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In my experience, if she likes expensive cars, she will come with equally high running costs and often come with horrendous depreciation and reliability - I should know, I divorced one just like that. Im now marrying my very own mid-range, utterly reliable, Norfolk made, but delightful bride.
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Mine came with a Mk1 Golf 1.3 CL, sadly no longer with us. Fairly recently I gave her a Mk1 Golf cabriolet, which was what she really wanted at the time, but could not afford.
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I am reliably informed by my (generally late 20's to early 30-something) female friends that driving a Volvo, expensive or cheap, is about on a par with genital warts in terms of attractiveness to the opposite sex.
Might have something to do with mine being gold though... ;-)
Cheers
DP
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I am reliably informed by my (generally late 20's to early 30-something) female friends that driving a Volvo expensive or cheap is about on a par with genital warts in terms of attractiveness to the opposite sex.
Don't know about that. My gf definitely prefers my Volvo to the Citroen it replaced. I suppose that might be because the Citroen was old and rattley and the Volvo is new(er) and has heated seats. But even more bizarrely, there is some suggestion that she prefers the Volvo to the Supra. Unless she's allowed to drive...
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Might have something to do with mine being gold though... ;-) Cheers DP
You have a gold S60? Me too! I actually hunted mine out in that colour and travelled 90ish miles to collect her.
I find that most girls don't know what make and manufacturer a car is, as long as it's pretty and shiny...... ;-)
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Same here stu,
No luck when I was swaning around, single, in my new Elise for 3 years, but within months of splashing out £995 on my Mazda 626 I got lucky...and she has a company car. Obviously I must be the exception that makes the rule.
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Skoda Roomster (soon to be gone) and a packet of Pontefract Cakes - what else do I need ?
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I am well out of luck then in my Kia :-)
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Women, being complex creatures, have two types of "attraction" towards males - for marriage and for a fling.
So, drive a porsche and women want to have a fling with you, drive a Volvo S80, and women want to marry you!!!
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Some of the best marriages start with a fling. Of course some of the worst ones do as well.
Expensive car drivers and their reproductive quotient eh? 'Yea, even to your child mimsers and your child mimsers' child mimsers...' (St. John's Wood)...
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Wot chapter's that Lud ?
;-)
Edited by Humph Backbridge on 25/03/2009 at 16:15
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Cars ive had when ive managed to get a date leading to anything long term are:
VW Polo, Daewoo Nubira estate, Suzuki Carry van, Reliant Rialto and a Fiat Seicento.
The only common characteristic is that they are sensible, not flashy and not in the least bit expensive - women were divided on the Reliant - some thought it silly, but then many thought it was the cutest darn thing on the road and that it showed character to let silly jokes about it stop me owning it.
Personally, I dread to think what kind of woman has any car ownership requirements in order to be attracted to a man - not the kind id give a second glance to thats for sure.
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Advertisers and marketing men have done a great job in the last 100 years conditioning us into thinking that big car = great guy - and would you believe it, lots of people are sure it's true, despite the fact that some "big car" men spend as much time polishing their car as some bangernomics men spend fixing theirs.
A very good friend, a bachelor (but not a "confirmed" bachelor) is to this day one of the most successful with the ladies that I know. For much of his time he drove an ancient ex-BT van and lived in a Peabody (housing trust) flat in Pimlico. He scrubbed up well, made the girls laugh, and a large percentage loved him for it.
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