# Will I impress more girls if I get a Jeep? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 11, 2010, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-impress-more-girls-if-i-get-a-jeep/542762 "2010-06-11T04:27:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-impress-more-girls-if-i-get-a-jeep/542762/81 "2010-06-12T19:25:10Z")
I automatically disregard opinions that include “alot.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@Mister\_Owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Owl)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-impress-more-girls-if-i-get-a-jeep/542762/82 "2010-06-12T19:49:31Z")
Regarding automatic versus stick, all I can say is that I know this board frowns on anecdotal evidence and let it go at that. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-impress-more-girls-if-i-get-a-jeep/542762/83 "2010-06-12T20:14:41Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > yeah that is pretty boring > > I was thinking more something like this > > [http://fraulo.com/orlando/ioa/images/Jurassic%20Park%20Jeep.jpg](http://fraulo.com/orlando/ioa/images/Jurassic%20Park%20Jeep.jpg) > > also maybe I could just get the color and design without the JP logo Seriously, do not get this. It will make you look like the biggest dork in dorktown. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-impress-more-girls-if-i-get-a-jeep/542762/84 "2010-06-12T20:17:37Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I automatically disregard opinions that include “alot.” 🙂 I prefer to manually disregard them.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-impress-more-girls-if-i-get-a-jeep/542762/85 "2010-06-12T20:27:53Z")
I’m working on learning how to manually disregard them - I keep getting stalled at it. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-impress-more-girls-if-i-get-a-jeep/542762/86 "2010-06-12T20:29:59Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > Seriously, do not get this. It will make you look like the biggest dork in dorktown. Yeah, but don’t most women get turned on by the alpha male anything? Or is there something wrong about being the Alpha Dork? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-impress-more-girls-if-i-get-a-jeep/542762/87 "2010-06-12T20:41:41Z")
> [@Mister\_Owl](#): > > Regarding automatic versus stick, all I can say is that I know this board frowns on anecdotal evidence and let it go at that. That’s fine, we don’t need to derail this into a manual vs automatic debate (I’m a manual transmission guy myself.) But my statement was not “wrong” in any way. ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-impress-more-girls-if-i-get-a-jeep/542762/88 "2010-06-12T20:46:29Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > yeah that is pretty boring > > I was thinking more something like this > > [http://fraulo.com/orlando/ioa/images/Jurassic%20Park%20Jeep.jpg](http://fraulo.com/orlando/ioa/images/Jurassic%20Park%20Jeep.jpg) > > also maybe I could just get the color and design without the JP logo Ouch. Boy is that ugly. But go for it. If you can get a chick and drive a vehicle like that you will know that she really loves you for who you are and not just what you’re driving. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-impress-more-girls-if-i-get-a-jeep/542762/89 "2010-06-12T20:51:28Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Yeah, but don’t most women get turned on by the alpha male anything? > > Or is there something wrong about being the Alpha Dork? What’s alpha male-y about that hideous paint job? ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-impress-more-girls-if-i-get-a-jeep/542762/90 "2010-06-12T21:01:31Z")
> [@Arrendajo](#): > > Ouch. Boy is that ugly. But go for it. If you can get a chick and drive a vehicle like that you will know that she really loves you for who you are and not just what you’re driving. Exactly. Be who you are. If you’ve always wanted that vehicle, go for it. The girl who falls for you will the girl who was meant to fall for you, and she’ll love you despite, or perhaps because of your [del] color blindness / horrible taste / alien viewpoint / bizarre obsession with old movies / comfort with looking like a velociraptor / general weirdness [/del] bold sense of style. I’m actually serious. I wouldn’t get that car, but I truly appreciate the awesomeness of it. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-impress-more-girls-if-i-get-a-jeep/542762/91 "2010-06-12T21:41:02Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I have to say, having seen the reactions, that a Lamborghini or other equivilant several hundreds of thousands of dollars sportscar does indeed attract many females, and females of the sort than most men would want to attract (as opposed to those attracted to a Harley). A Jeep? No, not unless she just happens to be a Jeep fan. Which could work. There actually were tests performed that showed that women find guys with expensive cars [sexier than others](http://news.drive.com.au/drive/motor-news/can-a-car-make-you-sexy-20100527-wgv2.html). I also seem to remember one that had to do with deeper motors connecting with arousal in females, but I can’t find it. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-impress-more-girls-if-i-get-a-jeep/542762/92 "2010-06-12T21:46:27Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > Then why are you so darn good at it? Because it’s only if it’s obvious that you are trying that it is a turn off. And even then it’s only a general statement, and doesn’t cover all eventualities. It’s mostly good advice for an amateur. Curse my desire to explain things rather than try to be alluring. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-impress-more-girls-if-i-get-a-jeep/542762/93 "2010-06-13T02:51:10Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Because it’s only if it’s obvious that you are trying that it is a turn off. And even then it’s only a general statement, and doesn’t cover all eventualities. It’s mostly good advice for an amateur. > > Curse my desire to explain things rather than try to be alluring. Well, nothing’s more alluring than a guy trying to actually answer a question that was only posed as a joking lame-ass attempt at flirting on a mostly-anonymous message board. 😛 ---
**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:** [June 13, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-impress-more-girls-if-i-get-a-jeep/542762/94 "2010-06-13T17:59:45Z")
> [@phreesh](#): > > Do NOT paint it like the Jurassic Park jeeps. You will attract 1% of chicks with it, creep out 20% and the rest won’t even notice. > [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Well, that depends. What if the 1% are the ones you particularly want to attract? Ought to work on Laura Dern, at least. > [@pulykamell](#): > > And if you have trouble believing that off-road enthusiasts swear by automatics for rock-crawling situations, you can read the opinions [here](http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f165/manual-vs-automatic-transmission-597266/). It’s not really that surprising, when you think about it; two words: _hill start_. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-impress-more-girls-if-i-get-a-jeep/542762/95 "2010-06-13T18:45:53Z")
Automatics are really well respected and represented in the serious off-road community for all the reasons listed above. They have their place, and are better than manuals in many situations. But there’s no way this jeep is a chick magnet. 🙂 I was just at the one pictured above (Universal Studios) and there weren’t chicks hanging all over it, trust me. ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-impress-more-girls-if-i-get-a-jeep/542762/96 "2010-06-13T20:40:19Z")
The only time an automatic has a big advantage is crawling through very slow technical rocky sections where you need to use all three pedals and low range. Otherwise, it’s just what you prefer to drive. A hand throttle can even up the advantage some though. An ATV is better off road than either transmission in a Jeep, which is why mine doesn’t see heavy off road duty anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-impress-more-girls-if-i-get-a-jeep/542762/97 "2010-06-19T05:46:47Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Commonly abbreviated as **Autolycus.** I think I should be saying thank you? 😉 (Jeez, fall behind in my dope reading and I miss self-indulgent gems like this!) ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-impress-more-girls-if-i-get-a-jeep/542762/98 "2010-06-19T06:05:21Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I automatically disregard opinions that include “alot.” 🙂 Ohh, but [they are cute](http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html) alot! ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-impress-more-girls-if-i-get-a-jeep/542762/99 "2010-06-19T16:21:48Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > No. You will not impress girls if you are intentionally buying things to impress girls. You will only impress girls if you don’t care about impressing them. That’s a lie. An expensive car WILL impress girls, if you don’t mind banging the kinda girls that like a guy just because of what kind of car he drives. ---
**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-impress-more-girls-if-i-get-a-jeep/542762/100 "2010-06-19T16:31:41Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > There actually were tests performed that showed that women find guys with expensive cars [sexier than others](http://news.drive.com.au/drive/motor-news/can-a-car-make-you-sexy-20100527-wgv2.html). > > I also seem to remember one that had to do with deeper motors connecting with arousal in females, but I can’t find it. Muscle cars are sexy! Beemer dudes are usually stuck on themselves or so anal they have to correct spelling… 😉 Insert finger in throat. Guys in Jeeps are rare in my area because of the long winters. If I do see one it is usually a young kid or a man that refuses to grow up. That is not a bad thing at my age! But the hum of a big motor … Gets me every time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-impress-more-girls-if-i-get-a-jeep/542762.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-impress-more-girls-if-i-get-a-jeep/542762.md?page=6)