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This was pointed out to me during a conversation about how being "Mr.Fixit" is not as appealing to women as it was for previous generations like the old saying "if she don't find you handsome at least she can find you handy", anyway it was pointed out that most women drive new cars that Joe Shadetree can't work on beyond minor stuff. Well I actually thought about women I know, women I've dated(who had cars) and I starting just paying attention when I'm out driving or Cycling to the women driving or getting in and out of cars.
Well that guy was right for the most part, on average most women I see out and about are in cars no older than 2010ish, you see an 86 escort driving by 9 times out of 10 it's gonna be a guy driving it.
And while it seems the most high end cars are driven by men so are the vast majority of beaterz(2X4 as a bumper, coat hanger as a car antenna etc etc). Even lower income women(service workers, like fast food or waitress types) seem to have newer cars or they get rides to work but not much in between.
The only main exception I've noticed is older retired women.
Part of it has been easier access to credit, and I'm sure another part is that women are making their own decisions, and living single longer. As far as older women, I know my wife gets priority in the new vehicle rotation, and I'll make due with whatever else we have, not that there's a "bad" choice.
Yeah, most women are not into working on a car so they will buy something newer, and usually Japanese, for reliability. A depressingly large percentage of women consider a car just another appliance, and would not know the first thing about my M3, for example.
There are a few out there who are into cars, and so would be into a guy who has a good car and knows how to do his own maintenance and repairs.
Yeah, back in the day, a chick with her hood up was my favorite "pick up" situation. Most of the time I could get the car to run, and I usually got her number as well. Some of these turned into relationships, some didn't.
How about that they can afford them but i don’t make it a habit of what other people drive because i could care less what others drive i don’t know why people always bring up what others are driving.
Darn straight! We dont want to be stranded in an older car. Simple.
But I see newer vehicles broke down also.
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Originally Posted by easy62
How about that they can afford them but i don’t make it a habit of what other people drive because i could care less what others drive i don’t know why people always bring up what others are driving.
Its only about what others drive on the surface, it's more about the choices made by certain groups.
Plus I know women who are struggling trying to keep a car payment instead of just getting a beater to go back and forth to work until they can afford better.
Pretty simple. Most couples nowadays have two cars, and the wife drives the newer one, for a number of reasons. Like safety, in case of breakdown.
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