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wattawog · 01-19-2005, 02:18 PM

I was on cruising my way to a mates house tonight. My girlfriend turns around and said to me. Huni, do you think in a stupid sense cars are like people. Now what she meant was something along the lines of. The motor is the heart. Windscreen wipers are eye lids. Sun visors are eye lases. The siren/horn is its voice etc. etc. I think everyone gets my point.
So then she asks me, "what would you consider a car to be. Male or female?"
I reply, female... My only reason is silly aswell but hey... I told her its because of the fact that, the fuel pump nozzles are the males in the car business. The fuel tank is what makes the car female...
Going on we were into the conversation, like full on.. She goes to me. "You see, i always told you girls are better and guys cant be without us." All i could think of in reply was something we also mentioned in the conversation. Where as the gearbox is the male part of the car.

sounds stupid, i know, i know! But since the car is nothing without a gearbox. Same goes for the gearbox is nothing without a car.

Enough about my conversations when I am stoned, how about someone elses opinion wether a car is male or female.. It is doing my head in and got me thinking hard!

What do you think

TT · 01-19-2005, 02:25 PM

Well female is the obvious answer for me: in Italian the car is "female".. in english it is IT, but in italian we only have male or female connotation.. and the car is the latter

And its kinda obvious

ZfrkS62 · 01-19-2005, 02:30 PM

it depends on the car's personality. My Datsun was a female since she never wanted to start on cold mornings and had a tendency to not listen to me when i tried to tune her carbs (i got a call from the car's new owner yesterday [female who also owns a 280Z, i'll try and direct her here

] saying that they were having issues with the carbs) to this day the rear carb (cyl, 4-6) STILL runs lean. This is partially the reason i named her Jezebelle :roll:

the van i drive now is male, just because i don't want to drive it (i prefer riding in a female thank you very much

) but the majority of cars i come across are female, i think.

topgeartom · 01-19-2005, 02:33 PM

i think pretty much everything with an engine is a 'she' its just one of those things. Its accepted that that is what it is - boats are always she or her, and even something like a Lamborghini LM002 will still probably be referred to as a female. Odd, but i think thats just the way it always has been

ZfrkS62 · 01-19-2005, 02:40 PM

Originally Posted by topgeartom

i think pretty much everything with an engine is a 'she' its just one of those things. Its accepted that that is what it is - boats are always she or her, and even something like a Lamborghini LM002 will still probably be referred to as a female. Odd, but i think thats just the way it always has been

now wait a second, what do you think the General Lee is then? As pissed off as that engine is, there is no way the General can be female. WWWWWAAAAAAAYYYYYY too much testosterone under that hood

come to think of it, any engine with more that 400 cubic inches is male. Maybe there should be a horsepower limit too on which engines get labeled male and which ones get labled female, because the 3 litre V10s in F1 can't be female either...

cooperluke · 01-19-2005, 02:43 PM

It depends on the car!!!

Do you thing a Lamborghini Diablo is a girl????

Obviously an Alfa 147 GTA is a girl!

CB

TT · 01-19-2005, 02:43 PM

Sorry but the General Lee was probably a trans

TT · 01-19-2005, 02:44 PM

Originally Posted by cooperluke

It depends on the car!!!

Do you thing a Lamborghini Diablo is a girl????

Obviously an Alfa 147 GTA is a girl!

CB

Not sure I would be that happy to keep using the "stick" of a Diablo if it really is a "male"

wattawog · 01-19-2005, 02:45 PM

So judging by what i've just read. Im not a tripper. Thx guys!
If we were to generalize and not take personality (like zfrks mentioned) into consideration. It would make cars female, just because!
I really like that idea of power rating to be the key in determining the difference.
Im looking forward in reading what a female member has to say

TT · 01-19-2005, 02:46 PM

Im looking forward in reading what a female member has to say

I hope you are not in a hurry

ZfrkS62 · 01-19-2005, 02:47 PM

Originally Posted by TT

Sorry but the General Lee was probably a trans

no wonder muscle cars don't exist in Europe

BADMIHAI · 01-19-2005, 02:49 PM

3 litre V10s in F1 can't be female either

I think the F1 V10 are females aswell. They revv very high and scream.

As for cars, I'd say they're females. Some are hot, others are fugly. :fadein:

ZfrkS62 · 01-19-2005, 02:50 PM

They revv very high and scream.

hmmm...point taken

wattawog · 01-19-2005, 02:51 PM

No hurry Chief!

I kindah was before.
Like I mentioned it was doing my head in. I thought I was going stupid and wasn't sure if i should have shared this information. I had to really think a while before I posted. I was scared of the initial reaction of members thinking im loony! O well! lol

O and we did mention one other similarity in cars and people. Which is looks, being ugly or hot etc. etc.

BADMIHAI · 01-19-2005, 02:53 PM

So judging by what i've just read. Im not a tripper. Thx guys!

That's like saying, "Because everyone in the nut house agrees with me, I must be sane.".