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I drive a 12-year-old Pontiac, and make of that what you will:

Scientists have long wondered whether infidelity can be predicted by what's in our genes. But a new survey suggests it may come down to what's in our garage.

In polling 3,600 people seeking or participating in extramarital affairs, Canadian company Ashley Madison.com found cheaters defy the flashy car stereotype, instead favouring less conspicuous rides. Twenty-one per cent of stray husbands drive Toyotas, followed distantly by Ford (12 per cent) and Chevy (10 per cent); as for wayward wives, 22 per cent own a Honda, followed by Ford (13 per cent) and Toyota (10 per cent).

Wow, research gem of the decade, huh? But whoever wrote the story admits that car preference is just "one piece of a byzantine picture" that includes everything from biology to opportunity.  "Everybody is complex," says Kristen Mark, a sex researcher at the Center for Sexual Health Promotion at Indiana University. "And you're not going to necessarily have somebody that carries all the [infidelity-predictive] characteristics who's a supercheater. It doesn't work like that."

Everybody is complex. Who knew? Can I see the study on that?

Comments

littlejohn
Fri, 04/20/2012 - 10:25am

Given that every survey I've seen indicates infidelity is pretty common, one would expect cheaters to drive pretty much the same cars the rest of us drive.

It would be more interesting to see how political leanings influence car choice. Is the Chevy pickup vs. Volvo stereotype for real? If I had to bet, I'd wager liberals drive more fuel efficient cars than conservatives. But that's only because we feel guilty, whereas you guys feel defiant, or something.

RAG
Fri, 04/20/2012 - 3:18pm

I'm willing to wager Tea Party car buyers won't go heavily into debt to buy a fuel efficient car.

Why would you feel guilty about the car, truck, or suv that you drive?

Harl Delos
Sat, 04/21/2012 - 3:43am

I've never has a car loan, si I can't speak to going into debt to buy a fuel-efficient car, but if I were 30, and I had a garage, I'd sure be looking at converting my car to run on natural gas.

Lowest prices in a decade.  Get a pump to put natutal gas in a cylinder, and modify a kit for running your car on LP gas. 

But I bought my car ten years with 50,000 miles on it, and I still haven't hit 90,000 miles yet, so while I can moan with the rest of 'em about gas prices, I really don't get hit as bad as when it was 55 miles to work and 17 miles to the nearest supermarket. 

Tim Zank
Sat, 04/21/2012 - 4:59pm

Littlejohn posits: " I'd wager liberals drive more fuel efficient cars than conservatives. But that's only because we feel guilty, whereas you guys feel defiant, or something."

 

Naaa, we're not defiant. We just know there's nothing to feel guilty about.

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