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Old 03-02-2010, 02:31 PM
 
Location: Texas
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Nah, there is the type of guy who poses with his car or his motorcycle or whatever as if it's a trophy, like he believes that this car says something important about who he is as a person. There's a difference between the intention of that and a shot of him with his dog or his buddies.
Really? So if my hobby is cross-stitching and I pose with my county fair prize winning bit of cross-stitch whatever-the-hell-you-call-it, that's different than if my lifelong passion has been cars and I happen to love them as a hobby and they are my favorite toys?
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Old 03-02-2010, 02:43 PM
 
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Personally, when I see people make assumptions about my financial decision making based on what kind of car I drive, I laugh hysterically.
Wasnt that the whole primise of the study. Women make assumptions based on your car, car=financial decision making, expensive car=good decision making, expensive car=attraction.
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Old 03-02-2010, 02:45 PM
 
Location: Texas
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Wasnt that the whole primise of the study. Women make assumptions based on your car, car=financial decision making, expensive car=good decision making, expensive car=attraction.
Yes, but I think everyone on this thread can agree that what you see ain't always what you get. Judge a book by its cover, etc.

It is sad that anyone is making decisions on anyone based on a material possession. Besides underwear, of course. Everyone should have underwear. That fits.
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Old 03-02-2010, 04:33 PM
 
Location: California
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I'm more impressed by men who drive practical cars. When I see a guy in something really flashy or over the top, especially a guy over 40, I'm running the other way. I don't need some mid-life mess.
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Old 03-02-2010, 04:44 PM
 
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I love that this has gone on for umpteen pages and STILL we haven't established just how many women supposedly participated in this study.

I don't really know the quality of the news source but it's still reading like an opinion piece to me. SHOW ME FACTS.

I think we've gathered more realistic ones on this thread which refute Dr Dunn's claims anyway.
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Old 03-02-2010, 04:54 PM
 
Location: Northside Of Jacksonville
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This is the truth, women like hoopties. There it is. An example of what drives the ladies wild:
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Old 03-02-2010, 04:56 PM
 
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They are hiring people to drive the Oscar Meyer Wiener Mobile. Pays about 30k a year and your lodging is free cause you travel.

Gentlemen, start your engines.
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Old 03-02-2010, 04:57 PM
 
Location: The cupboard under the sink
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should we define "expensive" first ?

Are we talking performance saloon ?
Restored muscle car ?
Penis extension "supercar" ?

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Old 03-02-2010, 05:33 PM
 
Location: Nashville, Tn
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I think the OP might not be taking everything into consideration. If a guy is driving some piece of junk it is likely to project the probability that he hasn't done very well in life and this image would be worse as he gets older. I drove plenty of junkers when I was a teenager but that's typical for that age. If a guy is in his 40's or 50's and is still driving that same piece of junk it's not going to reflect very well on his abilities. I don't see this as being much different than how appealing a man would be who's older and is living in a beat up trailer house as opposed to a house that's well maintained.
The feeling I'm getting is that this is just another thread that's supposed to expose how gold digging women are only in it for the money and judging by some of the posts I've read from some of the men on this forum I would imagine that this is music to their ears. My question to those men would be why shouldn't a woman be more attracted to a man who has made the most of his abilities and tried to become successful in whatever career he happened to be in?
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Old 03-03-2010, 12:38 AM
 
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I don't really care what a guy is driving, as long as its not a bicycle, a pinto, a station wagon, or a minivan.
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