I drive a Toyota Matrix and buy my shoes at Payless.
So where’s my huge Holmes-ian penis? Is it about to ensue?
Heh, the busiest dating phase of my life (Which was alot of fun and quite busy) I was driving an 81 VW rabbit deisel 4 door. It must have been the big metallic red bumper sticker that said “Chick Magnet” on the back window, or maybe it was something else 
I should also point out that I drive a Toyota Matrix. The XRS. And, with some minor modifications, I eat WRX STis, Evos, and pretty much anything else I find on the road. Except for this SRT-4 and most Vettes. Do not underestimate the station wagon that got kicked in the tail, folks.
You mean I didn’t need to buy an SUV to carry around my Nimitz-Class testicles or my wife’s shoe collection the likes of which Paris Hilton wishes she could amass? Well, at least it goes through gasoline like Barry Bonds goes through steriods.
Okay, Mr. SmartyPants OP, explain midlife-crisis-mobiles, then. You know the ones - the guy is about obviously about 45-50, driving something very sporty (usually the poor man’s performance automobile, a Porsche). Do these guys just get the sporty car because they can finally afford it, or is there maybe a little more psychology behind it than that?
-featherlou, a girl who is in for some serious car shopping if they ever re-make the Nova or Chevy SS like they’ve done with Mustangs and Chargers.
I’d bet it for some of them it’s just because they can afford it. In my case, I’m 36 years old. In 11 years I’ll be mortgage free. Assuming I don’t have a child and have to pay for their university education, I’ll be sitting pretty. I may finally be able to afford that shiny new 2016 Moller SkyCar! And then, I won’t even need a penis, as women will fall moistly over with their legs in the air at the mere thought of my 865 thundering horses of vertical take-offy manliness!
You’ll do, Mel, you’ll do…assuming Mel is short for Melanie or Melissa and not Melvin…and anyway, you can always try some different shoes on…I dig shoes.
Tonight…that’s the tricky part, 'cause whose tonight do you mean? USA tonight, or New Zealand tonight? And does it really matter?
I’d PM ya, but I don’t know how it works…you’d be my first time <blush>…
I bought a 2002 'vette with a convertible top during the dotcom boom when I had actually had the money to make such purchases.
You’d be surprised at the number of women who scream “Sorry about your penis!” at me when I’m heading to the grocery store with the top down.
That’s just fucking obnoxious.
It’s not that I wanted the car to attract women. I test drove a great number of cars before I bought the Corvette, and it was the one I was most impressed with. I had been driving jalopies for years, purchased from relatives on the cheap, and it was time to get something new and fun. I’ve never taken it “cruising” or dropped hints about what I drive to women at bars or parties. It’s just a fun car that I happen to be driving because I like it.
That there’s so many women out there who have to bring unsolicited penis size/functionality comments into it is kind of a downer.
Almost makes me want to buy a generic Honda. (Almost.)
“Don’t worry about it! The clinic says I’m clean!”
I should mention that every time I read the thread title I read it as “Ladies, sometimes we pick up guys at sports bars because well…”
I bought my first truck a couple months ago. A 98 Ford Ranger XLT. Shiny and black. For two days I strutted around a little, chest swollen with pride, feeling like Enzyte Bob because I had a kick-ass truck. Then I came out of the store one night and found myself parked next to a full sized Silverado.
Ego and penis size immediately went back to normal levels.
Interesting thread. Even though Boscibo didn’t say anything about sports cars OR penis size, everyone seems to be getting defensive on both points. She also never said that men buy cars because they want to impress women (at least not in the quoted post), yet many are arguing against that strawman as well. What she did say was that men who drive “monstrosities” are “like they are trying hard to prove something”. And I’ve gotta say I have a hard time disagreeing with that. A LOT of people who drive Hummers and the like really do seem like they’re trying to prove something (not just men, BTW). My opinion - YMMV.
Read the last line of the OP. SHAKES wasn’t calling out Boscibo specifically. More of a rant in general against women who feel this way. Personally, I cited my own examples of this behavior.
What do you surmise that people who drive “monstrosities” are trying to “prove?” Hard to evaluate your arguments when they’re that vague.
I think that in many cases it’s basically a display of dominance. Not necessarily sexual dominance; just dominance.
Hmmm…I believe I was pretty clear that I was expressing my opinion, not formulating a logical argument. 
Short for Melanie, not Melvin.
Shoes and height fetish huh?
So what kind of car do you drive?
I’m standing here looking very tall in my boots with big heels.
(Pssst - What’s a PM?)
Yell back:
“Your mom didn’t seem to mind it last night.”
I’m straight, and I even has a southerly twitch at that thought.
I think I don’t care about your cat has a point, there. I drive a small car, and I have noticed that the drivers of the large vehicles around me often try to intimidate me into giving up my right of way to them. It’s not always obvious (although it often is - pulling out in front of me like I was invisible, causing me to slam on my brakes), but when you’ve been driving for 22 years like I have, you get a feel for the “body language” of other vehicles around you - that guy is going to change lanes, that guy is getting off at the next exit, etc, and there is definitely an aggressive vibe coming from the larger vehicles.
Not only that, but - driving style aside - I think ones choice of vehicle, in and of itself, is often a reflection of ones personality. If I didn’t know that Arnold Schwarzenegger drove a Hummer, and you asked me to guess what kind of car he drove, that would be the obvious choice. Aggressive people drive aggressive cars, and those behemoth vehicles just scream aggression. If you watch ads for Dodge trucks, they don’t even try to disguise that fact. They have deliberately modified the styling of their trucks to look as aggressive as possible. The oversized grill on the front makes them almost look like some sort of monster that’s going to devour you. Let’s be honest, if you see a Toyota Prius in a parking lot, you’re gonna expect a different sort of person to get out of it than if you see a Hummer.
So what does my Matrix say about me?