Most manly car?
Discussion
king clean?? You're doing it wrong.r129sl said:
Almost everything hereinabove smacks of peacockery and codpiece. Real men don't feel the need to brag about it. A real man's car, surely, is a saloon or at a push a fixed head coupé. It is quiet, discreet and unassuming. It is ultra high quality and unquestionably reliable. And, of course, it is fast. None of the many cars presently on sale meets all of these criteria with the possible exception of the Maserati Quattroporte, which is somewhat spoiled by being unavailable in a tasetful specification and associated with those vulgar and excessive coupés.
Cars which best represent the breed are:
(1) Mercedes-Benz 500 E. But not with big wheels and blacked out windows.
(2) Aston Martin V8 Vantage, Prince of Wales spec. Gunmetal Grey Metallic preferred.
(3) Jaguar Sovereign Series III V12.
(4) BMW M5 (E28 only, though). Not a red one.
(5) Mercedes-Benz 300 SE L 6.3.
(6) Mercedes-Benz 450 SE L 6.9.
(7) Any front-engined V12 Ferrari with a manual transmission up to and including the 575M (but emphatically not the 599 which really is only for secretly gay Arab princes or men who wish they were secretly gay Arab princes), so long as it is neither red nor black nor upholstered in red leather. Fitment of an after market exhaust immediately disqualifies the vehicle from manly status. The manly Ferrari is a difficult one to pull off. As it were. A silver 412 upholstered in brown leather and fitted up with the 5 speed manual is the epitome of the man's Ferrari.
I thought the OP wanted manly, you've gone for 'old manly'.Cars which best represent the breed are:
(1) Mercedes-Benz 500 E. But not with big wheels and blacked out windows.
(2) Aston Martin V8 Vantage, Prince of Wales spec. Gunmetal Grey Metallic preferred.
(3) Jaguar Sovereign Series III V12.
(4) BMW M5 (E28 only, though). Not a red one.
(5) Mercedes-Benz 300 SE L 6.3.
(6) Mercedes-Benz 450 SE L 6.9.
(7) Any front-engined V12 Ferrari with a manual transmission up to and including the 575M (but emphatically not the 599 which really is only for secretly gay Arab princes or men who wish they were secretly gay Arab princes), so long as it is neither red nor black nor upholstered in red leather. Fitment of an after market exhaust immediately disqualifies the vehicle from manly status. The manly Ferrari is a difficult one to pull off. As it were. A silver 412 upholstered in brown leather and fitted up with the 5 speed manual is the epitome of the man's Ferrari.
daemonoid said:
I thought the OP wanted manly, you've gone for 'old manly'.
OP wanted manly, most people went for American manly. You'd look far from manly driving most of the suggestions so far through any part of England. Jensen Interceptor is a good shout; Rover P6 is also a contender.
Watchman said:
PaperCut said:
Greg Marston said:
Fairly manly?
However real men don't give a monkeys what anyone else thinks, therefore I maintain that real men drive Skodas
PaulG40 said:
SystemParanoia said:
Zwolf said:
I always contribute 'manly' cars to looks, usually US muscle cars.
1)complete disdain for reliability - only those scared of tools could possibly desire such a thing.
2)complete disdain for safety - what are you, a woman? Don't crash! Adding power is useful as it increases the skill required to not bin it and dies.
3)complete lack of pretense/overcompensation - so no huge pickups or other superflous nonsense (unless you have one because, you know, you move wood and stuff for a living).
So this does well, only possible flaw being slightly too modern and safe (relative term). I'd go for an original cobra - though the monster one a page or so back is also nice. To that end, here's a cobra:
any excuse
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