Cabrio's - Why the stigma?
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Just wondering - when/why/how did soft top cars achieve the stigma of being a 'hairdresser' or gheyers car?
I think back to some of the wonderful rag-tops of the swinging '60's and can't believe they were thought of as such then.
I think the '70's sort of by-passed soft top motoring (was there an Allegro Cab?) until the 1980's when Ford bestowed the Escort Cabrio on us - was it then that the negativity started?
I'm interested to know more...
I think back to some of the wonderful rag-tops of the swinging '60's and can't believe they were thought of as such then.
I think the '70's sort of by-passed soft top motoring (was there an Allegro Cab?) until the 1980's when Ford bestowed the Escort Cabrio on us - was it then that the negativity started?
I'm interested to know more...
ejenner said:
That is a term for people outside the car.
I don't give a s
t what people think. I've got 6 cars and when the sun is shining I would take it up the arse if it meant I could drive the convertible with the roof down.
Agree 100%!I don't give a s
t what people think. I've got 6 cars and when the sun is shining I would take it up the arse if it meant I could drive the convertible with the roof down. I'm just curious as to when it all started.
Possibly Clarkson had a hand in it, and of course, what he says is Gospel...
Small 2 seat roadsters - gay cars.
Large 2 seater convertibles & 4 seat convertibles (SL, DB7/9, XK8/R etc.) - Golfers & middle aged divorcées.
Apparently. No idea why on the former bunch, but plenty of idea why on the latter, having sold them to those demographics more than is statistically likely. Gay people in reality seem to buy the same cars as the rest of us - because funnily enough, they're just people with the same basic transport needs as everyone else.
Hairdressers (and "beauty technicians") buy small 4x4s IMO, Vitara springs to mind most readily.
I suspect petty envy has a bit to do with it, just as it always does when a type of vehicle and its typical owners are denigrated (Range Rover Sport or X5 anyone?) - perhaps the fact that they only have two seats and aren't practical makes them only logical to people who don't breed/have families (although they do in reality).
Large 2 seater convertibles & 4 seat convertibles (SL, DB7/9, XK8/R etc.) - Golfers & middle aged divorcées.
Apparently. No idea why on the former bunch, but plenty of idea why on the latter, having sold them to those demographics more than is statistically likely. Gay people in reality seem to buy the same cars as the rest of us - because funnily enough, they're just people with the same basic transport needs as everyone else.
Hairdressers (and "beauty technicians") buy small 4x4s IMO, Vitara springs to mind most readily.
I suspect petty envy has a bit to do with it, just as it always does when a type of vehicle and its typical owners are denigrated (Range Rover Sport or X5 anyone?) - perhaps the fact that they only have two seats and aren't practical makes them only logical to people who don't breed/have families (although they do in reality).
ejenner said:
That is a term for people outside the car.
I don't give a st what people think. I've got 6 cars and when the sun is shining I would take it up the arse if it meant I could drive the convertible with the roof down.
And that, my friends, proves that gheyers drive convertibles. I don't give a s
t what people think. I've got 6 cars and when the sun is shining I would take it up the arse if it meant I could drive the convertible with the roof down. 
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Corpulent Tosser said:
Envy ?
What is there to envy? Most cars now have air conditioning these days, which is much better than getting burnt to a crisp but not knowing about it until you stop. There are a lot of really ho-hum cabrios that nobody on here would by the hard top version of.
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