I know I do. I once didn't go on a second date with a girl in no small part due to the fact that she drove a Honda CR-V. I couldn't date a girl who drove the automotive equivalent of frumpy mom jeans.
I know I do. I once didn't go on a second date with a girl in no small part due to the fact that she drove a Honda CR-V. I couldn't date a girl who drove the automotive equivalent of frumpy mom jeans.
Not always, but when I see someone driving a beige Camry or taupe Malibu or grey Tempo I get a mental image of the driver. Someone who has given up, who just doesn't care anymore. They aren't bathing, they aren't cleaning the house, they don't do laundry or empty the ashtray...they have simply given up. Who cares what I look like? Life has no meaning anymore. Screw it. I'm buying a taupe-colored appliance to get me to the liquor store. Maybe drive it off a cliff later.
Whatever, I don't care anymore. Give me a whatever sedan you have in baby-poo brown.
Not me. My SO drove a Kia and now drives a Civic.
I love her anyway
No, because I've had cars all over the image spectrum...Miata, Mustang, Viper, 'Vette, Mini, etc... However, I see tendencies. If it's a tan Camry or a Ford Ranger, it's very likely going to go 53mph on the highway, in the left lane, and will slam on the brakes if the road even has a slight bend.
As a car guy and a technician for the last couple decades, I can't not judge by the type of car someone drives.
More importantly how it's maintained and cleaned.
Only camry and corolla drivers.
Not nearly as much as for how they drive, but yeah.
My best friend comes from a good automotive family (her pops has a 911 and a handful of well done Ford Falcons) yet inexplicably CHOSE a PT cruiser as her first car, it's been ten years and I still give her E36 M3 about that.
Yes!
For example I know that I want no part in a conversation with this person
^ Ding ding ding.
I'm more judging of the condition of the car they drive than the actual type of car.
In reply to Sky_Render:
Me and SWMBO often find ourselves saying "berkeleying CR-V's" on the roads.
Nick (Bo) Comstock wrote: I'm more judging of the condition of the car they drive than the actual type of car.
This. The specific vehicle someone drives gives me less insight than the condition of said vehicle.
Maybe it's a regional thing, I haven't really noticed any patterns with CR-V drivers. To me, they kind of blend in with the RAV4s, Santa Fe, etc...
Jumper K. Balls wrote: Yes! For example I know that I want no part in a conversation with this person
Lots of these where I live. And the very few times I've been given E36 M3 while driving a Miata, it has come from a vehicle much like this. 
No. My brother drives a Prius because its a company car, but if you were to peg him as a personality type he'd either be a well worn but mechanically sound 90's GM Pickup, or else a Lincoln MKVIII.
There are some exceptions (PT Cruiser comes to mind), but in general you can't really do it at least in my area.
Yes, I do. Around here, anybody driving a G-wagen is a pretentious new-money douchenozzle who's deperately trying to pretend he's really rich instead of just kinda rich. The really rich old-money guys are all driving beautiful late-'70s E-classes that probably have 300,000 religiously-maintained miles on them, and the like.
The same thing goes for Range Rovers, except an order of magnitude down the money scale on both counts.
STM317 wrote:Nick (Bo) Comstock wrote: I'm more judging of the condition of the car they drive than the actual type of car.This. The specific vehicle someone drives gives me less insight than the condition of said vehicle.
For me it's more of how they care for it. Trash in the footwells shows how they treat others things, IMO. A well taken care of beater shows something else. I've had to drive ugly beaters because that's all I could afford but I took care of them and they were reliable. As most here probably.
To an extent yes.
Jumper K. Balls example is generally someone I want nothing to do with. Cars which have had their exteriors modified and then had their body kits, wheels, or skirts destroyed afterward also no.
Other than that mostly I could care less what other people drive unless I find it interesting in some respect.
Unless you drive like an shiny happy person. Then I hate you no matter what you're driving.
yes
Nope, there is too much variation. The only 2 corolla drivers I know are polar opposites. One doesn't know what oil changes are, and the other works as a machinist at an engine rebuilding shop. Everybody needs reliable, cheap transport at some point.
Jumper K. Balls wrote: Yes! For example I know that I want no part in a conversation with this person
Ok except this. I agree with this.
Only on condition most of the time, its amazing how many cars i see at work that are less then a year old and trashed. I also judge people that drive brodozers and mall crawlers.
Then again my favorite car is a primer black station wagon so maybe i shoudnt judge others.
I will admit to going over the top by choosing more of a social barometer than a vehicle, but we all do make some sort of judgement, it is how we survive in traffic.
Imagine this scenario. You are approaching a red light in the right lane. The only car stopped at the light is a 2004 Toyota Avalon, also in the right lane. You know instinctively to hop into the left lane and wait for the light to change because your experience has taught you that the Avalon will be piloted by a septuagenarian who will dawdle along at 10mph under the posted speed and take a mile to accelerate up to 30. You will also be 100 percent correct about this and won't feel bad for doing it.
At a 4 way stop when you and another car arrive at the same instant. You will also correctly expect that Avalon to yield to the right, whereas the STI with bright green IKEA cutting boards as mudflaps going "WHUMP-WHUMP-WHUMP---WHUMP" is not going to yield to the right, that person is going to gun it and try and beat you to the start. You give it a half a second longer to make your move with that car to avoid a collision.
In reply to Jumper K. Balls:
See, this is what I'm talking about. Your choice of vehicle does say a little bit about you. The way you maintain that vehicle says even more.
I'm less likely to judge the car, rather the way it's driven.
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