Why do men like gun/cars?

[DeltaV]

A gun is a tool. We use tools for our cars...

Guns come in 10 mm too!

 

[DeltaV]

Gun, Car (Mopar), and Woman...

 

[Unkle Krusty]

Would the cars have a V8?

 

[SteveSS]

I always lusted over that 10mm Colt.

I think men like to collect things also. Cars, guns, my Sting Ray bikes, art and in my younger days, women.

Right now I have a garage full of Chevy V8s. 2 350's 2 327s, 1 454.

 

[SteveSS]

Men have a protector instinct. Guns enable that.

 

[oldbee]

Guns come in 10 mm too!

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Unlike a missing 10mm wrench, nobody misplaces one of those!

 

[Triplegreen500]

They allow me to challenge myself - guns, cars, and motorcycles. And archery (been doing that since I was 9).

Faster lap times.
Better apexes.
Smoother shifting.
Better running condition (maintenance/tuneup).
Better groupings.
Faster recovery between rounds.

I enjoy the mechanical art. I admire the precision. And I appreciate the purpose.

It's the same reason I love doing concert sound - the constant challenge to do better. In this case, to do a better mix. Get the keys to sound just right, or get the drums to have just the right punch, or get every syllable out of the vocals.

To the original question - I also know plenty of women who love cars and guns (and motorcycles). And, who are just as good if not better than me, with any of them. It's not a gender thing. It's a societal thing.

 

[66ChargerHI-PO]

One word…. Murica!

 

[66ChargerHI-PO]

Don’t forget women and beer

 

[OneWheelPeel]

Ok, you asked for a serious answer. Guns and cars are each mechanically fascinating.

I’m not a big gun guy and even can get annoyed by too much gun talk by my friends that own a bunch, even tho I enjoy occasionally going to the range with one of them. Being good with a gun while not all that into it is more credible than someone who is scared to handle one and then says anything anti-gun. I say things somewhere in the middle.
But to your point I love the mechanical aspect and enjoyed taking a couple apart and putting them back together as a kid (wasn’t really supervised all that well).
I even have an antique I plan to restore one day.

 

[Outlawd]

Guns and cars are a big part of my life. They both kind of start out the same and progress similar. Most started out with a bb gun as a child then graduated to a 12 gauge or a .22, then the cravings for bigger and faster like a 44 mag and high power rifles. As for cars most start out with a factory small block, then build it up to go faster then the craving starts for big horse for me that got to a big block with a blower sticking out of the hood. It's all about power, more power!

 

[Armyvet25]

Military background...nuff said

 

[Hey-O]

Phallic symbols for most.

Many gun owners claim that guns are for personal protection, in most cases what they're really protecting is their sense of manhood. If guns were really for personal protection, the majority of gun owners would be women, who usually use them to protect themselves from men, but they're mostly owned by men.

Cars can be a sign of, look at me, a perception of success or a feeling of turning s**t into apple butter by just enjoying the simple art of tinkering. Money can make either one of them more enjoyable. For me personally, I'm down to one of each.

 

[AR67GTX]

I grew up hunting and with an interest in military history and weapons. It didn’t hurt that my Grandfather was interested in firearms and collected a number of military guns through the civilian surplus sales. I went off to college with his M1 carbine as a loaner, but I eventually was given it and his WWII era Enfield that he was proud of.

Interest in Cars and guns just seem to go together. When a friend at college had his new Mach 1 Mustang dented on the roof by a falling hedgeapple, we grabbed the carbine and went in search of a hedgeapple tree outside of town and extracted a measure of meaningless revenge by blowing every hedgeapple out of it we could until we ran out of ammo. There may have been a beer or two involved in that too.

 

[themechanic]

I say we buy them for their looks. We enjoy them for their performance.

 

[Dutchrebuild]

By 12 years old, I was already collecting guns... absolutely no one in my family even owned one. Shortly after I started in on collecting old car parts, and reselling to make a few bucks. Absolutely no one in my family cared about old cars. In my teens, I settled into Mopars, cars and parts. Absolutely no one in my family ever had a Mopar. Now I'm almost 50, and realize both hobbies have served me quite well from a financial point of view. I have no idea what possessed me to start down these roads, but today guns and Mopars are my lifestyle. Wouldn't have it any other way. Like my cars, the guns rarely leave my collection. I'm loving it!

 

[guy gadbois]

Phallic symbols for most.

Many gun owners claim that guns are for personal protection, in most cases what they're really protecting is their sense of manhood. If guns were really for personal protection, the majority of gun owners would be women, who usually use them to protect themselves from men, but they're mostly owned by men.

Cars can be a sign of, look at me, a perception of success or a feeling of turning s**t into apple butter by just enjoying the simple art of tinkering. Money can make either one of them more enjoyable. For me personally, I'm down to one of each.

must disagree vehemently.