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Old Feb 4, 2003 | 02:11 PM
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Originally posted by Tirod-slc
i dont think vehicle taste is based on sexual preference...
I don't see many gay men buying pickups and SUVs...
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Old Feb 4, 2003 | 02:17 PM
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Originally posted by qtiger
I don't see many gay men buying pickups and SUVs...
most of the gay men i know drive 350s... workin trucks :thumbup:
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Old Feb 4, 2003 | 02:22 PM
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Isn't the Jeep Wrangler the car of choice for gay guys? (and Subaru Outbacks for lesbians?)
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Old Feb 4, 2003 | 04:31 PM
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My physics teacher is gay, and he has a nice BMW Z3 and a bad ass Yamaha R1. I guess i have pretty gay taste, i like bimmers and R1's

Sexual prefrence doesnt dictate your preference in cars, the "community" thats sometimes invovled with a homosexual life does more so.
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Old Feb 4, 2003 | 05:56 PM
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So are they now going to do race-specific advertising too? How about hair color? It's stupid. Make a good car, advertise it (don't whore yourself out) and people will buy it. Gay, straight, bi, transexual who cares. We're all human. Lets just stick together.
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Old Feb 4, 2003 | 06:56 PM
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Originally posted by redgoober4life
So are they now going to do race-specific advertising too? How about hair color? It's stupid. Make a good car, advertise it (don't whore yourself out) and people will buy it. Gay, straight, bi, transexual who cares. We're all human. Lets just stick together.
like previously noted.. certain type of advertising needs to take place in certain genres of magazine, tv channels, etc...
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Old Feb 4, 2003 | 07:15 PM
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My friend's gay neighbors have a Lincoln LS-V8, Mazda Millenia and an F-250 Superduty with the bigass diesel.
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Old Feb 4, 2003 | 07:59 PM
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Originally posted by Tirod-slc
like previously noted.. certain type of advertising needs to take place in certain genres of magazine, tv channels, etc...
right.........it's just like advertising to age groups.............pepsi's ads that run on mainstream channels are completely different than their ads that run on channels such as MTV or nickelodeon.......this is the same thing.....

plus....how many commercials have you seen with african americans in them?? MANY.........how many have you seen with a gay guy in it.......I bet you could count the number on one hand....

These commercials will be speaking to gay people the same way a commercial with an african-american in it would be speaking to the black community.......by just representing them. I don't see what your deal with this is, redgoober4life.

Different people think differently about things.....if every product ran the same exact ads, in every single magazine and on every single TV channel, not a lot of money would be made.
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Old Feb 10, 2003 | 07:42 PM
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Wow, as a gay man, I am really surprised to hear the mostly positive responses to this thread...cool

btw - i have a sweet S2K
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Old Feb 10, 2003 | 08:08 PM
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Originally posted by tmkarab
Wow, as a gay man, I am really surprised to hear the mostly positive responses to this thread...cool

btw - i have a sweet S2K
I am impressed by the comments too!! Quite cool.
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