Question for The Guys

Ok today Alex and I took one of our good friends out for his birthday. In our travels we saw a young girl (late teens) driving a lowered Accord with an aftermarket dual exhaust. The guys started debating on whether she was driving a boyfriend's car, whether it was hers and did she have the work done or did a boyfriend influence her to do some mods to her car.

So......when you guys see a girl/woman in a fixed up car what is your first thought...is it her car or is it her boyfriends? If it is her car, did a guy influence her to fix it up?

I have had many people look at me like I am driving "the man's" car. I even hung a hawaiian lei with flowers on the rearview mirror so people would know it's a woman's car...even my plate has my name on it. Our friends think I should get a license plate frame that says "It's mine and I fixed it my way."

I choose It's her car, and she fixed it up on her own decisions.
At least I hope so,cause if it's not,she is missing the whole point of fixing up cars.

If I see a chick driving a performance car, Evo, WRX, Batmobile, GTR, whatever, I don't assume it's her boyfriends, but if mods have been done, definately, or at least influenced.

We have many woman drivers over here that drive modded cars from mild to wild!! most times i have found that it has been influenced by maybe her Brother or her Father.........some just read a lot of magazines and make the descisions themselves, i always appreciate a fine looking woman in a hot car!!

Talkin of this my G.F best friend has a toyota corolla for sale, done up with mags kit etc, and in a harlequin paint job, she put a sticker on the back window saying for sale, and the amount of guys that rung up and said how much is your B/F car??

have alook at the Jap drift Vids, and in any performance car mag there is always woman modding up there cars and doing it sometimes better than the guys!!

Well, if it is her car and she did the mods, I hope the boyfriend gets to drive it now and then, otherwise, 3 words come to mind...

I really like to see women/girls/females/chicks getting into the hot rod scene. It is bloody great and wish more would hop on it. Seein a gal in a modded up ride is awesome!

I know of a couple and they always seem to personalize the car to their tastes. It does not matter what I think they are happy and good on them :D

I see girls in hotted up cars quite a bit, normally I race them (And let them win if they are especially cute)

Although i have found that the real serious chicks hate, to have the guys let them win!!!


Boy do they get mad!!:eek:

Let them win?????

This is exactly why some of you guys need a smack in the head.

I don't let them win they beat me fair and square!!:alien2:

Well, you need 2 smacks in the head then, but at least you tried, so we'll minus one smack. However, that still leaves one smack for loosing :eek:

It's hers and she does as she pleases, anyone who assumes differently has a lot to learn about women :).

haha good one gsr32!!!


maybe another smack for good luck??

Spectr's used to that.... Nikki deals to him a lot aye mate :p

and i love every minute of it!!:licker:

yep and he has the fuzzy hand cuffs to prove it lol

yep they hang on my bedpost!!!:D :D

I can usually tell if it is a truly "feminine" car or not. Mostly because girls have this way of putting on the little touches that make the car. Dont ask me to describe it, but i just know.

If she can parallel park it,it probably belongs to her......:D

I would have to see her and talk to her to make that decision. You can tell within less than a minute how to vote when you ask her about her ride.

No vote cast.

Well I am pleasantly surprised that most of you would go for "it's her car/modded on her own" vote. As for myself, I have always had an interest in cars, and have always done little things to my cars to make them "mine". As far as having male influence on my mods goes...I will ask Alex and our other friends for opinions on something I want to do for my car and use their input to decide. The final decision is mine, but I always like their input so I don't do something I may later regret.

Originally posted by KatWoman


I have had many people look at me like I am driving "the man's" car.

Ignore those people, they obviously lack common sense if they acturally thinks a Neon is a man's car.







:D j/p

Originally posted by 1989 DX R
I can usually tell if it is a truly "feminine" car or not. Mostly because girls have this way of putting on the little touches that make the car. Dont ask me to describe it, but i just know.

I have the same ability. There are usuially (but not always) certain things that will differ between a guys car and a girls.

Originally posted by RevHappy Cowboy®


Ignore those people, they obviously lack common sense if they actually thinks a Neon is a man's car.

This may explain why Alex and all of our other friends are selling their Neons :lol2: Mine's gonna be around for awhile.


EDIT: Here's a manly Neon for ya:
Owned by Tim Kish of Kalamazoo, MI. His car was featured in the most recent issue of Mopar Now. His undercarriage is so clean you could eat off of it. Marvin ain't got nothing on this beast.

http://www.pinnaclecda.com/images/Tim_Kish_Neon_RT_front_quarter_com.jpg

I always assume the person driving the car owns the car. I don’t care if it’s a 17 year old cruising in a NSX. Until otherwise notified, they’re the owner.

Originally posted by KatWoman
Well I am pleasantly surprised that most of you would go for "it's her car/modded on her own" vote.

Its just that everyone is trying to get into your good books:eek:

I'm with Yogs on that one, I always assume that the person driving is the driver. If its a woman that doesn't change my first assumption.

Well, I am surprised at the results, are people being honest.

Remember, I said earlier, it only leaves 3 words.......

I think it's time I said them.

WHAT A WASTE

i looks weird when i see girls in modded cars...... i don't really care, but it doesn't seem like they did the work. cause I don't know any girls that are into cars, so that's probably why i think that

Here in japan the women that have the turboed cars know how to work their cars. I actually think it very sexy indeed. I did japanese women with turboed cars. Turboed cars not modded cars like wannabes ricer cars.

Originally posted by GSr32
Remember, I said earlier, it only leaves 3 words.......

I think it's time I said them.

WHAT A WASTE

Why?:confused:

i think its quite cool for a girl to be doing all this stuff that guys would normall do...but im also with Yogs on this one...if i see her driving it, then its hers...unless otherwise suggested....

and that neon that was posted in that picture....2 things...first...hes from Kalamazo...LOL...my mom always told me that was in story books....2nd...look how low that car is...the front is touching the groud...geez man....

Originally posted by KatWoman


Why?:confused:

Well, I hope girls aren't doing performance mods.

Originally posted by GSr32


Well, I hope girls aren't doing performance mods.

Why not? You afraid of getting beat by a girlie?? j/k :D

There are some awesome girl racers out there. I have a NOS kit sitting at home and even almost bought a friend's turbo system when he returned his Neon to stock...but decided my car is too old....134,000 miles and climbing. I think as long a girl has the $$ to get the stuff and knows how to drive a performance car well...why the heck not?:devil:

What a coincidence! I'm talking to a girl racer right now! She's got a 97 Civic and has already done some pretty extensive mods. Planning on adding a turbo soon. She actually started her own car club in her area.

Originally posted by KatWoman

I think as long a girl has the $$ to get the stuff and knows how to drive a performance car well...why the heck not?:devil:

Yes, exactly. If the girl knows how to drive a performance car well, then by all means......go girl!!!!:)

Otherwise, it's a waste. IMO.

Originally posted by GSr32


Yes, exactly. If the girl knows how to drive a performance car well, then by all means......go girl!!!!:)

Otherwise, it's a waste. IMO.


The same could apply for both guys n girls. I see too many of both driving around thinking they have the baddest of vehicles.

Originally posted by KatWoman
The same could apply for both guys n girls. I see too many of both driving around thinking they have the baddest of vehicles.

Yup yup, for instance, I saw one of those 3 door Saturns yesterday, Yellow, big ass spoiler(FWD... Hmmm), huge scoups up front, massive airdam.... Now if thats not a waste of fiberglass then I donno what is:confused:

Go to www.beaterz.com and that's what 92% of the car scene I see around here looks like. I believe in "to each his/her own" but why do you need a spoiler larger than life itself for a FWD car???

Originally posted by KatWoman
Go to www.beaterz.com and that's what 92% of the car scene I see around here looks like. I believe in "to each his/her own" but why do you need a spoiler larger than life itself for a FWD car???

Doesn't a spoiler that big double as a sunscreen for your car during the summer? :D

Ah yes, my bad! I was thinking of a double decker spoiler...since I am running out of room on my CD shelf I need a place to stash my newer CD's.

Balancing your cds on a spoiler will require very precision driving. Good luck! ;) :D

Im stuck between the first two choices given b/c it is very possible that it could be either of them. I chose the first choice b/c more then likely most of the time its the boyfriend's car.:bandit:

hey ppl, with the poll, i think it depends on what the car looks like and what car it is. cos if it looks "boyish" yeh her boyfriend, if it is a mix, inpiration from boyfriend, and if it is "girlish", she hotted it up with her own desicions.

Originally posted by KatWoman
Ah yes, my bad! I was thinking of a double decker spoiler...since I am running out of room on my CD shelf I need a place to stash my newer CD's.

lol. For me, it depends on how the girl looks, if she looks ditzy and out there, I dont think its hers, but if she doesn't, I think it is hers.

Well I would say it depends on the situation... if you see a car with the licence plate [LILMIS] or something.... then its definately her car (or another girls car) irellivent of the mods...
If its a badass car with shitloads of mods... then id HOPE it was her car!! (More chicks need to come along and get into the whole "car" thing!!) I wouldnt straight up assume that it was her bf's car...
Whereas... if i saw a chick driving a real nice car.... babying the shit out of it... and a guy in the passanger seat drinking (say parked up somewhere) then i myte think "well it could be either of their car" :)

*Watches as Twuble glides right down the medien*
Almost nothing I love more then a post that truly takes the middle-ground:D

*beams*

OK these guys are a bunch of liars. They know good and well that a chic in a modded out car is driving her boyfriends - especially if you can hear her burning out the clutch.

Untrue! I would be totally pissed off if someone assumed the modified car I was driving wasn’t mine, just because I’m a girl. Come on, get out of the dinosaur age! Girls can and do drive their own modified cars you know! :mad:

Originally posted by Sham365
OK these guys are a bunch of liars. They know good and well that a chic in a modded out car is driving her boyfriends - especially if you can hear her burning out the clutch.

I'd say ONLY if I hear her burning out the clutch or missing gears.

Originally posted by Gonthrax


I'd say ONLY if I hear her burning out the clutch or missing gears.

I still miss gears sometimes when I'm not paying as much attention as I should be! :o But then again, my only mods are rear brake calipers and Infinity speakers :bloated:

OK OK. I will admit that the only place where I could see a girl owning a modded car is California.

Any other state and it's her man's ride.

Originally posted by Sham365
OK OK. I will admit that the only place where I could see a girl owning a modded car is California.

Any other state and it's her man's ride.

Now I have to disagree.

When I lived in Idaho, those modded, lifted Jeeps were theirs (girls) and they took pride in them, and knowing how they worked, and what they wanted to do to improve them

When I lived in Arizona, it was the same, only the trend seemed more toward trucks

Here in California, it went from Toyota 4x's to the ricer trend, but in most cases it is clearly the womans ride, and she knows what she wants to/ or not to do with it.

Sham go check out www.girliegirlracing.com :p

Chics from all over driving modded out cars. Tireburner, the trend has now moved to compacts....mostly Honda/Acura's, but I have seen a few other nice modded Neons and even a Cavalier all owned by girls.

Also to clarify the original question a bit...I wasn;t necessarily aiming at heavily modded cars with turbo's/supchargers only...I meant anything from mild (lowering and wheels) to all out wild (full show or race)....so basically anything besides bones stock.

Originally posted by KatWoman
Sham go check out www.girliegirlracing.com :p

Chics from all over driving modded out cars. Tireburner, the trend has now moved to compacts....mostly Honda/Acura's, but I have seen a few other nice modded Neons and even a Cavalier all owned by girls.

Yea, most of the modded Neons I see have female drivers. All this talk reminds me, I kinda sorta dated a girl who drove a Talon that was equiped with hairdryer, downpipes, headers, intake, boost controler, BOV, aftermarket wastegate, not sure what was done to suspension but it was adjustable, 500 degree certed brakes, BBSs. She raced it at the track... And won! :D A damn good driver she was. She could drive the SHIT out of that little thing! Pardon the language but I feal it is needed to express how good a driver she was.

Originally posted by KatWoman
Ok today Alex and I took one of our good friends out for his birthday. In our travels we saw a young girl (late teens) driving a lowered Accord with an aftermarket dual exhaust. The guys started debating on whether she was driving a boyfriend's car, whether it was hers and did she have the work done or did a boyfriend influence her to do some mods to her car.

So......when you guys see a girl/woman in a fixed up car what is your first thought...is it her car or is it her boyfriends? If it is her car, did a guy influence her to fix it up?

I have had many people look at me like I am driving "the man's" car. I even hung a hawaiian lei with flowers on the rearview mirror so people would know it's a woman's car...even my plate has my name on it. Our friends think I should get a license plate frame that says "It's mine and I fixed it my way."

As much as i think its goodng a woman in a cool looking car i have to be honest and say i think shes driving her partners.






pman tip toes out of thread

If she looks like she knows the car well and drives it well, then yes I would say the car is hers (i know many females with worked cars).

otherwise I (sexistly) will assume that the car is someone elses

Originally posted by primera man


As much as i think its goodng a woman in a cool looking car i have to be honest and say i think shes driving her partners.






pman tip toes out of thread

that's an old man's answer....If she can go through the drive up window at MacDonalds,order a Big Mac and fries, and drive out one handed,it's gotta be hers.

I dated a girl with a Eclipse GTS or GST whatever the hell it is. She is hooking it up and all into racing and $hit. Too bad we didn't work out :(

Usually my 1st response is, "it's her man's ride".