Do you think that a person's car says something about their personality?

I’m not sure what my car would say about me. I have a black 1998 chevy cavalier. Pretty boring. And boring isn’t something I tend to be. But I do notice that many Hummer owners are real douchebags.

The best car I ever owned was my Honda CRX. It was just my size, could park it anywhere, it went like a bat out of hell and had the sweetest gear box you could ever want. I loved that car. And it was just like me, a compact little pocket rocket!

At the moment I am driving (when not riding my yamaha beewee scooter) a land cruiser. It is a good car and can get me through a meter of water but soooooooooooooo boring. No character whatsoever.

But yes I think your car can say a lot about your personality.

I think cars show whether you like cars, what kind of things are important to you in a car and what your budget was. Or if you’re like my hubbs- a lack of car shows a love of bikes.

Honestly, when I see big trucks I usually think that person is an ass. I also see my fair share of high priced cars (Bentley, Ferrari, Rolls, etc.) and I tend to think these people are asses, as well. Other than that, I don’t really think about it.

I drive a Mini Cooper and I luuuv it.

Not unless they have the money to buy whatever car they want.
Then again, so people like shitty cars…

Alberta is full of guys driving pickups. some of them come with little ladders so they don’t get a groin pull getting into them. These are not work trucks. I have a Mercury Mystique Sport I really like. 1998-cheap-put more than the original price into it in a couple of years!

I dunno about judging people by their cars. I’d love to have a Ferrari. I love fast cars that handle mountain roads well, yet, I’m not an asshole. I just love the sound, handling, speed and breathtaking engineering of supercars.

I don’t think I would judge people by their cars. I could make a few logical assumptions, though. I’d assume that a person with a nice car was wealthier than a person with an older crappier car. Different cars are also designed for different things, so I’d assume someone with a sports car likes to go fast and someone with a heavy-duty SUV or truck likes to drive in the mountains and the mud.

I drive a 2007 Audi A6. It’s pretty sick. :) Not sure how my personality could be deduced from that, though…

I can’t help but think a person who assumes you’re an “ass” for driving a fancy car is just jealous…

I drive a 1991 Toyota 4×4. Not a big truck, no big monster tires, no lift kit, nothing but a simple black paint job and some spider decals on the sides. Five speed gear box, six cylinder engine, fanciest thing about it is the tinted windows and the extended cab. It has AC, but I don’t use it.

It’s a work truck. It has some rust on it, (the muffler fell off the other day, but it still isn’t very loud), and it’s there to haul stuff in, to drive me everywhere I want to go, and when it snows, pop it in 4 wheel, and I’m set. It’s a blast to drive, and banging throught the gears is too much fun.

And since it’s a Toyota, it just keeps on going without breaking down all the time, like most American made vehicles do. I secretly named my truck, I call it LBT.

I think a person’s vehicle does reflect their personality, to some extent. Of course, this doesn’t apply if you can’t afford the car you really want.

No. Jealous? Hahaha! What a waste of money. Even if I had it I wouldn’t spend it on something so ridiculous. You can’t drive a sports car in L.A. You just can’t go that fast.

(I just took a little personal offense to it because my dad owns many cars and a couple of them are fancy sports cars and he’s anything but an “ass”. They’re kept at our house in Carmel, which is mostly empty roads where you can drive them that fast). Either way, it’s fine. Everyone has their own opinion on what a waste of money is.

Usually yes – for example anyone driving a Nissan Tiida has no idea about cars, will likely stop in the bus lane to answer their phone (my Dad saw this happen), change lanes without indicating, and come to a complete stop at an empty roundabout (both of which I have seen multiple times). If someone drives a BMW M3, they are an IT executive, because only IT executives can understand iDrive (at least from what the journos say). A Volkswagen driver generally appreciates quality and intelligent design. For an Audi driver, a Volkswagen is a little too plain.

My car says nothing about me though, I drive a Toyota Starlet – it is boring, slow, and handles like a pogo stick. All it says about me is that I am strong enough to reverse park a car without power steering.

@FireMadeFlesh handles like a pogo stick, that’s nice. LOL.

@Psychedelic_Zebra Thanks! If you ever hit a speed bump too fast, you’ll be bouncing like one too.

Oh Lord, won’t you
Buy me a Mercedes Benz
My friends all drive Porsches
I must make amends

It’d really set off my Rolex knock off.

Not always. I mean I technically don’t have one, however I kind of share an old Subaru with my boyfriend, though I never drive. It’s old and beat up, but a tank. And fortunately for me, I’m not any of those three things.

There are a number of cars that I don’t understand why anyone would choose to drive if they have a chance. Cars such as the Dodge Avenger have nothing, NOTHING redeeming about it. Oter cars in the segment can beat it in every catagory. I really want to ask these people what they were thinking, putting down over $20k without doing any research. I don’t want these people as employees, and wouldn’t trust them to dog sit. The Crystler Crossfire is even more intruiging, as not only are these people making unwise choices, but they have somehow make enough good choices in their life to afford it.

Then there are people who want to be seen. They buy cars that look flashy, but aren’t drivers cars. I don’t want to associate these people, too much ego. Cars they would own imclude the Hummer and many AMG models.

There are car lover cars. Lotus is the ultimate car lover car. They don’t buy them to be flashy, even though they are, but rather because they love to use them. These people have a passion in their life. Aston Martin’s may qualify

Corvette, midlife crises or “tryin to stay young” car.

Modern Camero or Challenger, “I’m still just a kid inside”

Honda, Toyota, “I’m practical”. Toyota FJ Cruiser “I think outside the box”. Honda CR-V “I just want to fit in, no need to make decisions”

Volkswagon, “I’m practical but I want to have some fun”

Audi, “BMW and Merc are for old money people”

Audi RS4 “I make smart decisions, but am not showy”

Austin-Healey “Nothin good ever came from technology”

Jeep Wranger with road tires “I don’t know what I want in life, but I need an image”

Porsche “kids ruin lives”

Porsche Cayenne “kids are trying to rin my life but I won’t let them”

American full size sedan “over 65 and don’t care what people are into these days”

Subaru “I live in Colorado or New England, used to, or want to”

VW GTI “Under 30, good job, staying young, kids still 5–10 years off”

I’ve made enough enemies with this, so I’ll just stop. Sorry truck people, I just don’t understand you.

Gah, GTI = my dream car. Well not DREAM car, but I really want one :D
ROFL about the Subaru, I’m from Jersey and just moved to Colorado, go figure

I think it can, to an extent. But since not everyone can afford to buy their dream car (unless you’re a weirdo like me who likes to drive shitty cars) the inside and what’s in the trunk probably says a lot more about them.

I wonder if there’s a correlation between driving a Honda and owning a Mac vs PC?

@arpinum that’s okay, I don’t understand why any self-respecting man would drive a car. Or a minivan for that matter. How in the Hell do you haul ten sheets of plywood, a few dozen bags of mulch, or a half a ton of decorative landscape bricks in a damned car? The pickup truck is the original work vehicle, made popular by the people who actually work with their hands, and are able to fix things without having to call someone else to do it for them. They don’t call em ‘country cadillacs’ for nothing, you know.

it’s the clueless folks that do all sorts of weird shit to an otherwise perfectly normal truck, like make em into low riders and stick em forty inches higher in the air. Hard to load up the bed with lumber when you need a stepladder to get in the damn thing.

@MacBean I like to drive older vehicles, the newer ones have too many bells and whistles, too many ‘power options’, and everyone knows the more complex something is, the more likely it is to break down. Give me a simple pickup with a manual transmission and windows and locks I actually have to move by hand.

@Psychedelic_Zebra much much lurve. I miss my husband’s Ford F150. We had to sell it about a year ago. We can’t tote our canoe around in our minivan. :(

A car speaks a lot but not always correctly. Cars definitely expresses a persons self image or current situation. My aunt was(became) a national famed watercolor painter, but what I remember most is her launched up Grand Torino with racing stripes parked in our nice suburban driveway, like what the f…. is that doing here.

@jonsblond no wonder he falls asleep during his podcast, he has to drive a minivan.

Sometimes, yes. Folks who drive a gas-guzzling SUV in areas of high population density often lack self-esteem.

@mattbrowne – Is there any sort of research to support that theory? It really seems like a bit of a stretch to me.

@mattbrowne

Just for a personal example, my mom had a minivan that I supposed guzzled gas, but it wasn’t because of lack of self-esteem, it was because this was before the days of hybrids and it was because she had 4 kids. When hybrids became available, she obtained a hybrid SUV in its place and still has it.

So, just thought I’d point out that amount of kids can affect the size car you get and not everyone who has a large car is compensating for their small penis, despite popular belief. I’m fairly certain that’s not what my mom was doing…

@DominicX lol. GA

I have no problems with SUVs in rural and mountainous areas especially when there are dirt roads and people have to deal with heavy snow. But for the investment banker from New Jersey driving to Wall Street it doesn’t make sense. They also put other drivers and children crossing the street at higher risk.

If it has to be a SUV (instead of a minivan for a larger family) I think hybrid SUVs are a good idea.

I’m not sure about serious research studying the phenomenon, but I found this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_sport_utility_vehicles#Psychology

now that im wiser and older – oops should i have said older and wiser, lols – ive got to say No, definately not!

what about a Lexus ?
what’s the personality there??

I don’t drive a lexus btw.

@Crossroadsgrl Toyotas are for people who want a car that is reliable and well priced, but the idea of excitement is foreign to them. They don’t consider anything that is not a Toyota, because any other car is a risk. A Lexus is a Toyota with leather and more complex computers, so the same applies. A Lexus driver wants to show off their money, not their taste in cars. Cars are an expensive item that can be used to show everyone else that you have money – who cares how they drive? (The exception to this is the IS-F, which is the choice for people who like M3s and RS6s but want something Japanese because European sports sedans are sooo cliché for their demographic).