If you have to ponder whether what you're wearing, driving, or doing is "manly," you're not.
Pretty much! If you are driving an un-compromised vision of what you want to drive then that is essentially male...being bold, doing right and generally following your heart.
I only would argue against a jack of all trades vehicle, they are generally diluted experiences for the purposes of this thread argument. Unlike man(people) cars cannot generally adjust too much beyond their built in capabilities. Whereas we can adapt greatly. Therefore we need multiple vehicles. As someone stated, these are tools, and we need more than 1 tool.
That being said 1 vehicle doesn't fulfill the requirements for such a question this thread proposes. It is a boundary that I don't think is necessary, and putting artificial bounds on one's self and this question is silly.
Therefore I would own whatever I thought was best for the following(with my own vehicles after):
Commuter - '10 WRX
Rippin' - '06 Viper
Haulin' / Workin' - Family trucks
To boil it down - I respect anyone's decision to go after the car that is un-compromised for them. Whether it's a monster truck or a beetle.
Being in my Viper with my soon to be wife is one of my greatest current experiences. No other vehicle and set of circumstances for me can duplicate that.
That's a bunch of nonsense. I could easily make do with one car if I were single. As it stands my wife and I both have one car each, a midsize sedan and a fullsize sedan. This has been the case in our house for the past 12 years.
It so happens that I also have a motorcycle but really it isn't necessary and even though I do commute on it fairly regularly it is a bit of a luxury item.
i wouldn't characterize that as a "need" like you do in your original post though.Being against making do was a point of my post. I could make do with just a normal sized sedan too. You could make do too but you aren't. You have 2 cars and a cool bike.
Oh, you mean a "given up on life" car.
Or an "I made the decisions everyone thought I should instead of what I really wanted so I'd fit in and make my parents shut up" car :biggrin:
Being against making do was a point of my post. I could make do with just a normal sized sedan too. You could make do too but you aren't. You have 2 cars and a cool bike.
I was kidding just for the record.
He has no idea what he's saying. He's simply confused and seeking some kind of validation.
This thread has shown me that my 1/2 ton pickup I bought in May is simply not manly enough, and I need to go trade it in on a 1 ton diesel dually lifted and huge stacks. You know, to be manly. Thank you OP for showing me the error of my ways.
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Nah, pickup trucks are for hillbillies and Hispanics, clearly lesser folks without keen intellect. You need to have a modern sportscar to be a true member of the intellectually sophisticated bourgeoisie.
I'd say that impracticality puts it up high on the manly scale. Lifted 4x4 truck with mudders you use to commute in the city daily? Completely impractical. Manly. Same with sports cars that get terrible mileage and have way more power than you can use day to day.
Not that practical cars are not manly, but certainly the least manly cars I can think of are exceptionally practical. Mini-vans. Prius. Etc.
Viper
Very manly. I've never seen a woman drive one.
Not manly. Childish. It's not a symbol of technology, innovation, or intellect.