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posted by on Saturday February 11 2017, @12:57PM   Printer-friendly
from the what-does-betteridge-say? dept.

Autotrader reports a study:

Canadians looking to impress on their next romantic date might want to stay clear of on-demand car services, taxis or even public transit, according to the findings of a recent autoTRADER.ca survey that explores the role of the automobile in modern-day dating. In fact, a whopping 92 percent of Canadians say they find it appealing when their date shows up with their own ride. And don't even think about "borrowing the car" for the occasion – close to half of the population surveyed (48 percent) reported that they would find a borrowed vehicle unattractive or "embarrassing beyond words."

While it is unsurprising a publication called Autotrader would find car ownership is necessary for romance, do the study's claims track? Do today's humans really prefer being picked up for a date by someone who owns a car? Is being picked up on a motorcycle really the least attractive?


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  • (Score: 2) by AthanasiusKircher on Sunday February 12 2017, @02:58AM

    by AthanasiusKircher (5291) on Sunday February 12 2017, @02:58AM (#465966) Journal

    That's a bit silly. It is not just a matter of "what kind of car". For example you can tell by the smell if someone smokes even if they avoid smoking on the date. You can tell is someone is untidy (very off-putting for me); of course they might have tidied it up for the date but if it is untidy then they certainly are too. If they are driving, you can assess something of their personality by the way they drive which they might suppress in a chat but shows up when they are behind the wheel - big-head-show-off? aggressive-bastard? timid?

    I completely agree. I was talking about one example -- and a rather common one. There ARE people who judge others based simply on the MAKE/MODEL of car they drive. Other people in this thread have even said that it's unrealistic for people not to. (Frankly, I sincerely don't give a crap about what kind of car someone drives, but I'll admit I'm in the minority.) But sure -- one can judge all sorts of stuff about a person based on how they keep their car. I completely agree, and I never meant to suggest otherwise.

    What I was pointing out is that there are plenty of people who are more "shallow" than that. (And I put that word in quotation marks because I frankly don't even like that adjective, but it's commonly used in situations like this. But I don't like it because to me it implies a judgment against such people... I don't in any way begrudge people who prioritize fancy car ownership as a signal of attractiveness. That's a choice. I don't care -- you do what you want and be attracted to what you want. Nevertheless, those people exist, and if you end up on a date with such a person and you are NOT such a person, there could be problems down the road....)

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  • (Score: 2) by Nuke on Sunday February 12 2017, @02:03PM

    by Nuke (3162) on Sunday February 12 2017, @02:03PM (#466146)

    I have a friend with 15 Jaguars, 4 Audis, a Range Rover, a Lincoln stretch limo, a 1950's Cadillac sedan, and a small Renault. Before you get excited, they are all rust buckets sitting in a yard except for 3 of the Jags, two of the Audis, and the Renault (and even those are old).

    For a date he uses the Renault. I wonder what can they tell about him?