What do you consider a "manly" automobile?

[Sulaco]

Only idiots care about nonsense like this.

The thread should have ended here. Really.

 

[JackBurton]

Manly

 

[angminas]

Varies by situation, but the vehicle with the highest potential manliness, for those who can pull it off, is the minivan.

 

[PricklyPete]

A minivan. Period. Posturing that you are manly based on your car choice is the most insecure thing I can think of. Realizing it is a tool, maximizing utility, and not giving a shit what others are thinking is "manly" by true standards.

That being said, I love all kinds of fancy cars and the amazing tech behind them. I just don't think they make me more of a "man".

 

[Greenman]

A manly automobile is one you built yourself with a hammer and anvil, using steel you smelted in your back yard.

 

[JulesMaximus]

A manly automobile is one you built yourself with a hammer and anvil, using steel you smelted in your back yard.

:thumbsup: Anything less and you have a vagina.

 

[ControlD]

If you think a vehicle (or drink for that matter) makes anyone more or less of a man, then you are not a man.

It's pretty simple. If you've referred to anything as a "chick car" or "girly drink" then you're not a man.

I knew I could ride around in my Miata sipping a (virgin) Strawberry daiquiri and still be a man.

 

[Torn Mind]

A minivan. Period. Posturing that you are manly based on your car choice is the most insecure thing I can think of. Realizing it is a tool, maximizing utility, and not giving a shit what others are thinking is "manly" by true standards.

That being said, I love all kinds of fancy cars and the amazing tech behind them. I just don't think they make me more of a "man".

A real man actually has a fleet of cars. Because it means he's got money and can afford to not be locked down to one vehicle. He has an F350 or equivalent for doing work and pulling around his vehicle trailer in case any of his other vehicles break down. He keeps a garage queen "sexy" car for high end engagements and an beater reliable vehicle to show his pragmatic sense. :awe:

 

[Squeetard]

Manliest car?

The one that you get into at 7AM, to be at work by 7:30AM, so you can lead the project kick-off meeting at 8AM with coffee in hand. Because you're a grown man with more important things to worry about than what makes a car "manly".

Oh, you mean a "given up on life" car.

 

[Ramses]

Oh, you mean a "given up on life" car.

Or an "I made the decisions everyone thought I should instead of what I really wanted so I'd fit in and make my parents shut up" car :biggrin:

 

[pauldun170]

I had this discussion with someone recently. You have to word this carefully because when defining a "manly" automobile, you have to first define what is "manly." In that discussion, feelings can be hurt and egos can be bruised when we all (including myself) come to realize we have not lived up to the ideal of what is a "man."

To be "manly", in my definition, is to have the ideal mixture of class/sophistication and ruggedness/toughness.

Very few people in today's society live up to this ideal. I will say myself, I do not consider myself yet a "real man." I have not yet made millions of dollars or climbed mountains or influenced public opinion in some grand way.

With your most idealistic definition of a man, what would be the ideal car for the manliest of men? Name a specific make and model.

Feel free to post yours and refute mine or others suggestions.

I will post mine after this post.

Pink Geo Metro convertible with those eyelashes on it.

A real man doesn't give a crap about what people think about his car.
Usually its the tiny pecker brigade, or the low on "T" "Why don't young girls look at me anymore" middle-aged brigade or the "hey brah" brigade who get caught up with image mobiles.
It's like girls talking about clothes and makeup

 

[WT]

This is about as manly (based on my definition) that I could come up with:

http://www.emercedesbenz.com/autos/mercedes-benz/g-class/mercedes-g63-amg-six-wheeler-combines-off-road-tech-and-amg-power/

 

[evident]

 

[PricklyPete]

A real man actually has a fleet of cars. Because it means he's got money and can afford to not be locked down to one vehicle. He has an F350 or equivalent for doing work and pulling around his vehicle trailer in case any of his other vehicles break down. He keeps a garage queen "sexy" car for high end engagements and an beater reliable vehicle to show his pragmatic sense. :awe:

Putting money into 3 vehicles does not equal manly. It also does not show any level of financial prudence. It might be enjoyable (sounds more like a headache at this point in my life), but it in no way makes someone "manly".

 

[Ramses]

I think it might be most manly to ride a horse instead of drive a car.
A machine has very little choice after all, women can drive them, so can girly men, little kids, etc.

When you ride a horse, you are bending another sentient creature to your will in the 2nd most dominant way.

Or even walking. When a man walks to a place, he's secure that whatever is going on will wait for him to get there, because he is just that manly.

Right?

 

[Anubis]

cars are inanimate objects, they are not manly or womanly, they just are

 

[Auric]

I think it might be most manly to ride a horse instead of drive a car.

I see your horse and raise you a battle elephant.

 

[PricklyPete]

cars are inanimate objects, they are not manly or womanly, they just are

Stop...that's too obvious an answer. We need more hilarity where people explain how their depreciating asset makes them manlier.

 

[Anubis]

I see your horse and raise you a battle elephant.

 

[Ramses]

I got nothing to follow that.

 

[Kadarin]

I've got a '14 Raptor and a '15 Z06. I'd say those are pretty manly. So... I'd go with "over 500hp and under 16MPG = manly"

 

[RockinZ28]

 

[Ramses]

http://jalopnik.com/watch-ken-blocks-kick-into-the-air-crash-that-did-not-s-1719057406


KB is manly in a Ford Fiesta or whatever that little crazy car is.

 

[gorcorps]

I said in the OP this discussion would hurt feelings as it would reveal our short comings.

A car does not make a man, but like what you wear, it represents the way you think.

Do you not make assumptions about job candidates when they come in for an interview based on what they wear? Of course.

A car is a partial representation of yourself.

But that representation can change depending on the person. If somebody is driving and older vehicle, one person can think that person isn't well off and probably isn't worth a whole lot. Another person can think it's smart to save money, and getting anything more extravagant than what you need is a waste of money that can go elsewhere.

All your car says about you is how much money you're willing to spend on your car... that's it. It doesn't tell you anything about the person's worth (my HS janitor had a new Camaro but a really shitty trailer to afford it) or a person's thought process behind having that vehicle. You don't know if they have a nice car because they can afford it, or are putting themselves into a giant hole that's going to ruin their family credit when it gets repo'ed.

Judging a person by their vehicle has as much bearing on their personality as the position of the constellations on their birthday.

 

[pauldun170]

I think it might be most manly to ride a horse instead of drive a car.
A machine has very little choice after all, women can drive them, so can girly men, little kids, etc.

When you ride a horse, you are bending another sentient creature to your will in the 2nd most dominant way.

Or even walking. When a man walks to a place, he's secure that whatever is going on will wait for him to get there, because he is just that manly.

Right?