# Sport (ish) convertables: Manly and Girly **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 11, 2005, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sport-ish-convertables-manly-and-girly/303436 "2005-05-11T18:47:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sport-ish-convertables-manly-and-girly/303436/21 "2005-05-12T16:38:54Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > I give you manly but tame convertibles: > … > Older MGB’s Well, maybe you can say all MGB’s were tame, but the older ones were better than the newer. The changes they had to make (for ride height and emissions, mostly) adversely affected the power, handling and looks. I’d say 1969 was the last great year for the B. [sub]Guess what year mine is.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sport-ish-convertables-manly-and-girly/303436/22 "2005-05-12T18:49:58Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > I stole the idea from the Porsche Boxter thread. Sorry folks! But I just want to focus on the convertables. > > Manly: > > Porsche 911 and Boxter S > Ferrari > Shelby Cobra > MB CLK > MB 500SL > Jaguar XLK > > Girly: > > VW bug > VW golf > Audi TT > Audi A4 > Porsche Boxter > Mini Cooper > Mustang > Vette > PT cruiser > Miata > Honda 2000 > MB SLK > > Bottom line. It’s damn near impossible to make a manly convertible. IMHO. Only for men with bad comb-overs. My husband loves driving my 'Vette, as he did my Toyota Celica convertible. BTW, you spelled “convertible” wrong. Ok, you corrected it the second time, but, still… ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sport-ish-convertables-manly-and-girly/303436/23 "2005-05-12T19:35:08Z")
Real men prefer the [Valkyrie](http://www.kent.net/robotech/mecha/rdf/veritech.shtml). [sub]What? It’s a convertible, sort of.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sport-ish-convertables-manly-and-girly/303436/24 "2005-05-12T19:44:35Z")
> [@furt](#): > > Mustangs are girly? The things practically come with jockstrap. See, I just _knew_ my new ‘Stang didn’t come with the complete package like the sales guy said. I’m goin’ back to the dealership tonight! ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sport-ish-convertables-manly-and-girly/303436/25 "2005-05-12T20:04:05Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > I give you manly but tame convertibles: > > Triumph TR6 and TR7 > Karmann Ghia > **Older MGB’s** > Older Astin Heally > The Morgan (with the wood chassy) As opposed to the new ones? ; I used to drive a MG Midget. Anyone who knows the terror of sharing the road with logging trucks on the freeway while having your ass strapped to a skateboard with a motor just inches away from your lap (In the winter I could turn off the heater and just bask in the warmth radiating through the firewall) would never call it a girly car. If Subaru made the WRX as a convertible…would it still be girly given the whole lesbian/Subaru thing? ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sport-ish-convertables-manly-and-girly/303436/26 "2005-05-12T21:09:51Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#): > > If Subaru made the WRX as a convertible…would it still be girly given the whole lesbian/Subaru thing? There’s a lesbian/Subaru thing?? The Z4 won’t make me butch, but the more affordable WRX will? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sport-ish-convertables-manly-and-girly/303436/27 "2005-05-12T21:19:37Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#): > > As opposed to the new ones? Yup. As opposed to the [new](http://www.mgcars.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=mgoc&a=&p=emg/emg080102.htm) ones. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sport-ish-convertables-manly-and-girly/303436/28 "2005-05-12T21:24:46Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Yup. As opposed to the [new](http://www.mgcars.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=mgoc&a=&p=emg/emg080102.htm) ones. No MGB’s on that page. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sport-ish-convertables-manly-and-girly/303436/29 "2005-05-12T21:57:05Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > There’s a lesbian/Subaru thing?? Well, [yeah](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=251748). _Prepare to qualify…_ ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sport-ish-convertables-manly-and-girly/303436/30 "2005-05-12T22:46:59Z")
Gentleman, I give you: [The 2006 Pontiac Solstice.](http://www.pontiac.com/solstice/index.jsp?brand=solstice&pagename=photo_gallery) 20k and the front grill looks like a pair of testicles. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sport-ish-convertables-manly-and-girly/303436/31 "2005-05-12T23:21:41Z")
> [@furt](#): > > The 2006 Pontiac Solstice. Holy shit … I’m in love… ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sport-ish-convertables-manly-and-girly/303436/32 "2005-05-13T03:35:55Z")
> [@Robot Arm](#): > > Well, maybe you can say all MGB’s were tame, but the older ones were better than the newer. The changes they had to make (for ride height and emissions, mostly) adversely affected the power, handling and looks. I’d say 1969 was the last great year for the B. > [sub]Guess what year mine is.[/sub] So close, yet so far off. The last real MGB was the metal dash '67 with a real glovebox. Not that rolled nagahyde safety dash that the 68-73s had. Guess what year mine is? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sport-ish-convertables-manly-and-girly/303436/33 "2005-05-13T04:30:38Z")
> [@Robot Arm](#): > > Well, maybe you can say all MGB’s were tame, but the older ones were better than the newer. The changes they had to make (for ride height and emissions, mostly) adversely affected the power, handling and looks. I’d say 1969 was the last great year for the B. > [sub]Guess what year mine is.[/sub] **Rick** beat me to it. 1968 saw the ‘Abingdon Pillow’ replacing the glovebox on North American cars. (The metal dash continued in other markets, but I don’t remember the last year. 1973? 1974?) Although I’m partial to 1966 MGBs for sentimental reasons, I think the '67 was the best year for North America. Metal dash, toggle switches, still had 95 hp, still had the great grille. (Let’s not mention the ‘black hole’ grille that came out in '70!) ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2005, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sport-ish-convertables-manly-and-girly/303436/34 "2005-05-13T08:36:39Z")
> [@furt](#): > > Gentleman, I give you: > > [The 2006 Pontiac Solstice.](http://www.pontiac.com/solstice/index.jsp?brand=solstice&pagename=photo_gallery) > > 20k and the front grill looks like a pair of testicles. …the hell? Is that a real car? It looks just like [The Ambiguously Gay Duo’s car](http://saladwithsteve.com/agcar.gif)! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sport-ish-convertables-manly-and-girly/303436.md?page=1)