passed a couple. I then heard the girl shriek "AW, its soo cute!" I bet her boyfriend wished he had the "cute girls car" haha.

 

Isn't that a prototype wide-body Exige or something like that?

Here's another interesting prototype fwiw: http://www.seriouswheels.com/cars/to...-Prototype.htm

Honestly, I actually think Elises/Exiges look darn cute when I see them out and about - its the size, among normal cars they look just as toy like as Minis especially since they are so low.

In any case, this subject will always come up from new owners unaccustomed to the puerile barbs and/or easily swayed by other's opinions and it seems unlikely that someone will be inclined to search before going to vent about it. It does seem pretty silly and such, but I suppose, like anything else, if you are sick of the issue don't click on the thread.

PS: As for the 'compensating' thing, I still think it is true - plenty of people compensate for their insecurities with vehicles that project a strong or successful image, and even if a person did not buy it for that reason the stigma remains (same as the fact that you may not have bought a Mini because it was cute but it is cute nonetheless). For a man or woman to own a cute car that isn't the fastest, or most expensive, etc and enjoy it for its less then obvious strengths in this judgemental world does show a measure of self possession. Whether you find the "what are you compensating for?" question funny, well that is another thing

 

MAYBE not gay, but really ugly. It looks like something from the mind of a 10 year old science fiction fan.

 

 

You know, I never really thought about it until this thread, but all of the people who have come up to my car, circle it, peer inside, ask to see the interior, and otherwise ask questions about it (random people, not people I know), have ALL been men.

Whereas most women give me the "that lucky b|tch" evil eye as they pass...

 

I guess I am a 10 year old SCI-FI fan.... because i think it is BEAUTIFUL

 

S

 

Me TOO!

 

From the front it looks like an RX-8, no? Which isn't that bad, but it just reminds me of some cheeseball space helmet from Battlestar Galactica.

I can also picture that car being driven by some flamboyant (or trendy) wanna-be down Sunset Blvd in West Hollywood. Or perhaps worse yet, it's what someone driving a riced '84 civic buys when they hit the lotto.


Correction --- a 10 year English SCI-FI fan.

The only way the Lotus could look not gay* is when driven by a hot girl. It's every bit a "girlfriend's car" as the MINI. And that goes for ALL 4 CYLINDER EUROPEAN CARS. Heck, my 1979 Alfa Romeo Sprint Veloce was pretty darn gay* and it was the funnest car I've ever owned.

Now here's a NOT gay* or clowny car:






I think when the MINI has white mirrors and wheels, it lends to a "gay" or "clown car" appearance.


/ overstated (bordering on obnoxious) opinon.


* as defined by macho US car culture.

 

ok i thought of the perfect come back. When someone asks if its your girlfriends car just reply, "No it's your mom's!" =P hahaha

 

Or you could reply, "YES, it's your mom's!"

 

Which had it's exhaust handed to it on a silver platter by a car with a third the displacement and half the cylinders.

There is a reaosn that on the world scope US cars are popular only in the US, and even then forgien cars are still more abundant, US automanufacturers are still deep into a more than 25 year dark ages, when the rest of the world moved a long 10 years ago.

 

I don't see the resemblance.... I mean they've got head lights and a grill but so do GT40s, Corvettes, Doge Rams and Lambos.

 

Even Better!

 

Close enough in my book. I guess I just don't like the techno racer boy look.

 

Being in the dark ages made the big 3 a lot of $$ for a long time, because U.S. consumers were loyal. Maybe in the past 10 years(?) or so they've come to realize that THEY (not the U.S. consumer) should be more loyal & patriotic by building more reliable, better performing and efficient cars for U.S. (and global) consumers.

That stupid Chevy commercial (with John Cougar singing about "our country" in the background ) cracks me up. I wonder if there's a U.S. company that has made more billions of dollars off of U.S. citizens AND laid off more U.S. workers than GM. Ugh, I better stop there.

 

Don't worry about it, Beck. Your car is hot

 

Matt

 

+1.

The next time some horse's **** asks that question, say:

or (to really freak out the redneck) say, "No, it's my boyfriend's car", then blow them a kiss.

 

 

From personal experience I can say that this is very effective, but I like to rub my nipples as the same time.

 

Dittos...

And I'd have a hard time being my car as it's a "she"