Foo - Help! Did I just buy a chick car?

Green Honda CR-V. Mini-SUV, styled similar to the smaller Lexus SUVs.


EDIT: I love the vehicle now that I am over the initial jitters of the expense and swapped it for a color (silver w/a darker grey interior) more suited to my cycling activities.

it's very cute.

if you leave it stock everyone will think its your wifes

Yes.

The horn goes... peep, peep. :p

Definitely a chick vehicle. The minivan of the current decade.

Sort of a chick car. The good news is that it can be fixed. Some intelligent styling modifications can make it a very different vehicle; start doing research.

For starters, I saw this lightly modified CRV at the 2007 SEMA show. It looked great:

http://www.motortrend.com/auto_shows/coverage/sema/112_2006_sema_show/2007_honda_cr-v_sport_concept.html


I think all this car has on it is custom air dam, custom grill, custom wheels, window tint, rear spoiler, exhaust treatment. Some butch sports racks on the roof might help, too.

yup. girly.

Could have been worse , ya could have bought a rav4. Girly and fugly!

But I'm one to talk. I drive a Pacifica. Mind you it's black and my friends say it looks like the Cadillac SUV.

Yep.... a girly vehicle. Your feelings are right on this one.

at least you are in touch with your feminine side. Go get a mani pedi and you will probably feel better.

Real Men don't give a ***** what people think of their car.

Real Men don't give a ***** what people think of their car.

That's usually when you are driving a 15 year old pickup with dents on all four corners and a cracked windshield, not a vehicle that soccer moms cart the kids around in!:p;):D

Hey who cares what others think? Go with your first instinct! When I bought a Subaru Outback years ago, several people said to me, "boy that's a conservative car you bought." But when I went up to Tahoe to go snowboarding, Subarus were the cool cars. Your CR-V is cool in some crowd, you just gotta find it, like uh... there's gotta be some scene where you fit in... uh... oh I know, the soccer mom set at the local park! http://media.scout.com/media/forums/emoticons/tongue.gif

Edit: Dang it cycle17, you brought up soccer mom while I was composing!

alls well that ends well

Ok, so it's not one of these:
http://www.news-blogs.com/_images/auto/infiniti_fx35_2006.jpg
or these:
http://img.drive.com.au/drive_images/Editorial/2007/09/11/11BMW_m_m.jpg
or these:
http://www.bsmotoring.com/bsm/wcms/en/home/cars/news-features/Volvo-XC60-080307.avsFiles/Image/9-main3.jpg;jsessionid=F98528A79A969F339B059279BD984F23
or even one of these:
http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/04/27-2007-RDX.jpg

But look on the bright side, the CR-V is pretty cute.

That's usually when you are driving a 15 year old pickup with dents on all four corners and a cracked windshield, not a vehicle that soccer moms cart the kids around in!:p;):D

cosigned

http://9development.com/blog/ultimatechickcar.jpg

Depends on the chick. Depends on the car.

In your cars case, "cute car"

I know it's probably amusing to read but I am really feeling pretty sh!tty right about now.

Dude, if the car fits your needs, there's nothing to worry about. If you have a nice new car, no one really cares what it is. People are making fun of you because of your insecurity, not because of the car itself.

You at least got the stick...right?

that BMW X6 is freaking nice. get some nerf bars and a bush bar with lights and a roof rack(real one)and that might solve some of the soccer mom suv issues

There is hope. Call Mugen

http://www.autospies.com/images/users/Agent009/Mugen%20CRV%2001.jpg

BWAHAHAH - you guys are relentless!!! :D:D:D


Dood - just make sure when you roll down that driver's window - you hang out that big hairy arm.



Oh and the tissue box sitting on the passenger seat is a no-no. :D




(P.S. - I think it looks dam functional!)

Hey, sometimes ya gotta shake hands with your feelings....in your case, it's gonna be a long handshake....:D

Let's go shopping......!

I got a dark green 95 ford aerostar.

What it amounts to is a big green box I can fill with bikes and parts that has over 209,000 miles on it and a V-6 you can't kill.

The paint is crap, bits of bodywork are missing, and it's been named "The Green Turd", and best of all, it could blow up tomorrow and I wouldn't care, the gf would be in a bind since it's her ride to work, but that's not my problem.

Hey, I'm a chick with a 18year old pick up with dents on 2 corners, and a pinged windshield. I'd be willing to do a straight trade....:D


Don't worry! It DOES NOT scream 'chick car'. Enjoy it. :)

That's usually when you are driving a 15 year old pickup with dents on all four corners and a cracked windshield, not a vehicle that soccer moms cart the kids around in!:p;):DWin! The crappier the car, the less **** I see. I miss it. Well, what's left of it anyway.http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/thaticktockman/bunny/89a64566.jpg

ManBearPig, your vagina is in the mail! :)

Real Men don't give a ***** what people think of their car.Exactly. Who gives a damn? If you like it, all is well.

Best car I ever had was a 1973 Chevy Malibu that I drove for years, it only had brakes on one wheel that, as a coincidence, was the only tire that actually had any tread on it.

It didn't have one square inch of straight sheet metal on it but it had an engine that wouldn't die, one of those 283 small-blocks.

I had to take it off the road though, after getting nabbed for one of those surprise roadside inspection things the cops sometimes run, all it passed on was all of the lights worked and none of the windows were broken... I miss that car.

Its a car, not a sex organ H.T.F.U

(said by the genius who once bought a Mitsubishi eclipse, 92 HP, no sunroof, no ac but it had power mirrors):D

Could be. :o

If it will make you feel any better -- a friend of mine got a Lexus RX350. i thought it was for his wife. He got it for himself. Said he wanted an SUV for when he goes up to the north Georgia mountains. :rolleyes:

Too often a person's choice of a "vehicle" is an indication of his/her ________ _______. (fill in the blanks) :lol:

Um, yeah. It's a chick car. BUT... if you want something comfy & practical, and NOT a pickup truck, you're pretty much stuck with getting a "chick car". It's not all bad though. You could have a chick car and still not have room to haul your bikes.

Um, yeah. It's a chick car. BUT... if you want something comfy & practical, and NOT a pickup truck, you're pretty much stuck with getting a "chick car". It's not all bad though. You could have a chick car and still not have room to haul your bikes.

nah - that's what Ailments are for. Those are the male of the species.

http://www.analogstereo.com/images/om/honda_element.jpg

Sort of a chick car. The good news is that it can be fixed. Some intelligent styling modifications can make it a very different vehicle; start doing research.

For starters, I saw this lightly modified CRV at the 2007 SEMA show. It looked great:

http://www.motortrend.com/auto_shows/coverage/sema/112_2006_sema_show/2007_honda_cr-v_sport_concept.html


I think all this car has on it is custom air dam, custom grill, custom wheels, window tint, rear spoiler, exhaust treatment. Some butch sports racks on the roof might help, too.

Oh dear lord, I want this!
http://www.motortrend.com/auto_shows/coverage/sema/112_2006_sema_show/photo_91.html

Hey, I'm a chick with a 18year old pick up with dents on 2 corners, and a pinged windshield. I'd be willing to do a straight trade....:D


Don't worry! It DOES NOT scream 'chick car'. Enjoy it. :)

Can any trade with a CR-V involved be considered "straight"?:D

your car is very metrosexual

look i didnt want to be the one to bring this up, but

trispokes. the only thing left is trispokes. *nods sagely*

yes it may be girly, but look on the bright side, its useful! and when it gets dirty and smells like man, and has some sweet fake-carbon trispoks on it, itll look like its been raped by a hummer!

BTW, to the OP, I drive a 2005 Ford Freestyle, so I too drive a chick car. I see more soccer moms driving around the hood in these things. I am about the only male I know with one. Let's do lunch.

BTW, to the OP, I drive a 2005 Ford Freestyle, so I too drive a chick car. I see more soccer moms driving around the hood in these things. I am about the only male I know with one. Let's do lunch.

Don't they hang people in Texas for that sort of thing?

Can any trade with a CR-V involved be considered "straight"?:D

:roflmao: Love this thread ... and very educational I must say. I'll make sure I run my next potential car purchase by this board to make sure I'm not buying a chick car. Couldn't imagine being stuck with one for 5 years or so when you could avoid making the wrong decision by running it by Foo first ;)

Don't they hang people in Texas for that sort of thing?
Not if you have the correct bumper stickers. (Nascar, Smith & Wesson, the chrome Jesus fish, and a few others will save your neck) BTW, all I have is a PTA sticker for my son's school. I tend to stay away from tall trees or people with ropes.

Not if you have the correct bumper stickers. (Nascar, Smith & Wesson, the chrome Jesus fish, and a few others will save your neck) BTW, all I have is a PTA sticker for my son's school. I tend to stay away from tall trees or people with ropes.

+severed head on pike hood ornament, that tends to stay the naysayers

BTW, to the OP, I drive a 2005 Ford Freestyle, so I too drive a chick car. I see more soccer moms driving around the hood in these things. I am about the only male I know with one. Let's do lunch.

I drove a Windstar until it got hit by a ditch, and it's not a mini-van, it is a compact MAN-VAN,

Any way to the OP, there is only one thing that will transform your vehicle in to something manly, Camo Paint. (http://www.therangerstation.com/Magazine/May06/Cheap_Camo_Paint.htm)

probably a wise move.
Not really needing to see a hog tied Jsharr swinging from an oak, hanging over some girly car.

Have you thought about putting some brahma horns on it as a hood ornament?

+severed head on pike hood ornament, that tends to stay the naysayers

Had to remove it, they would not let me in the carpool lane to drop the boys off at school. It is there on weekends though. During the week, I let the dog play with it in the back yard. She gives it added character. She is quite the bohemian.

I drove a Windstar until it got hit by a ditch, and it's not a mini-van, it is a compact MAN-VAN,

Any way to the OP, there is only one thing that will transform your vehicle in to something manly, Camo Paint. (http://www.therangerstation.com/Magazine/May06/Cheap_Camo_Paint.htm)

The Freestyle is a labeled by Ford as a "cross over" SUV. I think it helped me to cross over to driving a chick car or station wagon, depending on which angle you view it from.

probably a wise move.
Not really needing to see a hog tied Jsharr swinging from an oak, hanging over some girly car.

Have you thought about putting some brahma horns on it as a hood ornament?

I had no choice. All cars in Texas have longhorn hood ornaments and pearl handled Colt six shooters or chrome horse shoes as door handles. State law.

The Freestyle is a labeled by Ford as a "cross over" SUV. I think it helped me to cross over to driving a chick car or station wagon, depending on which angle you view it from.

cross-over seems very close to cross-dress, could there be a connexion?!?!?

The Freestyle is a labeled by Ford as a "cross over" SUV. I think it helped me to cross over to driving a chick car or station wagon, depending on which angle you view it from.

When you heard the phrase "Cross Over" you still went for it. Please return your man card, unless you are using it to stalk hot soccer moms. :D

Meh, I got a v6, CVT transmission, three rows of seats, and a new car for under 20K. I could not pass it up, even it is was pink and had daisies for hubcaps.

Meh, I got a v6, CVT transmission, three rows of seats, and a new car for under 20K. I could not pass it up, even it is was pink and had daisies for hubcaps.

ARRODAYZEEZ!!!! Im sorry, it slipped out, i swear!