OT: What Type of Car Do You Drive?

[Ash]

I was curious.....

What type of car do you drive?

Usually that's a question a gold digging woman asks a man but my reason for asking is different.
I ask out of simple curiosity.

The type of car you drive says alot about you.

Also, in some people's opinions, the car's color says something about you as well.
Remember Robert Deniro's quote in "Meet the Parents":  "Only geniuses pick green!"

I'm a conservative prick so I drive a silver Geo Prizm.

I do not have a huge ego & unlike alot of males, I do not care what people think of me for driving such a car.

I personally judge a man by his personality & actions...as it should be...not what possesions he has or what kind of car he drives.

Just ask Brother R. about the AWESOME gas mileage I get!

He & I took a road trip in it up to Wisconsin and we averaged nearly 45 miles to the gallon...although he scared the hell out of me driving it on the way back at night to Iowa!

I hate SUV's and even if I were rich, I would not own one simply for the fact that everyone else owns one.

I have to be different.....
Most of them are gas guzzling pieces of s**t anyways.  (my opinion of course)

SUV's are symbols of American gluttony, greed & wastefulness.  (my opinion again of course)
No offense to any of you who happen to own an SUV....hell, my parents each own one and I give them s**t all the time about it!

What do you drive and why?



Post Edited (10-02-03 05:12)

[ad]

I used to drive a black Audi 2.3e - very much like this car, but black (obviousily).
http://audicoupe.spb.ru/pict/aco89_03.jpg

[AndyC]

When I was younger, I drove a 1981 yellow Cutlass, with a 350, dual exhaust and wide tires. That replaced a similarly equipped 81 Buick.

These days, I drive a silver 1993 Dodge Grand Caravan. It's great for vacations, shopping and bringing home building materials. I can also bungee two dog crates down in the back if I take out the rearmost seat. I just spent $1,600 rebuilding the tranny (ouch), so I think I'll be driving it for a while yet.

I've got no problem with SUVs, provided they're owned by people who are going to use them for camping, pulling trailers or hauling stuff around. People who use these things to commute to work in the city are a***oles. When I see some wealthy looking, status-seeking mom going grocery shopping in an enormous, shiny overpriced truck from Mercedes, never even intended for heavy use, I just shake my head. More money than brains.

I'm not big on luxury cars in general. Waste of money, and boring to boot. Frankly, if I could afford any car I wanted, I would probably use a little more imagination in choosing what I drive.

Anybody else notice that the rudest drivers seem to be driving BMWs and Mercedes and the like?



Post Edited (10-02-03 12:12)

[Mr_Vindictive]

I actually own three vehicles.

1. 2002 Neon SXT-Best car I've ever owned.  It was cheap, sporty, and has a five speed (a must in my opinion).  Actually bought it brand new for 11,500 last July.

2. '89 Ford Escort-Little two door car to get from point a-b.  In great shape, with less than 60,000 original miles on it.

3. '89 Isuzu Trooper-This one is just my pleasure vehicle.  Great for carrying stuff around, and for the beach/woods in my area.  Fun SUV.

[Will]

I have a rusted out 1990 toyota camry with 205,693 miles on it. What does that say about me? I got it for free. Found it about 6 years ago, abandoned. Probably has drugs sewn into the seat upholstry.

[Neville]

If I pass the theory examination tomorrow (26 years old and I don't have a driving license, can you believe it?), I'll drive an ancient Renault 11. If you don't know how it looks like, it is the car Roger Moore drives in that insane car chase at the beginning of "A view to a kill". It is damn old, but the consume is very low (about 7 litres per 100 km) and has an inmense trunk for its size.

[Ellie]

I don't drive.

[onionhead]

I personally drive a 1994 green Ford Taurus SL, 166000 miles, new tranny 2 yrs ago.  I ought it from a private party last spring.  I couldn't find anybody with a white 1972 Ford Pinto.  My wife drives the 2002 Dodge Neon.

[The Burgomaster]

I am currently driving a 1998 Chevy Lumina. I have had it for 5 years, which is about as long as I have ever owned a car.

My 2 previous cars were both Mitsubishi Exclipses. I had them for about 2 1/2 years each.

Before that, I had a Dodge Charger for around 5 years.

Before that, I have a Chevy Monte Carlo, which got totalled in an accident. It was a great deal. I bought it used for $3,600 and drove it for a year. After the accident, the insurance company gave me $3,300. So, I basically owned the car for a year and it only cost me $300.

[FearlessFreep]

I have a wife, five kids, and I'm a bass player with lots of gear.  My  vehicles are not about personal statement but simply about neccessity vs budget; a minivan and a small pickup

[raj]

2002 Ford Ranger.  Got it about a month after Sept. 11, couldn't go wrong with 0% financing and a very tired 1987 Isuzu P'up with 180,000.  I do have times when I need to haul lots of stuff, so a pickup is necessary (plus, if there's a group going somewhere, I can't do the driving.)

My first car had been my grandfathers, it was a 1971 Chevy Malibu (the real Malibu, not the (*%$#$#*$ modern thing by that name).  A stock 350 engine, 17 years old with shot rings, and it could still hit 100.  Still miss her.

[Susan]

I drive a champagne chevy prizm , '98. I believe that's the year they changed the name from Geo Prizm to Chevy. Bought it used last year, perfect condition  He ended up selling it for $700 over what he bought it for. It was 4 years old and had 30K miles on it. I have a great mechanic (a sign you have a good one is that you rarely see him and when he fixes something he does it cheap and it lasts) and it checked out perfect and I get very good gas milage (which prizms are known for).

 I don't trust anyone with my car, I change my own oil and tuneups. The only thing that has gone wrong is the a/c and I bought an extended warranty for the car that paid for itself with that one problem. The only downside is cheap interior panelling. (i notice this in newer cars). I have to stuff a wad of paper in one spot to get it to be quiet. I guess that's better than my last car. I had an 86 honda civic with a peculiar personality. It liked to cut the radio off at any given time. The only way to get the radio to come back on was to beat the dash.

I guess it was a loose wire but I never fixed it. The more time went on the more you had to beat the dash, and harder. So if anyone out there saw a crazy person in Dallas driving down the road beating the hell out of the dashboard...that was me

I bought it 10 years old for about $2400 and it lasted 5 years. Prior to that I had a nissan maxima 87' which I bought for $1200 and it lasted 5 years until i got into an accident. I hate to say it but I loved those old cars, they had such personality and were so durable. I'm so cynical because I think most companies make their products disposable and cheap so that you keep having to buy more, if it lasted how could they really profit? Did you know they can make a lightbulb last indefinately? One of the first lightbulbs ever invented still exists in some firestation somewhere (saw it on the tv and know someone who actually was there and saw it) and has been burning nonstop since that time. Now think about how often your lightbulbs are always burning out now. You KNOW they can invent everlasting lightbulbs and batteries and make durable washers and electronics..but where's the profit?

Ok, off my soapbox now



Post Edited (10-02-03 18:54)

[Flangepart]

Oy!
A 77 Buick Lasabre.
With about...oh,say....185.000 miles on it.
Rust? Why, sir, that is an artistic expression, about the consumer culture we live in, don't ya know.....
Neville : Concitering that car was still alive when Bond drove off...it could be a worse choice!

[Brother Ragnarok]

Listen not to Ash, I drive damn well.  How did I scare you, you were sleeping the whole time!  But yeah, he gets b***hin' mileage.
I drive a black '95 Camaro with t-tops and leather upholstery.  I'm curious to see what that says about me.  Aside from the fact that my mileage is half of Ash's.

Brother R

[Evil Matt]

Suppose a Frenchman buys a Japanese SUV.  Is it still a symbol of American greed and gluttony?

I drive a 2001 Cavalier.  Not a bad car, though I'm piling up milage on it with my daily commute.