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Old 09-21-2002, 04:31 PM
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Which car would get more ladies? A 1988 560 SL Mercedes Black convertible or a black convertible 1969 corvette?
Old 09-21-2002, 04:32 PM
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Default Re: does a mercedes 88 560 sl vert get more ladies than a 69 vert vette? (road2xs)

Oy Vey! :rolleyes:
Old 09-21-2002, 04:32 PM
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Default Re: does a mercedes 88 560 sl vert get more ladies than a 69 vert vette? (road2xs)

I suppose it all depends. I know my wife likes vettes, so that is where I will go!
Old 09-21-2002, 04:37 PM
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Default Re: does a mercedes 88 560 sl vert get more ladies than a 69 vert vette? (compuvette)

The Vette is a 'Panty Dropper' - always and forever.
Old 09-21-2002, 04:37 PM
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Default Re: does a mercedes 88 560 sl vert get more ladies than a 69 vert vette? (road2xs)

No but a RED Big Block '68 convertible will. :p:
Old 09-21-2002, 04:39 PM
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Default Re: does a mercedes 88 560 sl vert get more ladies than a 69 vert vette? (Corey 68)

If you want some "Booty",then the vette is car to own. :cheers: :cool:
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Default Re: does a mercedes 88 560 sl vert get more ladies than a 69 vert vette? (road2xs)

Gee, I wonder what the bias would be here. :rolleyes:

You should ask this in a Mercedes forum too even the bias, then hit a honda forum as a control group. :D
Old 09-21-2002, 05:06 PM
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Default Re: does a mercedes 88 560 sl vert get more ladies than a 69 vert vette? (road2xs)

It depends, Do you like girls with blond hair or ladies with silver?

George :D
Old 09-21-2002, 05:25 PM
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Default Re: does a mercedes 88 560 sl vert get more ladies than a 69 vert vette? (road2xs)

Depends on who's driving it. :D
Old 09-21-2002, 06:00 PM
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Default Re: does a mercedes 88 560 sl vert get more ladies than a 69 vert vette? (Steve Straus)

Gee, I wonder what the bias would be here. :rolleyes:

You should ask this in a Mercedes forum too even the bias, then hit a honda forum as a control group. :D
:lol: :lol:
Old 09-21-2002, 06:10 PM
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Default Re: does a mercedes 88 560 sl vert get more ladies than a 69 vert vette? (Lookingforavette)

That MB is an old man's car. My father in law has an '84 and it suits him.
Old 09-21-2002, 08:46 PM
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Default Re: does a mercedes 88 560 sl vert get more ladies than a 69 vert vette? (SuperFast80)

What a decision process! :lol:
1. Which car gets more ladies
2. Which car is cheaper to maintain
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. Which lady is cheaper to maintain?? :lol:

MJ
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Default Re: does a mercedes 88 560 sl vert get more ladies than a 69 vert vette? (road2xs)

If you ask this question on a vette forum, the vette will win. If you ask it in a benz forum, the benz will win. I actually did a survey exactly like this and the answer is, it depends on the lady. A friend of mine has a benz and we always argue about which the ladies like more. So we decided to do a poll, and it turns out (unfortunately) that most women prefer the benz because of one of the following reasons:
A) the man with the vette is compensating for "something"? ( I find this one amazing since the classic vette costs a LOT less than a benz.)
B) the man with the benz is more sensible? (I guess the women don't like the idea of the baby seat in the vette?)

The women who prefered the vette seemed to have some common traits:
A) Most were race fans and prefered fast cars over luxury cars.
B) A few actually thought the man in the benz was compensating for "something".
C) Strippers tend to prefer the vette.
D) Women with mullets prefer the vette. (Although they all admitted that trans-ams were their real love, but the vette still beat the european cars)

:cheers:
Old 09-21-2002, 09:51 PM
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Default Re: does a mercedes 88 560 sl vert get more ladies than a 69 vert vette? (MNJack)

Funny you bring this up. Those Mercedes are a dime a dozen but a damn nice car, and you can get them relatively cheap. I was looking at an '89 560 which I think it would be nice as a daily driver, but replace a Vette? Never.
Old 09-21-2002, 10:14 PM
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Default Re: does a mercedes 88 560 sl vert get more ladies than a 69 vert vette? (road2xs)

An old MB is owned by a Pimp on a low budget.
Old 09-22-2002, 02:19 AM
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Default Re: does a mercedes 88 560 sl vert get more ladies than a 69 vert vette? (road2xs)

IMHO, if you have to have a nice car to get ladies, the money might be better spent on cosmetic surgery.

Stuff like this belongs in Off Topic.
Old 09-22-2002, 02:35 AM
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Default Re: does a mercedes 88 560 sl vert get more ladies than a 69 vert vette? (road2xs)

Either way you go, I would be willing to bet that more GUYS take a second look because of your car... "Man, what's that thing got in it?"

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Old 09-22-2002, 03:29 AM
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Default Re: does a mercedes 88 560 sl vert get more ladies than a 69 vert vette? (Last Ride)

The new ones are very nice especially the SL series but there is someone that is not right about driving an old one around, not the same as driving an older Vette, they are not classics and it looks like the person can't afford a newer one
Old 09-22-2002, 02:23 PM
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Default Re: does a mercedes 88 560 sl vert get more ladies than a 69 vert vette? (road2xs)

i already have a girlfriend, i was just curious on how vette owners felt. i will be getting my first vette within a few months, if everything goes as planned a black 69 t-top
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Default Re: does a mercedes 88 560 sl vert get more ladies than a 69 vert vette? (road2xs)

I put the corvette. :cheers:
However, if you are trying to use a car to get women it won’t work. And you probably would not want the kind of woman that would care more about the car that you. :eek: :eek:
Also not a fair question on a Corvette forum. :crazy: :crazy:
Also it would depend on which car I was driving. :p: :p:



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