Heterosexual TVR

[AlexRWD]

Saw this quoted elsewhere as part of an article by James May in the Telegraph about ordering his new Boxter:

"Even though several people have since approached me and said that the Porsche Boxster is a bit "gay". How can a car be gay? I would contend that the Mini Cabriolet and the Peugeot 206CC are a bit poncy, as are vertically arranged pub meals and men's exfoliation products. But gay? If I'd bought a TVR instead, would homosexual men be mocking me for taking an unhealthy interest in women? I doubt it, but I might borrow one and drive it around Soho for an evening to find out."

[stackmonkey]

I suspect he means that if you drive the car it will be assumed by others (i.e. strangers) that you are gay. This tends to apply to most new convertibles that seem to have more show than go, even if the car itself is actually very good.

For some reason it doesn't apply to genuinely classic cars.

TVRs, Marcos's, Caterhams (and the like), Vipers and similarly 'macho' cars tend to be exempt from this assumption.

The assumption is, of course, complete and utter bollox!

[shadowfax]

Wouldn't know whether James May was being ironic or serious there; self-deprecating or mocking of others. I believe that he and his childish co-presenters were having a pop at "fat people" on that Very Silly car prog on Sunday, in relation to Meat Loaf (So someone who knows what it is like to be mocked or rejected in society for being overweight, told me).

Yah! Boo!! Sucks!!! to the lot of them, the infantile over paid and over exposed bunch of wallies. Where wordines is concerned, why dont they adhere to the tenet: more is less, less is more.