# Is a Miata a chick car? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 1, 2011, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-miata-a-chick-car/573122 "2011-03-01T23:00:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-miata-a-chick-car/573122/61 "2011-03-03T18:45:11Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > So, we’re in agreement. It’s an incredibly manly chick car. A lesbian car? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-miata-a-chick-car/573122/62 "2011-03-03T20:37:02Z")
> [@CPomeroy](#): > > Definitely a chick car. A Z4 or 370Z would be a much better choice for a guy. He lusts after the Z4 but it’s waaaaaaaaaay out of our budget. As for me, I didn’t much like driving the Midget or the Porsche or the first 'Vette, but the second one was a blast. The Crossfire wasn’t bad, but again, not my kind of car. Oh, and when we bought our daughter’s Beetle, she didn’t yet have her license, so he drove it for a few months. Yeah, he’s pretty secure in himself - so much so that he let the aforementioned daughter put a magnetic “_I ❤ my Granddog_” sign on the back. I don’t share his fanaticism for cars (I drive a Scion xA) but I still think I’ll let him stay… ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-miata-a-chick-car/573122/63 "2011-03-03T20:59:55Z")
If it were any more of a chick car, it would wear makeup and carry a purse. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-miata-a-chick-car/573122/64 "2011-03-07T22:58:00Z")
It’s not a chick car, it’s a balding, mid-life crisis car. ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-miata-a-chick-car/573122/65 "2011-03-08T03:59:29Z")
It’s a chick car unless Stacy David has had a chance to work on it: [Project Banshee](http://www.staceydavid.com/projects/banshee.php) ~400hp small block conversion. His idea was similar to Carrol Shelby’s in turning the AC Ace into the Cobra. ---
**Author:** ![miatachris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@miatachris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miatachris)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-miata-a-chick-car/573122/66 "2011-03-08T07:53:59Z")
Until now, I never thought a thread was aimed at me. Until now. Not a chick car, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-miata-a-chick-car/573122/67 "2011-03-08T08:51:46Z")
> [@Uzi](#): > > It’s a chick car unless Stacy David has had a chance to work on it: [Project Banshee](http://www.staceydavid.com/projects/banshee.php) > ~400hp small block conversion. > His idea was similar to Carrol Shelby’s in turning the AC Ace into the Cobra. What’s with the roll bars in that? What’s the point of having roll bars that are shorter than the driver? ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-miata-a-chick-car/573122/68 "2011-03-08T09:08:43Z")
> [@Pork\_Rind](#): > > In the last ten years, I went from a Miata, to an S2000, to a Lotus Elise. On the street, IMO, no contest, the Miata was the most fun. Which Elise? The only way the miata can be better than the Elise is if you’re talking the old K series Rover Mk I Elise. ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-miata-a-chick-car/573122/69 "2011-03-08T09:17:08Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Several lists found on line show the Mazda Miata as a chick car. Really? What if it’s black? What if it has a manual transmission? **In fact, is there really such a thing as a chick car**? If you even have to ask such a question, I don’t think you are qualified to answer. Yes, the Miata (MX-5 to me) is totally a chick car. Doesn’t stop it from being one of the most fun drives on the road though. I wouldn’t hesitate to own one (although I would very much prefer either the Elise or the Exige, but that’s a whole nother story) ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-miata-a-chick-car/573122/70 "2011-03-08T09:20:59Z")
> [@Unintentionally\_Blank](#): > > That’s not NECESSARILY a bad thing to some people. (says the guy with the STI with no emblems, base spoiler, in white) Some folks what a hot, fun to drive, car that doesn’t scream LOOOK AT MEEEEEE! I would second this - the problem about cars that have “presence” is that they scream to the Police “Hey You! Pig over there! Come and Catch this speeder” Yeah - I used to drive a Celica - but the rally version, 2 litre turbo 4WD, looked as stock and grannyish as they come but could quite easily do 100mph uphill… ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-miata-a-chick-car/573122/71 "2011-03-08T09:30:12Z")
Sorry for the multi posting, but I have now missed the edit window - the MX5 is also the best selling sports car in the history of the world with over 900,000 units ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-miata-a-chick-car/573122/72 "2011-03-08T10:06:23Z")
> [@Zany\_Zeolite\_Zipper](#): > > If you go to Japan and ask for some eggs, mushrooms, tomato, and ham, you would get an English breakfast. It doesn’t matter who makes it, what matters is who came up with the idea. You mean Jeremy Clarkson at 0:27? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lro9yAKpB2c](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lro9yAKpB2c) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-miata-a-chick-car/573122.md?page=3)