Go big (As gas prices drop, America resumes big car love affair)

[Cobb]

Did you see the follow up article?

Bigger Butts Become Big Business: Companies Cash in on Booty Trend - DailyFinance

[Frank Lee]

I saw that and it's just as puzzling to me as the guzzler thing.

[Xist]

I am scared to open that link...

[Cd]

Originally Posted by Cobb

Did you see the follow up article?

Bigger Butts Become Big Business: Companies Cash in on Booty Trend - DailyFinance

A quote from that article :
Kaufmann also suggests economic reasons are at play: "In uncertain times, people look for security," he says. "Men are attracted to women's hips and the buttocks for security and reassurance. Women respond to this. It's deeply psychological."




Nope.

Spacemanspif - you nailed it ! Now would be a great time to buy economy cars.

[niky]

A sign of prosperity... a cow, some sheep, and a little wife with hips big enough to pass a brood of twenty. We are fundamentally programmed to look for birthing hips in a woman. In the absence of that, a big derriere is a good substitute.

It's nice that people no longer have unrealistic body issues stemming from impossibly skinny supermodels.

Instead, they've been replaced by an entirely different set of body issues stemming from impossibly curvy celebrities.

Hat tip: Don't google "Kim Kardashian" "Paper Magazine"... the levels of photoshop will leave your eyes scarred for life.

[Xist]

From the unquestionable Cracked.com:

[R]esearch suggests that under economic duress, men prefer drooling over taller, older and more realistically proportioned Playmates. Indeed, Playmates of the Year during crappy fiscal years have been consistently older and heavier, with larger waists and waist-to-hip ratios than their good-economy counterparts.

7 Bizarre Trends That Predict an Economic Collapse | Cracked.com

I cannot imagine that Kim's picture is any better, I have only seen Reddit-edited versions, and editing a .jpeg never improves quality, with the best skill set.

[Cobb]

Nah, I like big legs and thighs myself.

Having owned a tacoma and driven an impala big vehicles get more respect on the road. I could go anywhere I wanted on or off road with the truck. With an eco vehicle people will cut you off if you signal or even look left or right.

Many people though the impala was a police car and I had 2 guys pull over when I took off behind them.

[spacemanspif]

Originally Posted by Cobb

Having owned a tacoma and driven an impala

To me those don't count as "big" cars. A Tacoma is a small truck, and very useful one, compared to it's competitors. And the Impala, while big-er, is still a V6 powered car that returns acceptable mileage for it's size and comfort level.

When we talk about people compensating, we are talking about people who own F-350 King Ranch gigantic trucks and have never used the truck for anything other than driving to work and getting a cup of coffee. Same goes for the people who but the SRT8 Charger or SS Impala who have no plans of racing anything, ever. But these people buy these cars because they have something to prove and that is usually "Mine is better than your's because I paid more; my wallet makes me more important".

I have no idea why people buy the really big trucks unless the actually need them for work/hobbies. I've driven too many F-350/Silvy 3500 for work and I can't speak for the "small" ones but the 8' bed, 4 full-door models are HUGE and suck to park. I just drive to the back and park in 2 spots. If I tried parking between 2 cars, my doors would hit their car and half the bed would hang out of the spot...and that is only IF I have a lane that's 40' wide that allows me to swing the beast enough to get in cleanly. I'll take a small car that can be whipped around over a tank any day...

[Cobb]

Oh, you mean people who buy hummers, excursions, f500 f650 trucks and charger hell cats?

I thought the article was saying vehicles were getting larger, like how todays toyota trucks are big in relation to the toyota trucks of the 80s.

[jamesqf]

Originally Posted by niky

A sign of prosperity... a cow, some sheep, and a little wife with hips big enough to pass a brood of twenty. We are fundamentally programmed to look for birthing hips in a woman. In the absence of that, a big derriere is a good substitute.

Who exactly are you including in that 'we'? Not me, that's for sure.