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cars / Sex & Intimacy / 7:46 PM - Monday July 02, 2007
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An Alternative Girl (Male, Brest, 18-21) asked:


A car is a woman.
Leasing a car = dating.
Buying a car = commitment.

A brand new car is a nice ride. You want to show it off. The leather seats are nice, excellent handling, nice curves.

Maintenance: You gotta put money into the car to ensure it runs and looks good. Gets pretty expensive.

Car's getting old, time to get a new one. Most people will upgrade to a younger model. The cycle continues on and on.

Is this is accurate analogy?


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A Mr. Nice Guy (Male, Edmonton, 29-35, Hospitality) answered:

Screenname: nightshift


I would say that it is accurate. Though, I consider leasing like renting except in a lease they dont upgrade or 'pimp' for free but just give you the basics. So, with the lease, the girl will probably keep herself primed and running smooth (go to dentist, doctor, feed herself) but you have to 'pimp' it up (jewelery, movies, clothes). Though for the commitment (wedding) you have to keep it running smooth as well as pimp it up.

So, I would say it is a good analogy. Then you can let people decide what they want. A lease or a purchase.

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A Guy Critical (Female, Seattle, Who Cares?, Political / Government) answered:

Screenname: stargazr39



I would never get rid of my classic car.

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A Thinker (Female, Who Cares?, Who Cares?) answered:

Screenname: sakura1


Definitely, for men who seek external validation. When a man need to "prove" his self-worth by having the latest, hottest, sexiest __________ then it is very telling that he hasn't done any spiritual work on himself, to discover that only true self-worth and self-value comes from within. Of course, there are "spiritually evolved" people who enjoy buying a nice car - but they do so because they enjoy it, not to show it off and win approval from others.

Your analogy is quite accurate for a *certain* type of man that I don't even attract anyway, thank GOD.

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A Sweet Sarah (Female, 29-35, Who Cares?) answered:

Screenname: sunset77


No its not. Anyone who 'upgrades' their partner in the same manner that they would upgrade their car is not worthy of having a relationship. People are people, with feelings, love and emotional attachment. They are NOT some inanimate object that can be traded in once they get old.

The longer you are with someone, the BETTER it gets. The more comfortable you feel, the more love there is, the more you are emotionally attached, the more you are attracted to them (yes for me attraction ONLY comes with time).

And this idea that you don't have maintain an 'older' relationship is wrong too. All relationships need maintenance.

What a superficial and shallow attitude you have.

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A Thinker (Female, New York, 46-55, Civil Service) answered:

Screenname: funcontessa


some older cars are considered CLASSICS!!!

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A Sweet Sarah (Female, 46-55, Who Cares?) answered:

Screenname: twocents45


What about restoring a Classic? Hell yeah!!

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An Engaged Guy (Male, Norfolk, 26-28) answered:

Screenname: damon8r


As such, you would not buy a car without test driving it first, hence the explanation of sex before marriage.

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An Intellectual Guy (Male, New York, 29-35, Other Profession) answered:

Screenname: loftinfubu


Just take the old model and Pimp Your Ride! Throw some D's on it.

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A Career Woman (Female, Charlotte, 29-35, Who Cares?) answered:

Screenname: thottienc


Sakura is absolutely, unequivocably correct.

Think about this: If arm candy is someones idea of dating, then they will do what those that constantly need to have the latest car will do (those that lease)---RENT the flashiest thing they can afford at the time with no real comittment to keep or care for it. They don't know that leasing a depreciating object is like throwing money out the window every month. It'll be that old man in his new Corvette that he can barely handle, driving down the highway by himself eventually because there aren't many Anna Nicoles in the world that will be awed by a 90 yr old in a Vette. His uptrading will run out and then what??

An old car thats seen us across the country and back, through good and bad weather, thats well-maintenanced, will not be a let down to us. It'll become a beautiful antique that we care for and love and handle with the respect its earned.

Most people just drive their 'cars' without caring for them right and only fixing things REACTIVELY after they've broken instead of tuning it up and keeping it smooth all along. Relationships are like cars in that they give warnings of little noises before they collapse on the side of the road. We ignore them just like we ignore the little ting we heard.

We should care for our relationships better and we don't have to worry about trading them in for newer things every 5 years.

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A Life of the Party (Female, New Orleans, 56-65, Medical / Dental) answered:

Screenname: chickymama46


A MAN is a car.
Leasing a car = dating.
Buying a car = commitment.

A brand new car is a nice ride. You want to show it off. The leather seats are nice, excellent handling, nice curves.

Maintenance: You gotta put money into the car to ensure it runs and looks good. Gets pretty expensive.

Car's getting old, time to get a new one. Most people will upgrade to a younger model. The cycle continues on and on.

Yeah, it's just as accurate for women as it is for men. Women like fresh, new, vibrant variety just as much as men. And the cycle goes and on and on.

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A Married Girl (Female, 29-35, Who Cares?) answered:

Screenname: g00dadvice


<----Built for comfort, not speed!

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A Creative (Female, 46-55, Who Cares?) answered:

Screenname: joybird


Not every man has the brains, the know how and the ageless sexiness to ride behind the wheel of a vintage classic let alone get under her hood!

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A Creative (Female, 46-55, Who Cares?) answered:

Screenname: joybird


I might have a little mileage on me, but oh baby, what a ride!

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An Alternative Girl (Female, 46-55, Other Profession) answered:

Screenname: divadancer2


oh absolutely! now that i agree with you will quit sending hate mail to me?

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A Guy Critical (Male, Los Angeles, 29-35) answered:

Screenname: neanderthal


my car doesnt ask me if a certain set of hubcaps makes it look phat.


bad analogy.

a car is a tool, one that can be controlled and manipulated in any way you desire. just dont flout the laws of physics. a woman is a mysterious thing that no one has quite gotten to understand. and just when you think youve got yourself a good one, she makes you wish you had got a different model.

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A Creative (Female, 36-45, Student) answered:

Screenname: fastball


I wouldn't be able to trade in my car because I would love it for the same reasons that I got it in the first place..just as I would love the man that I chose in the first place...it's not about how old they may get, it's how great it is to grow together and to get to know him in a way that no one else knows you or him...;)

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An Intellectual Guy (Male, New York, 46-55, Science / Engineering) answered:

Screenname: mauddeep


..Lets see you a guy but then you a female who cares?
..Can't you make up your mind which part you want to play on A/O tonight.
..Think some of you idiots should play the part you playing a little better with you phoney profiles..

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