Did I buy a chick vehicle?

I identify as a woman when I’m behind the wheel of mine

 

I live in an area with a very high lesbian population and know a few. I bought my house from a lesbian couple. None that I know personally drive Subarus. Most drive full-size pickups, Harleys, and other "manly" vehicles. This is Subaru country up here and my boss drives one. He's a former FBI head honcho and Navy pilot. Our CFO drives a Subaru. They work well in the snow up here so pretty much every demographic drives them.

 

I’m also in SoCal, and see a mix of male & female 4Runner drivers. Mostly guys driving modded runners. I myself am a lady person, and our 4Runner is “my” vehicle. It is currently stock, except for the sparkly plate frame however, we have plans for soMe mods eventually. Just bought in later August, and I’m a teacher so not much brain bandwidth to make decisions right now.

 

Welcome to the madhouse!

I'll bet it's been an interesting year for you!

 

well this thread escalated quickly

 

Yep when I am paying over $45k for a new SUV I care; I don't want to spend $45k if thats how its going to look after 2 years?!?!?

 

Thanks! I’ve been waiting for years for my “chick car”

and after having my own kids home since March, I am ready for June 2021!!

 

The Toyota commercial that is out right now has man in the Tundra and Tacoma and two women in the 4Runner.....We have both and I drive both. The 4Runner is my wife’s daily driver but I don’t feel like I am driving a chick car.

 

Sorry, I couldn't help it!

 

It's a Lunar Rock Pro...one of the chick models I mentioned...

 

I just thought I would throw a bit of my midwest working diesel "bling" on my truck up to let everyone understand that all diesel enthusiasts are using their parent money & blasting people in convertibles.
I bought the truck new in 2004 but due to IT'S job it shows... I only have one chrome wheel left (looking for the aluminum Alcoa wheels for strength & longevity). It is short only head studs & a better programer! I have a lot of money into this truck but it is purely functional.
Also, I don't want a new truck just to start over...
Any vehicle that serves your needs is appropriate. I believe the thread was made in jest but I take pride in my "clean" diesels.

I have seen women driving F-550 dump truck, trash trucks & busses with men driving smart cars etc... it is transportation!
Ryan.

 

Diesels are definitely the bee's knees when you need to move something heavy!

 

That first paragraph sounds like a scene from Gangland.

 

I know a female that drives a 2012 SR5, she actually kind of talked me into getting mine LOL. In my area there are a few females that drive them, but they're vastly outnumbered by male drivers. Anecdotally, I think I see more females driving JKs and JLs now.

 

Women can drive anything, anywhere and at anytime.
More power to strong and lovely Ladies.

 

I see mostly women driving 4Runners but guys driving Tacos in my area.

 

It’s a fairly even split as far as 4Runners in general around me. But when you start separating trim levels, there’s a noticeable disparity. I notice more men in TRDs and SR5s, modified or not. But I definitely notice more women in the Limited trim, and the majority of those are quite attractive. Actually saw a good example of this tonight. The very attractive nurse at my doctors office left in a brand new white Limited. One exception, my wife drives our SR5 Premium.

 

It’s a total chick car*.

Hers.


Mine.


*but awesome so don’t worry about it.

 

I don’t see many women in my area driving them. I ran this by my wife. She has been driving Acura’s for years. Great vehicles. I told her she could take over my 2020 Pro and I would take her Acura and trade it in on a Tacoma. Her answer was even tho she likes my Pro she prefers her Acura. So it was a no go.

 

Same here. The girl loves her 4R Pro, and I love driving it too. It’s also the daily for when we take the doggies. She does however always try to find excuses to steal my truck because it has the loud stereo / exhaust, and she likes the big tires.

 

RIP

Thanks for being a good family with our four legged friends ! My cat just turned 15 and is still very active and healthy ! Main reasons are : she gets exercise everyday by having to jump up to get food/water and is always available/fresh, she is never left to just 'run' around town ...she goes outside almost daily and usually ready to come in after 10 minutes or so. Cared for and engaged with everyday !!


Wish could afford both too, but will def get a Tundra again in the future. This 4Runner is just too good to trade away. Props to your brother, sounds a lot like me ..leo, secure and dating younger women.

Love my stock SR5 !

 

Reliable yes. If you think it's safe I wouldn't look at the IIHS crash test vids. 4Runner has terrible small offset crash test performance. It's because it's so old. So it's a give and take with being tried and true for reliability and very poor crash performance at the same time.

 

And thats before you throw in a body mount chop and remove a chunk of steel that’s meant to keep the wheel/tire from intruding into the cab and crushing your legs.

 

If safe and reliable were my top priorities, and I wasn't going off-road, I would be in a sedan or crossover. Or, basically anything but a clumsy BOF SUV.

I would be curious to see an actual study of crash test results with and without a BMC. I certainly agree that it can compromise the strength of the body mount. I just wonder how much.

 

i see women & men driving Runners in my area SoCali. most modded ones are men & stock ones are women but i have seen couple of nicely modded runners that women where driving them.
my Daughter is learning how to drive in the our 4runner. if you see us on the road don't way she learning to dive :-0

 

Now days if you say something is chick mobile or dude-mobile or any other gender mobile someone will get offended and report you to HR. That's what happened to me for saying Mazda Miata was g-mobile. This a-h-ole reported me to HR. Nevertheless, I like the fact that 4Runners are driven by beautiful young women who you can strike up a conversation with.

 

Around where I live, I see a LOT of girls driving 4Runners. Most of the time an SR5 or OR/ORP on 285s that look too clean to see dirt. They use it because they like the look of it or they do a really good job at cleaning their truck (although I personally know a girl that off-road hers, but she doesn’t clean it all the time).

I also know a few girls with jeep wranglers that don’t even know how to engage 4wd (probably for the best)

 

Yes.

 

So the ho runner is actually more of a truck than a Tacoma (fully boxed frame on a 4Runner) vs flimsy weak c channel frame on Tacoma and obviously better in other ways as well 4way disc brakes vs drum and coil rear vs leaf springs etc but here in SoCal and Utah and Colorado where I frequent a bit it’s mostly women driving 4Runners like 90 percent and the few dudes I see I notice they look like hipsters or IT guys definitely not a redneck looking guy who drives a 2500

 

As a red neck with a mullet that drives both a 2500 Duramax and a 2024 Off Road , I guess I am the total exception to your rule…