6/3     Attention Sodans!
        "EcoGeeks get all the girls"
        http://green.yahoo.com/blog/ecogeek/539/ecogeeks-get-all-the-girls.html
        "Nearly 9 in 10 women (88 percent) say they'd rather chat up someone
        who owns the latest fuel-efficient car versus the latest sports car."
        Forget about whether global warming is real or whether we have hit peak
        oil or why we're fighting a war in Iraq.  This alone is why you should
        ditch your SUV.  Hurry before the chicks run out!
        \_ Can you explain why black chicks in LA still dig guys with
           huge SUVs with spinners and white chicks in Hollywood still
           dig guys with sportscars?
           \_ Ask the author, not me.  -- OP
        \_ What if you RIDE BIKE?
           \_ The survey didn't cover this.
        \_ 9 in 10 women are liars who probably do care about the environment
           and want to make that point, but who will jump into a guy's $350K
           Ferrari in 3 seconds if given a chance.
           \_ I'm not sure why guys think fast flashy cars do anything for
              their sex appeal.  Then again, it's pretty obvious most men
              have no idea what is sexy.
              \_ You've obviously never owned an expensive car. Success
                 is sexy to most women. It's not the car that's sexy. It's
                 that the man driving it is able to provide. Why do you
                 think rich ugly guys get so much tail their daughter's age?
                 Deep down, most women want to be taken care of. Are you
                 more impressed with a guy driving a 1972 Pinto or a guy
                 driving a 2002 Acura TL? Don't say it doesn't matter,
                 because it matters just like the clothes he wears and the
                 school he went to. Guys, on the other hand, are more
                 genuine. They just want a fun, sexy gal and rich is 100%
                 optional.
                 \_ I have driven my roommates Z-8 and while it is true
                    that you get more female attention, you actually get
                    even more young men admiring your car. Money is obviously
                    attractive to women, but if a fancy car is the only way
                    you can think of to show that, you aren't very clever.
                    Then again, if you are rich enough, why not? I would
                    personally prefer a fun, sexy gal who was rich over one
                    who was not, and I think most guys would, actually.
                    \_ Yes you get attention.  People look at flashy cars.
                       That is loads different than "people fuck the drivers
                       of flashy cars."  (Plus, 9 in 10 means that 1 in 10
                       women really like flashy cars, so I guess you've got
                       decent odds there, but there is a serious issue of
                       quality.)
                       \_ The survey said "chat up" and "interesting to
                          talk to" not "hop in the sack with". I never
                          meant to imply that 10 in 10 (or 9 in 10) would
                          go that far. It's probably that 1 in 10.
                          However, for 9 in 10 to say that they wouldn't
                          rather talk to the guy in the Ferrari versus the
                          guy in the Civic Hybrid is baloney.
                    \_ It is becuase of "young men 'admiring' my car" (and
                       my bejewelled wife) I got a Concealed Weapons Permit.
                       -Toluca Lake Arsenal
                    \_ I have an acquaintance who transports exotic cars
                       like Lamborghini, Bentley, Ferrari, and so on. Sometimes
                       we are able to drive them (like when the road is
                       too steep or twisty for the truck to navigate). You
                       better believe you get attention from both men and
                       women. I am not saying it's the only way to woo
                       women. I am just saying that most of the women who
                       responded were lying their asses off because they
                       didn't want to appear shallow. A Prius doesn't get
                       that kind of attention. I think a lot of the women
                       who responded were also thinking about a greasy guy
                       in a Mustang or Camaro and not a successful
                       well-dressed businessman in a Ferrari F430 Spider.
                       And of course everyone prefers a rich wife all else
                       being equal, but what about a rich, unattractive
                       wife versus a poor, extremely hot wife? I'll take
                       the latter 10 out of 10 times. Life's not fair. Women
                       like rich men and men like hot women. BTW, does
                       your roommate get laid more often or by hotter
                       women? And why does someone with a $100K car have a
                       roommate anyway?
                       \_ Cause he has a $100K car?