Sex Symbol Attraction?

Black Swan

David Moxon subjected 40 men and women to the sounds of a Maserati, Lamborghini and Ferrari, then measured the amount of testosterone in their saliva. He found everyone had higher levels of the stuff — a measure of their arousal — after hearing the revving exotics, but the amount the women had was off the charts.

Source: http://www.wired.com/autopia/2008/09/weve-got-some-b/

Why do some women like lads that drive sexy looking cars? OK, some will say the answer is obvious, while others will proclaim that the lad's personality, integrity, humour, thoughtfulness, and physical fitness are more important than material things?

As for me, I would never be influenced by a lad that drove a B!ue fully restored 1966 rag-top XKE Jag like this one... (Bad B!ue groans...but I want to drive!).

Overheal

That car is shaped like a penis

Mystery solved.

Manic Moran

I'm sorry, but if my equipment were shaped like an E-Type, I'd be seriously disconcerted. (Now, if it were shaped like a Rheinmetall 120mm smoothbore cannon... no, wait. That would be bad too...)

Believe it or not, I don't actually buy my cars on the basis of attracting women. If the woman doesn't appreciate the qualities of the car, well, her loss. I buy my toys for me!

NTM (Interloper)

Black Swan

In before the LOCK! (Wait a minute! I started this thread!)

Overheal

Sure Michael Cera drove a Yugo in Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist and he still got the girl



Alright blue I'll leave you alone now.

cormie

I've never been into cars, not even since I started driving. My cousin used to collect model cars and there was one that always stood out to me, Lamborghini, it was just the way it was shaped and the look of it. A few years passed and then one day as I went into do some carving, my friend showed me a magazine with the new LP640 model:


I wanted it badly, every time I got in my little fiesta I imagined driving a Lamborghini. No other car ever got me the same way, a Ferrari, Veyron, all these fancy cars, sure they were nice to look at but they were all just cars, cars that like any other car, I never had interest in. The Lamborghini is different though, I don't know why. I still want one, and my interest in cars is so minimal, that I could actually see myself just driving the van until I've saved up for a Lamborghini and not prolong the waiting by spending money on other cars in between. I'm not really materialistic at all so it's a strange one.:o

I wouldn't want to be thought of as somebody who bought it just because they had the money to and wanted to show off as there's something more than that. It's a strange situation. If anyone wants to donate to the get cormie a Lamborghini fund, do let me know :P

stovelid

Blue_Lagoon wrote: »

Why do some women like lads that drive sexy looking cars?

Because they're dumb and shallow?

Wibbs

A high revving engine sounds dangerous and exciting. Both turn ons in men and women. I've read about studies before that showed women get turned on more than men emotionally and sexually by danger and will attach more to the man they share that with. So women on dates who see horror movies were more turned on than women who watched romcoms. I'd reckon it would be the same with cars. Throw in the status aspect and you're on a winner. It doesn't mention if the people were told what car they were listening to. If it was a blind test then that lends more to the idea that its the dangerous noise itself maybe.

The best engine note I've heard was a 1960's Ferrari(Think it was an GTO) running a hillclimb race. Oh. My. God.:eek: Pure mechanical symphony. Can't find it on the web though.

silvervixen84

I nearly melted when i saw the Bugatti Veyron at the Top Gear show back in November, i love it so much!

*goes to check Euromillions ticket

Snowie

Wibbs wrote: »

The best engine note I've heard was a 1960's Ferrari(Think it was an GTO) running a hillclimb race. Oh. My. God.:eek: Pure mechanical symphony. Can't find it on the web though.

250 GTO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kYz5GfrR04

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7idmwzn-0tI

Manic Moran

40 men and women to the sounds of a Maserati, Lamborghini and Ferrari,

There is some critical information missing, here. For example, did he tell them that they were listening to high-performance engines? Those cars will have an entirely different engine note to, say, a big American V8, which can sound just as wonderful in its own way, even if it's in a boring and unsexy Pontiac GTO body. Or even the simple Alfa Romeo 6-banger, which had its own melodious note whilst being on a very non-exotic car. Did he even play non-exotic engines? What if he played the engine note off my Chevy V6, would they have the same result of testosterone increase as off my Audi V8? Can the average person off the street tell the difference between the various types?

NTM

PK2008

Some cars are a euphamism for pure sex; like this one

Manic Moran

Every now and then, usually once every two years or so, I'll pass by a black Trans-Am which has been kitted out (PI) with a KITT sensor light...

Guaranteed to turn heads.

NTM

Snowie

I like the sound of an agusta F4 there soooooooooo sexy... I want one.. I also enjoy the scream of a honda vtec on a cold Septembers night, But what noise really gets me is the scream of an F1 car send shiviers down my sound.
But Ferrari's sound stunning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZMPDCNyQxE

Utterly filthy.

Snowie

Moonbaby wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZMPDCNyQxE

Utterly filthy.

I may get banned for this but

that gave me a semi

Dragan

To quote family guy "You look like rappers, but your white, so that's just the right amount of danger."

In my experience, even women who claim to like dangerous men really want "implied danger but actually safe men". The car implies speed, success, some risk etc...but also dedication and effort.

So it's the safe cop out. The guy has stuff, and the girl likes that. It's about that simple i think.

With regards to the actual sound test, go back far enough and any woman here would be looking for a man who could scream and shout the loudest as part of his mating rituals, I keep saying this but i will again, we are not that removed from our previous evolutionary stage.

I'm supposed to be turned on by that awful throat-clearing sound like moonbaby posted?

My OH has a nice car and all, but there's nothing appealing about tearing down the road at 200kph, sorry ;s

Silverfish

Dragan wrote: »

To quote family guy "You look like rappers, but your white, so that's just the right amount of danger."

In my experience, even women who claim to like dangerous men really want "implied danger but actually safe men". The car implies speed, success, some risk etc...but also dedication and effort.

So it's the safe cop out. The guy has stuff, and the girl likes that. It's about that simple i think.

With regards to the actual sound test, go back far enough and any woman here would be looking for a man who could scream and shout the loudest as part of his mating rituals, I keep saying this but i will again, we are not that removed from our previous evolutionary stage.

Eh.... Sometimes I look at a car and really really like it, it doesn't mean I want the guy driving it, it means I want the car.

Women drive cars too you know.

Dragan

Silverfish wrote: »

Eh.... Sometimes I look at a car and really really like it, it doesn't mean I want the guy driving it, it means I want the car.

Women drive cars too you know.

Indeed. I don't think i implied anywhere that the only reason a woman can like a car is because she would have an interest in the man driving it.

I thought the thread was about women who like men because of cars?

Why do some women like lads that drive sexy looking cars?

GirlInterrupted

Blue_Lagoon wrote: »

David Moxon subjected 40 men and women to the sounds of a Maserati, Lamborghini and Ferrari, then measured the amount of testosterone in their saliva. He found everyone had higher levels of the stuff —

I hate to point out what should be really obvious, but everything sounds better in Italian.:p

cormie wrote: »

The Lamborghini is different though, I don't know why.

Again, Italian.:)

Wibbs

bluewolf wrote: »

My OH has a nice car and all, but there's nothing appealing about tearing down the road at 200kph, sorry ;s

Oh sometimes there is. There really is. On autobahns and the like of course....

I know it sounds daft, but every time I hear a car revving hard(even a mundane car) I'm impressed. I hear the symphony of explosions contained to give power. Even the Micra that gets the 90 year old to shops is an amazing thing. But when you hear an engine taken to the degree the Italians and the Japanese and the Germans do, it's just that feeling multiplied.

I know a few women with the same madness too.

Now if someone can get the sound of a Merlin engine into a car, I'd live in the damn thing.:D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2nlGN6aS8g

That doesn't do it justice. I saw and heard a Spitfire going back to the UK after an airshow going down a valley in the Wicklow mountains at 16. It's a sound you feel. I wanted to shout "hey get back here I wanna put wheels on that thing".

Dragan wrote:

I keep saying this but i will again, we are not that removed from our previous evolutionary stage.

+1000 and as GirlInterrupted said the Italians seem to get that more than most when it comes to mechanics(and other stuff in fairness to the buggers).

valery

got to be honest here, before i settled down with him indoors i had some fun in boyfriends cars, but it was never what was under the bonnet of the car,
but what he kept under his bonny bonnet. ha ha ha :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

GirlInterrupted

Wibbs wrote: »

Italians seem to get that more than most when it comes to mechanics(and other stuff in fairness to the buggers).

Fact.

stiff kitten

would you ride this???????????

Wibbs

GirlInterrupted wrote: »

Fact.

*off topic* What I love about Italian culture is that they can employ equal aplomb for both the tackiest thing and the most high brow thing without missing a gear. Sometimes both at the same time. Helluva trick *off topic*

*on topic* they have made some truly amazing works of art with cars in noise and sight.

Yea and I know it's old;):P

Wibbs

stiff kitten wrote: »

would you ride this???????????

Ride it? I'd marry it. I'd even allow it to have an affair with the Hummer down the road.

stiff kitten

Wibbs wrote: »

Ride it? I'd marry it. I'd even allow it to have an affair with the Hummer down the road.

i know...shes pretty saxsy alright...

she wouldn't date hummers...this girl has standards! :D:D

Manic Moran

stiff kitten wrote: »

would you ride this???????????

Only if some of my rifles fit in it.

Now, if you want practical, the Lambo four-door might be worth a look...



NTM

Mrmoe

I think this is pure pornography, alpha romeo has to be one of the most beautiful things I have ever set my eyes on full stop, seeing some of these cars beauty would literally make me weep. There is no better sound than one of these masterpieces driving through a tunnel. It's what makes life worth living. You can not put a price on that or explain it to people, it is something you feel at the very depths of your soul.

Snowie

Manic Moran wrote: »

Only if some of my rifles fit in it.

Now, if you want practical, the Lambo four-door might be worth a look...



NTM

that car dont look right to me

Malari

I'd actually love to drive these cars myself. I'm partial to the Lotus Elise, Aston DB9 and Jag xk8. But having said I like a guy to be able to drive and if he's driving a nice car, even better. I actually find it a total turn-off if a guy can't drive well. I don't know why!

metaoblivia

I love classic cars, but generally not the men driving them (because they're way too old for me!). Newer cars don't do much for me, even the nice ones. Although, when I was in kindergarten, our teacher asked us to name our favorite mode of transportation. Everyone gave the staple answers - truck, car, aeroplane. Then she got to me and I answered Lamborghini. My parents got a call for that one. So much for good taste.
So for me, the classic car would be the turn on, and then if you removed the old guy driving it, even better.

winking weber

I find men who drive polos (the new model and preferably black) really hot.

I really dont know why. I dont even like polos. I'd never buy one myself. I'm completely flummoxed by this strange attraction.

I think I'd find one of those big fancy cars a turn off, if anything. But I wouldnt mind driving one myself. Some classic cars like the old jags are gorgeous though. I like classic vw campers too.

Wibbs

metaoblivia wrote: »

Then she got to me and I answered Lamborghini.

Kudos. A+ right there.:D

Snowie

metaoblivia

you just reminded me of one of my favorites



god if I win the euro millions I'l have a garage that would make Jk from Jamiroquai dribble.....

The miura is not only iconic as far as sport cars go but innovative, beautfull timeless and just sheer raw car porn....:D

TPD

Manic Moran wrote: »

boring and unsexy Pontiac GTO body.

Wait wait wait - If a pontiac GTO is what google tells me it is, how the hell is that not sexy?! I'd take a sleek and stylish muscle car over your fancy schmancy sports cars any day!

Snowie

TPD wrote: »

Wait wait wait - If a pontiac GTO is what google tells me it is, how the hell is that not sexy?! I'd take a sleek and stylish muscle car over your fancy schmancy sports cars any day!

its got the areo dynamics of a breeze block the handling of a merc a class on ice..heavy... its not sleek its certainly not stylish and over all your are wrong mussels cars and sport cars are different...

the only way your getting one of those to look all of the above is a dude called chip foose and a lot of money

but i can apricate the attraction to one Ive all ways had a soft spot for a hemi cuda :cool:

TPD

So let the wind and road feel the pain! That car is a beast and a sexy one at that.

MJOR

PK2008 wrote: »

Some cars are a euphamism for pure sex; like this one

swoon the hoff!!!

Snowie

Wibbs wrote: »

:
+1000 and as GirlInterrupted said the Italians seem to get that more than most when it comes to mechanics(and other stuff in fairness to the buggers).

there is one car that booth sounds as sexy as a merlin and even better then a Italian car but we all forgot about it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV-1kZHrOw4

valery

LADIES LOUNGE ?????????MORE LIKE A COPY OF CAR GAZETTE .JEEEEESUS:p

LivingDeadGirl

The kind of car a guy drove would have no effect on me. However if he had a motorbike, well that's a different story entirely. Bikes are sexy and exhilarating and FUN!!!!

valery

LivingDeadGirl wrote: »

The kind of car a guy drove would have no effect on me. However if he had a motorbike, well that's a different story entirely. Bikes are sexy and exhilarating and FUN!!!!

Get your own ........see the way some /lots of guys drive ???? that would scare the yehaaaaa outa me , last thing on my mind would be nooooky:D
but then..........I am a middle aged hen.

LivingDeadGirl

Tbh the roads here are too shit to have a bike anyway so that won't be happening any time soon.

Manic Moran

Wait wait wait - If a pontiac GTO is what google tells me it is, how the hell is that not sexy?!

This is the most recent version of the Goat. It's basically a Holden Monaro rebadged as a Pontiac. Nothing wrong with that per se, the thing goes like stink thanks to the 6.2l V8, but you have to admit, it does look a little unpreposessing.

The miura is not only iconic as far as sport cars go but innovative, beautfull timeless and just sheer raw car porn....

...and deadly. It suffered a slight flaw that, given it was shaped vaguely like an aeroplane's wing, it tended to take off at higher speeds. Steering became more an issue of prayer than of turning the wheel.

Apologies for the delay in this one, I'm only just back home on leave, but I thought I'd try an experiment. I happen to have two cars in the driveway, one a little more interesting than the other, so I revved them up a bit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRd9DzHdvpo
(May take Youtube an hour or two to catch up)

I'm not going to tell you what they are, but one of them is not a VW Polo.* Have a listen, and give your opinion on if you think you might like the car associated with the noise. If people guess them, great, if not, I'll tell you in a few days. We'll see what the correlation, if any, is to the OP's experiment. Of course, you could just conclude I have lousy taste in cars...

NTM (Interloper)

*Neither's the other.

valery

Manic Moran wrote: »

This is the most recent version of the Goat. It's basically a Holden Monaro rebadged as a Pontiac. Nothing wrong with that per se, the thing goes like stink thanks to the 6.2l V8, but you have to admit, it does look a little unpreposessing.





...and deadly. It suffered a slight flaw that, given it was shaped vaguely like an aeroplane's wing, it tended to take off at higher speeds. Steering became more an issue of prayer than of turning the wheel.

Apologies for the delay in this one, I'm only just back home on leave, but I thought I'd try an experiment. I happen to have two cars in the driveway, one a little more interesting than the other, so I revved them up a bit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRd9DzHdvpo
(May take Youtube an hour or two to catch up)

I'm not going to tell you what they are, but one of them is not a VW Polo.* Have a listen, and give your opinion on if you think you might like the car associated with the noise. If people guess them, great, if not, I'll tell you in a few days. We'll see what the correlation, if any, is to the OP's experiment. Of course, you could just conclude I have lousy taste in cars...

NTM (Interloper)

*Neither's the other.

hate to be a party pooper but how can sex symbolism be associated with the noise a feckin car makes .......sex...cars.....noise....I dont get it I just dont get it .............now the noise he makes :rolleyes::D

Gammy Hairdryer versus Porsche 911?

Put me out of me misery Manic. :pac:

Manic Moran

I presume you're voting for the red one, then?

Anyone else?

NTM (Interloper)

Manic Moran

Manic Moran wrote: »

I presume you're voting for the red one, then?

Anyone else?

NTM (Interloper)

We wouldn't be the best on american makes.

Manic Moran

The Grey one's an

Audi V8. (S4 Cab)

Red's a

Dodge Viper V10.

Knowing this, does it change your opinion?

NTM