# 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:** 4
**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 27, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/61 "2014-08-27T03:09:06Z")
> [@ZPG\_Zealot](#): > > Want to bet? I know plenty of women driving giant Rams, usually because they work in jobs where that level of hauling capacity is necessary, but some just like giant trucks. Duplicate post. ---
**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 27, 2014, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/62 "2014-08-27T03:11:34Z")
> [@ZPG\_Zealot](#): > > Want to bet? I know plenty of women driving giant Rams, usually because they work in jobs where that level of hauling capacity is necessary, but some just like giant trucks. Read the OP; s/he is asking for superficial conclusions. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/63 "2014-08-27T16:42:46Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > Does it have bumper nuts? Tell me it has bumper nuts. That would be overkill. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/64 "2014-08-27T16:46:52Z")
Buick LeSabre: I’m an old fart who snowbirds in Florida. Cadillac Escalade: I’m a pro athlete, or more likely a wannabe, who bought this thing because all the guys I play with / wish I were like do it. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/65 "2014-08-27T17:19:01Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Cadillac Escalade: I’m a pro athlete, or more likely a wannabe, who bought this thing because all the guys I play with / wish I were like do it. Only if you get it with the “golf club dents” package, with the crystallized windows option. ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/66 "2014-08-27T17:41:58Z")
Van drivers are either rapist, serial killers, have lots of equipment or are plain too cheap to spring for a motel room. ---
**Author:** ![Beelzebubba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Beelzebubba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beelzebubba)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/67 "2014-08-27T17:45:08Z")
**BMW 320i-** Never mind that my car is missing features found on the average rental car, it’s still a Bimmer! Who needs heated, power seats or a sunroof or even a folding back seat (it was $475 extra and I already spent over $34k). And so what if the upholstery is actually ‘leather-ette’ (vinyl) and not the real thing….it’s a Bimmer, dammit! The same applies to the Mercedes-Benz CLA250…poseur D-bag!😃 ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/68 "2014-08-27T17:52:48Z")
Mercury Grand Marquis - I love watching people slam on the brakes when they think it’s a cop car. Porsche - I’m a yuppie with too much money who doesn’t really know how to drive this thing and is going to wrap it around a tree on the way to the sports car owners’ rally. Kia Spectra - I just don’t give a shit anymore. Please kill me. ---
**Author:** ![MrsTime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@MrsTime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrsTime)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/69 "2014-08-27T18:18:43Z")
Chevy pick up with over sized tires…I have a small one and need a ladder to get in my truck. Chevy dually pick up with over sized tires…I need this to drive the kids to school and grocewy shop. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/70 "2014-08-27T18:21:37Z")
Range Rover - I’m a rich, neurotic suburban housewife, who’s banging the tennis pro at the club because I never see my workaholic husband, and I wouldn’t be caught dead in an \*American \*(ugh!) SUV. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/71 "2014-08-27T18:40:12Z")
Toyota Prius - I’m an asshole and I don’t know how to drive. Insanely lifted truck - My penis is _really_ small. Crown Vic with light bar and shotgun - See above. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/72 "2014-08-27T19:06:15Z")
Fiat 500: hipster. BRZ/F86: sales associate. Boxster: hair dresser. ---
**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 27, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/73 "2014-08-27T19:11:54Z")
Mercedes/Porsche/Cadillac/Hummer/etc AWD vehicles: I have zero idea what it takes to drive off-road. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/74 "2014-08-27T19:19:24Z")
Nissan Leaf - I will misinterpret your attempts at backing slowly away from me as an invitation to tell you even more about the tax subsidy I claimed for my upgraded electrical panel in my garage. Mini Cooper - No, I’m 3rd-generation Italian heritage actually, but the union jack decal makes it go faster, just like a Type-R sticker does. Saturn - If I hold a steady 53mph, the dashboard rattle syncs with the door panel squeak and sounds just like “We Will Rock You”. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/75 "2014-08-27T19:27:35Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > Saturn - If I hold a steady 53mph, the dashboard rattle syncs with the door panel squeak and sounds just like “We Will Rock You”. Scarily, this one is true. ---
**Author:** ![SpeedwayRyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@SpeedwayRyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpeedwayRyan)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/76 "2014-08-27T19:42:57Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Quite. > > “…with brain damage.” 😃 > > (Most of the makes above have at least one insanity-mobile in their current or past lines…) I have a non-STI WRX…I only have partial brain damage. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/77 "2014-08-28T01:17:56Z")
Oldsmobile - they told me I could get it fixed at a Saturn dealer. Saturn - they told me I could get it fixed at a Pontiac dealer. Pontiac - screw it, my next car will be a Toyota. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/78 "2014-08-28T14:41:50Z")
Any Studebaker. Black fenders, silver doors, green hood, polka-dot seat covers, monkey-fur dashboard. A fan of old TV shows. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/79 "2014-08-28T14:57:50Z")
Alfa Romeo Spyder: … (sorry, I got nothing. They’re just fucking cool.) ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-draw-superficial-conclusions-about-people-based-on-their-cars/696466/80 "2014-08-28T15:26:59Z")
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