I drive a VW: hippie outdoorsy person who gets very defensive about their choice of car, ESPECIALLY if it’s a TDi.
Honda: doesn’t really care about the car, as long as it runs.
Scion: just got license, begged parents to buy him/her the car. In 10 years will be mortally embarrassed at the ugly-ass car he used to drive 
As for the “Volkswagen = hippie” connection, there is one (and only one) exception: it’s OK to drive a New Beetle if you are tall, because they have a ton of headroom. This exception does not apply to the old Beetle, or to (God help us) the Microbus. If you drive either of those, then there is no possible way that you are not a hippie. Even if you are tall enough to piss on Shaquille O’Neal’s head.
Pontiac: likes sporty-looking cars, but can’t afford a real sports car. (This would be me, if I was in the market for a new car.)
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The difference between a BMW driver and a Hummer driver is that the BMW driver has a little bit of class and sophistication. The Hummer driver doesn’t realize that they are driving a low performance piece of crap that has as much in common with the manly military vehicle as a Chevy Suburban. The Hummer driver doesn’t have a clue, whereas often the BMW driver bought the vehicle knowing what they will get.
Cadillac Escalade: Drug Dealer.
Around here the vast majority of Mitsubishis “That I Have Seen” are driven by black people*, except for those little eclipses type jobs. New eclipses are driven by 19 year old blonde highlighted sorority girls on a cell phone, and the older ones are driven by some hispanic dude*, usually right below the steering wheel.
*I am not a racist, so don’t even try to spin it that way. I grew up driving the old worn out 79 model white trash Chevy Longbed that smoked and backfired. I even had a mullet and a Def Leppard tape.
Now let’s be fair here: only the xB is particularly terrible. The xA (in my experience as a driver) is for exciteable young women on a budget who still giggle and consider anything “cute” or for men who are secure in their masculinity (I fall somewhere in-between). The tC is just terribly, terribly boring.
Either that or “thinks it’s still 1978 and a G6 is a Firebird.”
Chevrolet - because I need a car, that’s why!
Here are the Car Talk lists of…
Ultimate Chick Cars
Ultimate Guy Cars
Ultimate Lesbian Cars
Ultimate Gay Cars
(I don’t understand why gays and lesbians get a list of ten, but straights only get five apiece.)
Subaru here too, guess Ill have to inform the GF…
Fry
Mitsubishi Eclipse - sorority girl, or rice boy.
Hyundai Elantra - how incredibly fucking boring. (Next time I’m buying something interesting, and I don’t care how many times it breaks down. Who wants to ship a Renault Sport Spider to me, eh?)
i find us hetero diesel vw owners are generally fiercely pragmatic, and slightly euro. also, there are a subcategory of us that use divine mileage as an excuse to drive like maniacs (at least in Calgary).
You’re damn right!
What? A vehicle with a non-functional turn signal?
I own a Subaru WRX. My wife won’t be surprised to find out I’m a lesbian!
edited: Moved the stick out tongue smilie to the appropriate sentence, hehe!
Kia Rio - cheap bastard.
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I drive a Seat - it’s a Porsche-style engine with a VW chassis. I guess that makes me confused. Oh, and the car’s red. Woohoo!
Reading the list I see that I am also a lesbian,
“Volvo Wagon. The official car of professional intellectual lesbians everywhere.”
Unless the Volvo is bluish-green. There’s something about an aqua Volvo man.
Hondas: people who want a car to go from A to B. Period.
Chevy S-10s: I can’t afford a better pickup
Hummer: I’ve got money to burn, who cares about mileage?
Subaru: Effeminate men and masculine women.
VW: Suckers who think they got a deal
Cadillac: Pimps
Saturn: tree-huggers