Women and fancy cars....

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i can't bear to watch it...

As a car fanatic (my special interest), I collect and race some very rare cars. However, if I were going out on a first date, I would rent a Honda or something like that. I wouldn't want a woman to like me any more or less because of my cars. That said, ultimately we'd have to deal with the fact that it is a special interest... and hopefully one that she can live with.

I agree with the other user who used the peacock feather example.

You are failing to understand that 'wealth' was manifested in a totally different form in the prehistory, sure there were no real assets and currency back then but it could be manifested in the number of deer the caveman could hunt.


And there ARE studies that contradict what you're claiming:





ahh and since we're talking about cars:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/504 ... -cars.html


I REALLY LOLED at this woman's comment there:



She's either a big hypocrite or a man trolling....

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC1_GD7WZ2M&feature=related[/youtube] This is the car I have only its a black coupe I bought on Craigs list for 1100 hehe currently shes not running though due to overheating issues and the battery is dead at the moment once I get the money to get the heater hoses changed the the battary changed she will be good to go. Its not super duper fancy but I like her.

Boo, if I was smart (which I'm not), I would have used the 50K or so I have spent buying (18K) and working on the 180 and brought something much better.

Oh I know what you mean. It's great when you change their battery but otherwise …
I don't really know anyone who is into cars except for my housemate and I was the one who got him into cars in the first place (by accident of course). It does not help when you're a girl and the guys who do know something treat you like an airhead.

I got it after someone I knew gave me a ride in theirs. I was hooked and got interested in cars and drifting. Then I bought my old thing and started souping it up for that. Most people around here like to drag though. Doesn't make sense as there are some awesome mountain rounds which are perfect for drifting.

B9, yours looks nice. I'd like to drive a 560 SEL someday just to see what it's like.

Smudge, I believe both Boo and Wolf are capable of being reasonable.

I find the evolutionary theory interesting. Based from what I see in real life, the guys who display traits that would help them survive and prosper certainly do attract more women. Question becomes whether it is sociological or evolutionary becomes the question. My best guess would be bits of both to different extents, depending on the person in question?

I suspect most aspie women would be more inclined to reason it out and conclude that a fancy car is no real guarantee of anything in a guy since guys buy cars for different reasons, hence probably the answers you are getting here.

Women aren't completely dependent on men nor are men completely dependent on women. However both tend choose mates that show in various ways that they will be a good parent and ensure the survival of their offspring. It's been studied at length and is clearly apparent in the animal kingom. Not sure why this is even a debate.

Oh?
Personal qualities such as intelligence, drive, competitiveness, social savvy?
At our most basic levels we are just organisms competing to survive, replicate, and ensure future offspring share that same success, this is the root of all motivation.
Wealth is just a current manifestation relevant to the times.
We may philosophize and romanticize all we like, but wishing reality was some idealistic fantasy will not make it so, in fact reality is fascinating and beautiful as it is.



I agree 100%. What I'm saying is women are wired to be primarily attracted to different things than men, and that happens to be mainly a man's survival value.

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Oooh, a "whole other irrelevant discussion"? Sor-ry. You said the word pin-brained. Does that not mean stupid?

I never said they were incapable of it, I don't understand you.

You make a good point actually, I would definitely agree about how designing and building would be equivalent to some other art form. I think I refer more to somebody who has no knowledge or interest in that side of things but has bought the car due to it's make/name alone.

Then how do you explain women who are in abusive relationships or women who couple with men who cannot financially provide? How do you explain the high populations among those in poverty? It takes 2 to tangle. These statistics aren't very reliable of the overall human population who don't fit into this neat little study.

Did you read the word "tend" in that sentance? Trends =/= absolute truth.

Human society, in many ways, has come up with ways to quote unquote "overcome" natural selection. Most people (rich & poor, ugly & attractive, smart & stupid) are able to find a mate somewhere and breed if they so choose. Humans no longer live by the "survival of the fittest" rule. But the base instincts are still there on some level.

such a shame puertoricans have all the drag racing rotary records
but i agree on the good roads part. It makes sense for competitive drifting to have started in japan not because of their culture, since rally drivers had been going sideways for decades, but because the conditions and cars allowed it to be done by many.

No longer live by survival of the fittest rule? Please explain because you make it sound as if human society not nature is responsible for overcoming "rules of attraction". I don't deny that there is some truth to what you stated but this rule is certainly subjective when it comes to attraction in a partner vs societal expectations due to standards of living.

I don't understand your question. We no longer live by the survival of the fittest because society has been structured so that even "weaker" or "defective" humans can survive as opposed to the "wild" where less desirable (desirable = more likely to produce healthy offspring who live and go on to reproduce on their own) traits would eventually phase out due to them not producing as many offspring.

What do you mean by "nature" ?

Also, how do you define "attraction" ?

Nature as opposed to human society. And what I'm asking is, what do you mean when you say we no longer live by the survivial of the fittest? I mean what was life like during the cave days? Did women depend that much on men as much as men depended on women as far as mating was concerned? I don't disagree that we now live in a society where life expectancy isn't cut short for the "weaker" or that we are having to live like hunters and gathers but in terms of attraction, what IS natural and what ISN'T? Survival of the fittest can mean anything ie adaptability.


EDIT: as much as men depended on women not men...