Survey: Male car buyers prefer style, women opt for fuel efficiency

[darcane]

Originally Posted by redpoint5

I broke up with a beautiful girl partially because she traded in her 2 year old Aveo for a new Aveo because she liked the color.

1st priority: cost - she stuck with and Aveo instead of a Nissan GTR
2nd priority: mpg - she stuck with and Aveo instead of a RAM 1500
3rd priority: look and style - changed to blue

I guess the survey was accurate.

[elhigh]

When I was car shopping in 2013, I was looking for MPGs first and foremost. I wanted a Prius.

I wound up with the Civic because it alone of the hybrids I looked at had a manual transmission.

Sweetie: "But it's that unpleasant champagne gray color."
Me: "But it has a manual transmission."
Sweetie: "Oh, really? First one of those we've seen today. Let's take it for a spin."

[niky]

Originally Posted by redpoint5

I broke up with a beautiful girl partially because she traded in her 2 year old Aveo for a new Aveo because she liked the color.

The mere fact that she was driving an Aveo in the first place should have been a red flag.

[redpoint5]

Originally Posted by darcane

1st priority: cost - she stuck with and Aveo instead of a Nissan GTR
2nd priority: mpg - she stuck with and Aveo instead of a RAM 1500
3rd priority: look and style - changed to blue

More like the GTR and RAM didn't come in that shade of blue. I'm not sure she knew what MPG was, let alone how to calculate it. She's a sweetheart though.

BTW, the 2006 Aveo is rated 25 MPG for a 1.6L car. Fuelly says people were getting 27 MPG out of it compared to 32 MPG for the 1.8L Corolla.

Originally Posted by niky

The mere fact that she was driving an Aveo in the first place should have been a red flag.

Oh, it was. She bought the 2nd Aveo after asking me what she should do. I really liked her, but I can't have a woman that is more inclined to listen to a salesman than her rational boyfriend. I was a dummy and had to break up with her 3 times instead of my 1 and done rule.

[Stubby79]

Never thought driving a Geo Metro was "Getting in touch with my feminine side".

Eh, it is what it is.

[Frank Lee]

Women are all about sitting up high in a commanding position.

Men are too. :/

Must suck being a munchkin.

[redpoint5]

Originally Posted by Frank Lee

Women are all about sitting up high in a commanding position.

Men are too. :/

Must suck being a munchkin.

If I had things my way, this is the driving position I'd assume for quick trips.

[Frank Lee]

I'd have arse and feet on the same plane, but yeah.

This has the ultimate catbird seat. If GM mass produced these, there'd be one in every driveway:

[vskid3]

Originally Posted by redpoint5

BTW, the 2006 Aveo is rated 25 MPG for a 1.6L car. Fuelly says people were getting 27 MPG out of it compared to 32 MPG for the 1.8L Corolla.

My friend's mom and some of her friends (4 or 5 people total) went on a roadtrip 7 or 8 years ago. Friend's mom wanted to rent an Aveo because it was cheapest and had the highest MPG rating, friend tried to convince her to go a size up (can't remember what that would have been). They went with the Aveo and had a cramped trip in a car that could barely do the speed limit against the winds in Wyoming and ended up getting worse mileage than the larger car was rated for.

Had a coworker who had a ~2008 Aveo, seemed like it was always needing a little part here and there.

There are economy cars and there are cheap cars. I think we know which category the Aveo falls under.

[freebeard]

Had a coworker who had a ~2008 Aveo, seemed like it was always needing a little part here and there.

I had a co-worker (last time I had a job) that had one. A screw was missing on a splash-guard behind the right rear wheel. I mentioned it to him repeatedly over a month or more, as a running joke. But he never replaced the screw.