# Let's draw superficial conclusions about people based on their cars. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 25, 2014, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466 "2014-08-25T17:10:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/21 "2014-08-25T19:03:08Z")
Pontiac - What, it’s not a Cadillac? ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/22 "2014-08-25T19:03:25Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > 1. I always heard that it was BMW drivers, not Audi drivers, who were the assholes. You’re correct, it is BMW drivers. I know a few; dicks all. A car dick is a special kind of dick. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/23 "2014-08-25T19:06:24Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > VW “New” Beetle - I am a grown woman who has a cartoon character tattooed someplace visible. Or: I am 6’ 9" tall and this is the only car that has enough head room. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/24 "2014-08-25T19:22:58Z")
Honda Accord: Sometimes, when we’re really feeling kinky, we leave the lights on. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/25 "2014-08-25T19:43:47Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Odyssey - sensible mundane with kids. > > Volvo SUV - sensible upscale mundane living in a bad weather zone. > … > Subaru - sensible mundane who doesn’t need a Volvo nameplate to drive in a badweather zone. I thought it was. Volvo…I like to have people think I drive in bad weather. Subaru…I actually spend a lot of time driving in bad weather, and have the dents from at least 6 other people who don’t know how to. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/26 "2014-08-25T19:52:32Z")
Buick - Hey, son, can you show me again how to get the reruns of Murder She Wrote on Netflix? ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/27 "2014-08-25T20:00:27Z")
Ferrari: I’m rich as shit but I still can’t afford a Bugatti. ---
**Author:** ![JerrySTL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@JerrySTL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerrySTL)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/28 "2014-08-25T20:51:54Z")
A buddy and I had a game where we tried to guess the ethnic origin of a person by the car that they drive. We’d spot some outlandish car in a parking lot near a restaurant and make our guesses hoping that they would return to the car before we had to leave. My favorites: Curb feelers on all 4 corners of the car. WTF is a “curb feeler” you may ask? Google it. 4 space saver spares mounted on another car. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/29 "2014-08-25T21:18:56Z")
Subaru: What’s the point of a car wash? It’ll just as dirty as it used to be after the drive home. > [@JerrySTL](#): > > Curb feelers on all 4 corners of the car. WTF is a “curb feeler” you may ask? Google it. What kind of car was it? I want to guess, too! ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/30 "2014-08-25T21:20:52Z")
[Bill Morrissey did an amusing riff on this on his Standing Eight album.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YevrGtidvpM) “My BMW draws applause, I am not bound by traffic laws…” ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/31 "2014-08-25T21:21:49Z")
Saab=quirky. And Saab stories. 😉 Hummer: Sorry about your tiny penis. ---
**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/32 "2014-08-25T21:46:17Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Infinity - Datsun who? The brand is spelled “Infiniti,” and Datsun was discontinued in 1986, 3 years before Infiniti was offered. [QUOTE=Gatopescado] Cadillac: I still think this is 1963 when the brand meant something. [/QUOTE] At the turn of the 21st century, Cadillac underwent a revival beginning with models like the CTS and CTS-V, XLR, and ATS. In 2010 the CTS-V set a lap record a the Nurburgring for production sedans, and the updated version won Car & Driver’s 2014 Car of the Year. [QUOTE=OneCentStamp] Mercury - I was going to get the Ford, but then I found a $10 bill on the ground outside the dealership and decided it was a sign. [/QUOTE] If you want to spend your $10 at Mercury dealership, you’d have to first invest in a time machine, as the brand was killed in 2010, and the last car rolled off the line in Jan. 2011. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/33 "2014-08-25T21:46:35Z")
> [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](#): > > Subaru: What’s the point of a car wash? It’ll just as dirty as it used to be after the drive home. > What kind of car was it? I want to guess, too! Buick? Oldsmobile? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/34 "2014-08-25T22:28:43Z")
Harley - I’m having a midlife crisis. Buick - should be restricted to the right lane by law. Mercury. - ditto Mini van - neutered male. Ram truck - want to make sure that no woman will drive my vehicle. There are more, but these are the local highlights. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/35 "2014-08-25T23:01:28Z")
[QUOTE=Regallag\_The\_Axe] (about a car with curb feelers) What kind of car was it? I want to guess, too! [/QUOTE] My vote is for either a Chevy Caprice or Ford Crown Vic - also the two cars most likely to be jacked up on 24" or larger wheels worth more than the car itself. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/36 "2014-08-25T23:03:33Z")
> [@Whiskey\_Dickens](#): > > At the turn of the 21st century, Cadillac underwent a revival beginning with models like the CTS and CTS-V, XLR, and ATS. In 2010 the CTS-V set a lap record a the Nurburgring for production sedans, and the updated version won Car & Driver’s 2014 Car of the Year. Yeeaaaah… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/37 "2014-08-25T23:23:09Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > My vote is for either a Chevy Caprice or Ford Crown Vic - also the two cars most likely to be jacked up on 24" or larger wheels worth more than the car itself. Close, but I think you’re wrong. I think they’re on a Crown Vic’s sister; a Lincoln or a old, full-sized Buick or Caddy. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/38 "2014-08-25T23:52:21Z")
VW: I can’t afford a German car that actually runs. Land Rover: I’m so rich I can afford to throw it away on this piece of shit. Hummer: I have self esteem issues. Subaru: I’m a soccer mommy. Honda Element/Nissan Cube, etc.: I’m being a non-conformist just like the other 17 million people who own one of these. Porsche Carrera: I’m leasing. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/39 "2014-08-26T02:20:20Z")
> [@Maastricht](#): > > Toyota Prius: I’m green and I really like technology. And I know that the Obama 2014 bumper sticker is redundant on this car. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/40 "2014-08-26T02:34:17Z")
> [@Whiskey\_Dickens](#): > > The brand is spelled “Infiniti,” and Datsun was discontinued in 1986, 3 years before Infiniti was offered. > > At the turn of the 21st century, Cadillac underwent a revival beginning with models like the CTS and CTS-V, XLR, and ATS. In 2010 the CTS-V set a lap record a the Nurburgring for production sedans, and the updated version won Car & Driver’s 2014 Car of the Year. > > If you want to spend your $10 at Mercury dealership, you’d have to first invest in a time machine, as the brand was killed in 2010, and the last car rolled off the line in Jan. 2011. Marisa Tomei? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466.md?page=3)