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February 15, 2014
Saturday Car Thread 02/15/14 - [Niedermeyer's Dead Horse & Countrysquire]Happy day after Valentine's Day my pretties. We *heart* you all. (Well, most of you anyway.) Thanks for your contributions to keeping the posts current and the threads lively. Today we bring to you a bit of tragedy, a reminder of the uniqueness of car design from years gone by, the start to a controversial race season, and a whole lotta How you doin'?.
Volkswagen workers rejected the union by a vote of 712 to 626. The defeat raises questions about the future of a union that for years has suffered from declining membership and influence, and almost certainly leaves its president, Bob King, who had vowed to organize at least one foreign auto maker by the time he retires in June, with a tarnished legacy. Read the full story at the WSJ and revel in the sweet tears and the merriment at Twitter.
The National Corvette Museum in Kentucky suffered a sinkhole which swallowed eight of their beautiful specimens. The video, at the link, shows the moment of collapse and it will make you cringe for what disappears down that hole. The good news, however; is that General Motors is stepping up to help restore the cars that were damaged. As the fella from GM says, there’s only one 1,000,000th Corvette to roll off the assembly line.
It seems that the love for manly men hasn’t quite died out entirely. The folks at Insurance.com conducted a survey of 2,000 people; 1k men and 1k women, to inquire as to which cars make the opposite sex more attractive. Also asked as part of the survey were questions pertaining to the upkeep of the vehicles and, not surprisingly, both men and women prefer a clean car, free of cigarette butts, and without dents. The results of the full survey can be found here but the highlights are shown below: 32% of women in the study responded that there’s just something women like about a pickup man. And, given that their top choice in vehicle color is black, This might be the vehicle you studly single Morons should consider the next time you’re out shopping. A black Ford pickup truck. Ford was the brand most chosen by women at 16%. See? Toby’s no fool. Without that truck he’d be just like any other guy in Nashville, trying to get a record deal and hitting on the kinda-cute receptionist in the hopes of scoring an interview with a producer.
Porsche also made an appearance in the top three cars that men find attractive, with 10% of men mentioning the brand.
I searched for ‘hot UPS guys’ and ‘hot UPS drivers’ and this was the best I could do. I think that whole ‘hot UPS guy’ thing might be an urban legend. I mean… no matter how sexy that big, boxy, brown truck is, the dude is wearing brown socks, with shorts. C’mon!
39% of men survey responded that they find women in sports cars most attractive. BMW was the car most often mentioned, at 16%, and red was the dominant color of choice at 40%. I think I have an idea why this is. Have you ever seen an old, fat, pale woman driving a red BMW convertible? No? There’s a reason for that. We do not want to draw attention to ourselves. The woman who drives this car is just screaming, “Look at me!” and, who can blame her. She’s probably 5’2”, blonde, and weighs 100 lbs soaking wet. She NEEDS a big strong man to protect her. And, in case you have any doubt as to the authenticity of the male attraction to women in sports cars, fortunately, there is documentary evidence upon which to rely.
Classy, isn’t it?
Of course it is! It’s red. It’s sporty. It’s a Jeep, so it’s a little rugged. And, it’s an SUV. What more could you want? Rounding out the list of vehicles that make a woman look goood are: trucks (10%), hybrid or electric (6%), and minivans (4%) Now, armed with this knowledge, go forth and shop accordingly.
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