Car owner generalizations

kaku777

Was sitting in traffic and looking at the cars around me.

I saw 3 bmw 3 series's all with young blokes aged around 25 - 35....all looked like office workers.
Two Skoda Octavias, both taxis been driven by middle aged men.
I realized many cars are always driven by certain drivers.

Has anyone noticed any car owner generalizations. If you saw X car but couldnt see who was driving it what generalization would you make about the driver.

Jimbob 83

Im an early twenties hooligan wearing a hoodie and a baseball cap sideways

fasttalkerchat

Nissan Micra's old dolls doing 40 km/h with the clutch in.
Toledo's young lads cruising. Same with non-standard golfs.

Green Diesel

I used to drive a diesel almera. Whenever I told someone they'd ask if I was a farmer.

Now drive a volvo, not typical for a mid-20's lad.

partyatmygaff

Jimbob 83 wrote: »

Im an early twenties hooligan wearing a hoodie and a baseball cap sideways

Halfords-modded 90s Japanese car with "bleedin' massive" speakers off eBay, horrible looking seat covers and a beer can exhaust that makes a lot of noise yet reduces performance. Decals that have nothing to do with the car's actual equipment are a bonus.

Professey Chin

kaku777 wrote: »

I saw 3 bmw 3 series's all with young blokes aged around 25 - 35....all looked like office workers.

Ah hell....

pah

Nissan Micra/Toyota Starlet etc 1996-200 reg =

African woman with L Plates and a dent in every single panel of the bodywork and probably 12 kids in the back seat with no belts :rolleyes:

GEasy

17 year olds driving **** box civic type r wannabes.
The crew that used to drive mk golfs and boras now driving diesel rs4s.....

Chrysler 300c, strip club owner :cool:
Stereotype ruined this morning as a very respectable pensioner type dude parked up in one next to me :pac:

MuppetCheck

pah wrote: »

Nissan Micra/Toyota Starlet etc 1996-200 reg =

African woman with L Plates and a dent in every single panel of the bodywork and probably 12 kids in the back seat with no belts :rolleyes:

Racist pig

Thinkingaboutit

The Chrysler 300 seems to be driven by a few taxi drivers, usually seedy looking ones.

bazz26

Generalizations:

Toyota Auris/Avensis - upper middle aged semi-retired men. My father has one.

VW Golf - usually young lads out to impress their peers with the number of red letters on the boot and large RS4 replica alloy wheels.

Audi A3 - usually driven by 20/30 something upwardly mobile single women.

Audi A4 - driven by c0cks who used to drive BMWs as said by Clarkson.

Skoda Octavia - driven by taxi drivers and/or tight gits.

Toyota Glaza/Altezza - driven by scobes or chavs.

ShadowHearth

This thread won't go well.

dar83

ShadowHearth wrote: »

This thread won't go well.

Not for you anyway. You'll either be a hairdresser or a skober.

Chris_Heilong

BMW - usually 28 - 45 year old guys in shirts
Audi - Women 35 - 50 usually blonde
Skoda - Taxi drivers
VW golf/polo - the new boy racers(usually their first car on parents insurance)
Honda/Toyota/Mitsubishi - young guys girls in the smaller yaris/jazz/colts usually on an L licenses to men women over 50 in the bigger engined variants
All SUV's - soccer moms or people that like to take risks because they feel extra safe in their little tanks and have no problem overtaking 3 cars at a time on small country roads

Sunnyisland

Run down Ford Mondeos,


Unmarked Garda cars.

ShadowHearth

dar83 wrote: »

Not for you anyway. You'll either be a hairdresser or a skober.

Could have been worse: Vag or alpha driver!

readytosnap

Here's the breakdown in our house:

M 46 3 series BMW (06)
F 45 VW up (12)
F 25 Fiesta (05)
F 23 Micra (99)

bladespin

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Could have been worse: Vag or alpha driver!

What's an alpha?

Keepon

Decrepit Alfa with '03 reg:

Sexually repressed teacher of French in a badly run secondary school. (Hmmm, maybe I should say German in case the missus reads this...)

ShadowHearth

bladespin wrote: »

What's an alpha?

You know, those things that can't do a single trip without making owner broke!, but they still feel like an "alpha" males

pred racer

ShadowHearth wrote: »

You know, those things that can't do a single trip without making owner broke!, but they still feel like an "alpha" males

And all scoobies have big wings on the back:D

Jellicoe

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

BMW - usually 28 - 45 year old guys in shirts
Audi - Women 35 - 50 usually blonde

Maybe in 1985 ?

More of a skanger's car these days

RichieD1982

bazz26 wrote: »

Generalizations:

Toyota Auris/Avensis - upper middle aged semi-retired men. My father has one.

VW Golf - usually young lads out to impress their peers with the number of red letters on the boot and large RS4 replica alloy wheels.

Audi A3 - usually driven by 20/30 something upwardly mobile single women.

Audi A4 - driven by c0cks who used to drive BMWs as said by Clarkson.

Skoda Octavia - driven by taxi drivers and/or tight gits.

Toyota Glaza/Altezza - driven by scobes or chavs.

With those above comments, what would you say about someone driving a Hyundai ix35? Interested, as I'm thinking of buying one, I work in sales, will be visiting customers alot, interested to see how you would categorise that one?

Jellicoe

RichieD1982 wrote: »

With those above comments, what would you say about someone driving a Hyundai ix35? Interested, as I'm thinking of buying one, I work in sales, will be visiting customers alot, interested to see how you would categorise that one?

Could be a fairly honest middle of the road skin, or maybe trying to be seen as so.

Doing fairly well for himself in this present climate, but therefore maybe charging a bit too much profit margin for his stuff so, and/or could be in debt up to his nuts and still living in denial, and therefore a bit risky.

All that from a car choice, not bad eh ?

ShadowHearth

pred racer wrote: »

And all scoobies have big wings on the back:D

my scoobie is modified. its lighter!

mhigh86

realies wrote: »

Run down Ford Mondeos,


Unmarked Garda cars.

Ever notice the 35 to 45 old guys driving mondeos with fluorescent jackets on
the back window, secretly pretending there Garda's or DS. well thats how I see them anyway:D

mhigh86

volvo estate 06 onwards, middle classed middle aged women.

RichieD1982

Jellicoe wrote: »

Could be a fairly honest middle of the road skin, or maybe trying to be seen as so.

Doing fairly well for himself in this present climate, but therefore maybe charging a bit too much profit margin for his stuff so, and/or could be in debt up to his nuts and still living in denial, and therefore a bit risky.

All that from a car choice, not bad eh ?

ha ha, hilarious!! Not a bad appraisal though. I was driving a commercial astra, that has died a death. Borrowed my brothers car, which is an audi a6 estate, it's amazing how customers comment straight away when you go out to them, that it's a very fancy car. I'm trying to get something that is comfortable for long drives, and that will fit in as middle ground, the ix35 is the one I feel fits that so far.

.... Ix35 is safe enough for sales, mondeo ish pricewise, no one will bat an eyelid.

dgt

Peugeot 406: must be a farmer....
Citroen Xantia: must be a farmer....

dar83

dgt wrote: »

Peugeot 406: must be a farmer....
Citroen Xantia: must be a farmer....

Ditto Toyota corolla and especially Carina e

Jellicoe

RichieD1982 wrote: »

ha ha, hilarious!! Not a bad appraisal though. I was driving a commercial astra, that has died a death. Borrowed my brothers car, which is an audi a6 estate, it's amazing how customers comment straight away when you go out to them, that it's a very fancy car. I'm trying to get something that is comfortable for long drives, and that will fit in as middle ground, the ix35 is the one I feel fits that so far.

just giving you the farmer's eye view
one of the drawbacks of living in rural Ireland is that you vehicle choice will at times be quietly analysed whether you like it or not.

dgt

dar83 wrote: »

Ditto Toyota corolla and especially Carina e

Avensis 2.0 TD with no glow plugs, covered in muck. That too...

Jellicoe wrote: »

just giving you the farmer's eye view
one of the drawbacks of living in rural Ireland is that you vehicle choice will be analysed whether you like it or not.

I wonder what the neighbours think of us then.... :pac:

bladespin

ShadowHearth wrote: »

You know, those things that can't do a single trip without making owner broke!, but they still feel like an "alpha" males

Don't slag off what you can't spell, most Alfa owner's know your type though, never drove one but consider yourself an expert, Skoda/Audi owner perchance???:rolleyes:

ShadowHearth

bladespin wrote: »

Don't slag off what you can't spell, most Alfa owner's know your type though, never drove one but consider yourself an expert, Skoda/Audi owner perchance???:rolleyes:

yup, i did the feck up with spelling and i still managed to get away with it now. As for alphas, the poster i replied to knows that i am taking a piss.
and you are good at generalisation yourself chap, and yup, i drive an audi diesel quattro and emmm mk4 golf cabrio. best cars ever!!!

randy hickey

Honda Accord 2.2 iCDTI- driven by thirty-something blokes with a discerning taste in motors!







Runs and takes cover!

fasttalkerchat

pah wrote: »

Nissan Micra/Toyota Starlet etc 1996-200 reg =

African woman with L Plates and a dent in every single panel of the bodywork and probably 12 kids in the back seat with no belts :rolleyes:

I never understood why Africans drove old micras! Always with a Galway or Dublin reg even when you see them up North.

kupus

randy hickey wrote: »

Honda Accord 2.2 iCDTI- driven by thirty-something blokes with a discerning taste in motors!







Runs and takes cover!

could possibly be the next motor, in petrol though:eek: 2.4 i will dread the first fill up

Jofspring

When seeing a mini cooper first thought is its going to be a good looking young blonde behind the wheel. Any lads i know look straight for the driver seat. Usually disappointed though.

Jarren

Jofspring wrote: »

When seeing a mini cooper first thought is its going to be a good looking young blonde behind the wheel. Any lads i know look straight for the driver seat. Usually disappointed though.

Everything changed when The Italian job (2003) was released.

Defo more males driving Mini Coopers those days .

Jellicoe

Jarren wrote: »

Everything changed when The Italian job (2003) was released.

Defo more males driving Mini Coopers those days .

hairdressers and the like

ednwireland

jerks in mercs

funny how many you see doing stupid stuff

bobin fudge

98-01 gold/silver coloured imported people carriers that are completed bashed and dented and has a spare smaller sized fitted wheel from being replaced after a puncture, terrible drivers... will leave it at that

dr.fuzzenstein

Well, here goes:

A lot of people seem to think that all beemer and audi drivers are obnoxious, tailgate, beep, flash and generally behave like cocks. I would suggest that this is not entirely true.
It only applies to the lowest entry-level vehicles in the larger sized saloon class.
My theory is that although they have finally managed to claw themselves onto the executive saloon ladder, they are still only bottom rung and feel inadequate.
Therefore all that bravado, bullying and dicking about.
The (very rare) occasions where I see any of the above with a proper engine, i.e. more than 4 cylinders and more than 2.5 liters, preferably more than 3 liters actually (but that's 99% n/a here unlike Germany) or anything above, they are driven impeccably, because the owner A: doesn't have anything to prove and B: certainly doesn't feel inadequate.
I wish I could have a comparison between the dreaded X5 and the much more stylish and imaginative X6, but I have so far seen only one X6 in this country and it had a British reg. And was driven impeccably, unlike mom and child crammed X5's on the school run.
But also part of it could be the fact that flooring it and driving like an arse will cost a small fortune in a 535i.

166man

Alfas- for people with taste and style where superb reliability isn't the deciding factor.

Also 10 year old black golfs with 1.4 sh1tbox engines in them with 7 rugby lads in the back also.

September1

Alfa and Fiat seem to be only two brands that won twice Gay Car of the Year.

Jimbob 83

I fail to see whats gay about Alfa's tbh

Neewbie_noob

Jimbob 83 wrote: »

Im an early twenties hooligan wearing a hoodie and a baseball cap sideways

Driving a Subaru I assume?

dar83

166man wrote: »

Alfas- for people with taste and style where superb reliability isn't the deciding factor.

You really do yourself no favours sometimes.

Jimbob 83

Neewbie_noob wrote: »

Driving a Subaru I assume?

Nop