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All kidding aside, there is something kind of odd about a guy who would drive a station wagon.

 

I know a guy who drives one because that was what he could afford that got great gas mileage when he was looking for cars, the used car market is only so large and if you need a car then oh well...

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This thread is about guys and what type of car they drive, and who's judging? I know most women on here judge men by what kind of car they drive. Of course all the males will get defensive about it.

 

What do YOU drive?

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Posh Spice... :p

 

pfffffft, hardly. Read between the lines of her posts and her various threads. That she is now getting picky on what a guy drives is laughable. Honestly, Bobbi, just try to get the date. You can worry about the rest later.

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I'm a big car enthusiast. I'm recently engaged, but I went through a lot of cars during my single life and two of them were wagons. I like the space they provide and the better performance they typically offer over SUVs since they are lower to the ground and have less body roll. With that said, the two wagons I owned were an Audi S4 Avant and an Audi RS6 Avant, two of the most high performance wagons ever to come to the US. They were monsters on the race track. I loved them both, even though I did get a few strange looks and comments as a single guy driving a wagon.

 

If I was dating now, I wonder how I would be perceived by some (not all) women in respect to my vehicle choice. My fiance calls my 1991 Acura the "old, decrepit car". It's a 1991 Acura NSX, a two seat mid-engined supercar in perfect condition with less than 30,000 miles. It's also bright red. Does that make me a mid-life crisis sports car driver or someone too poor to afford a newer car?

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I'm a big car enthusiast. I'm recently engaged, but I went through a lot of cars during my single life and two of them were wagons. I like the space they provide and the better performance they typically offer over SUVs since they are lower to the ground and have less body roll. With that said, the two wagons I owned were an Audi S4 Avant and an Audi RS6 Avant, two of the most high performance wagons ever to come to the US. They were monsters on the race track. I loved them both, even though I did get a few strange looks and comments as a single guy driving a wagon.

 

If I was dating now, I wonder how I would be perceived by some (not all) women in respect to my vehicle choice. My fiance calls my 1991 Acura the "old, decrepit car". It's a 1991 Acura NSX, a two seat mid-engined supercar in perfect condition with less than 30,000 miles. It's also bright red. Does that make me a mid-life crisis sports car driver or someone too poor to afford a newer car?

 

:) it makes you sound like someone who knows a lot about cars AND is not stupid with his money. And has settled into life more than he was before so finds less of a need to be flashy about his car.

 

I don't think OP had any of the "right" intentions in posting this question but I think from a marketing perspective the car you choose gives away many clues about you--perhaps more than any other thing you own. Not only as a factor of how much was spent. I think all of us here (except OP) get that. Some of the clues taken on face value need to be coupled with what else you know about the person which was why her question was silly/surface level thing to be considering without context and context compared to herself. :rolleyes:

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Versacehottie,

 

Oh, the NSX is flashy. It's probably the most flashy car I have ever driven and I've had much more expensive cars. It's a low slung bright red two seat sports coupe that most people have never seen in person. My fiance gets tired of people rolling down their windows at stop lights to ask about it, or finding people taking a picture of it in the parking lot when we come back to it. It happens almost every time I take it out. Most people assume that it is much more expensive than I paid and much newer than it is. It's a 24 year old supercar and many men my age had it as a poster on the wall back in high school. I still have my poster, and it is still on the wall!

 

But that comes back to your comment about context and you are spot on. Why do I drive a 24 year old car? It's because I've wanted one from the time it was new and I finally have the means to own one. I've always had a passion for it. I also want to keep one of the 9000 that made it into the US on the road so that I and others can enjoy it. If someone was to ask me about it, I would tell them exactly that. However, if they judged me before asking they might just see me as someone who wanted a flashy sports car or who can't afford a newer car. Both couldn't be further from the truth. FWIW, my fiance spent more on her new Honda sedan than I did on my NSX.

 

I live in a big city where cars aren't really required and have a lot of friends who don't own them or even care about them. I completely agree with you that car choices do tell something about people, but it's shallow to judge them based on those choices without knowing why they have made those choices. The OP needs to get a handle on why she is worried about this at all and from where it is coming.

 

On another note, back when I was dating, I didn't care if the woman I was dating owned a car. If she did, I didn't care what kind of car she owned but looked more at how she maintained it. I think it's much more reflective of your personality in how you take care of your possessions than what you have. Maybe the guy referenced in the OP's post has a love for early Volvo wagons and lovingly maintains it! There are quite a few, and many Internet forums to support that enthusiasm. Without the context we have no way to know.

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Well, OP may never come back to this thread and answer our questions, so we may never know what her concerns are.

 

I'm completely unimpressed/uninterested in the kind of car a guy drives. My ex has a crappy 2002 Corolla with transmission issues. His best friend drives a BMW 3-Series around in sport mode like an a**hole. Guess who I suspected of having the smaller penis?

 

I don't even have a car, and the longer I go without one, the smarter it seems. My grand total in transportation costs last month was $64. Now I know that's not necessarily practical for everyone, and I certainly don't judge car owners, and am in fact saving money to get one, but damn if they don't just cost a lot of money.

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And I'm talking about the ones that came out 10 years ago...I don't mind trucks or compact cars, but a car that looks like a station wagon?

 

What does he do for work?

 

Could be he needs a larger vehicle to transport stuff that can't be exposed as it would be in PU truck and he doesn't want/need a van.

 

Why does it matter? Are you dating him or his car?

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Volvo station wagons have got plenty of room in the back, too, if you know what I'm sayin'.

 

Having tried this once back in the late 80s in a similarly sized wagon borrowed from my parents, I can assure you that it is not as sexy as it sounds! There is a lot of bumping and banging, but not in a good way :)

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...but I think from a marketing perspective the car you choose gives away many clues about you--perhaps more than any other thing you own.

 

 

Really? What about a person who has owned a variety of types of vehicles? Does that mean who they are changed every time they traded cars? What about someone who drives an older generic sedan but owns several [nicer] motorcycles? What about someone who doesn't even drive?

 

I would agree that this theory probably works for people who strongly identify with form, and that may be a lot, but there are also many people who have unlinked self-concept from stuff. In other words, for some, a car can be nothing more than a device that facilitates transportation.

 

If you saw a list of cars I've owned and tried to draw conclusions, you'd just be confused I think. You could tell a lot more by looking at my bookshelf, music collection or kitchen.

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And I'm talking about the ones that came out 10 years ago...I don't mind trucks or compact cars, but a car that looks like a station wagon?

 

a volvo station wagon is second only to a subaru station wagon :lmao:

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The guy might be of Swedish heritage, which would be awful.

 

Everybody knows that they're a bunch of snow Nazis. :mad:

 

And then there are the guys who drive 11 year old Nissan Sentras. Lord knows what Bobbi would make of that.

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So far the guy is a confirmed homosexual, kidnapper, rapist, nazi and possibly a pedophile.

 

Seriously op, why do you even have to ask that question lmao.

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Or, he could be a sensible, frugal man of Scandinavian descent who values safety and doesn't want to waste money on a car payment.

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This thread is about guys and what type of car they drive, and who's judging? I know most women on here judge men by what kind of car they drive. Of course all the males will get defensive about it.

 

I used to drive a station wagon, and I'll probably get an SUV soon. I love my sedan but I have hobbies and stuff to haul around, and something with a cargo area is what I need. At one time I had 3 cars - would you worry about a guy who drove 3 cars?

 

I have 3 motorcycles now, what does that say? (Maybe he likes to ride motorcycles?)

 

 

 

I know a woman who thinks a guys selection of transportation appliance gives her deep insight into him as a person. Is she a nitwit?

 

 

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I've been looking for a low profile hauler to set up for wet and snow and those old 240's escaped my attention. Thanks for the tip.

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That just means he probably doesn't have a car payment and cheap insurance which means he probably has more disposable income to blow on you. I say go for it!

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Well I don;t drive anything right after being unemployed for a year. So I am in build up savings mode and whoever doesn't want to date me oh well

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Or, he could be a sensible, frugal man of Scandinavian descent who values safety and doesn't want to waste money on a car payment.

 

I promote the frugal lifestyle

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Well I don;t drive anything right after being unemployed for a year. So I am in build up savings mode and whoever doesn't want to date me oh well

 

Be debt free - it's wonderful.

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Well I don;t drive anything right after being unemployed for a year. So I am in build up savings mode and whoever doesn't want to date me oh well

 

I don't have a car either. It's not so bad. Do you live in a place with public transit?

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