Miata. Have you ever driven one? If not then I understand what you said.
The S2000 however is one of the least-female-convertibles/roadsters I know (sub 100k-pricetag)...
Yes I have, don't get me wrong the cars are phenomenal for the price point. A guy at my previous place of work had one that was pushing 450hp! (Yes it blew up eventually
). It is just they look too small, part of me is always frustrated that the car isn't 25% bigger
Or at least GT86 sized
Yup
Lovely car, my previous drives were all commuter cars so having something that knows how to turn in is a joy!
My comment was loaded... because I knew this was coming:
Well played sir!
I don’t think there are male and female cars...
There are cars from different brands, design, engine, power, etc... that, depending on their taste and capabilities people chose to buy and drive
and then there is “automatic gears” made for less capable people no matter the genre...
Don't get me wrong I am not saying these are guy or girl cars and that only one gender can drive them, it is just you get some cars that are typically driven by one gender more than another and you also get cars that have a design ethos that has a bit of a gender bias.
For example, the Fiat 500 is a great car and I would have no issue owning one but the design ethos, pastel colour pallet and marketing language are all aimed at being slightly more feminine. Now, if you only ever saw Fiat 500s in bold colours and all the marketing material looked like an action man advert (Not the money supermarket kind...) it still wouldn't sit right with the look of the car, as the car looks slightly feminine in design.
Same as if you painted a C63 AMG pink and did a campaign aimed at woman, the car would still seem masculine. Not because of any pub talk rubbish but because the car is designed to make it seem more like an untamed animal and due to historical preconceptions this is typically aligned with males.
It is like if you say rugby changing room, you would think of a bunch of blokes, does this mean women can't play rugby... of course not! Equally, if you said your friend owns a florist, most people would presume they are a woman. If they are a man should this be judged? No! But these are just part of the human subconscious's fixation of attempting to categorise everything using prior knowledge. In my (and a lot of peoples) case, I subconsciously attempt to categories cars genders based on things like design, colours and marketing material.
Please don't misunderstand this though, in my opinion, anyone can buy any car it is just if I named a Fiat 500 I would call it Florence. If I named a mustang I would call it Buck
If I bought an automatic I would call it coffin and have myself buried in it...
Bizarrely for me a Ferrari 458 would be a dude but a 812 would be a woman
#RambleOver
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