Choosing friends based on car choice

[SamPet]

So I was having a think and wondered; which cars' owners do you think you'd get on with, purely based on your preconceptions of their respective characters?

For example, I'd probably get on with most pre-95 jag owners, someone driving an 8 series or Merc SEC.

I wouldn't get on with Citroen Picasso owners or Pug 407 drivers

[mrtwisty]

Errrr... how old are you?

[bigkeeko]

What if they owned a pre 95 Jag and had a 407 for a runaround? Would you only half get on with them?

[Cosworth750]

bigkeeko said:

What if they owned a pre 95 Jag and had a 407 for a runaround? Would you only half get on with them?

hahaha!

[anonymous-user]

The only other Lexus owner that I know is a complete tosspot, so I don't know what that says about me.

[SEE YA]

Sorry not that vain, I base it on friendship not carship.

[BorkFactor]

Doesn't even come into consideration for me. Obviously it is a good talking point if someone is into cars or has an interesting car, but I fully appreciate not everyone is interested in them or wants to talk about them. Some of my friends drive VW Polos, some have Fiestas, and some have old BMWs like me. Makes no difference!

There is a lot more to life than judging people by the car they drive!

[SamPet]

I feel I've been misunderstood.

It was purely hypothetical. I don't choose my friends based on their car choices, I was simply wondering whether one's choice of car predicts a particular character and therefore whether or not I'd get on with them.

[MattHall91]

On that basis, I wouldn't get on with you.

Each to their own.

[OGR4M]

Symbolica said:

The only other Lexus owner that I know is a complete tosspot, so I don't know what that says about me.

[SEE YA]

I think ones choice of car makes people pre-judge you. If that helps you on your topic?

They do not know you to talk to, but they paint their own picture of you by the car you drive.

[Mave]

My mate has owned a 205 gti, 306gti6, octavia Vrs, MGF, and currently a hyundai i35. Don't like the hyundai, he's still my mate :-) Another mate has got an original fiat 500, series 1 landrover, a pre-lit Westfield and has just bought a Megane. I still drink his tea and eat his hob nobs while he tinkers ;-)

[Matt UK]

You know the two hot chicks in the black Lamborghini at the start of the original cannonball run film?
I'd want to be their friend.

[smithyithy]

I had a friend that bought a Renault.

[danzman1991]

I really want to be your mate but I drive a 407 :-(

[bobtail4x4]

A passenger said to me the other day,

"you are not really an audi driver are you?"

as I let someone out of a side turning.

[northwest monkey]

I used to drive a Picasso but don't any longer. I've also had an MX5 but then again I did own a Ford Probe.

Probably best we just stay on nodding terms rather than full blown buddies.