Neilikka
08-29-2008, 04:00 AM
Last weekend I was driving my car on the MKAD. The traffic jam made me smoke a lot more cigarettes than my lungs were able to stand. It also made me entertain myself watching the neighboring drivers more attentively than I usually do. What caught my attention most was a cute young girl sitting in her Audi Q7 - a huge glamorous tractor made for... I don't even know. Driving? Anyway, it was weird. I mean, the correlation of a refined young girl and a big German car. What made her choose that car?
Of course, there is a possibility that the car belongs to her husband/dad/brother. But imagine if the car belongs to her and she made this choice herself, what does it mean then?
Research has shown that for the most part, women buy cars that are not only affordable, practical and safe, but also with a dash of design flair - as evidenced by such models as the Eclipse and Toyota's RAV4 sport utility vehicle.
These days, the cliché that women only buy reliable and practical cars like minivans is becoming something of an anachronism, as many are going against the grain and buying sports cars, trucks and SUVs. Some 25 percent of Corvettes are bought by women - a high number for a car that carries a sticker price of $44,000 to $65,000.
So you probably want me to explain my idea more properly. Okay. What I think is that women are not driving cars, but they are driving the men they secretly want to have. I mean the functions of men and cars in a woman's life are very similar - they protect, they keep you warm and comfortable, they give you a chance to boast in front of your friends (other women), they help you to carry bags (I'm not a feminist.)
That woman in her Q7 made me think of her preferences in men. I think she probably needs someone to make decisions instead of her (any decisions, even if she thinks some of them are stupid).
This man would treat her like a beautiful cat - stroking her when he wants to and kicking her when he's not in a good mood. The good thing about being a cat is that you only have to eat, sleep and do your hair, of course. Well, maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think so.
There is also another woman. She's about 40. She buys business class cars - such as Mercedes-Benz E-Class or BMW 745. She knows many powerful men in the city, she's getting her manicures at the Hyatt, and she speaks three languages perfectly and has three children from different fathers.
This woman is independent, with her Mercedes she almost screams: "I don't need a man!" She's definitely in love with a young bad guy who can easily ask her for $10,000 and never give this money back to her.
A Mercedes is not a cheap car, its servicing is more expensive than it actually could be, sometimes the financial suffers and formalities you experience with this car are unjustified. Sometimes the actions of this successful and wise but hopeless in her loneliness woman are illogical and childish.
As I was crawling in the traffic jam which seemed was never going to end, I sympathized with that poor Mercedes owner. I imagined in my mind her laughing at that stupid cat in the Q7.
Suddenly I noticed a girl in a 3-5 year old smallish Ford - she was skillfully threading her way through the jam. The first thing I thought of her - a perfect mother. That girl is probably married with her class-mate - nice calm man, an ordinary clerk in an ordinary bank. He's not showing off, his job is stable, he is faithful.
Maybe he is a bit too timid in some aspects of life, but his wife is wise enough not to show him her power too often. She knows when to be strong and ambitious and when to shut up. What she values in her Ford is the correlation between the price and the quality.
I wonder why I decided to make this expensive leather interior in my Golf 5?
By Anna Ozar
Of course, there is a possibility that the car belongs to her husband/dad/brother. But imagine if the car belongs to her and she made this choice herself, what does it mean then?
Research has shown that for the most part, women buy cars that are not only affordable, practical and safe, but also with a dash of design flair - as evidenced by such models as the Eclipse and Toyota's RAV4 sport utility vehicle.
These days, the cliché that women only buy reliable and practical cars like minivans is becoming something of an anachronism, as many are going against the grain and buying sports cars, trucks and SUVs. Some 25 percent of Corvettes are bought by women - a high number for a car that carries a sticker price of $44,000 to $65,000.
So you probably want me to explain my idea more properly. Okay. What I think is that women are not driving cars, but they are driving the men they secretly want to have. I mean the functions of men and cars in a woman's life are very similar - they protect, they keep you warm and comfortable, they give you a chance to boast in front of your friends (other women), they help you to carry bags (I'm not a feminist.)
That woman in her Q7 made me think of her preferences in men. I think she probably needs someone to make decisions instead of her (any decisions, even if she thinks some of them are stupid).
This man would treat her like a beautiful cat - stroking her when he wants to and kicking her when he's not in a good mood. The good thing about being a cat is that you only have to eat, sleep and do your hair, of course. Well, maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think so.
There is also another woman. She's about 40. She buys business class cars - such as Mercedes-Benz E-Class or BMW 745. She knows many powerful men in the city, she's getting her manicures at the Hyatt, and she speaks three languages perfectly and has three children from different fathers.
This woman is independent, with her Mercedes she almost screams: "I don't need a man!" She's definitely in love with a young bad guy who can easily ask her for $10,000 and never give this money back to her.
A Mercedes is not a cheap car, its servicing is more expensive than it actually could be, sometimes the financial suffers and formalities you experience with this car are unjustified. Sometimes the actions of this successful and wise but hopeless in her loneliness woman are illogical and childish.
As I was crawling in the traffic jam which seemed was never going to end, I sympathized with that poor Mercedes owner. I imagined in my mind her laughing at that stupid cat in the Q7.
Suddenly I noticed a girl in a 3-5 year old smallish Ford - she was skillfully threading her way through the jam. The first thing I thought of her - a perfect mother. That girl is probably married with her class-mate - nice calm man, an ordinary clerk in an ordinary bank. He's not showing off, his job is stable, he is faithful.
Maybe he is a bit too timid in some aspects of life, but his wife is wise enough not to show him her power too often. She knows when to be strong and ambitious and when to shut up. What she values in her Ford is the correlation between the price and the quality.
I wonder why I decided to make this expensive leather interior in my Golf 5?
By Anna Ozar