At the start this thread, we saw lots of speculation and good solid, amusing prejudice. Fine stuff.
But the only make of car which gets two actual sightings outside a hairdresser's premises turns out to be a BMW. Kinda confirms my suspicions ;-)
Mind you, if any hairdresser gave me a cut inspired by the hallucinogens which appear to underly Bangle's designs, I'd sue (once I'd finished crying)
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In my MG Midget days I always reckoned that Triumph Spitfires were hairdressers cars. They even had fitted carpets!
Equivalent today Audi TT, Smart Roadster, Pug 206 CC .......
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Mind you, if any hairdresser gave me a cut inspired by the hallucinogens which appear to underly Bangle's designs, I'd sue (once I'd finished crying)
Not hallucinogens, he clearly is on a one man mission to destroy BMW.
Look at the evidence:
He used to work on Italian cars. Being involved in Italian cars is a good pointer for hating German cars with an unbridled passion.
He designed the Fiat Coupe, which is a georgeous car, so that rules out him just being rubbish.
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Well I was one of the baying crowd who called for his head. I may have been drawn into crowd hysteria.
Some of his creations now are starting to age quite well. In a couple of years I may throw a flower on his grave and say "Sorry Mate - I misjudged you"
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The hairdresser in our village drives a BMW 5-series Touring
Is that the ONLY hairdresser in your village?
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And how many of you guys have been sneaking a look round the corner at your local hairdressers? you could a reputation that way.
"I was answering a back room poll" wont cut it you know.
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Any car which claims to be a convertible, but is clearly just a hatchback with the roof cut off.
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The hairdresser in our village drives a Peugeot 106. Before that she had a 205, then an old Beetle.
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See the attached link for a perfect example of a hairdressers car.
tinyurl.com/bwoky
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Yep - Thats the one.Perfect hairdressers car.
I see the seller is called Wayne - even the name goes with the car .
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tinyurl.com/bwoky
Now that is so OTT that it's rather good. A hairdesser wouldn't drive one: they go for white or something.
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See the attached link for a perfect example of a hairdressers car. tinyurl.com/bwoky
This reminded me of a comment by Jeremy clarkson when Ford launched the Streetka and expected 80% of the buyers to be female. Clarkson commented that he didn't know who the other 20% were going to be, but they were unlikely to be male.
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>> The hairdresser in our village drives a BMW 5-series Touring >> Is that the ONLY hairdresser in your village?
I believe so. Perhaps it should be said that they are a one car household, and her partner isn't exactly a hairdresser type. He could be described as a rather hard-drinking manual labourer.
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I'm surprised the Triumph Stag hasn't been mentioned. Surely the ultimate coiffuriste's carriage. (Is that a real word? If not, it ought to be).
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I'm not sure whether tyro has ever seen 'Little Britain' judging by the response above...
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Can't agree with the MX5 or the Stag.
Surprised nobod's mentioned the original Vauxhall Tigra. To me, that's the definitive one.
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Can't agree with the MX5 or the Stag.
I can't agree with the Stag either - any car with a V8 is hardly a hairdresser car.
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Tigra - absolutely yes.
MX5 - obviously, designed to be one.
Stag ? Are you nuts ? A vehicle with personality and character taking a real, British, manly and unreliable approach to sports cars.
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Hairdresser in these parts has a Ford Puma in silver
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BMW Z3 - a triumph of (briefly fashionable) style over anything resembling a decent drive.
Exactly why the MX-5 does not deserve to be so labelled...
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If my hairdresser's driving a Z3, I'm paying her too much!
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I have seen the state of your hair and I can confirm you are paying her WAY too much
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Cutting, very cutting.....
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Cutting, very cutting.....
Duchess, you should blow him away for a remark like that. It'd be the highlight of the day.
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Cutting, very cutting.....
Duchess, you should blow him away for a remark like that. It'd be the highlight of the day.
Not to mention the fringe benefits!
Never mind the coat it's too warm
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I think we have combed the depths for this one so I shall wave goodbye
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I get plenty of stick for having an MX-5, hairdresser's car the usual comment. It tends to come from those without enough masculinity to contemplate having one themselves or those forced into having a dull family box on wheels.
Hairdresser's cars have nothing to do with those who cut hair. The draught from having the roof down would ruin the hairstyle.
Unless the term comes from people who buy open top cars, but then value their hairstyle so much that the roof never comes down. Even on today, probably the hottest of the year so far, there will be so many convertibles driven roof up. A lot of MX-5s are to blame but MGFs and worse still, 206CCs are prime culprits here.
The term seems to apply to anything with a pose element that is popular with women or gay people, from the stereotype that no straight men are hairdressers (barbers a different ball game). With the roof down, everyone can see the driver easily, and half of the MX-5s in this country are registered to women (compared to a third of cars generally) so I can see why the MX-5 gets the tag.
I don't care about fashion or what people think I look like. The MX-5 is two cars in one. Inexpensive to run, easy to drive open-top for which it gets the hairdresser car label. Fantastic handling and gearshift for enthusiasts, which is the reason I bought it.
The ultimate hairdresser car has to be the 206CC. Unlike the MX-5, it's a car about style without the substance to back it up.
Considering the sexist and homophobic undertones that go with the hairdresser car term, it's not the nicest thing to say, nor is is kind to those who cut hair, suggesting a bit of an airhead mentality goes with their occupation.
[snip] little bit of contentious rubbish removed. Mark.
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I'm not sure whether tyro has ever seen 'Little Britain' judging by the response above...
Quite right. tyro does not possess one of these television contraption thingies.
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For a car to merit the "Hairdresser" tag, it has to fill the following criteria.
1/ Overpriced.
2/ Trendy, in a shell suit & gold chain sort of way.
3/ Usless & impractical, needing the buyer to invent reasons why it is beneficial to own one.
Step forward my original choice, the Smart. The definative hairdressers car.
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i disagree with the Smart being a hairdressers car - their just a funky little city car.
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All you youngsters eh!
Fancy missing out the first and most bizzare hairdressers car- the Austin Metropolitan.
A mid 50s convertible with A40? mechanicals and limited steering lock due to the front wings partly covering the wheels.
Two tone paintwork, cream and pink or cream and turquoise.
Six used to turn up at the annual Ashover show, a real posse of pompadours.
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I wasna fu but just had plenty.
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"Fancy missing out the first and most bizzare hairdressers car- the Austin Metropolitan"
Dont forget the whitewall tyres.
For those that dont know this magical beast
www.austin-metropolitan.co.uk/
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My local barber got himself a brand new, current shape black Merc E500. Then got shot and died.
I am the only Pole over here.
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i disagree with the Smart being a hairdressers car - their just a funky little city car.
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Thanks, BH. I forgot to add that, it's got to be "Funky".
GEEOOOFF, HUUIGHEEE!
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Forgot to mention that my hairdresser is straight and drives a Focus ST170.
I don't think anyone has put that forward as a typical hairdresser's car. Personally I don't reckon it is a typical hiardresser's car to be honest.
And to balance out my previous admission of wanting to own an MGTF, I also want his ST170, hope that makes things even. :-)
Blue
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My barber rides a Ducati 996 - definately not a hairdresser mobile!
Just had another vehicle spring into my mind - the nissan figaro!
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Actually, the 996 is a bit of a luvvies bike. Not sneering at the machine because it has a proven pedigree, but most of the Japanese competition can out perform it at considerably less cost and it is the sort of bike that seems to attract your C list celebs.
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Forgot to mention that my hairdresser is straight and drives a Focus ST170
Sorry, helicopter, that's not a real hairdresser. I think you got an impostor there :)
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It doesn't always matter what the car is - some colours can lead to an equally damning slur.....
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What\'s for you won\'t pass you by
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I've always thought of the MGBGT as a hairdresser's car.
Oh, and the Renault Fuego, or maybe that was associated with another profession, somewhat older.
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I alwasy imagined it would be a white Audi cabrio, at least 10 years old, being driven by a peroxide blonde wearing white stilettos - or is that just my fantasy?
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Espada III - well if you have a family and need a Lamborghini, what else do you drive?
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My neighbour who is a hairdresser uses a Mini Cooper.
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Had rather a lot of free haircuts in the late 80's courtesy of various trainee hairdressers I went out with. Never saw their cars (most couldn't afford them), although they tended to see a lot of mine. Particularly the inside of the roof.
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Did your roof linings have nice stitching or something?
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Adam
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In your dream penny-less
BTW sounds like ND with a new Handle, he had fantasies like that as well
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courtesy of various trainee hairdressers<<
You think Alan could go out with that many people?
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Adam
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My sister in law is a hairdresser, and although she doesnt drive herself her husband has a Scenic. Her boss a Fiat Brava and her partner a Citroen van. Don't know about the others in the Salon- but never see any cabrios when I go up there.
A male hairdresser I used to know had a Sierra estate. Following the split with his longtime girlfriend he got a Porsche Boxster.
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My hairdresser has a Fiat Punto Sporting in bright yellow. My wife's hairdressing family (two sisters and one daughter) have - a smart cabrio, a smart roadster and a Ford Streetka cabrio (recently upgraded from a smart cabrio).
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Lancia Fulvia used to be it.
Now I see our local hairdresser - who owns a chain of shops - has a Posche Boxster (crashed once on ice) plus a Lexus 200
madf
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My (lady) hairdresser has a Toyota Landcruiser.
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L\'escargot.
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My (lady) hairdresser has a Toyota Landcruiser.
She said she chose it so that she could look down on people!
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L\'escargot.
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Admiring her work,----or looking for nits?
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My BARBER (not letting any of them 'hairdressers' near me!) is quite young but has a Volvo 440. Very shiny though...
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My barber had a Vectra. A real man's car.
Then he went and got a Picasso.
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Adam
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"My barber had a Vectra. A real man's car."
Few real men - like wot I am - have such poor taste to have a Vectra.
A barber is not a Hairdresser. A barber cuts hair.
If we were discussing barbers' cars, the thread would say that.
From wot I understand, a hairdresser spends all his/her time adjusting the customer's hair so
1. it hides the bald bits
2. it makes the customer look younger
3. it changes the haircolour.
4. it changes the shape of the hair.
Real men drive open top cars which manage to achieve 1,2 and 4 at no cost:-)
madf
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My barber had a Vectra. Then he went and got a Picasso. --
Something for the W/E sir?
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Now that you mention it....
Actually. I'm going to preempt my use of an edit button (if we had one that is) and delete the rest of my post.
Trust me - it was going to be inane babble.
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Trust me - it was going to be inane babble.
It usually is.
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