# What's a recent model car that is reliable, reasonably priced, and looks good to chicks? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 19, 2015, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-recent-model-car-that-is-reliable-reasonably-priced-and-looks-good-to-chicks/737960 "2015-11-19T05:23:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-recent-model-car-that-is-reliable-reasonably-priced-and-looks-good-to-chicks/737960/41 "2015-11-20T17:02:30Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > Huh. I took the comment as a joking reference to the stereotype that lesbians love Subarus (they’ve done ad campaigns targeting them, iirc). That’s the Forester. Most dealerships won’t sell one to a straight person without at least two letters of reference from known lesbians. 🙂 Actually I was thinking it was basically a serious post. We could debate if the BRZ is an actual sports car and all that but it sure is a nice little ride and even I look half-way good in one. Its one of the few newer cars that I’ve seen women look at as its gone past short of the mega-bucks and super-car models. ---
**Author:** ![Beelzebubba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Beelzebubba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beelzebubba)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-recent-model-car-that-is-reliable-reasonably-priced-and-looks-good-to-chicks/737960/42 "2015-11-20T17:45:07Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > That’s the Forester. Most dealerships won’t sell one to a straight person without at least two letters of reference from known lesbians. 🙂 > > Actually I was thinking it was basically a serious post. We could debate if the BRZ is an actual sports car and all that but it sure is a nice little ride and even I look half-way good in one. Its one of the few newer cars that I’ve seen women look at as its gone past short of the mega-bucks and super-car models. There are four Subaru dealerships within 40 minutes of Asheville, North Carolina. Asheville has more lesbians, per capita, than any other place in the U.S. Coincidence? I think not… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-recent-model-car-that-is-reliable-reasonably-priced-and-looks-good-to-chicks/737960/43 "2015-11-20T17:54:24Z")
I would nominate the [BRZ/FRS](http://frsbrzperformance.com/?attachment_id=280) as a contender if you want sporty. With a set of aftermarket wheels and a few farkles they can be a really nice looking car that still is a blast to drive and gets decent fuel economy… ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-recent-model-car-that-is-reliable-reasonably-priced-and-looks-good-to-chicks/737960/44 "2015-11-20T18:31:28Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > I would nominate the [BRZ/FRS](http://frsbrzperformance.com/?attachment_id=280) as a contender if you want sporty. With a set of aftermarket wheels and a few farkles they can be a really nice looking car that still is a blast to drive and gets decent fuel economy… Well have an FRS, and it’s really fun to drive and a great looking car. I wouldn’t have it as my only car though. It’s tiny. ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-recent-model-car-that-is-reliable-reasonably-priced-and-looks-good-to-chicks/737960/45 "2015-11-20T20:13:48Z")
> [@Beelzebubba](#): > > There are four Subaru dealerships within 40 minutes of Asheville, North Carolina. Asheville has more lesbians, per capita, than any other place in the U.S. Coincidence? I think not… 😉 I heard some time ago that my city has the highest per capita lesbian population in the U.S., but I don’t see it listed at all in any of the surveys I pull up on Google. Certainly you can’t swing a cat here without hitting a lesbian or a Subaru, so I would have thought we rated somewhere in the top 20. Oh I see we are mentioned in [this](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2010/07/20/the-20-gayest-cities-in-america.html) survey. As far a cars and chicks, though, IMHO most women don’t notice cars unless it’s some kind of junker or trash heap that gets noticed for the wrong reasons. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-recent-model-car-that-is-reliable-reasonably-priced-and-looks-good-to-chicks/737960/46 "2015-11-20T20:33:17Z")
Not a Subaru. _Other guys_ will think you’re cool if you buy a Subaru (or a Lancer). Women will like your car if it is clean enough to look new, is not obviously dated, and has nice wheels. Or if it’s a classic convertible. Most girls won’t give a shit beyond that. They just don’t want to be embarrassed in it. > [@Renee](#): > > Well have an FRS, and it’s really fun to drive and a great looking car. I wouldn’t have it as my only car though. It’s tiny. Compared to what? It’s got the same interior volume as most similarly priced hatchbacks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-recent-model-car-that-is-reliable-reasonably-priced-and-looks-good-to-chicks/737960.md?page=2)