What do you say when asked what car you drive?

[jimxms]

So you're chatting to someone who asks what car you drive. You have no idea if they are a petrol head or not, what do you say....?

I normally go with "a Merc" and then see if they enquire any further. I recently told my bosses-bosses-boss the exact model of the car I own, which seemed to piss him off as he owned a much lower spec version

[Motorrad]

A Ford.

At a company night out I was asked this by an oily recruiter type who brayed smugly about my boring choice of vehicle. I congratulated him on his startling originality choosing a diesel bmw and went to talk to someone who wasn't a tt.

[Rawwr]

"A Ka. It's fking awesome!"

[cocopop]

'An MX5'.

[SystemParanoia]

i tend to just say the colour and the fact it has lego tyres.

that tends to go right over non petrolheads.. umm heads

[varsas]

Jaguar.

I don't like telling people I have a BMW, I still use a Vauxhall keyring.

[TheHeretic]

Postman Pat's van.

[ShayneJ]

Currently the merc if they are a bit PH then an SL

[Madmatt74]

An Insignia, usally followed by either "its a company car" or "But i have my own BMW 323 convertible"

I wish i could opt out of the company car!

[Jasandjules]

A Passat.

I don't usually mention the TVR, that depends on the person and how the conversation goes etc..

[GT03ROB]

Depends who it is.

But normally I'd just say "an A3 diesel"

[Vocal Minority]

An alfa romeo.

The reply is usually 'well your not a true petrolhead until.you've owned one'

'True, I always endeavour to do everything Jeremy clarkson tells me too. :facepalm:

[Cledus Snow]

1968 Cougar.

Then wait for the 'A what?' and blank looks.

[Boydie88]

A 'little' Vauxhall.

[y2blade]

A Volvo

[Six Fiend]

Currently a Jag.

[jimxms]

Boydie88 said:

A 'little' Vauxhall.

Cunning I had to check your profile to make sure it wasn't a Corsa

[crmcatee]

Depends on which one I take.

[cv01jw]

A Fiat.

Usually followed by a witticism along the lines of breaking down all the time, falling apart etc etc.

Although recently more and more people have been assuming it must be a 500 (obviously Fiat make no other cars) and asking what colour it is.

[Charlie Michael]

Ford Focus Zetec Ti-VCT 115PS with VIN Number W...........

That usually seperates the wheat from the chaff.