Originally Posted by CA_in_NC
I'd like to know too - PM is fineJust wondering what my car says about me
heck, there's 25 pages of google on the subject...
http://lesbianlife.about.com/od/othe...esbianCars.htm
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03-17-2008, 03:37 PM #1
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03-17-2008, 05:05 PM #2
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I love the one about the Dodge Magnum! The boyz in my old 'hood in DC would be chagrined if they knew Magnum's reputation!
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03-17-2008, 05:47 PM #3
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Very interesting Originally Posted by Irulan
Thanks for the link!
Funny - I associate most of the cars on the list with other things - being hip (Mini), being environmentally friendly (Prius), etc. Interesting to think about
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03-17-2008, 06:11 PM #4
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Yeah, I too was wondering what Starfish referred to about the Element. I've been driving mine since 2004 and don't know if I fit any "profile" or not (married, no kids, 40-something, active, athletic). I do know that when I did my original research on the Element, Honda originally positioned them as cars for 20-something males who were into camping, hiking, mountain biking, and other adventures, but quickly found that Baby Boomer couples (like DH and I) and empty nesters were buying most of them!
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03-17-2008, 06:20 PM #5
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Huh. Once again I learn something new everyday. I guess I feel kinda naive or something because I had no idea there were broad stereotypes about cars and sexual orientation. I only knew of the Subaru one, which I actually read about in a major newspaper up here about a year ago. Originally Posted by Irulan
I guess I've always associated cars with people I know and have seen drive them. The Element owner I talked to was a very outdoorsy guy and talked up all the room his had for bikes and surf boards and dogs and stuff. I kind of associate Jeeps with the hot athletic guy I had a crush on in high school. Acura Integras were the popular girl car. My parents bought me my first car, an old Volvo, that I felt was a very dorky I wanted a cute, sporty, popular girl Integra 
(but it got me from A to B faithfully, just couldn't stand up to our winters)
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03-17-2008, 10:12 PM #6
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Well, this was not what I was referring to. Originally Posted by Irulan
But, you can all understand why I would want to bow out of the discussion, right? If I write a list of stereotypical attributes that I didn't want the Element to say about me (in other words, if I described the stereotype I did not want to be identified with), then I have immediately implied an insult to everyone here who does have those attributes.
Do you see?"The best rides are the ones where you bite off much more than you can chew, and live through it." ~ Doug Bradbury
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03-17-2008, 11:38 PM #7
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I don't know why everyone thinks the Forester is awkwARD looking....(re the article) I LOVE my Forester; it was love at first sight in fact, because it looked so sturdy...like a good pair of brogues...solid on all 4s..
Like a cross between an old Volvo and a Jeep...
I DO admit a preference for the 1st & 2nd gen. This new one..like most new cars these days..looks like all the other new cars...Volvos don't even look like Volvos anymore...they look like freakin' Mazdas....
(not that there's anything wrong with Mazdas...Volvos aren't mazdas, that's all.)Discipline is remembering what you want.
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03-18-2008, 09:24 AM #8
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'08 Ford Escape - converted from driving Chevrolet all my life, and I love it. Can't comment on the Forester.
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03-18-2008, 02:05 PM #9
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My son just bought a Scion Xb. It is much more curvy than it used to be. A bike would fit in it, but only lying down. And there's carpet on the back of the back seat, just like the Subaru's. It would be an okay car for a cyclist, but not as utilitarian as an Element.
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03-18-2008, 05:44 PM #10
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Originally Posted by elk
Mazda and Volvo use the same platform.
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03-18-2008, 05:48 PM #11
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And Ford owns Volvo.
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03-18-2008, 06:53 PM #12
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Yep. We love DH's 98 V70, but there will probably be no more Volvos for us. The safety isn't what it was, and they don't have the same feel anymore Originally Posted by KnottedYet
Ford seems to have made their cars safer at the expense of the Volvo safety (I'd be happy so long as they had kept Volvos safe, but they DO NOT crash test well from what I've read).
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03-18-2008, 07:08 PM #13
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My step-dad stopped buying Volvos after they got bought by Ford. Now he buys Toyota.
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03-18-2008, 07:12 PM #14
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Same here. I was kind of upset when I heard Ford bought Volvo. (Not that I have anything at all against Fords, my Dad has an F-250 that has served him well and is now a farm truck and I seriously considered an Escape.) Originally Posted by CA_in_NC
Yep. We love DH's 98 V70, but there will probably be no more Volvos for us. The safety isn't what it was, and they don't have the same feel anymore Ford seems to have made their cars safer at the expense of the Volvo safety (I'd be happy so long as they had kept Volvos safe, but they DO NOT crash test well from what I've read).
When my parents bought the Volvo I drove in high school, another family came in looking for one. They told us a story about how their son had just crashed theirs. He wrapped it around a telephone pole and came out of it alive and ok. They thought the Volvo saved his life and vowed to stay with the brand.
I considered getting another Volvo (yeah, I know I said I thought it was dorky in high school but I really did love that car) but found the reviews were pretty mediocre now. It's disappointing.
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