# Car and Truck typecasting **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [September 22, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-and-truck-typecasting/37005 "2009-09-22T20:04:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Red-Tail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@Red-Tail](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Red-Tail)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-and-truck-typecasting/37005/1 "2009-09-22T20:04:32Z")
Post here for your typecast driver-car combo. I’ll start a few. Big 4x4 early 80’s chevy truck, with mr mullet slouching in the front seat, sometimes with a nice cold one in hand. College teach or white coller government workers in their honda, or prius. Usualy dressed nicely, are passive agressive drivers, and belive they are saving the world one MPG at a time. Anyone got other good ones? ---
**Author:** ![FoDaddy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/fodaddy/32/717_2.png) [@FoDaddy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/FoDaddy)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-and-truck-typecasting/37005/2 "2009-09-22T21:03:22Z")
Pontiac Trans-Am Chevy Camaro : I have switchblade in my pocket and a loaded .44 Python under the seat Volvo V70: My wife intimidates me Subaru Outback wagon : I’m on my way to the Melissa Etheridge concert Chevy Corvette: I have many gold chains, and I bathe in Aqua Velva Ford Crown Vic: I live for bingo and enjoy having dinner at 4:00 PM Toyota Prius : I’m going to tell you about what great gas mileage I get whether you want to hear about it or not. Any Jaguar: I have put 3 of my mechanic’s kids through college VW Jetta: I like telling people I have a German car. Lotus Elise : I like telling people about what a great driver I am VW Bus : I find hills challenging and I’m always cold in the winter. Ford Super Duty : I’m more manly than you could ever hope to be. Chrysler 300 : I think 24 inch wheels are too small. Smart Car : I am immune to the laws of physics. GMC Sierra : My truck is professional grade unlike those amateur grade Chevys. Ford Excursion : I really should have a commercial endorsement on my permit to drive this thing…but I don’t. Cadillac Escalade: I’m a pimp Cadillac Cimarron : I’m an unsuccessful pimp Pontiac Azetek : Don’t laugh, it could happen to you. Mercedes-Benz 600 : I am a deposed African warlord Any Ferrari : It’s unlikely I have the necessary skill to drive this car properly ---
**Author:** ![rockstar07](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@rockstar07](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rockstar07)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-and-truck-typecasting/37005/3 "2009-09-22T21:14:55Z")
Any Dodge product: I live at Walmart and yell at my kids a lot. Saab: I’m still paying off my student loan for medical school. FoDaddy, yours were great! ---
**Author:** ![ken\_green](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ken_green/32/816_2.png) [@ken\_green](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken_green)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 9:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-and-truck-typecasting/37005/4 "2009-09-22T21:27:31Z")
Any bright yellow vehicle ; the alfa-male show off. an aside ; ( Despite all the subaru outbacks in the parking lot, A Melissa Etheridge concert in the mid 90s is still the best concert I’ve seen. THREE HOURS of Melissa Etheridge on two stages at both ends of the arena, not a bad seat in the house, no warm up band, no intermission, no silly special effects. ) ---
**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 9:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-and-truck-typecasting/37005/5 "2009-09-22T21:44:06Z")
These are not very politically correct, but I will throw them out there anyway. Any full-sized pickup: Don’t drive too closely, I may spit tobacco juice on your car. Old beat up police cruiser: I may drive like an idiot, but if you pull me over, I will play the race card. Any pickup truck with a lift kit and a college mascot sticker: I didn’t go to college, but I could have! Late 1980s or early 1990s Honda Civic: I could afford a new car, but I am too darn cheap. Any late model Volvo: I buy a safe car so I can drive like an idiot and not worry about it. Any BMW: I have to drive recklessly fast so I don’t feel so foolish for spending so much money on a car. Prius: I have to drive really slowly or I might feel foolish about spending so much on a car that doesn’t get such great fuel economy. ---
**Author:** ![ken\_green](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ken_green/32/816_2.png) [@ken\_green](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken_green)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-and-truck-typecasting/37005/6 "2009-09-22T22:19:16Z")
O.K. psych class, try to typecast this one. ( maybe the stereotypes really are accurate. Profilers use this stuff. ) 3 trucks in the driveway ; 2006 Ford Escape hybrid, awd 1992 Ford Explorer 4x4 1979 Chevy pickup ( 1/2 ton, 2wd, short stepside ) Who do find at home ? ---
**Author:** ![ken\_green](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ken_green/32/816_2.png) [@ken\_green](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken_green)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 10:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-and-truck-typecasting/37005/7 "2009-09-22T22:51:59Z")
Class ‘A’ motorhome. - I have no clue how to drive a greyhound bus, but here I am, once or twice a year. ## Two ton rental truck. - I have NEVER driven anything bigger than a Buick. Honda civic hybrid, Ford Escape hybrid. - Just another car on the road. But a Toyota Prius, Everyone must know I’m driving a hybrid, they MUST, they really must know. ---
**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 12:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-and-truck-typecasting/37005/8 "2009-09-23T00:59:39Z")
I think you would find a southern Caucasian woman whose sons are deployed in the military. ---
**Author:** ![Red-Tail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@Red-Tail](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Red-Tail)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 2:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-and-truck-typecasting/37005/9 "2009-09-23T02:12:23Z")
It appears that they have 1) kept each car they bought since 1979 or 2) have the escape for the husband or wife to go to work in, the Exp for the stay-at-home mom?-Dad? And the 'ol chev for doin stuff on the weekends (perhaps the son’s car) I would bet you would find 30 odd year old parents and 12 and under children though. (or maybe you) ---
**Author:** ![GSN\_fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@GSN\_fan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GSN_fan)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 5:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-and-truck-typecasting/37005/10 "2009-09-23T05:38:19Z")
Ford Expedition-I never take my car off-road. I’m a soccer mom and I need an 8 seater vehicle for my 2 kids. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-and-truck-typecasting/37005/11 "2009-09-23T14:57:56Z")
From the first Gas Crisis back in the 70’s. Any Muscle Car - I can pass anything on the road…except a gas station. ---
**Author:** ![FoDaddy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/fodaddy/32/717_2.png) [@FoDaddy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/FoDaddy)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-and-truck-typecasting/37005/12 "2009-09-23T15:16:03Z")
Intrestingly enough, those people who held on to their muscle cars in the 70’s made out like bandits in the end. ---
**Author:** ![andrew\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@andrew\_j](https://community.cartalk.com/u/andrew_j)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-and-truck-typecasting/37005/13 "2009-09-23T15:50:42Z")
Chevy Corvette or most Porshe especially a new one: I am over 50 wishing I was truly young. ---
**Author:** ![andrew\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@andrew\_j](https://community.cartalk.com/u/andrew_j)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-and-truck-typecasting/37005/14 "2009-09-23T15:54:38Z")
> Late 1980s or early 1990s Honda Civic: I could afford a new car, but I am too darn cheap. Myself and my then fiancee a few years back to a tee. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-and-truck-typecasting/37005/15 "2009-09-23T16:02:10Z")
I know…and I wish I kept mine. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-and-truck-typecasting/37005/16 "2009-09-23T16:04:57Z")
“Who do find at home ?” Just one persone - with Dissociative Identity Disorder. ---
**Author:** ![ken\_green](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ken_green/32/816_2.png) [@ken\_green](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken_green)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-and-truck-typecasting/37005/17 "2009-09-23T17:14:11Z")
Good one here 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ken\_green](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ken_green/32/816_2.png) [@ken\_green](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken_green)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 5:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-and-truck-typecasting/37005/18 "2009-09-23T17:24:27Z")
Expedition, Yukon, Explorer etc TWO WHEEL DRIVE…- White people from back east. ---
**Author:** ![steve63](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@steve63](https://community.cartalk.com/u/steve63)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-and-truck-typecasting/37005/19 "2009-09-23T18:25:37Z")
'73 Chevy station wagon: “This should do well next week in the county fair’s demolition derby” Volvo sedan or wagon: Pay attention to my bumper stickers (Have you hugged a tree today?, It is impossible to both prepare for and prevent war, Greenpeace, Coexist, Earth First, Carter was right, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![bscar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bscar/32/34_2.png) [@bscar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bscar)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 12:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-and-truck-typecasting/37005/20 "2009-09-24T00:15:16Z")
or "I’m on Viagra and know the 3 words women want to hear ‘I. Have. Money’ " [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-and-truck-typecasting/37005.md?page=2)