I live in the Netherlands, so it would be more expensive. Also, I am a 19 year old student. So a MX-5 NC is my whole budget.Depending on how deep your pockets are, and what the vehicle laws are like in your country, if you decide that your MX-5 needs a little more "oomph", V8 engine swaps are not uncommon.
There's a place relatively close to me that will drop in a Ford small block V8, for about $4,000 US.
I didn't want to sound like a *. Sorry if I did...That isn't what the single women, rich housewives, and kids thought.
The Colorado is a mid-size (think Frontier or Tacoma(?) or Hilux). It's utilitarian, but rugged, and thus, masculine. The whole notion of "compensating" is something entirely made up by the have-nots, because it makes absolutely zero sense (no girl will think a guy has bigger junk based on a bigger vehicle, and if he's smaller, then he'll face the music when the pants go down, so why bother? Might as well stuff a sock down there, for all it's worth)
Not saying buy a truck. You asked for input on perception of a vehicle, the comparison vehicle is a 4 door, not an MX-5, but it's only sin is being bland. The MX-5 does carry a girly connoation on top of being small, cutesy and impractical.
BTW, someone cited the Fiat 500 - those are unisex....and cool (despite being FWD).
I didn't know that car was available... Also, the coupe version is far too expensive for me.
I assume you live in the US where this kind of truck is very common. If so, I can completely understand that they have the image you describe.
Just so you know, to coin a phrase, where I come from, the Colorado/Canyon is the Miata of trucks. Just sayin'..That isn't what the single women, rich housewives, and kids thought.
The Colorado is a mid-size (think Frontier or Tacoma(?) or Hilux). It's utilitarian, but rugged, and thus, masculine. The whole notion of "compensating" is something entirely made up by the have-nots, because it makes absolutely zero sense (no girl will think a guy has bigger junk based on a bigger vehicle, and if he's smaller, then he'll face the music when the pants go down, so why bother? Might as well stuff a sock down there, for all it's worth)
Not saying buy a truck. You asked for input on perception of a vehicle, the comparison vehicle is a 4 door, not an MX-5, but it's only sin is being bland. The MX-5 does carry a girly connoation on top of being small, cutesy and impractical.
BTW, someone cited the Fiat 500 - those are unisex....and cool (despite being FWD).
Just so you know, to coin a phrase, where I come from, the Colorado/Canyon is the Miata of trucks. Just sayin'..
That isn't what the single women, rich housewives, and kids thought.
The Colorado is a mid-size (think Frontier or Tacoma(?) or Hilux). It's utilitarian, but rugged, and thus, masculine. The whole notion of "compensating" is something entirely made up by the have-nots, because it makes absolutely zero sense (no girl will think a guy has bigger junk based on a bigger vehicle, and if he's smaller, then he'll face the music when the pants go down, so why bother? Might as well stuff a sock down there, for all it's worth)
post stereotypes about one car, defends a common stereotype about another car. 
OP, this is the kind of person that would call the car girly, in other words the close minded opinion of someone you should not care one bit about. I've never looked at a truck and thought that the man inside was any more a man then the guy driving a Miata, a Mini, or a Beetle. If one feels that way when driving a truck, then yeah, he's over compensating.
Even funnier saying that you'd call a guy with a truck because he has tools and knows how to use them. Where do you get your jokes from?
You made NA angry.
I see you live off stereotypes
My own jokes? I didn't post any. I'm laughing at you.
