The truth in stereotypes?

[Rawwr]

Do you know anyone who drives...

...a Cayman who couldn't afford a 911?
...an Audi like a psychotic asshat?
...an Impreza who has a goatee and shaved head?
...a Nova with guttering for the exhaust?
...a Lotus and works in IT?

etc etc

[mat205125]

...... a pensioner that pootles around at walking pace in their Micra or Jazz?

[Pints]

Rawwr said:

Do you know anyone who drives...

...a Cayman who couldn't afford a 911?
...an Audi like a psychotic asshat?
...an Impreza who has a goatee and shaved head?
...a Nova with guttering for the exhaust?
...a Lotus and works in IT?

etc etc

I don't know anyone by name who fits those criteria.

[EDLT]

I don't know anyone who owns a Cayman, and the Lotus owner is a much more glamorous accountant. Stereotypes exist for a reason.

[XJ84]

Rawwr said:

Do you know anyone who drives...

...a Cayman who couldn't afford a 911?
...an Audi like a psychotic asshat?
...an Impreza who has a goatee and shaved head?
...a Nova with guttering for the exhaust?
...a Lotus and works in IT?

etc etc

I have a mate with a 'fart-exhaust Nova', that's one of those covered. However he also has a Honda CBR600 so gets away with it, this time....

[J4CKO]

Handsome, witty, intelligent, virile and stylish Saab Drivers,


Yes, I know of one........

[paranoid airbag]

all but the impreza, actually

[Alec]

All of them at one time or other, one of them being me but I've sold the Impreza and had a shave.

[sleep envy]

J4CKO said:

Handsome, witty, intelligent, virile and stylish Saab Drivers,


Yes, I know of one........

RAFDug?

[dave-therave]

I had a Lotus when I worked in IT, I'd never heard the stereotype though.

[Major Fallout]

I drive a BMW and I'm a complete tt.

HTH

[2 Wycked]

Charming, witty gentleman who drives a Jaguar XJ and will rip you off blind given the opportunity.

[Johnnytheboy]

I drive a Focus RS and I'm an incorrigible chav.

[renrut]

EDLT said:

I don't know anyone who owns a Cayman, and the Lotus owner is a much more glamorous accountant. Stereotypes exist for a reason.

I know an accountant who has a Lotus Elan+2 but I don't think that was a stereotype. I thought IT people had things like Japanese Turbo Nutter Cars?

The living-on-credit people next door used to have an X5 and are now onto an Audi TT and an S3. Yup they're definitely a stereotype. And they treat their poor dog like crap, making a massive irony of the phrase 'fit as a butchers dog'

My parents are the Micra stereotype - late 60s and they both demonstrate OAP driving habits of terrible road manners, slow everywhere and assume everyone must be a boy racer because their car has an engine bigger than 1.5L and you don't really need any more do you. Only thing that prevents the circle being complete and satan walking the earth is that it isn't a goldy-beige colour.

I also witnessed a full house of German outer lane bullying on sunday. A VW Passat Bluemotion, BMW 520d, Merc 220CDI and an Audi A5 TDI. They all got blocked behind a Picasso packed to the gills trying to overtake a string of slower stuff as it all passed a lorry. Each Of the germanic autos in turn driving inches from the car in front at 80mph occasionally flashing lights until the car in front got out of the way / sped up to indecent speed as appropriate.

[Dracoro]

dave-therave said:

I had a Lotus when I worked in IT, I'd never heard the stereotype though.

Everyone knows the stereotype apart from the people that are the stereotype

[dave-therave]

Dracoro said:

Everyone knows the stereotype apart from the people that are the stereotype

Nothing can be as bad as the ebarassment had trying to get out of the bloody thing when you arrived at your destination :P

[Boba Fret]

inkiboo said:

I started a group on Facebook called "I drive a BMW but I am not an asshole"

http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=225468200...

44 members. I think that pretty much proves that most BMW drivers are indeed assholes.

44 out of over 500 million users. Genius!

[Evil.soup]

I know many Impreza drivers but non that fit that description. Most have lost their hair but not intentionally and there is some facial hair but not the "Wha chew lookin at!!" kind.

.........EVO drivers are dealers.........I know one of those....He's a NOB!!

[mat205125]

Johnnytheboy said:

I drive a Focus RS and I'm an incorrigible chav.

I was nearly convinced, however the use of the word "incorrigible" in the correct context, with the correct spelling, gave you away as having successfully attended secondary school with more experiences than just gobbing all over the playground floor, then violating a 14 year old mother-of-three.

[LuS1fer]

American muscle car drivers with small appendages.

Er....no.....honest.

I'd not heard the Lotus/IT one, I had always associated IT types with wannabe status makes and yes, I do know one of those.