Old ladies vs cool dudes

"PowderHound" (PowderHound) 11/27/2019 at 17:36 • Filed to: None

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But what year outback?

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > PowderHound 11/27/2019 at 17:42

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I’m wondering how many cool dudes drive minivans, compared to soccer/hockey moms, e specially when it comes to ones with manual transmissions. But then again, it doesn’t really matter since I am the furthest thing from cool...

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > PowderHound 11/27/2019 at 17:43

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“Want an SUV but need low entry”

This seems to contradict typical car shopping, namely that older people favor higher ride height for egress. I don’t think old -- ladies or men -- actively seek to sit lower. Quite the opposite.

MultiplaOrgasms > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 11/27/2019 at 17:44

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I am a cool dude who drove a Diesel, Manual Minivan for a while. And I am the only one that matters. 

PowderHound > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 11/27/2019 at 17:44

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Yeah that part makes no sense. But the entirely scientific numbers are interesting

PowderHound > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 11/27/2019 at 17:45

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I don’t think I have ever seen a manual transmission mini van

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > MultiplaOrgasms 11/27/2019 at 17:52

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Was it brown?

gin-san - shitpost specialist > PowderHound 11/27/2019 at 17:52

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I saw one back in high school, a friend of mine occasionally drove his parents’ manual (and mid-engine) Toyota Previa to school.

MultiplaOrgasms > PowderHound 11/27/2019 at 17:55

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Come to Europe then, most of them will also be French for some reason.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > PowderHound 11/27/2019 at 17:56

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There were quite a few in the ‘80s,  foreign and domestic,  but by 2012, when I bought mine, there was only one for sale in the US. Mine currently has a cool RX-8 shift knob; I just hope that when I take it in for service they actually know where reverse is and don’t try to follow the pattern on the knob...

MultiplaOrgasms > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 11/27/2019 at 17:56

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Probably not but it had a Digital instrument cluster

RallyWrench > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 11/27/2019 at 17:59

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The coolest dudes drive minivans. *ahem*

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > RallyWrench 11/27/2019 at 18:05

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Thank you - I’m glad someone thinks I’m cool 

Between you, me and LongVoyager I think we’re up to three - double points if you have  a Vanagon or Previa or MT.

CB > PowderHound 11/27/2019 at 18:08

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Give me a year and you can add me to the cool dude category.

DipodomysDeserti > PowderHound 11/27/2019 at 18:15

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Poor study design. I would have gauged “lesbian ladies” vs “cool dudes”, and would rather be associated with the former.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > PowderHound 11/27/2019 at 18:18

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In my area it's about 50/50 old ladies and lesbians, with some some overlap.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > PowderHound 11/27/2019 at 18:20

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K-platform Caravans could have them, as well as the first two generations of Mazda MPV

smobgirl > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 11/27/2019 at 19:09

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Oh no.

Nom De Plume > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 11/27/2019 at 19:18

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Just Rolled into the Shop Vol. 163

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 11/27/2019 at 19:56

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Most VWs as well.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > smobgirl 11/27/2019 at 20:07

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Maybe I’ll swap the knob before service just so they don’t F up my clutch/transmission.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Nom De Plume 11/27/2019 at 20:10

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Please no. I don’t want to be featured there, although I might have qualified for “the obligatory tire post” last year when I was having some vibration.

Perhaps I’ll throw the stock knob in place for service so they don’t screw up my car, and then swap it back afterwards. It would be nice if I could just swap out the center of the knob with a classic Mazda logo instead of the shift pattern, but I don’t know if that’s possible, but with a little time and a color laser printer anything could happen...

fintail > PowderHound 11/27/2019 at 21:00

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Living in the PNW where such cars are a cliche, “cool” and “Outback” are circles that almost never overlap, just my hot take.