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Ayahuasca
16,057 posts
148 months
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GetCarter said: Having owned 3 defenders, the lights should be inoperative.  Give it a few minutes - they probably will be.
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rhinochopig
16,050 posts
67 months
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Ayahuasca said: GetCarter said: Having owned 3 defenders, the lights should be inoperative. Give it a few minutes - they probably will be. Was it even possible to tell whether they were functioning at night? I drove many a mile illuminating the road ahead from the glow of my cigarette.
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Escort Si-130
1,285 posts
49 months
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I thought it would have been a girls car like the Merc A class, but suprisingly a lot of guys I have been seen driving it, more than women. I guess that posh spice advert for it didnt do it any damage then.
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nickbee
299 posts
106 months
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AC43 said: But why get past the Beckham thing? It's at the core of the question. It generated thousands of column inches in the motoring press, national press and women's press which has had a direct correlation to the sorts of people I see driving them round London, Namely yummy mummies, bankers' wives and wealthy gay 40 somethings. There's nothing wrong with that - but it's a fact. Of course, it's very likely that people within those demographics chose the vehicle based on image, which as you say is fine. However, aren't Pistonheads members supposed to rise above that sort of thing and choose a vehicle based on its merits? If one makes a decision on the car based on its association with Beckham, then from a car enthusiast's perspective the reasoning is equally unsound whether the outcome was positive or negative.
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fastgerman
695 posts
64 months
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White and 3 door = girls car
Dark colour and 4 door = unisex
All IMO obviously ;-)
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tommy vercetti
3,301 posts
32 months
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As long as it sells for JLR, its all good in my book
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handbraketurn
1,035 posts
35 months
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Hitch78 said: Evo said: We thought about an Evoque before purchasing our E Class, It just kept saying to me "can't afford a proper Range Rover".
It's a very nice piece of design but for me, more female orientated than male. So why does your E Class not make you feel than you can't afford an S Class then?! It's like the daft argument that Boxster's and Cayman's are poor man's porsches, even though anyone who actually knows anything about cars and has driven them knows they're all brilliant cars. When anyone makes those kinds of comments, I tend to switch off, because they're not petrol heads and they see cars purely as extensions of their cocks, i.e. exclusively a status symbol. Not everyone wants a big car, living in London, driving a big 4x4 or even a big excutive car is a pain, getting through tight gaps, parking etc, is all a chore with a big motor.
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Golaboots
212 posts
17 months
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I had assumed that they were for gentlemen of a certain persuasion to be honest. However most of the ones round here seem to be driven by middle age, over weight, middle class women.
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Ian974
1,581 posts
68 months
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FestivAli said: Think how good a sleek low slung estate with that front fascia on it and that deep swage line would look. Just reading through the thread, and I have to agree with this, and think it would be absolutely brilliant if they made this as a car rather than a 4x4. Porsche have made a 4x4, I see no reason land rover can't make a car 
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DonkeyApple
12,021 posts
38 months
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StottyZr said: Is a Fiat 500 girly if its an Abarth?
No, no it is not. It doesn't pass the 'Magnum PI' test I'm afraid.
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Martin 480 Turbo
262 posts
56 months
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"in relation to the sorts of people I see driving them round London, Namely yummy mummies, bankers' wives and wealthy gay 40 somethings"
Same over here. Within short time 4 of them landed within our neighbourhood. All of them within
your categories. Just don't understand how one could chose it for the "school run".
It looks much better than any MPV or softroader, though.
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ruffstuff
16 posts
124 months
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£30 to £50k for a 2.2 diesel. And people buy them!
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diluculophile
41 posts
120 months
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For me, the car has been spoilt by the people I"ve seen driving it.
One guy (with immaculately preened eyebrows) cut me up, and then threatened me at the lights for giving him a quick beep of the horn.
I shall subconsciously associate the vehicle with idiots every time I see one.
Shame, as it seems capable, although overly stylised.
I'd have a Disco.
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M666 EVO
852 posts
31 months
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MrTickle said: V8mate said: gtdc said: Looks like a car for a second wife. People actually want more than one?  I introduce my wife as my '1st wife' just to keep her on her toes  I call my missus my next ex girlfriend. She goes garraty at that
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Cold Fusion
49 posts
66 months
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In the same way that the Boxter was made in Finland for the Ladies the Evoque is Land Rovers 4x4 for girls.
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pSynrg
115 posts
51 months
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Who gives a s  t what imaginary gender is ascribed to a machine? If you like it fair enough, if you don't, don't! Manly, girly? Maybe you need a holiday in the Ukraine to really establish your rampant masculinity. The Evoque is the only 4x4 (style) car I've ever really liked. In fact I think it looks stunning. If that makes me a big pansy in your eyes then I'm happy (or is that gay?) not to be your acquaintance.
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F1GTRUeno
1,948 posts
87 months
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banksey said:  Any better? Black wheels look so s t.
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drpep
1,052 posts
37 months
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Porsche 911 : favourite women's sports car?! b ks, it's just the only sports car that almost all women have heard about! And before the sexist bleatings begin, in saying that I mean, because its famous and ubiquitous, not women don't like any worthy sports cars.
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83TEP
10 posts
22 months
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Gren said: That said, it's a surprisingly nice place to be and drives fairly well for such a lump. The car or the wife?
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GokTweed
3,603 posts
20 months
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Didn't Victoria Beckham help design it?. It's a sodding girls car. Serious negative tweed.
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