Attractive women hate the sight of an average guy in a 911 or other exotic
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11-20-2019, 11:20 AM
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But what I'm really trying to say is that excessive flaunting of wealth backfires in many ways, particularly amongst people under the age of 35. In other words, it is "cool to be poor" nowadays amongst young people. Maybe my observations are wrong, but maybe I am not. Most millennials just don't share the same intense enthusiasm for $100,000+ cars, and would fit in more with the crowd driving a 2005 Toyota Camry. Spending such large amounts of money on what is essentially a rich man's toy exhibits low IQ behavior in a way, but then again like I said, I could be wrong.
I'm involved with a few different local and state wide car groups. The "younger" members seem to gravitate more towards "lesser" cars that are modified. Showing up in a bone stock high end car is seen as: "Oh wow, you have money....whoopie do". But show up in a 350Z with properly done and well executed modifications, even better if you did most of them yourself, draws a crowd. They appreciate the work and craftsmanship over just owning a "cool" car.
They have a moniker: "Built Not Bought" that is even applied to cheaper modified cars where the owner simply dropped it off at a shop and wrote a check for all the work. If everything is "store bought" and just bolted on, doesn't get as much respect.
Thankfully this crowed has a growing appreciation for stock, well cared for vintage cars, like everything I own. It was quite shocking how much respect they had for a bone stock 928.
What SillyGoose is more or less getting it, don't be surprised if you pull up to C&C in a brand spanking new, optioned out 992 and the younger crowd would rather look at a bone stock Honda Civic CRX in excellent shape (true story from this year, no 992 but the new(er) cars were getting far less attention than a mint condition 87 CRX, even from me).
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11-20-2019, 11:37 AM
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11-20-2019, 11:42 AM
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11-20-2019, 11:43 AM
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I actually sort of agree with this, but from a different angle.
I'm involved with a few different local and state wide car groups. The "younger" members seem to gravitate more towards "lesser" cars that are modified. Showing up in a bone stock high end car is seen as: "Oh wow, you have money....whoopie do". But show up in a 350Z with properly done and well executed modifications, even better if you did most of them yourself, draws a crowd. They appreciate the work and craftsmanship over just owning a "cool" car.
They have a moniker: "Built Not Bought" that is even applied to cheaper modified cars where the owner simply dropped it off at a shop and wrote a check for all the work. If everything is "store bought" and just bolted on, doesn't get as much respect.
Thankfully this crowed has a growing appreciation for stock, well cared for vintage cars, like everything I own. It was quite shocking how much respect they had for a bone stock 928.
What SillyGoose is more or less getting it, don't be surprised if you pull up to C&C in a brand spanking new, optioned out 992 and the younger crowd would rather look at a bone stock Honda Civic CRX in excellent shape (true story from this year, no 992 but the new(er) cars were getting far less attention than a mint condition 87 CRX, even from me).
I'm involved with a few different local and state wide car groups. The "younger" members seem to gravitate more towards "lesser" cars that are modified. Showing up in a bone stock high end car is seen as: "Oh wow, you have money....whoopie do". But show up in a 350Z with properly done and well executed modifications, even better if you did most of them yourself, draws a crowd. They appreciate the work and craftsmanship over just owning a "cool" car.
They have a moniker: "Built Not Bought" that is even applied to cheaper modified cars where the owner simply dropped it off at a shop and wrote a check for all the work. If everything is "store bought" and just bolted on, doesn't get as much respect.
Thankfully this crowed has a growing appreciation for stock, well cared for vintage cars, like everything I own. It was quite shocking how much respect they had for a bone stock 928.
What SillyGoose is more or less getting it, don't be surprised if you pull up to C&C in a brand spanking new, optioned out 992 and the younger crowd would rather look at a bone stock Honda Civic CRX in excellent shape (true story from this year, no 992 but the new(er) cars were getting far less attention than a mint condition 87 CRX, even from me).
11-20-2019, 11:51 AM
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Who picks up attractive women at Cars and Coffee? C&C is a sausage fest.
And while the younger male generation might appreciate “built not bought” and highly modified cars, again I do not meet many women that gush over heavily modified rides.
The Fast and the Furious is not the typical car scene.
And while the younger male generation might appreciate “built not bought” and highly modified cars, again I do not meet many women that gush over heavily modified rides.
The Fast and the Furious is not the typical car scene.
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11-20-2019, 12:09 PM
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In my experience (under 35, North East):
Most women like anything with a premium badge and flashy colours. This is true regardless of age demographic. (eg. A miamiblue/lavaorange Cayman/Boxster will attract more attention than a silver/black/white turbo S/gt3 any day.) You’ll be lucky to find someone who can tell apart a Carrera from a Cayman, or a CLA from a C63. But everyone knows the Porsche, Ferrari, Aston, Lambo badges.
If you don’t believe me, try a social experiment. Open up two tinder/hinge/whateverdatingapp profiles, one with pics of you and a fancy P-car and one with a rocketbunny ft-86/nismo370z. Limit age to 35. See how that goes.
Most millennials/genZ that turn up their noses when they see luxury cars do it because of resentment. They know it’s a bad investment, and the average mil/genZ is f***ed financially due to the bad hand being dealt to them. So they hate on those who weren’t so unlucky. If these guys didn’t have to deal with exorbitant college loans, low paying jobs, increasing real estate prices, poisonous politics, and corporations destroying the f***ing planet, they’d be all over luxury cars too.
Most women like anything with a premium badge and flashy colours. This is true regardless of age demographic. (eg. A miamiblue/lavaorange Cayman/Boxster will attract more attention than a silver/black/white turbo S/gt3 any day.) You’ll be lucky to find someone who can tell apart a Carrera from a Cayman, or a CLA from a C63. But everyone knows the Porsche, Ferrari, Aston, Lambo badges.
If you don’t believe me, try a social experiment. Open up two tinder/hinge/whateverdatingapp profiles, one with pics of you and a fancy P-car and one with a rocketbunny ft-86/nismo370z. Limit age to 35. See how that goes.
Most millennials/genZ that turn up their noses when they see luxury cars do it because of resentment. They know it’s a bad investment, and the average mil/genZ is f***ed financially due to the bad hand being dealt to them. So they hate on those who weren’t so unlucky. If these guys didn’t have to deal with exorbitant college loans, low paying jobs, increasing real estate prices, poisonous politics, and corporations destroying the f***ing planet, they’d be all over luxury cars too.
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11-20-2019, 01:30 PM
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I want to add to this train wreck.. In the Ferrari community there is a saying that Ferrari’s only attract teenage boys but I will defer to sillygoose regarding this. If you are buying an expensive toy to attract hot women it needs to fly or float. I will also add that I have witnessed women who talk crap about nice things but when given the opportunity to participate with said things jump at the chance.
And guess what? Some of us (I would speculate many of us) spent our earlier years working on cheaper cars and fixing them up. Built not bought is a slogan that people love to throw around narrow mindedly. I personally am too busy taking care of my family and my profession to spend all my time in the garage anymore and even if I could my back would not tolerate it. So judge away ye with little life experience and even less success. The guy in the 911 is more worried about his family and furthering his career than having the newest caster/camber plates on his civic.
And guess what? Some of us (I would speculate many of us) spent our earlier years working on cheaper cars and fixing them up. Built not bought is a slogan that people love to throw around narrow mindedly. I personally am too busy taking care of my family and my profession to spend all my time in the garage anymore and even if I could my back would not tolerate it. So judge away ye with little life experience and even less success. The guy in the 911 is more worried about his family and furthering his career than having the newest caster/camber plates on his civic.
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11-20-2019, 02:15 PM
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That's why I pondered the idea of putting 28 or 30 inch rims onto a 992. The only person who would be willing to ride around and be seen in that is someone who has recently retired after a long career of selling drugs or me.
But what I'm really trying to say is that excessive flaunting of wealth backfires in many ways, particularly amongst people under the age of 35. In other words, it is "cool to be poor" nowadays amongst young people. Maybe my observations are wrong, but maybe I am not. Most millennials just don't share the same intense enthusiasm for $100,000+ cars, and would fit in more with the crowd driving a 2005 Toyota Camry. Spending such large amounts of money on what is essentially a rich man's toy exhibits low IQ behavior in a way, but then again like I said, I could be wrong. At this point, since the 28inch rim idea is way too expensive, I think a Panamera 4s optioned out with all the good sport features, full leather, wrapped in chrome gold vinyl with HRE P201 rims would be a great middle finger to them.
But what I'm really trying to say is that excessive flaunting of wealth backfires in many ways, particularly amongst people under the age of 35. In other words, it is "cool to be poor" nowadays amongst young people. Maybe my observations are wrong, but maybe I am not. Most millennials just don't share the same intense enthusiasm for $100,000+ cars, and would fit in more with the crowd driving a 2005 Toyota Camry. Spending such large amounts of money on what is essentially a rich man's toy exhibits low IQ behavior in a way, but then again like I said, I could be wrong. At this point, since the 28inch rim idea is way too expensive, I think a Panamera 4s optioned out with all the good sport features, full leather, wrapped in chrome gold vinyl with HRE P201 rims would be a great middle finger to them.
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