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are all new beetle drivers only women? i don't think ive ever seen a man at the wheel of one of these cars
Edited by Pugugly {P} on 14/10/2007 at 13:10
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I've seen lots. I even know one.
This is a car for well-paid, quietly fashion-conscious young couples totally uninterested in cars. No one who knew the first thing about the Jalopy would dream of buying one instead of a cheaper, lighter, better-performing Golf or Seat.
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Guy in work has one. He's a bit concious of the fact by now, especially when we left a weed in his little flower pot. Not a bad car actually. It is his car, his wife has a 4wd Suzuki.
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I thought they were only driven by (male or female) hairdressers.
It's a classic "hairdresser's car". Think Renault Fuego, Hyundai Coupe, Honda Prelude... Hang on a sec, why do hairdressers only drive coupes anyway ?
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Successful hairdressers = Toyota MR2
Failed hairdressers = Fiat X19
That was my feelings circa 1996 - not sure what the current equations are.
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Hang on there! My very first car was chosen in 1984 with great care. A Renault Fuego 2.0TX, for the money I paid back then - £3k and 3 years old, 40,000 miles - it was a brilliant car. Not too much torgue steer, compliant ride, and ripped the XR3 / XR3i brigade, the default choice back then, every single time.
Naturally aspirated, based on the proven mechanics of the R18, 2.0 OHC, 110bhp, great front seats, back seats that folded to allow a fully flat 6ft length (which suited a single guy barely out of his teens.....)
To quote LJK Setright on the launch : "It is blessed with a body which is not only roomy and aerodynamically efficient, but is also beautiful". It was designed by Robert Opron, the same guy behind the Citroen SM and CX.
Not, I'll admit, the car built to last, but for me worth every penny as those weedy 96bhp and 105bhp Fords disappeared in my slipstream...
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Nobody who knows me would describe me as fashion-conscious, and I have no connection with the crimping sector, but I would rather drive a Beetle than a Golf, which must be the most middle-of-the road, unimaginative, conforming car choice possible.
I realise this is about as logical (i.e. illogical) as any other labelling of owners according to the car they drive - though I have no doubt that car choices do say a lot about the owners, it isn't always obvious.
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SWMBO is desperate for a Beetle and will probably get one relatively soon at the expense of my Fabia :(
However I sat in one the other day and hated it! I drive MPVs but the Beetle dashboard is huge! I sat in the back and I am only 5'8" but battered my head off the bit of plastic at the end of the rooflining. I had to put my head behind that which meant it was practically touching the rear windscreen glass!
A truly awful car but that is probably where the cult appeal comes in, I just hope that the day she goes for a test drive she decides that she wants to keep the Fabia!
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2007 Seat Altea XL 2.0 TDI (140) Stylance
2005 Skoda Fabia vrS
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Prelude? A hairdresser's car? That's my Sunday spoiled ;-)
I called to see a friend in the UK who IS a hairdresser - she now has a BMW Z3, before that she had a Rover 220 coupe...
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Unfortunately, these 'pastiche' cars (including the new Mini, sorry - MINI) fail to interest me in any way. Imitation cars for imitation people.
Where's the 'New Allegro' or 'New Cortina' then?
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