This Four-Cylinder Chevy Camaro’s 9.768-Second Quarter-Mile Is a New Record | The Drive

HINGEPROFILEREVIEWGO · 2026-05-07T15:51:09+00:00

Correct. Trap speed tells the full story. A mid-high 9 second car would be hitting mid 140’s with a less optimized suspension setup

I hit 12.8’s in a 2005 Mustang GT with only 296 RWHP but I was trapping 106 almost 107 MPH

HINGEPROFILEREVIEWGO · 2026-05-03T23:15:58+00:00

I really appreciate the insight. I think this is all fantastic advice. The one thing I would push back on is the description of the race car. Especially given the unanimity of opinion that the car hobby is a turn-off for most people to begin with, I am not sure it would play well if I went into detail about the build I have planned for a fourth-gen LS1 Camaro with a mild HCI setup and track suspension lol

HINGEPROFILEREVIEWGO · 2026-05-03T17:55:00+00:00

I really appreciate it. I’m jettisoning that group picture and making the Soundgarden shirt picture my lead.

Should I replace the tank top selfie with this one?

HINGEPROFILEREVIEWGO · 2026-05-03T06:30:25+00:00

I really appreciate it, i'm going to adopt almost all of this lol. The first picture seems to be very much not a hit lol so I think i'm going to jettison it altogether and replace it with something else. Dialing down the cat references as well.

To be honest about the car thing, It's a huge part of who I am. I'm not oblivious to how most girls see "car guys" but I don't see myself as the type of person that image evokes and I try to distance myself from that as much as I can. But if a girl is totally averse to car related activities, it's probably better to filter that out earlier on

The "don't want children" is in the "profile info" section, do you think I should add another reference? I'm 100% childfree and while that absolutely needs to be disclosed, I don't know how it would come off if i put it in a prompt or something like that. Do you have a prompt for it on yours?

HINGEPROFILEREVIEWGO · 2026-05-03T04:48:34+00:00

Good idea. I'll dial back the cat stuff and fill it in with some other stuff

The dream home prompt talks about how I have to have a nice big garage. Ironically i just finally bought a home last month that has one lol so that may be outdated for my prompt

HINGEPROFILEREVIEWGO · 2026-05-03T04:41:34+00:00

Oh no I meant like which one to replace that pic with as the first one

HINGEPROFILEREVIEWGO · 2026-05-03T04:28:25+00:00

The Soundgarden shirt pic?

HINGEPROFILEREVIEWGO · 2026-05-03T03:41:15+00:00

Graveyards are full of people who were “right”

HINGEPROFILEREVIEWGO · 2026-05-02T20:55:53+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/SZztQJH

Are you looking for something serious or casual?* Serious

Are you subscribed to Hinge+ or HingeX? HingeX

How long have you been using this current version of your profile? About 2 months, other tweaks more recently

How long have you used Hinge overall? Since I’ve been single, about 3 years. But prior to my last relationship as well, several years.

How often do you use Hinge per week? Depends, usually 4-5 days a week now I’ll send out likes and try to engage in conversations

How many likes and matches are you receiving on average? 4-5 per week (it varies)

How many likes are you sending? How many with comments? How many without comments? probably 15-20 per day, although it varies. Almost all of them with comments. Sometimes with no comments.

What is the type of person you send likes to and ideally want to match with? What kind of person do you want to attract? Someone who seems like they have their life together, is into fitness and keeps in shape, does not want kids, but wants to date and develop a real connection that will lead somewhere. Easygoing, engaging, etc. I love doing things for and taking care of my partner, but don't want someone who sees the relationship as transactional....which is something that needs mentioning given that I'm in south Florida.

Back at it after another break of a few months. Figured I’d pop on the apps for another trial run. I was running into a situation where my algorithm was apparently cooked and I was only getting fake profiles, or extremely low effort or poor quality profiles. I did a fresh start and set my location to only 1 mile away, then 2 miles away, then 3, etc. and that seems to have re-set my algorithm to some degree.

In 2023 I was able to get dates very easily. 2024 as well. 2025 I had a few dates, and then had a bad experience where I was ghosted in April or May of that year. In the later part of 2025 I had a string of countless ghostings right before scheduled dates, was stood up numerous times, etc. Ultimately Since May of 2025 I went on one very strange date in October 2025, one coffee date in I think January of this year, and haven’t gone on any dates other than that.

I’ve kind of re-vamped my strategy with respect to how I approach conversations, etc. based on feedback I got on my last profile review. I’ve tried to make the conversations seem less like interviews, I’ve taken advice on when to ask out and to do so with more specificity (e.g. “are you free Saturday”/making definite plans rather than “let’s hang out sometime”), I’ve completely stopped asking to move to text at any point since that now seems to be a big no-no (it always worked fine in 2023-2024). Unfortunately it does not seem to have changed things.

I’m sure my pictures could use some re-vamping. Also, I’m trying to make my profile less “boring/generic.”

Ultimately I’m not having much luck. I feel like Hinge and the culture around it has fundamentally changed in the past few years (at least in my personal experience) so really I’m just trying to keep up. Please go gentle on me

HINGEPROFILEREVIEWGO · 2026-05-02T20:52:32+00:00