I and everyone else has ran into this, but I posted up something about the new Genesis R-Spec 5.0 and of course all the mustang car guys have to make a comment. One of the comments is you drive a chicks car. I dont know about you guys but I have seen more girls drive mustangs (V6) than guys. I don't care about neg criticism, you guys can say F*** you I drive a mustang or what ever. I just wanted to see what you guys run into and if there are any thing you guys say to them (keep it clean tho).

 

I'm actually interested in this. Writing a short essay on this for a class. Title is Hairdressers in Fast Cars-hope I don't get hit with a copy write problem. Working title anyway. Funny thing is my professor's son has a Miata. Cool dude, I see him in the writing lab. We talked about my paper for 5min and then wasted 45min on talking Miatas.

Could use a few stereotype examples if anyone wants to add. Already have the part about Carrol Shelby calling the mustang a secretaries car.

 

IIRC, the mustang was actually designed for women. I also heard the fox was created because women wanted a smaller mustang that would be easier to drive.

 

somewhere I read that more than half of all mustang owners were women. can't source that so take it with a grain of feminine salt.

 

So, you're saying women know FWD sucks better than men? Seeing all the Hondas on the road, I suppose that a pretty good bet.

 

Yeah I got the Mustang for women part just couldn't find a serious quote. It's a rough draft due tonight and the final is next week. It funny cause the paper is about minorities. Everyone else is doing the usual gays, or racial stuff. He expressly said no religion because christianity is not a minority. Unless it is a weird obviously not a main stream religion. Thanks for the help.


Sorry for the thread jack-I can start my own if need be.

On topic-
Went to BestBuy today to get a lifeproof case for my iphone. Asked the guy if they had the GoPro mount adapters and where could I find the rollbar/suction mounts if they had the adapter. He asked me what car I had...."2 miatas"......in condesending voice... "haha, what you race those things or something?"

 

Lol, I get this kind of ---- all the time. It doesn't really matter how many lengths you put on them, or how many seconds you beat them in each run.

-"oh..whatever! It's still a miata!"

"It's faster than your car in a straight line and much, much faster than your car in the corners. It gets over 30mpg, is cheap, bullet proof, parts are plentiful and I can have nearly any part fabricated for a 1/3rd of the price for any of the off the shelf parts for your car. It's the most raced car on the planet and easily one of the best selling sports cars in history."

-"yeah whatever bro. Since when is it a sports car?"

EDIT: That sounded a bit "me against the world". There are a lot of people that get it.

 

Education is fairly immune to copyright infringement issues.

 

VW Beetle, VW cabrio, 4th gen Jetta, bmw 318ti, Mini cooper (non s), any mini convertible, '10 and older V6 mustangs, especially the convertibles.

 

I can't even tell you guys how sick and tired I am of the "girls car" or "gay car" stereotype that the miata gets. I have a few friends who are genuine car guys and they actually don't bust on me, but instead they accept my car because of the fact that I actually do the work to it to make it fast. The only punks that crap on my car are clowns who's parents fund their rides, or people who buy their cars already souped up. Example: this fist pumpin bro-ski pretty boy at work bought an O3 Saleen mustang with a Twin Screw supercharger...HE BOUGHT IT LIKE THAT. Then he has the ***** to diss my car all the time. I'm like, "buy a stock GT and then make it fast yourself, and when it's done with the work that YOU did to it, we'll see who's faster, cause any a$$wipe with decent credit can go buy something fast."
Everytime I hear the stereotype, I actually convince myself that the person who just said the insult is obviously extremely unintelligent of anything related to the high performance automotive world.

 

This is why I drive a BMW now, far less gay.

 

I've only been ripped on once by a stranger, and it was a 12-13 year old girl who was sarcastically telling me she liked my car while half out of her dads explorer, he was ignoring the (very weird) situation. I believe if you make the car look more masculine then you wont catch as much ----. Black wheels + rollbar make it look far less feminine IMO.

 

You mean the same BMW that wouldn't start a few days after you bought it? Suck it, Bond.


I should add that the guy who was "dissing" my car drives an Accord it is a well modded car. K24, Full Race side mound manifold, Precision huge turd turbo, etc... He made (well he says, anyway) 430whp @13psi. Mind you this is a typical honduh "bro". The car is ruined with hood *** 17's(I asked him the weight and he said, "why"), stock suspension and all-seasons with a 30 sidewall; stretched, of course.

Funny story actually, the last time he as at a local meet he "had beef" with the red miata that people were talking about (my car).

"Dat yo car? Wanna race me?"

-Sure. Dig run.

"nah, lets do it from a roll"

-I'm not doing a supra roll.

"Ahh you gunna be like dat? Scared, huh?"

-Go to the track and ask them if you can make a pass from a roll. If you can't drive, then learn.

Turns out he has to race people from a....drum roll please...70 roll if he has any hopes of actually winning.

 

lul at people who buy fast cars. I catch some ---- at work. But no one I work with has any idea how to do anything other than MAYBE an oil change. So it's fairly easy to come back with a list of ---- I've done on my car, and ask what they have done lately.

It doesn't matter to me. I wear my miataturbo and flyinmiata shirts out all the time. I'll joke about myself every once in a while too. All in all the miata is an amazing car. The guys that make fun of them are 9 times out of 10 more girly than me. They probably just feel inferior and need to try and bring me down to their level. Doesn't work.

 

I get the occasional guy in a big truck or on a harley with some condescending remark. I usually just give them my best limp wrist waive and go about my way. I've never had anyone say something after giving the waive, I think it throws them off.

The vast majority of comments I get are positive.

 

eh... I don't know if I agree with that argument, but then again my definition of fast is probably very different than yours. People who buy M3s, 350Zs, G35s, base Corvettes, etc. are usually the people who have some sort of inferiority complex and use phrases like "this thing rides out, bro", even though it's really a slow turd. also, it's important to note that a majority of these cars are automatic.

 

If they have half a brain and know how to drive, I let them drive it. If they don't quite qualify for the drivers seat (He said with an evil laugh), I take them for a nice ride and maybe throw in a few 1.2g corners with fear-of-god inducing late braked entry speeds. If they are pale and shaking a bit afterwards, I know I don't need to say a thing.

Not hypothetical by the way. I have offered this introduction into light weight sports cars on many occasion.

G forces can be fun in more than one direction.

 

I take anyone that says my car is gay for a fun ride. The commentns range from its not gay to holy ----. I mix in drifting, cornering, and straight speed. To date I have no complaints just squeels.

 

The only negative comments I got were pre turbo from teenagers, these were yelled from the side walk as I passed.

After the turbo and enthuza 3" exhaust I can't hear them and women are regularly commenting on the "hot car", more often when I drive home from work with the top down wearing a suit (yes suiting up works).

I see the sporty cars like grand am's, tiburons, eclipse, vw cabrio etc that are fwd as girl cars but they are what many females I know want or drive.

 

Do you wear one of these while you do all of that?