Definition of a girl car

[jinushaun]

I know this is a not a BMW-related topic, but since this is the forum I frequent the most, I thought I'd ask it here.

What is a girl car? (I'm a guy, by the way)

I've heard the Jetta and the Eclipse been called girl cars, but I can't quite figure out what the true definition of a girl car really is. I doubt that girls make of the bulk of car buyers for these and other "girl cars;" so what gives? In the case of the Eclipse, I think it's a girl car because it looks agressive and sporty and powerful, but is actually a pretty weak car. Is the Jetta girly because it is trendy among the teens?

Please share your ideas, I'd really like to know. Let's hope the 3 series doesn't become a gir car anytime soon.

[DVSNCYNIKL]

Since it isn't BMW related, I am moving it to where it is most likely to be viewed, off topic. Thank you.

[G-Forces]

The biggest girl car I can think of is the VW Cabrio. I almost always see young chicks driving those. I don't know what makes a girl car...I think if the car is 'cute' then it's a girl car.

[kris]

Hmmm, Hopefully I dont get in trouble for this. Here are a few I think. Neons, newer VW bugs, Escort ZX2, Cabriolet, 4 door Focus', Echo. Hmmm, cant think of any others at the moment.

OT, have you ever noticed, that if there is a Roxy sticker on the car, it has been turned into a major chick car?

[KatWoman]

Originally posted by kbslacker
Hmmm, Hopefully I dont get in trouble for this. Here are a few I think. Neons,

:finger:

My beast oWnZ jOo...j/k



My hunny, Alex's, Neon....fully shaved..those wheels are now on my car hehe:

[kris]

I like your car better.

[KatWoman]

Hehe...his car now has my old wheels and it looks way better than with the black wheels. I traded him my old ones for those and then had them recoated in silver..Here's a pic of mine with the old wheels:

[EdgarFan659]

Originally posted by jinushaun
I know this is a not a BMW-related topic, but since this is the forum I frequent the most, I thought I'd ask it here.

What is a girl car? (I'm a guy, by the way)

I've heard the Jetta and the Eclipse been called girl cars, but I can't quite figure out what the true definition of a girl car really is. I doubt that girls make of the bulk of car buyers for these and other "girl cars;" so what gives? In the case of the Eclipse, I think it's a girl car because it looks agressive and sporty and powerful, but is actually a pretty weak car. Is the Jetta girly because it is trendy among the teens?

Please share your ideas, I'd really like to know. Let's hope the 3 series doesn't become a gir car anytime soon.

Anything hip and trendy within the "teeny-bopper", Britney Spear's/Backdoor Boys listenin' genre... So yeah, I think the Jetta is definitely a chick car. It's more than that though. Like, you just get the feeling deep down in your gut when you look at it that it's girly.

Also any car that is underpowered that a girl would consider owning simply because it was "cute" (*shudder*) is a girl car.

The 3-series will never be a girl car unless the price suddenly drops 20K, loses 100hp, and comes in cutsey-color varieties on the exterior. Oh yeah, and comes stock with a cloth interior. My girlfriend complains incessantly about how leather is "uncomfortable in the summer".

I had a friend who told me that the Civic was chick car, but I never really agreed with him on that one.

[Hudson]

As Jean Lindamood (now Jennings) editorialized about this subject in Automobile magazine a few years ago, her definition seems to be the best on the subject. She stated that a "chick car" was a sporty car without the muscle to back it up. Like a base Probe or a base Eclipse. Everybody agrees that the Volkwagen Cabriolet/Cabrio is the quintessential "chick car," but I like Ms. Lindamood's definition best.

[speediva]

Originally posted by EdgarFan659
My girlfriend complains incessantly about how leather is "uncomfortable in the summer".

Do you have any idea how hot leather gets in the summer!?!? I had to buy fake sheepskin seat covers to keep my @ss from roasting to the seats in my G20!!!

I have made my car kinda girly, but since I AM a girl, I think it's only fitting. Heck, the only thing I've really done so far is to put in an american flag sticker on the rear window, my High School graduation tassle, and a new steering wheel cover!!!

[KatWoman]

I may have to get sheepskins for mine next summer ..even with an Arctic A/C System™ the seats still get hotter than heck.

[Steel]

The hot chick im taking on a date owns a Camaro SS, 99 i think. Damn hot car....definly not a chick car, excpet that she doesnt drive it like a camaro deserves to be driven.

[EdgarFan659]

Originally posted by saturntangerine


Do you have any idea how hot leather gets in the summer!?!? I had to buy fake sheepskin seat covers to keep my @ss from roasting to the seats in my G20!!!

What color leather do ya got? Personally I have never driven anything with black leather, so I can't make a judgement on it. I would imagine that black would get pretty damn hot though. As far as gray leather goes, I never had a problem with it feeling too hot in the summer.

[speediva]

My leather's tan, but I didn't have any window tint on yet. So the sun just made it's happy way into my car to make it beyond toasty!!!

I'm getting 35% put on my windows in the next month, which won't do me much good during the dismal, gray Pittsburgh winter, but I hope it helps for next summer to reflect some of the heat back...

[KatWoman]

My leather is black ...and my windows are tinted only 20%...that was 4 years ago....and even that has faded a bit.