What does your car say about you?

[Anonymous]

According to OP's standards, my car probably says I'm an a-hole. But, really, I'm a nice person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do judge people with massive SUV's. Sorry, but it's the truth. My kid goes to a private school where the majority of parents drive these massive Escalades and Suburbans, and I think they're vapid, irresponsible nitwits. It's not what these cars cost (we're not exactly poor ourselves), but the attitude they embody.

Nice to see Potomac represented in this thread

[Anonymous]

sad, sad, sad. what a judgmental world we live in.

who gives a fuck what kind of car anyone drives. it gets you from A to B, B to C, and back to A again.

Some people invest a lot of time, money and thought into their cars because they invest a lot of themselves into the objects that they own. Others don't have the need to identify themselves with objects.

Some people are materialistic, others aren't. You can be a materialistic person and still be an interesting, caring, sensitive person. You can be completely non-materialistic and be an asshole.

What's sad is people who are so judgmental as not to allow any room for different taste from their own.

Crossing someone off your list of friends because of the car they drive is like crossing them off because of the music they listen to or the books they read. It's all about taste, and thank god we do all have different taste, because it makes the world a more interesting place!

[Anonymous]

We inherited an SUV from my DH's dad when he passed away. We are in non-for-profit fields, so could not afford to pass up the SUV. I guess OP never thought about cases like ours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do judge people with massive SUV's. Sorry, but it's the truth. My kid goes to a private school where the majority of parents drive these massive Escalades and Suburbans, and I think they're vapid, irresponsible nitwits. It's not what these cars cost (we're not exactly poor ourselves), but the attitude they embody.

Agree. BUt then why do you send your child to school with the children of vapid, irresponsible nitwits. The apple typically doesn't fall far from the tree.

I was wondering the same thing. I mean really.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What does my car say about me? That I don't have any money to get the brakes fixed. My car says this to every other car on the road every time I go somewhere-it's not a talking car, it's a screeching car. It kind of reminds me of MIL.

Ha! You sound like my kind of girl. My cars are two POS that say I have no money for cars. But I also think they say I'm smart enough to know that, if they get me from Point A to Point B, they've served their purpose.

[Anonymous]

I'm still driving my two door Ford Escort from my single days. Fast forward 10 years and it has a car seat in the back - but it's paid for and gets awesome mileage. I'm trying to hold out for a few more years before getting something else.

[maynie]

This is a faulty argument because it assumes everyone has only one car. I drive a minivan and a mazda3 hatchback, as well. Does the person I am change depend on which car I'm in? Or just peoples perception? I would say, you can't judge people by the car they drive. More often than not, you'd be wrong.

[Anonymous]

OP - I'm curious. How do you feel about say, SUVs?

[Anonymous]

My car says I am poor. Its an older Avalon with dents on the right side,crayon on the window and the 3 screaming bunched up kids in the back because I cant afford a minivan

[Anonymous]

My car says I am boring and poor. But I am really a fun person and I have money! tricked ya!

By the way - i think the OP was just trying to have some fun with this post. I hope she comes back - it was kid of funny.

I also stick my nose up at big, shiny SUVs - the ones with the distracted person driving with their cell to their ear and no kids or cargo in the back...swerving around because they can't hold their Starbucks coffee at the same time. I appreciate people that could care less about their cars! I'll drive mine until it costs more to fix it than it's value.

[Anonymous]

My car says I'm thrifty, perky, and fun. It's a red Honda Fit.

My husband's car says he sees no need to spend money on a new car when the old one is still working. It's a 1977 Volvo.

[Anonymous]

To the person who wants to fit 3 cars seats across: Sunshine Radian 80!!! Two of those plus an infant seat can fit almost anywhere.

[Anonymous]

Just for kicks, here's what U Penn sociologist Fussell and some others have said. Old money folks drive really old cars because they don't need to project wealth/status through their car, they have enough other ways of doing it. By contrast, lower income folks use expensive cars to project wealth, at least as long as they're driving around.

Go ahead and flame me now.... (Although I'm just quoting these guys, and I would be interested in positive or negative reactions to what after all is just a theory!)

Anyway I realize many of you are more focused on the practicalities of fitting three car seats across.

[Anonymous]

OP - How pathetic & insecure you must be that you only judge people by the car they drive. Is this any better than a Republican who is only friends with people who drive BMWs or SUVs? You are so judgmental and full of hate that it is people like you who make this world a worse place to live.