I8ABMR

Now that another Valentine's Day has passed, we can offer a little advice to those of you who might have avoided Cupid's arrows another year. If you're struggling to find that special someone, maybe you should stop searching on eHarmony and start looking in your garage. A new survey by British insurance specialist Diamond puts some numbers to what we've known all along, namely that people are more attracted to others who drive nice cars. The company polled 3,000 people and 36% admitted that they judge someone's attractiveness based on the car he or she drives. Even more to the point, one in ten admitted they would date someone with a nice car, even if they found the driver unattractive, and 20% said that the more expensive the car, the better looking the driver.

It should come as no surprise that men are more superficial than women from these results, with men twice as likely to date an "ugly" woman because of her car, and 50% admitting the car's price makes the driver more attractive. The makes of cars that bring the most positive reaction are, unsurprisingly, Aston Martin, Ferrari, and Lamborghini, although men chose a Ferrari-driving lady as tops. Unless you're extremely attractive, the report says its best to avoid being seen in a SEAT, Chevrolet, or Skoda, which were the lowest rated brands in the survey. And God forbid your ride is brown, as that hue was voted the least attractive colo(u)r. If you're stuck with a brown SEAT, at least consider painting it black, the sexiest color on the list. Maybe by next Valentine's Day, you'll be lucky enough to be James Bond in a black DBS, or Christie Brinkley in a red 308.

I8ABMR

I grew up in LA and I would say the percentage would be higher for young women in the LA area. LOL

llamaboiz

I'd date Linda Tripp if she had a Aston DBS

Habious

Damn, now THAT is what I call low standards (yes, I'm sure she has a great personality)!

IS-SV

Yes, in LA surgery fixes just about anything.

Gojirra99

It took me a couple hours(between the first and second time I clicked this thread) to even recall who Linda Tripp is LOL, didn't bother to look it up ......

sirCharles

Whether folks want to admit it or not,
It should ALWAYS be known, you are what you drive.

SoCalSC4

Problem with that whole scenario is...
whenever I see ANY woman in a nice car (by nice, I mean $100,000+)
it usually means there is a man in her life paying for it.

Call me jaded, or tell me I've been living in Orange County too long...
perhaps both of the above or true.

But it certainly seems like a valid observation.

Around here you see 19 year old chicks driving BMW 335 cabriolets.
You mean to tell me they're paying for that $52,000 car working at
the Sunglass Hut part time and going to community college?

I think not! (thanks Daddy!)

Epik151

So 64% of the 3,000 don't care about the car.

Thanks.

cliffud

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haha epik.

RON430

Seeing as how the survey was taken in a Middle School study hall, it's hard to read very much into it.

Maximus350

My car is extremely sexy. Me, not so much.

garbage85

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i dont know if you're attractive is enhanced from driving a car..but I can tell you people do indeed take notice of you when you drive a nice car. I have a lot of people come up to me in school and be like "hey is that you're Lexus in the lot??" I park way in the back too

cliffud

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this is somewhat related - i've noticed that if a 4runner is driven by a girl... likely, it's a cute girl.

bigbwb

Were you checking out my wife

She occasionally drives my 2006 V8 and in return I drive her IS250