Who, me? Would I approach a woman in a mini-van? Like at a stop light or something? Probably not, unless I were cleaning windshields for donations that day or in the mood for a good pepper-spraying.
Why do you ask? You drive a mini-van and you're worried about someone judging you? Or you have a fantasy about picking up a hitchhiker and getting jiggy with him in the back of the shaggin' wagon? Or maybe you actually want me to approach you in your mini-van? To which I would reply, "Sure!" I'm just that easy.
I could be wrong, but I suspect that you are asking if guys judge potential dates based on their rides, and if you're S.O.L. because you drive a mini-van. My answer is yes, some guys judge you based on your car, or the way you dress, or your hair, or whether or not you have tattoos, etc., and yes, some guys will be put off by the fact that you drive a mini-van, which may or may not also mean you have kids.
If he does, then he's a shallow twit and certainly not the kind of guy you want to date. Good riddance. You want a guy who doesn't care if you drive a 1977 AMC Gremlin with one headlight busted out and the muffer dragging the ground or a brand-spanking-new Mercedes SLR Roadster (a steal at only $495,000).
I don't care what type of car anyone drives. I wouldn't notice if everyone was suddenly driving rickshaws. Cars are like sports to me: I'm aware they exist in the abstract, and I enjoy their functional uses, but beyond that they don't ever cross my mind.
But my guess would be that this is more of an individual thing than a man/woman thing. I will say that anyone who won't date someone because of the kind of car they drive is pretty undate-able themselves as far as I'm concerned.
There's a functional use for sports?
I've always wondered how many rickshaw drivers are named Rick Shaw. Because that would be funny.
"Shallow twit" made me laugh. :-) Excellent answer, Cary.
Thanks, D. I actually meant to say twat, but the typo works, too.
Heh heh, you said "muffer."
Good answer, C. Oh, and I'm with Swaim -- I am generally aware that different kinds of cars cost more, but I think most are just supremely overpriced Toyotas at heart (Lexus, I'm looking in your direction).
I'm happy if my car is relatively clean (on the outside anyway) and doesn't leave me stranded on the side of the road. And yeah, I drive a grocery-gettin' mommy wagon, and I'm ok with it. ;)
I think I'd only care if her car was a sedan and it only had 2 doors. Because that would make her the most oblivious woman in the world.
And oblivious chicks might get you dead.
I traded my MBZ E55 AMG Satan's Wagon for a Toyota Sienna and I'm still kicking my own ass!!! Although, my hemerhoid problem has really cleared up.
Yep. It is personal...how much importance you put into you car that is. Not so much a guy vs woman thing. But for me, just to add to the varied answers here, no I don't care. If you're hot and drive a minivan you'll make it work. If you're hot with kids and a minivan you'll have a line up of married guys wanting a lift. See how nice and shallow men can be. Isn't it great!