Is that your gearbox I can feel?

A new survey from AA Personal Loans has found 31% of over 50s owning up to having sex in their cars. The results suggest that checking out your date's ride is set to replace an invitation in for coffee as the new telltale sign of getting lucky on Valentine's Day. Or any other day for that matter.

In a week when the infamous Flake Girl returns to TV screens with a sensuous in-car experience, the AA Personal Loans research reveals that the nation's love affair with the sex appeal of cars goes well beyond a weekly shine at the car wash.

Interested in Britons' relationship with their four-wheeled loved ones, the firm asked 2,000 adults about their behind the wheel experiences. The results reveal that passion has overtaken many everyday in-car activities (such as learning a language from audio CDs, rehearsing speeches and opening exam results).

More than one in three Britons has made love in their car - 35% owning up to foreplay in a car and 34% going all the way. A further 16% claim to have plucked up the courage to ask someone out from their car. And 20% say they have made up with a partner in their car.

Men are most likely to confess to carnal car time, 37% admitting to sex in a car, compared to 32% of women, and 42% remembering foreplay in a car, compared to 28% of women.

Despite young people driving demand for sexy looking cars, baby boomers are the most sexy inside their cars. 41% of 35 to 44 year olds have made love in their car, compared to 34% of 18 to 24 year olds. Around one in three people over 55 (29%) have got jiggy behind the wheel.

People in London and Wales are the most likely to be promiscuous behind the wheel - 39% of 4 by 4 driving Londoners owning up to foreplay in their gas guzzling passion wagons. Perhaps as a result, these drivers are looking to buy bigger cars in 2007 Londoners are those most likely to buy a 4x4 whilst large family vehicles are the favourites in Wales.

Lloyd East, Director of AA Personal Loans, said: "Our February survey started out as a bit of fun, but we were surprised by the results which beg the question of how many car buyers spend time checking car comfort before they buy. The research may also offer some clues on the enduring popularity of 4 by 4s.

14 February 2007 © Moneyextra.com

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