Dates Judged By by the Type of Car They Drive - Size Does Count!

REDMOND, Wash., Feb. 12 Carpoint® online automotive service, today announced the key findings of its February 2002 Valentine's Day Fast Facts survey.

The survey revealed that:

30 percent of respondents judge their date by the type of car they drive.

Twenty-five percent have borrowed someone else's car to impress a date

86 percent have washed or prepared their vehicle in some way before picking up a date.

62 percent of respondents have flirted while they were driving and that 31 percent of those flirtations resulted in a date.

Twenty-six percent of those surveyed have followed another car in hopes of securing a date.

77 percent of respondents open and close doors for their dates but only 25 percent expect this when they are a passenger.

The survey also investigated the excuses drivers have used to get their dates alone in the car.

The most popular excuse, at 21 percent, was ``getting lost,'' followed by ``engine trouble,'' ``running out of gas,'' ``flat tire'' and ``dead battery.''

The survey found that 14 percent of respondents have received or made marriage proposals in an automobile.

Here are other findings from the survey: -- Forty-eight percent of those surveyed were picked up in a sedan for their first date. -- When asked to specify their ideal car on a date, 37 percent preferred a sports car, followed by a luxury car (27 percent) and a limousine (17 percent). -- Twenty percent said that talking is their favorite car date activity.

MSN Carpoint.com Fast Facts is a monthly online survey conducted via Carpoint.com that provides consumers with information on car-related topics. The February 2002 survey was derived from a sample of more than 1,100 Carpoint.com users.

Editors Note:The pictures are a contribution of the TACH wise-ass editorial department NOT FROM MSN (DUH).