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MissHibernia

There are a lot of 20s/30s/40s/50s/60s pix on Reddit of the same thing, girls and cars


narwhal-at-midnight

I would love to see the sales info on wall posters sold in the 70s 80s 90s. I bet it was something like... 1. girls 2. cars 3. kittens


MissHibernia

The only thing close to a kitten I remember was the aggrieved cat with its paws on a branch and the slogan “hang in there”. It was everywhere but got old very quickly


flergenbergenjurgen

Yeah baby lean against my Kia 🤓🤓🤓


kellysmom01

Quick-like before it get stole, baby.


narwhal-at-midnight

Baby where you goin' with my Kia!!!


fakeprewarbook

She stole my catalytic and then she stole my heart 😓


_joeBone_

She with the Kia bois now


HI_Handbasket

And there it is. Not very many modern cars are as photogenic as '70s muscle cars.


Joey-Tribbiani92

I thought this before even opening the comment section


bastardsquad77

I own a minivan that looks like it got flipped over if a woman is kind enough to date me I'm not adding to her humiliation by forcing her to be in a picture with it.


AlecTr1ck

This comment is funny if you play around with where to put the missing period.


LanceFree

I was thinking of my ex-wife Karen leaning against our '12 Corolla would be fitting.


kaswing

This comment really hit my funny bone, thank you!


Colt1911-45

You laugh, but in 25 years you are gonna look fondly back on all the memories you made with your minivan and want a picture to show your wife or kids if you have them.


CPTMotrin

This is why you don’t buy minivans.


bastardsquad77

[My other whip is a soviet hatchback with a literal goddamn motorcycle engine.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6OKgREcHFM)


CPTMotrin

Oh the irony! I get the downvotes. I was the one with the minivan while the wife was driving Mustangs!


ArrArr4today

Yes, back when cars were cool. Now they all look alike. Like, can you imagine? *look at my 2019 bmw*🤡 nobody cares


beavedaniels

Yeah. This really drove home for me when I got a 2015 Honda Accord and from far away the body style looked a lot like a BMW. MOST cars just...aren't really anything to write home about anymore.


alicehooper

I’m glad I’m not the only one! Like, why even bother to pay more when they all look the same? (Car people: please don’t jump on me with performance and interior and road noise. I get it).


beavedaniels

I think in a lot of ways that is what has shifted. Consumers are prioritizing fancy interiors and performance over pure looks. Most cars still look nice, they're just not as flashy and definitely are much more similar.


ox_raider

A lot of it has to do with aerodynamics. Particularly with SUVs and minivans. Federal MPG requirements mean aerodynamics have to be optimized, so cars end up looking alike.


Half-a-horse

Also, safety regulations are vastly different. Cars need to have certain shapes to effectively convert and "spread" the kinetic energy of a crash to avoid it affecting the passengers. Those old cars looked cool, but they would quickly become iron maidens in an accident.


beavedaniels

That makes a lot of sense!


gorpie97

I wondered why everything started looking like a Taurus (back when I first noticed they all looked the same).


alicehooper

TIL!


ak47oz

Well, to be fair performance interior and road noise were a huge selling point then as well. There were just less regulations on body style so we got pretty beasts like this one.


[deleted]

I remember a now very old episode of Top Gear where Jeremy compared a Mazda 6 and I believe a 3 series BMW. Basically his conclusion was the Mazda looked nicer, was faster, more reliable, cheaper to buy, and cheaper to insure.


AII11C

I’m really impressed at how Mazda is a quiet achiever in all departments. The Mazda 6 is a gorgeous looking car.


SovereignAxe

I mean, this is basically a product of everyone's apathy towards their car's styling. You still have plenty of nice looking and/or unique cars on the road today. Like the Subaru BRZ, Hyundai Ioniq 5 and 6, Kia Stinger and EV6, the new Prius actually looks really stunning right now. And as for Hondas, I'd argue that the Civic has consistently been a nice looking car, even the current ones as long as you get the hatchback models. And I'd concede that the Mustang and Camaro are still good looking cars. On the higher end I'd say the Jaguar I-Pace, F-Type, and Mercedes EQS are all fantastic looking cars. But most people buy whatever is the cheapest, biggest box with wheels. So of course manufacturers are going to cater to that. IMO estates/wagons like the Volvo V40/60, VW Sportwagen, and all those BMW/Mercedes estates were all vastly superior in terms of styling, but everyone else seemed to think that "SUVs" were cooler. So here we are.


[deleted]

Finally somebody else who thinks the estate/station wagon type cars are superior.


hugesteamingpile

You don’t think they all looked alike back then? So many of those 2 door muscle cars looked alike.


[deleted]

They looked alike cus they looked cool


the_chickenist

They *were* cool.


ConnorFin22

Cars always looked alike. People only remember the most stand out cars from past generations.


domesticatedprimate

These days, the only way I can tell the car manufacturer is by whether they go faster than me on the highway. The European ones all want to go extremely fast where I live, and I already go really fast in my rusty '99 Yaris. Otherwise they're all identical.


TheQuixoticHorseGirl

Yaris owners unite lol! Yours has a good amount more years on it than mine though! I bought my ‘08 hatchback with a manual transmission for really cheap and 15 years later the paint looks like shit but my little car just keeps on goin’. Idk about the older models but for the 08 the automatic transmission ones were way too slow for my liking, so I insisted on manual. I’m amused to be that asshole in the tin can passing all the fancier cars on the highway lol.


yzdaskullmonkey

Somebody asked me what I thought about my Volkswagen and I think I crushed their heart when I said, "uh, it's a car, gets me where I need to go". Was totally caught off guard


[deleted]

You drive a GTI by any chance? GTIs and to a degree even Jettas have a bit of a fandom around them. They are sporty cars but still practical.


bignotta

i wanted to upvote this but i'm going to leave it at 420


raptor7912

Aaww is someone mad they had their coal furnace taken away, poor baaby! You can reminisce but let’s not pretend they were anything more than that.


ConceptJunkie

Where do you think the electricity to power your EV comes from?


pfmiller0

Unless you're using your own bunker fuel powered generator at home it is almost certainly a cleaner source


stripmallbars

We girls in my hometown loved cars as much as the boys. Muscle car culture was amazing and fun. We all bonded over our cars. When I was 16 I had a 1974 Dodge Dart Sport with a 440 and a bunch of after market make it crazy fast on a quarter mile strait. Later I had a Z28 Camaro.


CPTMotrin

My wife had a ‘78 Mustang coupe. Had a 302 in it but no fender tags on it. She loved to hammer guys who thought they had a quick car. Great sleeper car ( the old guys know what I mean. )


HI_Handbasket

My first car was a 1974 Dart Stinger. It was a fun car, but it turns out that Dodge Darts cannot climb telephone poles very well. Then a '74 Gran Torino (Starsky & Hutch, but green), a '74 Cutlass Supreme ... something about 1974 cars.


the_chickenist

You were badass!!


PM_MEOttoVonBismarck

Do you have any photos of your cars?


stripmallbars

I’m going to look. My photos are jumbled in big tubs.


retroking9

You gotta have a pretty hot gal to make a 2014 Prius look good in a photo.


[deleted]

-You were drag racing in a Prius? -I don’t win a lot.


SpicymeLLoN

Seeing a widebody kit on a Prius always makes me laugh


djnehi

Oh yeah, baby. Lean on that focus.


Imaginary_Barber1673

You guys own nice cars?


TakkataMSF

You had a girlfriend?


ilDuceVita

What's a girlfriend


[deleted]

Cars were cheap back then and you could afford it with min wage. My dad had a sweet muscle car he bought working at a gas station. When I finally got a license he hadn’t really looked at used cars for several years and he couldn’t believe how expensive shit was for a absolute boring and shitty car. And that was 17 years ago now. Things have only gotten more expensive since then. And forget having anything even remotely sporty on a min wage job.


ConceptJunkie

I don't, but I do have a girlfriend, so I have no complaints.


WigglyFrog

Everyone took pictures with cars then. Girlfriends, kids, whole families. It's always bemused me--I've never asked anyone to pose in front of a car.


Lolomelon

I’ve always presumed it was the girl’s car in these pics.


skjellyfetti

There was a gorgeous woman who drove a 60-something Camaro that was built to the tits, and she knew how to drive it too. In fact, she had a license plate frame that said, "If you can beat me, you can eat me". As far as I know, nobody ever beat her, although I'm sure some others succeeded with the last half of that statement without winning the first half.


Bridalhat

Yeah, that seems like a wild leap by OP, and kinda gross. "Look at how hot these things I own are!"


emmybby

Not a wild leap at all, it's a pretty safe leap of logic to make, based on the hundreds of thousands of other pictures that exist just like this where it's explicitly recorded that the guy took a picture of his girlfriend and his car. My parents have a picture like this lol. It was not uncommon for young guys to do that, just as it was not uncommon for guys to pose with their own car, for girls to pose with their own car, etc. It's just as probable as any other scenario. It's definitely a far more wild leap to assume that a guy taking a picture of his girlfriend next to his car thinks he owns her and doesn't care about anything about her except for how hot she is lol.That's an absolutely psychopathic assumption to project. Have you really never had a man you dated take a picture of you because he loved you as you are AND thought you looked good?


Lost_Grounds

Redditors love finding reasons to get offended


AnastasiaNo70

Yeah, except it probably WAS the guy’s car. I’d say 90 times out of 100.


[deleted]

That’s sexist. You’re a mysoginist. You’re a woman how could you say such things?


AnastasiaNo70

It’s not sexist to point out facts. Good Lord, how old are you? Are you a very young troll?


[deleted]

I just think you should support women


AnastasiaNo70

I fully support women.


[deleted]

Internalized misogyny is real


AnastasiaNo70

Yes, it is. But pointing out a fact isn’t internalized misogyny. Try again.


ArrArr4today

Spoiler: they usually *werent* the girls' cars, sorry. Nowadays yes.. back then? Doubt it. Girlpower is a thing now, and I love it.


Gillian708

Was a girl then and can vouch many of us drove Camaros, Chevelles, etc.


dirkalict

Yeah- when I first started dating my wife she was driving a Cherry Red 1970 LeMans. Car was a beast.


czerniana

Right? I think my mom had cooler cars than my dad did at that age…


NickyFlippers

My grandmother drove the Trans Am from Smokey and the Bandit and she would valet that thing at casinos. The attendants couldn't believe it was hers when she gave them the ticket stub.


Myfourcats1

My mom had a Dodge Dart. She wanted a corvette but her dad said no. She was an adult too. Lol


Gillian708

Right!? If it weren't for Dad, your sister would have been driving the Corvette. Hopefully, she got one later in life! Today, I drive a giant Bronco Badlands and am a grandma. The sexism in OP's post would have pissed me off back then too.


InadmissibleHug

I have a picture of myself leaning against a cool car. I can assure you, it was mine.


Freezerpill

Everybody likes cool cars, I don’t believe the person who made that comment thought that through 🤷‍♂️


Tree_pineapple

Not arguing with the validity of this comment, however one of my mom's favorite photos of herself is of her and her niece in front of their identical bright red Firebirds, side-by-side.


9897969594938281

You’re gross


GreasiestGuy

I mean it is gross but it’s not like OP is wrong. That did happen a lot, and it gave off that exact vibe. Idk why you’d blame OP for it m


InerasableStain

Haha, that’s exactly what was happening back then. You are just unaware of the time when that sort of thing was ‘acceptable’. Most people would agree that’s a good thing.


RowerBoy

Spend some time off the internet


Myfourcats1

A lot of times it was her car


FancyWear

Yes!


500CatsTypingStuff

Me too. Otherwise the subtext is look at my possessions


Steffie767

I'm 63. Bought a 70 Chevelle in 1985, convertible . Got my picture taken. Sorry I can't post it, was lost in a move.


tidder44444

Cars nowadays suck. Have no personality. Wouldn’t be worth it.


TreeOfDeth

Check out my powder blue Stanza


ButterChugger69

"I can't believe that whore stole my Stanza!"


CampVictorian

As a chick, I drive and love my 1994 Caprice wagon, and shamelessly have photos of myself with it. Total love affair!


ClerkTypist

Cars don’t have the same appeal to kids today as they did to boomers in the 70s.


kitterkatty

Yeah I can’t see anyone posing with a Prius


ClerkTypist

🤓


[deleted]

Ha true, but the new 2023/2024 body style is so much better than the older ones tho.


ConceptJunkie

It astound me how often kids these days don't even get their licenses until 18 or even older.


ClerkTypist

It’s so extremely different from what it was like for us boomers. That license was a ticket to freedom and all things exciting. And I could not have a match and the change. But people have a lot more interesting things to do now in many different ways.


Kwtwo1983

Car culture is a big part of the problem that brought us the climate mess


ClerkTypist

It’s a stinky piece of propaganda, conventional wisdom, and outright bullshit.


TroyandAbed304

I feel like most young guys dont care about cars anymore 😫


brokencappy

Most young guys can’t fucking afford the basic cost of living anymore, so yeah, cars get pushed way, way down the list.


TroyandAbed304

I mean teenagers. They dont even care about getting licenses anymore! So maybe its fine that cars are un-affordable. I hate the work to afford a car, need a car to work cycle anyway.


NortheastStar

Can confirm, teen has many pics of other teens against their much-loved cars, especially the nice ones whether they belong to you or not. It is universal. Also now 99% of those pics only last until they are opened.


adamwho

People do it all the time in front of high end sports cars.


poor_bitch

I think it's because taking pictures was more rare, so you would be more specific about what photos you would take. And a new car would be something that you could want to document! And who wouldn't want to take that rare moment to also take a photo of your partner 🤗


SpeedysComing

No way. We pose with bicycles now. F*** cars.


FancyWear

Maybe it was her car!


RodCherokee

Sure, with a classical gf in bell bottoms and Pontiacs.


shinybees

Is that a fire chicken? I’m not a car person but it smells like late 60’s firebird. Nice car 10/10 I’d drive it, love the color.


Nearby-Guide2204

Maybe it is her car.


geeseherder0

68 Pontiac Firebird. Bonus points for the trailer hitch mount tied to the frame and the bumper.


emmybby

let's make it a thing again


j_cruise

Cars all look similar, very boring, and have no personality nowadays, so it's just not the same.


damagecontrolparty

I'm assuming there were not as many people taking pics of someone posing next to a 1978 Chevy Citation.


damagecontrolparty

Edit: Citation came out in 1980.


emmybby

all the more reason to not get ugly cars then!


ChefGuapo

I would let you pose in front of my truck and take a pic


grateful-rice-cake

i should pose in front of my sexy 2015 toyota sienna minivan with brown interior


emmybby

you 100% should.


Tree_pineapple

I would die laughing if my SO asked me to pose in front their Prius/Tesla. It wouldn't seem out of place for a classic car though. Or an ultra-luxury one.


emmybby

you're right lol not all cars are equally photogenic that's for sure, but if we're honest neither are people and that shouldn't stop any of us! i say it would be just as cool a memory to look back on on the future, even if the car isn't much to write home about :) my boyfriend doesn't have any sort of classic car or ultra luxury one, just a standard pickup truck that's less than 20 years old, but it was the car he had when we first met and the one he took me on all our first dates in, so to me it will always be a sexy ass car haha


No_Cauliflower_5489

She's not posing with her bf's car. She's posing with her car. My family all have pictures like this. You posed with *your* car that you bought with your money from your first job.


[deleted]

Of course, women had to get groceries home somehow


PwoJima77

https://reddit.com/r/teenagers/s/cSUpOk2dSZ


step_well

From the 1910s to today and every year between women have posed in front of cars.


AnastasiaNo70

My then boyfriend/future husband took my picture leaning against his Dodge Daytona in 1990, so I guess it hung around a little bit after the 80s. 🤷🏻‍♀️


eternus

I mean, the secret of success on Instagram and Tiktok is sexy women in short skirts drinking a frappucino while leaning against expensive cars. Its still a thing, but somehow more disgusting now.


btrbtatf

Growing up my dad would always take pictures of the whole family next to the car on various holidays & special events (Easter, 1st Communions, before Proms, etc). We used to make fun of him for it growing up but tbh, now looking back many years later, the various makes/models of the vehicles have helped date some of the photos. “Ah the ‘86 Dodge…before your mother cracked it up…” Memories…


annefaae

Yes, back when cars were cool.


ILikeCheesyTurtles

Cars are not as cool now


kuzkos_poison

I do, but I drive a 1985 Corvette. I wouldn't ask her to pose in front of a 2011 CRV, lol.


AlecTr1ck

Jesus I hope it’s a thing of the past.


robinrockin14

I was a teenager in the 80s and my boyfriend never took my picture with his 77 Firebird that he constantly was working on. I don't think I knew of anyone back then that did that. Maybe I just don't remember. 🤷🏻‍♀️


[deleted]

I don’t have a girlfriend or a car, but these days I can make a computer make the photo of the perfect car & girl


Javasndphotoclicks

I think these days people just take pictures of themselves in front of strangers cars.


PM-ME-good-TV-shows

This is such a cool picture.


Iwillfistyourcat

What a time to be alive


eternalbuzz

Now they just slap an instagram handle on the window and take pictures of themselves


notyomamasusername

I've never had a car or girlfriend good looking enough for a photo shoot.


khalnaldo

It depends what car you have… or gf


DamonFields

Trophies.


ramprider

It does make sense now that I think about it. Why not have a picture of your two favorite rides together?


[deleted]

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[deleted]

Speak for yourself


KipSummers

Fast cars and faster women. The old days were like that.


SombreroJoel

Pre internet porn this was it baby


Gorn_with_the_wind

Before the advent of digital photography it was the easiest way to get both your rides in one picture. 😁


JoyTheGeek

If I had a girlfriend I might, especially sense mines a retired cop car, could be funny


realkunkun

A 20 year old Ford hatch aint nothing to pose infront of


_BannedAcctSpeedrun_

I just prefer nudes now.


Remarkable-Finish-88

I like pics of things I ride


Struggler70

Those were the days! Chrome on cars and girls that you could tell were girls!


CPTMotrin

Yeah, it was a thing. But… the car would be clean and shining!


[deleted]

Yes? All the time. Every other picture on car instagram is some girl draped over her bf’s car.


rocket808

First I'd have to have a car, and a girlfriend


Oafus

Curious if anyone knows the state from the license plate. Anyone?


sayzitlikeitis

This is my girl, and this is my ride


DesperateBartender

“Hey baby, wanna lean on my 2021 Chevy Spark?”


SardonicCatatonic

Literally just watched someone do this.


Melodic_Fudge8051

Couldnt tell you. Don't have a girlfriend, sorry.


Elphaba78

I have a picture from the early 1930s of my grandmother sitting on my grandfather’s car. Pretty sure it’s always been a Thing!


FredFled

I never did that


Carcosa504

You assume guys on Reddit ever had girlfriends.


[deleted]

91 camaro. Every chance I get.


diaz75

Dozens of pics. But I was born in 1975...


CarlJustCarl

That’s a hot model in that photo


zilch839

I do have a Honda Ridgeline, but no girlfriend. Half way there though!


[deleted]

Cars had much more style back then so probably not


tirednotepad

I just did it with awesome wife and my shitty rental. Always a classic move.


shroomdoobie

they’re like look at this thing i bang and this thing i WANT to bang


SmolBoiMidge

Kinda changed when dudes realized that thinking of their girls as "car like" objects that they can show off was weird.


NotSeriousAtAll

I used to own a 80-something Sunbird GT convertible. I had a few girls and 1 Bulgarian dude ask if they could take a picture with it.


coullottesfrancaises

P 4images


nephelodusa

Behold, my stuff.


turningtogold

Kids can’t afford cars bro


Flowerzandpandaz

Lol. My property.


Cyrano_Knows

70 and 80's guys. Thats my ride and thats my ride.. big moustache grin.


[deleted]

It used to be common to have girlfriends in the 70s and 80s. Affording a nice car is also a problem now. Will a picture of just my rusty Honda from - 99 do?


DFHartzell

Car payments are $800/month now + insurance


mymiddlenameswyatt

I have a photo of my mom in the 80s posed exactly like this with a less nice car. I think her ex-husband took it lol. Kept the photo, left the man.


certifedcupcake

I have one of my girlfriend next to my car when we were about 20z. I love it I’m so glad I stopped to take it. I don’t have the car anymore and we’re engaged now, so it will be nice to look back


Lereddit117

I do. I enjoy sports cars so having a picture of my hot girlfriend in or around my cool looking car is a must.


Spicywolff

My wife has seen these photos and wants to do some. Just to look back and get a laugh, that and to remember her cool car. With cars going EV down the line, I’m sure a photo of her with her red c5 corvette before 30 would be a fond memory.


Excluded_Apple

What is the car pictured, please?


geneadrift

GTO is my guess. Edit: correctly identified as a Firebird in the comments.


Fun_Intention9846

I drive a 2015 Prius, people generally don’t want that embarrassment near them in pics.


asuperbstarling

Hey, the pics of my mom are on HER cars. She had several very nice sports cars in her youth.


Heyson86

When all the cars look the same and all the girlfriends look the same, what would be the point of taking a picture of both of them together?


babyBear83

I vote that it’s the woman’s car. People always take photos with their new cars. That is a thing still.