If you’re anything like the majority of prospective car owners, the only things you care about when looking for a new car are that it won’t break down after a week, and that it’s a tolerable enough colour to be seen in the daylight.
But, we should apparently be thinking about the car we pick a little more deeply, as some car and psychology boffins reckon your choice in motors says a lot about your personality and lif
estyle. In fact, some believe that prospective car buyers look for attributes in their ideal motor that mirror how they see themselves. Whether you believe this or not, what you drive clearly says a lot about who you are. So take a look at what we think certain cars say about their owners, and see if the descriptions match anyone you know!
Firstly, the colour of the car you choose can speak volumes about your personality. If, for instance, you fancy buying an orange-red car you’re apparently a speedy driver and a highly energetic, dynamic person. On the other hand, the must-have colours for you oh-so-trendy, creative types are orange and purple. However, if bright colours seem a bit too ‘out there’ for you these days, you might want to stick to more muted colours like black and dark green, as these convey confidence and reliability.
So, what about the actual car itself? There are of course loads of stereotypes out there, but there are only a handful that seem to actually come anywhere near the truth. The most prominent of these at the moment seems to be 4×4 drivers, most of whom wouldn’t even dream of driving their custom-built Land Rover anywhere near a muddy track in the countryside! These drivers are thought to see other road users as mere obstacles to their vital daily school run, and are seen by some as vain, self-absorbed and inconsiderate.
Another one of the most-derided types of car driver are the owners of the sports car, particularly those who own a Porsche, Ferrari or Lamborghini. These rather ill-advised car purchases are made mainly by fifty-something men in the depths of their mid-life crises, who are quite often seen sporting a dodgy comb-over and baseball cap: avoid at all costs!
Finally, we have the battle of the suburban cars. This is fiercely fought between the three-door hatchback typically owned by a little old lady precariously peering over the steering wheel of her Peugeot or Fiat, and the big lumbering Ford estate, driven by a harassed dad desperately trying to get the family off on their half-term caravanning holiday.
As you can see, choosing the right car for you is a veritable minefield of dodgy stereotypes and over-used clichés, so it’s incredibly important to choose wisely. But don’t worry, because we are here to help! Our motoring section has a huge range of cars to choose from, with our handy filters making it easy to narrow down your search by make, type, year, colour and condition. So, whether you’re after a BMW or a Buick, a Cadillac or a Citroën, a Jaguar or Jeep, searching for it on adflyer couldn’t be simpler.
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April 2nd, 2010 at 12:24 am
Pish. Unless my personality changes every time I buy a car or motorbike then I am an introvert/extrovert etc. I have owned/do own vehicles coloured red X 5, beige, bronze, silver,blue X 2,white,candy red,black X 5,green X 2,yellow and grey. I bought ’said vehicles’ because I liked/could afford/wanted them.
I did not say ‘ooooo, I can’t buy that, you know what they say about people who buy a red/green/silver blah blah car/bike’.
At any point in owning a ‘certain colour’ of vehicle a ‘judgement’ could be made by shallow people who always ‘judge a book by it’s cover’.
I prefer to converse with people and find out what they are really like, as opposed to writing people off using a sad ‘judgement meter’ as comprised by you about a pigment used for sealing a car or motorbike metal against corrosion.
Do you judge people by skin colour? It wouldn’t surprise me.
April 14th, 2010 at 10:29 am
Hi, thanks for commenting.
I’m sorry to see you were upset by the post, I certainly didn’t intend to do that! This wasn’t meant as a serious article or as a ‘judgement meter’ as you described it. It was just meant as a bit of fun, and a way to put together all the things I’d heard about what certain car characteristics say about their owners, with no judgement or offense intended.
In fact, I was also trying, by putting these stereotypes out there, to make fun of them and show how ridiculous some of them are. Again, I’m sorry if this didn’t come across in the post.