Why do Guys get so Hot over their cars, bikes etc?

[DreamyChick]

Guys, please enlighten me.

Called a guy today and I caught him in a "moment". He was looking online for a bigger motorcycle, never mind the one he's rebuilding now to buy. Anyway his excitement absolutely amused me. He also started rambling on how he wants to take an old porsche and put a motocycle engine in it so that it will go 60mph in 4.5 seconds and he mentioned having to wear a helmet in it.

I swear he was just going on about how his dad was going to let him use his shop so he could work on it and promised dad could take a spin in the car, but won't let me take it for a drive.

Why do you men assume a women can't drive when stastically speaking you have the most accidents???? And he only spent 5 minutes talking about me. He was so turned on by his new dreams/projects. He was throwing out so many mechanical terms that all I could do was say the occassional sounds cool or unhuh.

Did he forget he was talking to a woman?

 

[FOL!!!]

Men drive faster, with more risks etc... And you gotta drive 150 mph to know what it is like (on a motorcycle at least). Oh well, why do you like shopping? sigh...

 

[DJDamage]

Guys are better drivers then women, but guys take more risks then women on the road therefore have more accidents.

 

[DreamyChick]

Okay we could debate on that all day and night long however, that was not my orignal question. Why do you get so excited about fixing up a car or somthing and why did he talk to me like I knew what in the h*ll he was talking about?

 

[Sasha]

DreamyChick >
You just like him you like him soooooo bad hehe

 

[DreamyChick]

Yeah so what does that have to do with my original question?

 

[Sasha]

nothing, I just wanted to point out that you like him

 

[DreamyChick]

Well duh why else would I listen to car talk?

 

[Sasha]

maybe cuz you are intrested in cars? haha

my sis loves F1. she knows more about those cars than me

 

[Flogger]

Originally posted by DreamyChick
Did he forget he was talking to a woman?

Did you forget you were talking to a man?

Honestly, we generally don't care much about what women talk about either.

Talking to sort out your feelings... ?!

Men like to talk about our assets, mechanics, improvement, and power. It's part of what drives us. We probably get more of a rush from talking about solving mechanical puzzles whereas women get a rush out of resolving social conflicts.

You must be pretty attractive if you've never been forced to hear a guy ramble on about what he loves.

 

[Mjfan12]

Because cars dont let you down, they dont talk back, they dont b%tch at you, or break your heart.

They are their for your enjoyment, you dont need to please the car, it pleases you.

 

[JaguarMike]

Concider yourself lucky, he was either bragging to you, or bringing you into his enthusiasm with cars. Men and women are different. We like cars because it represents freedom and excitement. It can also represent status, and attitude. It can also represent all 4.

*Chris Rock says we like cars to attract women.

*I hate Vin Diesel, but he had a great quote in XxX, something along the lines of "I like anything fast enough to do something stupid in."

Don't complain though, we could always compare our love with cars to women's love of shoes.


The Real Reason

Cars represent the trophy of the hunt, and shoes represent the trophy of the gathering.

 

[Paintballguy]

Its proven that men have better depth perception than women.

You girls can have your 700 dollar prada bags and we will have our cars.

 

[Flyer]

Originally posted by Mjfan12
Because cars dont let you down, they dont talk back, they dont b%tch at you, or break your heart.

They are their for your enjoyment, you dont need to please the car, it pleases you.

If that ain't so true then I'd say you're just bitter

 

[realmz1]

I think he tells you to get YOUR acceptance of his future...time management...so that when he is working on his toys...you will "understand" since he already explained to you his joy of his future projects....but it is also to involve you in what he is doing kinda like a guy trying to explain various sports to his g/f so she will sit and watch the game instead of wanting to do something else ....like shopping...heh...just my opinion

 

[TheRelic]

bwahahhaa

 

[DreamyChick]

Very interesting. I guess I did sort of suck myself into his world briefly because I was asking him some questions about the things he was telling me. Moreover, though I was afraid to sound stupid because I didn't really know what he was talking about so I asked questions to show I was interested. Not too long ago I was hanging out with him while he was repairing his bike and I had him show me what different parts were. I guess he loved that huh?

And he did get excited about fixing a problem with his bike. He was replacing the handle bars on his Kawasaki, and he tried for over an hour to squeeze one off by hand. So I asked him how his progress was going with the other one. Apparently he looked it up online and found out he needed to use the biggest screw driver made? I've never seen him so excited about his projects.

But I don't want him to think I am stupid, so I am trying to learn a little about motorcycles on the side. Just to sort of surprise him. What do yall think?

 

[undesputable]

Men love cars....Well at least i absolutly love cars...

If I had a date and i had to clean and wax my car but i only had time to do one thing, i would screw the date, stay home and wash and wax my car.....i mean who needs to spend money on a woman when a car is in need of a waxing?

I really dont know what is it about cars.... and i dont know whats better....pulling a g going around a corner, going 130 mph, or flooring it from a stop....not to mention, that its always fun fixing a car up. oh yea and a car doesnt talk and whine, and if i put money in it, is for my own benefit, you can also just hop in the car whenever you want some fun, and the car doesnt have a time during the month when it leaks fluids and feels moody...

 

[DreamyChick]

Originally posted by undesputable
Men love cars....Well at least i absolutly love cars...

If I had a date and i had to clean and wax my car but i only had time to do one thing, i would screw the date, stay home and wash and wax my car.....i mean who needs to spend money on a woman when a car is in need of a waxing?

I really dont know what is it about cars.... and i dont know whats better....pulling a g going around a corner, going 130 mph, or flooring it from a stop....not to mention, that its always fun fixing a car up. oh yea and a car doesnt talk and whine, and if i put money in it, is for my own benefit, you can also just hop in the car whenever you want some fun, and the car doesnt have a time during the month when it leaks fluids and feels moody...

LMAO!!! Unfortunately, I can't disagree with that.

 

[racerX]

How come its ok for a chick to spend 2 hours in a shoe store but its not ok for a guy to work/restore a car/bike? Guys are intrigued w/ machinery & always will be. As far as who are better drivers: on the public roads women have lower accidents/tickets. As far as competive driving men have always been superior in all form of motorsports: F1, champ car, Irl, gp bikes..but Danica Patrick is a damn good female driver & finished well at the Indy 500.