Are you what you drive?

[THE HCP]

People say you are what you drive. Does your car define who you are as a person? Or are you trying to compensate?

 

[PapaG]

When I drive my big ass Escalade, I feel much better than when I drive our Ford Focus wagon, which I have this weekend since my wife is at a Girl Scout camp this weekend with our oldest daughter.

So, yes, what you drive has an effect on me.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Mazda6

 

[KevinJBonn]

I used to drive a BMW M3, and that defined me pretty far better than the BMW 525 that I upgraded to. Now I feel like a corporate slave/country club member trapped in a young man's body.

 

[BrianFromWA]

I like that I was able to get a lot of diverse interests (1-ton hauling capability, comfortable heated seats for the wife, room for 2 car seats, and decent gas mileage) into one vehicle for the family.

 

[barfo]

Yes, I am a giant motorized penis.

barfo

 

[Ed O]

I had the same car (a Mazda 626) for over a decade, and it broke down to the point of not being worth repairing a couple of weeks ago. I have been able to take the bus to work and I am not in a huge rush to buy a new car.

So, no. I don't think that I am what I drive

Ed O.

 

[THE HCP]

Funny Ed....... I always thought of you as a big smelly bus.

 

[THE HCP]

I think this is interesting. It's what people place value on I guess. Got some friends that place their car even over their family sometimes. Other friends could care less. I rolled a 1983 VW GTI for about 10 years and drove that thing into the ground. For the last few years it became such an embarrassment to me. This one guy I work with is such a dork. I call him the 40 year old virgin....... he is so overcompensating....... blares Metallica out of his RED HUMMER!

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

People say you are what you drive. Does your car define who you are as a person? Or are you trying to compensate?

Ford Escape- for family reasons, but a rag top jag in my heart.

BTW, if that's your wife, beerboy is a lucky man.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

i have a 4runner and a minivan, but with gas these days i want to get a little car for driving to boston. i dont feel any sort of physical attachment to the cars ive driven

 

[THE HCP]

Physical attachment...... I hope not! Emotionally though?

 

[ABM]

I'm trying to compensate. Therefore, I drive a 1992 Honda Accord LX with 342,000 original miles on it. I take care and pride of my unit. Therefore, it serves me well and has provided years of extended service and enjoyment.

 

[THE HCP]

I'm trying to compensate. Therefore, I drive a 1992 Honda Accord LX with 342,000 original miles on it. I take care and pride of my unit. Therefore, it serves me well and has provided years of extended service and enjoyment.

See that's what I'm talking about. That is interesting to me. It seems like a dependable car is more important to you then flash. You don't feel that a fancy car tells people who you are.

 

[ABM]

See that's what I'm talking about. That is interesting to me. It seems like a dependable car is more important to you then flash. You don't feel that a fancy car tells people who you are.

Exactly.

 

[PapaG]

I only pay cash for my vehicles, which is why we still have a 2003 Focus Wagon. I upgraded my 2001 Passat last summer for a 2009 Escalade with <10k on it. I hate car payments, so I'm sure we'll have the Escalade for 8 or 9 years, and will replace the Focus within the next few years with a mid-sized sedan that I can get a good deal on. My brother-in-law is a car broker/buyer, so we get some decent deals paying cash through the dealers he works for.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

I'm trying to compensate. Therefore, I drive a 1992 Honda Accord LX with 342,000 original miles on it. I take care and pride of my unit. Therefore, it serves me well and has provided years of extended service and enjoyment.

Your women tell me you really do take pride in your unit.

 

[MickZagger]

I only pay cash for my vehicles, which is why we still have a 2003 Focus Wagon. I upgraded my 2001 Passat last summer for a 2009 Escalade with <10k on it. I hate car payments, so I'm sure we'll have the Escalade for 8 or 9 years, and will replace the Focus within the next few years with a mid-sized sedan that I can get a good deal on. My brother-in-law is a car broker/buyer, so we get some decent deals paying cash through the dealers he works for.

Cool story, bro.

 

[MARIS61]

See that's what I'm talking about. That is interesting to me. It seems like a dependable car is more important to you then flash. You don't feel that a fancy car tells people who you are.

That, or his ex-wife took the Lotus.

 

[andalusian]

That, or his ex-wife took the Lotus.

I had a Lotus. My wife hated being a passenger in it. If his ex-wife took the Lotus - she is either a master mechanic or she deserves what she got. (I loved my Lotus, but it was a PITA).

 

[magnifier661]

Mercedes E63 AMG. Before that, I drove a Lexus LS460 and before that I drove a Porsche Cayenne Twin Turbo. I hated the Lexus because I felt old in it.

 

[mook]

I've always driven real pieces of shit cars. So I didn't care.

A while ago I got a 2001 red Nissan Xterra for $6k (most I've ever spent on a car). I love it, and I have to admit I feel a little different shlepping around town in it than I do the minivan. It's caked in mud from me taking it out turkey hunting two weeks ago, and I refuse to wash it because I just love looking at it that way. Wife wrote "Turkey killer" with her finger on the back in the mud, which I haven't erased because it's oddly amusing to me.

It needs about $1k of work done on it (timing belt replacement as it's at 110k, plus misc stuff) but I want to drive this bad boy into the ground.

 

[mook]

Just to add, though--every time I get in it I think of my friend who said, "Wow, a wet laundry rack on the roof, a built-in first aid kit, a cheesy big roof rack that only holds 100 pounds--dude, this is the ultimate hipster rig. It's even X-terra X-treme."

I'm about 10 years older (and two children) than the target demographic.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Chevy Tahoe

 

[THE HCP]

^ Does that Tahoe represent who you are?

 

[tlongII]

I ride a bicycle.

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

Merc CLS550

It is me... Classy, powerful, and most importantly amazing to look at

 

[BrianFromWA]

If my car were me, it'd be a 77 Peugeot or Jeep (American, with some French influences) that hasn't been in a major fender bender, got some grill work done in the 90's, still lots of tread on the tires, in good running shape, can run on about 5% alcohol, dependable, enough horsepower when I need it, with lots of the gadgets...and without the sexy lines.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

going to buy a red mazda miata convertible so i can pick up cockboys.

 

[THE HCP]

Mercedes E63 AMG. Before that, I drove a Lexus LS460 and before that I drove a Porsche Cayenne Twin Turbo. I hated the Lexus because I felt old in it.

Is that you? Do you roll rides like that cause they represent who you are?