Not just for lesbians anymore

Remember when Volvos were quirky cars whose biggest customer base was professors, teachers, and eccentric nuts? When you would buy a paper-mache side-car for it if Volvo said it was safe?

Remember when a woman in a Subaru was most assuredly a lesbian?
(ok, ok, there are exceptions, don't slap me MountainGirl!)

Well, it would seem that Volvo has decided to aim higher, more upscale (read: FORD marketing). I sold my 850 with 225K miles on it in December, and it was the last of the quirky ones, with window buttons etc in bizarre locations. I looked at new ones, and while very supple and all, they were, well, pedestrian and without character. The vehicle that replaced it is one of the last truly strange, quirky ones out there.

Now, it seems that the poor lost Volvo-ites have have migrated to Subaru: Good cars, lots of personality and screw-you, I may be a funny-looking car, but you're just a sassy Taurus/Grand Prix/Camry variant attitude.

But lesbians like John McMullen still love Subarus. Thank God, I cannot handle too much change.