What do you consider a "manly" automobile?

[Ramses]

Tractors and other industrial machinery sometimes have more than three.
Those being also, more manly than a car or truck.

 

[JMapleton]

Tractors and other industrial machinery sometimes have more than three.
Those being also, more manly than a car or truck.

Again, I do not consider those manly. They are necessary tools for business, but they are not manly. They're neutral.

 

[JMapleton]

I bet my bike is faster than anything you've ever driven. :whiste:

Fast does not equal manly. Horsepower does not equal man.

Only a savage would equate those two barbarian concepts to manliness.

 

[Ramses]

Fast does not equal manly. Horsepower does not equal man.

Only a savage would equate those two barbarian concepts to manliness.

There you go off track a little though, modern fast and horsepower does not, frequently, require manly ability given all the technology we have now. I could make a list but I'm sure we all know what I'm talking about. It started with ABS and went downhill from there.
Motorcycles which largely lack it(not totally but by and large), old cars which totally lack it, do require a special type of skill(to do it and not die or hurt others), determination and as the saying goes "balls".

Let's reflect on that nearly universal term. Balls, the having of in a metaphorical sense.

They don't say doing something hair raising and dangerous requires "ovaries" (no offense to any women reading just making a point), they specifically identify one of the MAN's identifying physical traits with it. Therefore, being able to do something requiring skill and fearlessness equals manly.

This has fallen out of fashion to a degree as of late as there are a lot of folks who want to be manly, but just plain don't have any "balls" in the classical sense, so it's natural to want to redefine manly. But you really can't, it's set.
Nobody is going to be fooled by anything less unless they too have a vested interest in redefining such.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Fast does not equal manly. Horsepower does not equal man.

Only a savage would equate those two barbarian concepts to manliness.

Neither does anything else in this thread... :whiste:

Read my first post in this thread if you want to know how I really feel about this dumb topic.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=37569885&postcount=9

 

[Ramses]

But seriously, Balls, Manly, right?!.

(not seriously)

 

[IronWing]

3 pedals, minimum.

I'm soooo in. My Olds had the gas pedal, the brake pedal, and the parking brake pedal. It lacked the brights floor switch though.

 

[skyking]

Them bastiges would short out and just about catch fire!

 

[Torn Mind]

Pickup trucks are manly, since they help the man attract the opposite sex, sometimes.
The extended van too is manly, since means he's doing work or he is prodigiously propagating his genetics.

JMapleton has done nothing to show that his use of the word manly is not reflective of anything masculine, but rather just what feels he gets from certain cars' aesthetics.

 

[Auric]

Any automatic carriage is made manly with TruckNutz™ (plastic bollocks) and is in no way to be considered immature or flamboyantly gay.

 

[JMapleton]

Pickup trucks are manly, since they help the man attract the opposite sex, sometimes.
The extended van too is manly, since means he's doing work or he is prodigiously propagating his genetics.

False on both counts.

An elegant luxury car/suv will attract higher quality, more attractive, and younger women. I do not know any women that finds a pickup appealing.

An elegant luxury car also indicates to the opposite sex that a man is successful at what he does, indicating a good mating partner.

 

[Ramses]

We call them shallow worthless gold diggers.

 

[Sulaco]

False on both counts.

An elegant luxury car/suv will attract higher quality, more attractive, and younger women. I do not know any women that finds a pickup appealing.

An elegant luxury car also indicates to the opposite sex that a man is successful at what he does, indicating a good mating partner.

My anecdote can beat up your anecdote!

Seriously, just stop. This is getting schoolyard silly.

What's the next topic? Can your dad beat up my dad?

 

[JulesMaximus]

False on both counts.

An elegant luxury car/suv will attract higher quality, more attractive, and younger women. I do not know any women that finds a pickup appealing.

An elegant luxury car also indicates to the opposite sex that a man is successful at what he does, indicating a good mating partner.

In all honesty, I have never purchased a car with the intent of attracting a mating partner.

 

[skyking]

Something about getting from A to B in relative comfort?

 

[AdamK47]

Fast does not equal manly. Horsepower does not equal man.

Only a savage would equate those two barbarian concepts to manliness.

Oh, you get to set the rules? I see opinions don't fit within your framework.

 

[QueBert]

Arguably, women can be "manly" just as a man can. But yes, the bland upper class housewife can occasionally get their hands on one.

That what Kylie Jenner drives, she's a female and like 17, just saying...

 

[SparkyJJO]

Oh, you get to set the rules? I see opinions don't fit within your framework.

Obviously. The OP has a superiority complex.

 

[mmntech]

Manly automobiles
-The Work Truck, any pickup or van that's used for real work. Bonus points if it smells like rotten bananas and DuMauries.
-Jeep Wrangler or original Land Rover, crusted with mud
-Tank or any tracked vehicle really
-Giant trucks! Those mining trucks that are the size of a large house.
-Big Rig
-Any classic pre-1970s car that has been restored to showroom condition thanks to a little TLC
-Your classic supercars (Lambo, Ferrari, S-Class, McLaren, Bugatti, etc)
-The Beater, the car that's been through hell and back again
-The stock hot hatch because big packages come in small packages and you're confident enough not to show off.
-Classic American muscle
-The car you built with your own hands
-Miata, because it's always the answer

Unmanly automobiles
-Crossover SUVs
-Luxury SUVs
-The "Boss's Truck (a pickup truck that's used because your hog is too small and SUVs are the new minivan. It's bed has never seen a spec of dirt and the only tool it's carried is the driver.)
-Minivans (if you use it for work, see above). Nothing sadder than a man driving a minivan like a bat out of hell because his wife won't let him have a racecar.
-Hybrid or wuss EV that you bought to "save the planet"
-Smart Fortwo, simply because it borders on Reliant Robin bad but without the hilarity.
-Anything that has been riced out or has a fart can

 

[natto fire]

Torque. I don't give two shits what the car looks like, how it sounds, or where it comes from. It has to have torque. I have a normally sized, fully functioning penis, so I would prefer that torque propel me forward. No offense to all you burnout peelin', mullet wearin', true blue 'Muricans out there.

Yeah, the Cummins is great for that, but then you are stuck with a Dodge. The Power Stroke is a decent unit but is plagued with weak transmissions. Duramax is the least credible of the big 3 diesels, although at least GM went to a credible source for a transmission.

I never knew you had to drive a certain vehicle to be manly, and am thankful I don't associate with people who would actually bring that up in a serious way.

I can see why the internet is so popular, to divulge such weird idiosyncrasies and find an audience.

 

[hans007]

i was sitting in a 2016 mx-5 miata today .

its manly.

currently i'm driving a bright red 2014 VW beetle. its decidedly unmanly though its 1.8 turbo and DSG are the same engine as a normal golf so it drives great


theres probably a lot of cars that are predominantly purchased by men, so i guess that would make them manlier? like porsche 911s, or corvettes, or pickup trucks.

or a big sedan like a chevy supersport or charger hellcat etc.

that said, i think the idea that some cars make you less manly if you drive them is completely retarded

 

[PhoKingGuy]

i was sitting in a 2016 mx-5 miata today .

its manly.

currently i'm driving a bright red 2014 VW beetle. its decidedly unmanly though its 1.8 turbo and DSG are the same engine as a normal golf so it drives great


theres probably a lot of cars that are predominantly purchased by men, so i guess that would make them manlier? like porsche 911s, or corvettes, or pickup trucks.

or a big sedan like a chevy supersport or charger hellcat etc.

that said, i think the idea that some cars make you less manly if you drive them is completely retarded

What happened to your M-Sport?

 

[Torn Mind]

False on both counts.

An elegant luxury car/suv will attract higher quality, more attractive, and younger women. I do not know any women that finds a pickup appealing.

An elegant luxury car also indicates to the opposite sex that a man is successful at what he does, indicating a good mating partner.

http://www.insure.com/car-insurance/cars-that-attract-ladies.html

We are using inductive reasoning. Hence, the statements used in the debate are not true or false, but rather are probably true or false. Your anecdotes are a weaker class of evidence than a survey.

You don't know. Well, you are only one person out of a 100 million or so, and your network of friends and acquiatances might come out to a few hundred people. Maybe 1,000 if you are extremely sociable. Your sample size is too small and it is self-evident that you will not check yourself to not commit confirmation bias when collecting data.

Luxury cars. That depends. Having the money can attract the girls, but male then must filter out the scum from the girls who are fit for a long-term relationship.

Crossovers. Lol, if a girl is attracted to this bizzare fusions, I'd like to see it. No, that chick with that guy in the RX350, having Matthew Mcconaughey driving an MKC, or driving a Range Rover slower than a dog in a European city is just marketing. All lipstick on a pig.

 

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[SketchMaster]

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