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What defines a "girly car"
steve m - 29/8/17 at 09:09 PM

Serious question, as I am/was! looking at changing my Mondeo, for something a bit smaller, more along a Ford Focus size of car

The car I mentioned to a friend, scoffed, at me, and said it was a girls car, now im worried

All I need is a four seater with a decent sized boot/tailgate,
Now, I will come clean as to what I was after, but would like to hear what others see as a girls/female car

Ie,

A Ford Ka is girly

nero1701 - 29/8/17 at 09:17 PM

My daily s a R32 golf it's 5 door,4wd, big boot, sounds great and goes like a stabbed rat

Anything that you don't have to have a second look at once you get out is not worth it.

Girly cars
Fist 500
Mini
Citroen picssso
People carriers
106
Nissan Leaf

myke pocock - 29/8/17 at 09:34 PM

To answer your question directly, NOTHING!!! If it does what you want it to do, you like the design, it is the right price etc etc etc WHO CARES!!! Serious answer.

mcerd1 - 29/8/17 at 09:41 PM

quote:
Originally posted by nero1701
Girly cars
Fist 500
Mini
Citroen picssso
People carriers
106
Nissan Leaf

I'd have a 106 - loads of very cheap fun (still miss my old one)

mind I never liked the mondeo's much in the first place, the original ones are horrible (although not as bad as a Vectra) and the later ones are a focus with an serious obesity problem



[Edited on 29/8/2017 by mcerd1]

loggyboy - 29/8/17 at 09:44 PM

quote:
Originally posted by nero1701
My daily s a R32 golf it's 5 door,4wd, big boot, sounds great and goes like a stabbed rat

Anything that you don't have to have a second look at once you get out is not worth it.

Girly cars
Fist 500
Mini
Citroen picssso
People carriers
106
Nissan Leaf


4 of those are pensioners cars more than girlie.

steve m - 29/8/17 at 09:47 PM

don't worry, its none of those

mcerd1 - 29/8/17 at 09:56 PM

Suzuki Baleno
Pug 308
Hyundai i30
Citroen C4 / DS4 / C4 Cactus
Renault Megane
Nissan Pulsar / Note
Kia Soul
Merc A-class
Mazda 3
Kia Ceed
BMW 1 series
Anything Dacia



.....what do we will if we guess right ?

pekwah1 - 29/8/17 at 11:23 PM

A girly car..... hmmmmm..... girls are short, therefore a girls car is anything someone under 5'5" would drive????

907 - 30/8/17 at 04:32 AM

Around here there's only one car you never see a bloke drive.



Mini

ian locostzx9rc2 - 30/8/17 at 05:23 AM

Buy what ever car you want it's your choice.

steve m - 30/8/17 at 06:44 AM

Thanks Andy for your witty comment

I quite like the look of the Ford Kuga, or cougar as my mate pointed out

The Kuga is basicly a revamped Focus

so now that ive come clean, is the Kuga a girly car

steve

jelly head - 30/8/17 at 06:59 AM

My mate had a Kuga, wouldn't say it was girly, he got shut after a month though, just didn't like it.

benchmark51 - 30/8/17 at 07:05 AM

Girly cars are usually defined by the tit that's driving them, so if your mate say's your car is Girly, give him a slap.

craigdiver - 30/8/17 at 07:07 AM

I personally would avoid these, however, I would take Nicki Minaj's pink lambo for free. Hopefully you can see the theme to avoid ;-)







Also avoid cars with eyelashes!

SJ - 30/8/17 at 07:16 AM

quote:

The car I mentioned to a friend, scoffed, at me, and said it was a girls car, now im worried


Maybe point out to him that the 1970's have ended. Does he have side burns and drive a Capri?

pekwah1 - 30/8/17 at 07:35 AM

My mate bought a Tiguan and I take the wee calling him a soccer mom now... bu as others have said, get whatever you like and you want, who cares what other people think. Would I get one, no, but st the same time I don't really care if someone else is driving one!

mcerd1 - 30/8/17 at 08:00 AM

quote:
Originally posted by steve m
I quite like the look of the Ford Kuga, or cougar as my mate pointed out
The Kuga is basicly a revamped Focus

As I see it the C-max is a stretched up focus, the Kuga is more or less the same but adds ground clearance and maybe haldex 4x4 (like all the other soft-roaders) other than that the Kuga's tend to only come in higher trim specs...

out of the three personally I'd have the focus - it'll be cheaper, weigh less, handle better, go faster and use less fuel than the equivalent kuga.

however in reality due to having small people to transport on a daily basis - I've got the c-max now
its defiantly a family car, but not quite a full on people carrier (its still a quite chuckable on the twisty roads )

quote:
Originally posted by steve m
so now that ive come clean, is the Kuga a girly car

Not really

but to me it says a family car for someone who doesn't want to admit they need a family car (if that makes sense)
I'd place it a closer to a nissan qashqai or maybe a vw tiguan

[Edited on 30/8/2017 by mcerd1]

Dick - 30/8/17 at 08:05 AM

pm sent

craigdiver - 30/8/17 at 08:38 AM

Apart from joking about pink cars, I do drive a practical Fiat Qubo, 1.3 diesel, 95bhp, 70mpg, £30 road tax, fun to drive, sliding rear doors, smallish car but tonnes of room inside for my two 6ft tall teenage sons. And, cheap as chips to buy ('15' plate £7.5k).



To get my thrills I have a big V-twin Aprilla bike and a Haynes Roadster on the way!

nick205 - 30/8/17 at 01:01 PM

Mini

Never liked them and they seem to be driven young ladies with wealthy parents or middle aged ladies with a touch of mid-life crisis.

Others mention MX5s, they seem ok to me though.

All in if a Focus does what you need go for it.

Benzine - 30/8/17 at 02:11 PM

Any car with a windscreen

David Jenkins - 30/8/17 at 02:30 PM

quote:
Originally posted by nick205
Others mention MX5s, they seem ok to me though.


I will confess to thinking the MX5 a bit hairdresser, until I drove one - it was actually a very pleasant and fun experience. If I ever sell my Locost and still want a fun car, then the MX5 has to be top of the list.

TimC - 30/8/17 at 04:47 PM

quote:
Originally posted by craigdiver
Apart from joking about pink cars, I do drive a practical Fiat Qubo, 1.3 diesel, 95bhp, 70mpg, £30 road tax, fun to drive, sliding rear doors, smallish car but tonnes of room inside for my two 6ft tall teenage sons. And, cheap as chips to buy ('15' plate £7.5k).



To get my thrills I have a big V-twin Aprilla bike and a Haynes Roadster on the way!


Wife has a Bipper Tepee. You can hose it out which is great with a three year old. I'd have been tempted too but tow weights are pathetic.

907 - 30/8/17 at 04:48 PM

Doughnut underestimate an MX5

r1_pete - 30/8/17 at 05:13 PM

I think it all comes down to how you accessorize :-

Hmmmm
Hmmmm

nick205 - 31/8/17 at 07:56 AM

quote:
Originally posted by r1_pete
I think it all comes down to how you accessorize :-

Hmmmm
Hmmmm



Good point - and another down view on Minis for me. My local supermarket car parks have plenty of Minis with such adornments on them.

Is there no regulation to stop this?

coyoteboy - 31/8/17 at 10:14 AM

I think it depends on the driver. If you're man enough, no car is girly

Smoking Frog - 31/8/17 at 11:40 AM

I wouldn't consider a Kuga as a girly car but it also depends on the colour. I like to think these things don't affect me. But I can't say I was totally at ease driving my wife's cars which included a lilac Puma, Mini and purple Rav4 (SWB).