What image do certain cars portray to you?

[buzzer]

Following on from the Audi TT thread where the OP was asking about image... What image do certain cars portray to you?

When I had a BMW 7 series, people at work referred to it as the Pimp-mobile as they said it was a car used by Pimps. When I drove the Audi TT they said it was a hair dressers car. I had an Accord for a while and they referred to it as the "old mans" car.

So when you see a certain car, what image does it portray to you?

[Biker's Nemesis]

Focus: A real mans car.

[humpbackmaniac]

Rangerover Sport Diesel, Bellend.

[Urban Sports]

Biker's Nemesis said:

Focus: A real mans car.

Correct!

[Jimslips]

buzzer said:

So when you see a certain car, what image does it portray to you?

Which car?

[Bezerk]

Understated class.

[McMacro]

BMW/Audi - waaaaaay to good to indicate

[XitUp]

doogz said:

With a modified 106, an Impreza, and a Shogun, i must be a chavvy, drug dealing farmer.

Or, i'm just me, and the car I drive is irrelevant.

Nope, I'd go with the first one.


I'm not sure if there are any stereotypes associated with my car.

[Vilhelm]

Audi A3 1.6 TDI S-Line: a person in crippling debt.

[TommyBuoy]

S2000 - Hairdresser

When I see an old XJ I immediately think of and older man smoking and drinking whiskey and watching darts / snooker.

My uncle had one when he was alive and that basically decribes him.

[J4CKO]

Saab 9-3 Aero, handsome, cool, understated and generally nice blokes.

[MoonMonkey]

Any Mustang - testosterone fuelled sexual Tyrannosaurus

[Futuramic]

doogz said:

With a modified 106, an Impreza, and a Shogun, i must be a chavvy, scrap metal thief.

Or, i'm just me, and the car I drive is irrelevant.

Corrected it for you.

[wanacoop]

Honda Jazz- oh bks, when can i overtake
Noble, any Lotus, porka gt3 etc.. - some lucky sod that enjoys driving
Any supercar- some lucky sod, but never sure if they enjoy driving
Range rover sport etc.. - probably a blonde,middle aged wife,who has a North face body warmer.
Most standard jap stuff- middle aged to old safe and slow driver
Mondeo/insignia/passat- rep mobile
Volvo's and Saabs- sensible, but a tiny bit smug about their cars.
Standard beemers/Audi's- hog the fast lane, drive up your arse, and dont indicate
TVR's- top people!, love the sound,speed & look of their cars

And plenty more..

(Please don't take this list too serious! Its an over the top, general sweep!)

[Dave Hedgehog]

Ford - don't care about cars
Vauxhall - don't know anything about cars
Porsche - will be donating organs next time it rains, but what a way to go
BMW - "my entry/mid ranged bimmer is faster than a veyron"
BMW M - get the fk out of my way
Rover - BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA
French - can be cute and fun, will break down, a lot
Audi - I dream of owning an RS Quattro
Audi RS - get the fk out of my way
Toyota - this model has 1200rpm spin cycle
Mercedes - class
Jag - Old duffer
SAAB - Sell it quick
VW - Safe Choice (and normally boring)
Seat - Safe Choice (and normally boring), with a little bit of fun thrown in
Skoda - I polish all the pennys i saved from buying a VW with brasso every night
Fezza - you mean 5k for a service is not normal?
Honda - We used to make exciting cars, but we can offer front loading as a no cost option
Smart - tt mobile
Zonda - fook me
Aston Martin - Yah, Daddys loaded
Mazda - will be bankrupt soon
Korean - eat dogs
Subaru - we used to make cool rally cars, then the barrys got hold of them so we made them fugly
Mitsubish - Get the evo whilst you still can
Nissan - our entire range is not dire, honest, we make the GTR
Volvo - Boxy but Boring
SUV's - bellend

Edited by Dave Hedgehog on Wednesday 21st December 12:54

[ThomDean]

I think it changes over the life of a car. When I first bought my old e46 M3 I felt like it was something a bit special, I rarely saw others and it looked fresh and contemporary. However, 3 years later, the e90 had come out, the e46 was looking dated and I'd noticed them popping up outside the houses of the nylon-trousered brigade. The fact that I kept seeing them with an assortment of bad modifications was enough to persuade me to sell up. In retrospect, I miss the M3, but I'm glad to be out of it. But I'd have another now, even despite the image.

[Robsti]

XitUp said:

Nope, I'd go with the first one.


I'm not sure if there are any stereotypes associated with my car.

You forgot the !

[Hudson]

Mondeo - obviously a real man with a giant penis and 30 directorships.
Any tarted up Chelsea tractors = Milfs with absolutely no idea how to drive, or middle management drones
MR2 - Zombies, as they all died as soon as they got to the first wet roundabout apparently.
mk1 MX5 - PH member
TVR - brave, obviously brimming with spare cash/parts
Cossie - Awesome, but the driver is guaranteed to be called Big Mike/Dave/etc, and be fat and bald

[SWoll]

ThomDean said:

In retrospect, I miss the M3, but I'm glad to be out of it. But I'd have another now, even despite the image.

You really do appear to be confused about your feelings for the M3. I'm still not sure whether you are happy or sad to have got rid of it.

[DaveH23]

I don’t really have an opinion on this - I see such a range of different people driving different cars I can’t make an opinion.

Most people see the likes of saxo's or 106's driven by chavs but there are a few VTS's around my way driven by middle aged women who have probably never taken the car over 3k RPM.

Then you get the m3's driven by anybody from 19 - 59

I don’t look at the car and make an opinion - my opinion is derived from the way the car is driven regardless of the manufacturer/type.