John---where have you been?? The E-Type has and still is the number 1
"Chick" catcher ever built. And--it is pretty masculine also. Don't
believe it? Bring your AH over for a little run in the hills:)
tom
> [Original Message]
> From: John Soderling <jsoderling@astound.net>
> To: Healey List <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Date: 7/22/04 11:40:02 PM
> Subject: Healey Ain't No "Girly-Men's" Car
>
> Hi all,
>
> One of the great things about owning and driving a "ham-fisted"
> "hairy-chested" Austin Healey roadster is that Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger
> can't call us "Girly-Men"!
>
> Cars, like people, often exhibit characteristics or acquire reputations
that
> tend to identify them as either masculine cars or feminine/"chick" cars.
> Limiting the discussion to roadster/convertible cars, either classic or
> contemporary, here are a few masculine and "chick" convertibles that
> immediately come to mind:
>
> Masculine Convertibles
> a.. Austin Healey
> b.. Cobra
> c.. Porsche
> d.. Mustang?
> e.. Corvette
> f.. BMW Z3, Z4 & Z8
>
> "Chick" Convertibles
> a.. Miata
> b.. MB SL
> c.. Chrysler Sebring
> d.. VW Beetle & Rabbit Cabriolet
> e.. Lexus SC 430
> f.. Audi TT
> What are the characteristics that might tend to place a car on one list
or the
> other? For example, it seems that models that were successful as race
cars or
> rally cars would most likely be thought of as masculine. One Healey owner
I
> know would go so far as to place all convertibles with roll-up windows on
the
> "Chick" list.
>
> Anyone care to add or subtract classic or contemporary convertibles
to/from
> either List? Where might various MG, Triumph and Jaquar "open tops" fit?
>
>
> Vrooom vrooom,
> John
>
> Hang in there, Arnie, don't let the "political correct" cops intimidate
you.
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