MX-5 - A girly car?

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MX-5 - A girly car?

Post by Gary Morrison » Fri Nov 24, 2000 8:08 am

This in repsonse to this suggestion - from the power list in the USA..


Miata Drivers - "How NOT to be girly"

Stickers- get some stickers. Not bumper stickers, mind you, but some decals
that pertain to things girls don't usually understand. I've yet to meet a girl
who remotely understands my Team Voodoo banner across the windshield. Every
girl I know has asked me what the hell did I do that for.

Color choice. Get a manly color like red or black and get the windows tinted
dark (I haven't done that to Spider yet, but my '92 Black had real dark
windows). Any color Miata can be made manly, however.

Fat tires- Get some 15 x 7 or bigger wheels and run 50 series or lower tires.
This gives the car a more muscular stance. Nothing looks girlier than wheels
that don't fill out the fenders. Other guys will say stuff like "cool wheels,
man". (Notice that they say "man", not "wuss")

Get a subwoofer. If your car thumps a little at stoplights, people will know
you are not gay.

Try to look real mean when driving. Girly men are not usually mean-looking.

Drive like a bat out of hell. Girly men don't drive fast.

Stripes. I haven't done this YET either, but girls generally don't like them.
Every girl I know has asked me why the hell do you want to do that to your
car.

Get some driving lights, girls don't seem to understand why I have driving
lights. For that matter, most of the guys I know don't understand that either,
but some have said "Cool lights, man."

Run in an autocross and talk about it a lot around the office. People think
you are real "gonzo" for racing your car. "Gonzo" dudes don't drive girly
cars.

Get a fat exhaust tip. There's some kind of phallic association with it.

Spoilers

A SOLO I approved roll bar. Real "gonzo" looking.

And if all else fails: Mud flaps with chrome naked-girl silhouettes.

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