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Location: Sydney
Registered: September 2004
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Re: Female members in Brisbane?
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Sat, 23 October 2004 16:49

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I don't think you should really get angry at men stereotyping women as worse drivers or doubting their genuinity when it comes to liking cars. From a young age our parents dress us in blue clothes if we're boys, pink clothes if we're girls etc. generally speaking. Boys get toy cars and toy guns and bow and arrows for presents and play things like soccer whereas girls play dressups and have their little prams and dolls and stuff.
That's the way our society is brought up so you really can't blame it if guys think they're better drivers than women because generally they would be, because they enjoy driving more often and are into cars for more than just their pretty looks.
That's not to say that there aren't girls out there (eg. neks and sw4y) but it's pretty rare but pretty cool
Also, agreed to by girls, girls tend to FREEZE when something goes wrong rather than guys who tend to act. You can't say it's like that for everyone but my girl friends tend to agree they kind of just freeze if something goes wrong.
When I was teaching my sister to do a u-turn (in a dead end lane) she was coming around and I told her to pull over to the kerb. There was a car a few metres ahead but plenty of space for her to get in comfortably, even for a novice. So then she hits the the accelerator and im like "oi, brake.. BRAKE!!" and she did nothign and COMEPLTELY let go of the wheel soI had to reach over and start steering the wheel to the right and then after about a second she begins putting her hands back on the wheel and making it difficult for me to turn so I had to pull the handbrake.
That was pretty crazy, especially in a dead end quiet lane. My friend from Brissy was also telling me about how this chick was trying to show off in her friend's 180 and drift and hit something and completely let go of everything and it spun out and somehow did a 180 (in the 180! lol) and smacked into a tree.
I think it's just the way we're made? But yeah, going back to my main point -- it's because of society that people will look at girls that way and unless our lives change dramatically really suddenly, it's going to stay that way.
Good on you girls for getting into it though!
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amwtoy | Wed, 13 October 2004 11:16 |
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Jag7799 | Wed, 13 October 2004 11:38 |
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feral4mr2 | Wed, 13 October 2004 21:45 |
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people100 | Thu, 14 October 2004 10:42 |
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Sw4y | Sat, 16 October 2004 10:12 |
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thu187 | Sat, 16 October 2004 17:00 |
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toof | Sun, 17 October 2004 01:29 |
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GTII | Tue, 19 October 2004 00:47 |
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Chris Davey | Sat, 16 October 2004 22:29 |
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Jag7799 | Sun, 17 October 2004 00:29 |
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Cyber-punk | Sun, 17 October 2004 00:56 |
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MFX_Neko_86 | Sun, 17 October 2004 07:09 |
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toof | Sun, 17 October 2004 09:35 |
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draven | Sun, 17 October 2004 09:47 |
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Evil_Foetus | Thu, 21 October 2004 03:08 |
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Sw4y | Sun, 17 October 2004 10:04 |
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Jag7799 | Sun, 17 October 2004 11:13 |
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toof | Sun, 17 October 2004 11:23 |
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toof | Sun, 17 October 2004 11:03 |
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Sw4y | Sun, 17 October 2004 13:17 |
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NoYesWhy | Mon, 18 October 2004 05:54 |
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rthy | Mon, 18 October 2004 13:57 |
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sleeker162 | Tue, 19 October 2004 00:50 |
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FKN16V | Tue, 19 October 2004 12:28 |
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Sw4y | Tue, 19 October 2004 05:17 |
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RWDboy | Tue, 19 October 2004 06:46 |
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Jag7799 | Wed, 20 October 2004 05:24 |
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RWDboy | Wed, 20 October 2004 07:12 |
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river | Wed, 20 October 2004 07:57 |
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MFX_Neko_86 | Wed, 20 October 2004 07:44 |
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thu187 | Sat, 23 October 2004 16:56 |
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amwtoy | Wed, 20 October 2004 12:52 |
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river | Thu, 21 October 2004 00:11 |
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RWDboy | Thu, 21 October 2004 03:00 |
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river | Thu, 21 October 2004 05:00 |
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RWDboy | Thu, 21 October 2004 12:31 |
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Mr DOHC | Thu, 21 October 2004 12:46 |
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MFX_Neko_86 | Fri, 22 October 2004 06:55 |
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river | Fri, 22 October 2004 10:34 |
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Sw4y | Thu, 21 October 2004 12:56 |
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AE86slut | Thu, 21 October 2004 13:33 |
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RWDboy | Fri, 22 October 2004 03:19 |
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bathurst-91 | Fri, 22 October 2004 07:20 |
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RWDboy | Fri, 22 October 2004 15:43 |
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river | Fri, 22 October 2004 22:20 |
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Yian | Fri, 22 October 2004 22:59 |
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MFX_Neko_86 | Sat, 23 October 2004 01:22 |
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toof | Sat, 23 October 2004 03:19 |
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Chris Davey | Sat, 23 October 2004 07:26 |
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RWDboy | Sat, 23 October 2004 13:43 |
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thu187 | Sat, 23 October 2004 16:49 |
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MFX_Neko_86 | Sun, 24 October 2004 01:21 |
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thu187 | Sun, 24 October 2004 08:30 |
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RWDboy | Sun, 24 October 2004 03:13 |
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RWDboy | Sun, 24 October 2004 03:26 |
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feral4mr2 | Sun, 24 October 2004 09:07 |
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thu187 | Sun, 24 October 2004 13:24 |
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thukumi | Mon, 25 October 2004 16:28 |
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Sw4y | Tue, 26 October 2004 05:47 |
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MFX_Neko_86 | Tue, 26 October 2004 08:23 |
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toof | Tue, 26 October 2004 09:13 |
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Sw4y | Tue, 26 October 2004 10:00 |
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Evan | Tue, 26 October 2004 12:08 |
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Sw4y | Tue, 26 October 2004 12:11 |
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Evan | Tue, 26 October 2004 12:16 |
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Sw4y | Tue, 26 October 2004 12:39 |
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Evan | Tue, 26 October 2004 12:52 |
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ae86slaver | Tue, 26 October 2004 12:42 |
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thu187 | Fri, 29 October 2004 13:37 |
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agent_felix | Sat, 30 October 2004 00:07 |
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rokusan | Sat, 30 October 2004 13:30 |
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