How much does your ride really matter?

[JeeperCane]

For about two years, I was fortunate enough to rock two rides. Which, being 26 and single, was pretty cool to me. I had a very clean, not worked or anything, Mustang GT (insert Fix Or Repair Daily joke here________). Needless to say, after a few hurricane seasons here in Miami, I picked up a used '95 Wrangler (only 59k miles, great condition!). I love the Wrangler, but it's not what you would call a chick magnet. When my GT stretched a connecting rod, I couldn't afford a new engine, so I sold it to my dad for $1 so he could have something to tool around with and fiddle with in retirement. He's got it up and running and is really enjoying life!!

Anyway, since I've been rolling around in my Wrangler for two years, I have had more chicks say how much they "love Jeeps!!!" the first time they see it. My ex even made a pact with her friend to make sure the next guy (who was me) she dates "drives a Jeep, they're sexy". After hearing that, I naturally thought "WTF?" The two girls I hooked up with prior to her loved my Jeep as well. I get more compliments and intrigue driving a 12-year old car with a cracked armrest that still has uncomfortable leaf-spring then I did sporting a shiny, comfortable Mustang.

Since I've come into a bit more cash the past few months, I've thought about leasing a new 328 in the next year. I think it would be a cool experiment to see how many chicks dig the old Jeep or the BMW. I guess the Jeep says something about being rugged, but I was honestly embarrassed about it for while. I mean, I LOVE IT, top down, doors off, but I never thought chicks would dig it soo much.

Just my .02.:rock:

 

[CGE333]

I still have my 95 Wrangler sitting in my garage and don't drive it much anymore. I bought it new in January 1995 and back when it was new, women loved it more than the newer Corvette that one of my friends had.

 

[Maxtro]

I'd say that your car has no impact at all with girls unless you have a really ugly or really nice car.

I have a dark red 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder (convertible) Girls like it when they see it but it obviously won't have any impact if I can't get them in my car in the first place.

 

[Rollo Tomassi]

I used to roll in a 4Runner now I switched to a 2008 BMW 5-series. Needless to say you get much more looks from the ladies,..

Agreed. I traded in my trusty 4Runner of 6 years for a new Chrysler 300 LTD and I have to say that the looks I've gotten at work events are markedly different.

 

[wheelin&dealin]

Drive a piece of sh*t. Who cares what anyone thinks. If you got game, you got game.

A friend of mine used to drive a 1988 nissan micra and had the hottest girlfriend on campus.

Another friend of mine used to drive a car that looked like the Delorian from "Back to the Future". He had no windshield wipers so he rolled down the window in the pouring rain and squiggyed them while he drove. His gf was smoking hot.

 

[STR8UP]

Jeeps have a masculine persona. Women tend to be attracted to men who live "a masculine life".

I like the new 4 door Wranglers. Too bad Jeeps seem to be typical of American cars in regards to reliability though.

 

[Victory Unlimited]

There was a time when I used to drive a cool-assed sportscar with a dashboard lighting system that looked like an airplane ****pit.

Now I drive a 4-door, toyota model sedan.

I get 3 times the women NOW than I got THEN. The reason for the difference is found in the man that I have now BECOME, as opposed to the man that I WAS...

A flashy car gets you in her front door, but your TRUE masculinity gets you in her bedroom!

 

[Interceptor]

The messed up thing is that women know that a guy with the 'flashy car' is immature, and often overcompensating.
She knows, dude.

But, hey, if you've got money and she sensed you're easily manipulated too, then. you got yourself a GF!!!:flowers:
Isn't she sweet?

Masculine men are so in touch with their Deepest innermost masculine Self, they don't even see things like that (fancy this, fancy that) in their radar anymore.
There's no need to impress, or get approval, attention, or validation.

Unfortunately what a lot of guys don't see is just how much their women are manipulating them to.
And if not, the guy is too immature and sometimes too jealous and insecure to keep her. Often, the guy is masculine, but he has the emotional maturity of a little boy and the capacity for deep intimacy of a rock.
Males without depth are a dime a dozen.


but what do guys see?
An image reinforced.

got the flashy car, get the chick.

Now, what IS true is the female's desire for adventure.
females, as they grow older, look for signs of masculinity.
They don't really know what it is, or how it attracts them.
But they know they like it.

Unfortunately, with poor upbringing, and poor role models, the female only responds to superficial images of masculinity, never going deeper into the many layers beneath, and the other qualities and dimensions too.

 

[Fuglydude]

I used to drive a 95 Neon...yes a NEON... it was cherry red, it was my first car, and I was and still am a broke ass university student. And you know what? I've never had issues gettin with women. I don't see the point of having a flashy car...as some of the guys have said already, if a chic's opinion of me is significantly affected by what I drive, then she's really not worth my time.

I used to joke about my ride all the time. Ya I knew it was a piece of crap, so why not go out and make fun of it. I was still reliable and got me from A to B.

I think its more of a testament to your masculinity/sexuality if you are successful with women without having a nice ride/money, etc.

 

[Gangster Of Love]

Do what makes you happy. It really doesn't matter what you drive. If you can afford it, keep your truck, and get yourself the car you want. Won't make a difference to anybody else but you, in that you will be happy, as you deserve it.

 

[STR8UP]

Up until recently I had loaded BMW and a 350z (still have the z) and I can honestly say that my car(s) have had zero effect on my game. When I was 18 it was a little different, but at 36 it doesn't really matter.

The only exception to this might be if you had an an exotic car. things like that tend to elevate your status quite a bit. Don't know if i would WANT the women who were chasing me for may car at my age, but to each his own

 

[azanon]

Up until recently I had loaded BMW and a 350z (still have the z) and I can honestly say that my car(s) have had zero effect on my game. When I was 18 it was a little different, but at 36 it doesn't really matter.

Same here. At my age, a woman could not care less what you drive. Of course, by this age, they realize a far better way to estimate the money part of the equation is to ask what you do for a living and (eventually) figure out where you live.

 

[Bonhomme]

Depends upon how well adjusted the woman in question is.

 

[squirrels]

I'd say that your car has no impact at all with girls unless you have a really ugly or really nice car.

What he said.

 

[Rollo Tomassi]

OK, I'll play Devil's Advocate.

No car, no matter how expensive, is going to make up for a deficit of good looks, good game, positive masculinity, DJism, skills, etc. Let me just put that out there right now. However, just like wearing nice clothes or personal grooming, a man's car is perceived as an out-ward manifestation of his status, wealth, personal tastes, stage in life etc. No car will get you laid, and I'd say that, really, there are very few of even the most moronic guys who truly think their car is in any way a factor in their hooking up. In fact I'd say the "car-as-penis" urban legend is yet another female social contrivance used to 'type-cast' men they see as too masculine - cars are almost an exclisively masculine domain. This has been repeated for so long AFCs picked up on it and attempt to use it for self-validation and identifying with women they want to ƒuck.

I'm not taking the opposite viewpoint here, but I'm trying to see this with a more critical eye. Appearances are EVERYTHING to women. Don't think for a second that the car you drive isn't taken into consideration in her overall assessment of you. I can't begin to tell you how many times I've listened to my wife's girlfriends describe the new guy they're dating and, unasked, go on about the car he's got. A man's car may not be a deciding factor for a woman, but it is a factor nonetheless.

 

[*mattster]

your ride does NOT matter at all... at least not to the type of woman that i think all of us here (that are not in it for ONS's and cheap hos ) want to attract. i think women are far more impressed if the car you drive FITS YOUR PERSONALITY more than anything... they can tell when you're overcompensating with your ride. they KNOW if you have a small sports convertible because you LOVE driving a bit too fast with the top down or only have it for show...
on the cleanliness issue - i actually think it's better your ride looks like you USE it as a ride and not some spotless status elevator. i mean - who likes a guy who's really anal about keeping his car clean??? in the end all a car is is a bottomless pit for guys to throw money in. if you DON'T USE it properly and get it dirty once in a while you're paying good money and not getting anything in return. who wants that??

*m out

 

[Austin3.8]

I own a 06 Mazdaspeed6 that drips sex and a 1985 Jeep CJ7 and there is no contest. My old 400hp Mustang and my Mazdaspeed6 have never gotten me any ass. My Jeep has gotten me an untold amount of ass, girls even flag me down to ask for a ride in it. Its nuts. It don't know what girls see in it, the thing is clean, but it is butt ugly.

No your ride doesn't really make a difference, unless it is an exotic or a Jeep.

 

[the_absolute]

Exotics are a bonus. Really, though, rolling in a ballsy car is good for being in the right state. You can't expect to drive into town in a minivan and feel like you just cut the road in half with a 911 turbo, now can you?

 

[crashbutnotburn]

One of the hottest nights I had as a young buck was when I was in college and driving a 1980-something Subaru wagon, the old round ones. Picked up 2 girls and frankly, I wasn't even thinking about my car. Neither were they. It was one of those nights that you jack off to clear into old age.

Nowadays, I drive a black '00 Mercedes SL500 convertible. It's a very nice car. Not a great car, a moderate game car, but part of the package. No neon, no bumpin' stereo, no bodykit -- anyone over the age of 25 with a bodykit on his car is a moron, BTW -- but leather, nice stereo, and I keep it impeccably, just-drove-off-the-showroom-floor, shopvac-and-Armorall-it-every-night before I go out hunting, just replaced the driver's seat because it was getting worn-out, clean. So clean it still looks new even though it's six years old with 130,000 miles on it. I paid less for it than for a new SUV, though -- about $25K -- and the main thing about it, IMO, that it says to younger girls is, THIS GUY IS MATURE AND SINGLE. No backseat. No place for a baby carrier. No one riding shotgun. SUV's are for family men who want to pretend they're single. Minivans are for the dead and/or castrated.

Have I ever landed a girl because of my car? Probably not. But I do think that, at our age and beyond, the car can be a deal-breaker. If you're 30, why do you not have a nice car? If you're single, why do you have a minivan? If you don't have a posse rolling with you and/or you don't do outdoorsy stuff, why have a Hummer? Your car can raise questions, and it can also answer them.

And there is nothing like top-down freeway head on a summer night, gentlemen.