The Picknik Basket Handle

"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo) 09/17/2018 at 13:25 • Filed to: None

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the mk1 Cabriolet has a nickname, the bitchbasket. because 1 its a “girly” car, 2 the roll bar looks like the handle o a picknik basket. Well i just came across this pick of a roll one, and that handle does its job.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 09/17/2018 at 13:38

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i dont think that bar helped much..... looks like the whole interior fell out

Chuckles > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 09/17/2018 at 13:43

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The picnic basket comparison is fair, but the idea that a car looks "girly" has always seemed pretty dumb to me. It's a car. It's not a person. And the fact that "girly" is pretty much always used with a negative connotation is aggravating. 

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Chuckles 09/17/2018 at 13:57

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I think the Cabrio earned it's reputation as a girly car by being bought almost exclusively by sorority girls.

CalzoneGolem > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 09/17/2018 at 14:01

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A nd a door!

Chuckles > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 09/17/2018 at 14:05

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That’s a fair point, but it does make you wonder why that was the case. It might have gained that reputation over time, but why weren’t men buying this car when it was new?

Between my 94 Miata and my 2012 Fiat 500, I've heard more than my fair share of comments about driving a "chick car." One friend of mine won't ride with me in the Miata because of that reason. I once let my girlfriend take the Fiat to work. Her coworker complimented her on her new car. When my girlfriend said it belonged to her boyfriend, her coworker said "oh, I'm sorry. That's not a man's car."

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Chuckles 09/17/2018 at 14:30

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yeah that reasoning can GTFO. That mindset is THE reason I hated highschool chop class , almost every dude in shop class was a red neck kid who thought you weren’t a man if you didn’t have a truck, wear C arheart jackets, and chew tobacco (ew). the best was one kid always said I was gay because i usually hung out with chicks. To which I replied that he must be gay because i never saw him with chicks.

I’m in that same boat as you, most of the cars i like are “girly cars”.

Chuckles > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 09/17/2018 at 14:39

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I’ve had people call my cars cute but then say “I’m sorry, I probably shouldn’t call them cute. You probably wouldn’t like that.”

To which I reply “it’s ok! It’s a cute car and there’s nothing wrong with that.”

Also, if someone is still trying to use the term “gay” as an insult in 2018, I assume that they’re at most 14 years old. Some kids yelled at me while I was driving the Miata and called me gay. I just said “thanks!” and drove away.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Chuckles 09/17/2018 at 14:43

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Nice, I call Veronica cute all the time, sometimes i whisper it softly to her.