This makes me laugh every time.... And yes I own a Jaaaaaag
What Vehicle screams Insecurities?
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Are the trucks jacked up with balls hanging off the hitch? If no, you’re good
Corvette Convertibles used to just scream "an old guy with gold chains and a comb over and an open silk shirt"
But the new Corvettes are just so cool looking they've moved past that.
But the new Corvettes are just so cool looking they've moved past that.
I used to drive Corvettes, roughly from my 30's and into my early 50's. I owned several over those years.
My last Corvette was traded for a Cadillac quite a few years back, but ... yes, it did have my name on the license plate. (Those eleven votes shown above are coming right to me.) The girl I later married saw this and walked up to me and asked me to come look at her car. She turned out to have a Corvette herself with her last name on the license plate. We celebrated this coincidence and our shared narcissism over dinner that night and we are still together 35 years later. No more fast cars, no more motorcycles, and very little fast living. Our primary vehicle these days is an age-appropriate European sedan. I have no gold chains. My silk shirts come from Brooks Brothers and always have. I keep them buttoned all the way up. My hair does just fine on its own.
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You are ever so right about the new Corvettes. Those are frigging gorgeous!
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Can’t believe no one has mentioned Jeep drivers. Silliest car cult ever, and screams, “I just want to belong!”.
Although, I don’t have much room to talk as I drive a Fiat 500 Abarth that’s been nicely modded.
Although, I don’t have much room to talk as I drive a Fiat 500 Abarth that’s been nicely modded.
There should have been an option for "Whatever car OP drives."
They are extremely common here in the south. Business executives will drive extended cab/extended bed trucks to work. A lot of people here view driving anything other than a big truck as a statement that you are not manly.
People who take the most basic car on earth, a Honda Civic, and try to convert it into a sports car with a giant rear spoiler, chrome wheels, a custom paint job, and neon lights under the rocker panels.
That and fake performance badges. I've seen people with fake M series badges, SS, GT etc...
Not sure there is any purpose to a pickup with a giant lift kit. Makes it more unstable.
My vote is guys with nice new pickup trucks who drive them to their office job and use them for nothing more than hauling a few bags of mulch or maybe a new grill from Home Depot every spring.
It really is abundant here. I live in middle class suburbia on the west side of ABQ and have a couple on my street. The only time they see dirt is when a dust storm come in.
Life was a lot simpler all the way around when new and newer used pickups were bought by those that had a real need. Their aged pickups were bought by people who might occasionally have a need for a pickup bed and tended to also double as a spare vehicle or "beater" for a new driver in the family.
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I have a 93 Jeep Wrangler that I bought new. It's stock except for the alloy wheels, and LED headlights and tail lights. I bought it because I needed something with utility. I discovered the 'club' later.
I've had 2 Corvettes, a C3 and a C5. I loved both. No personalized plates though. I mostly just drove them to the golf course. The C5 was a gift from my wife at the time (no pics), so there wasn't any insecurity there.
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Those are often the same guys who load up that truck on Saturday morning with tailgating supplies and head to their college stadium. If you live in the South (or even some B10 areas) you know this is true. The interstate is full of them at 7AM with the flags flying.
This. I’m in a nice leafy affluent suburb of St. Louis, where there’s a ton of professional types (attorneys, doctors, Investment bankers, c-class execs, etc.) and at the same time there’s a ton of these decked out trucks driven by folks who have zero need for a vehicle of this type. I just watch it all from the seat of my little Honda Accord and smh.
I'd go with a Mazda Miata. It screams "I'm having a midlife crisis and my wiener doesn't work, but I'm a poor and can't afford a Porsche!"
That's not why they hate you...😁I have a pickup truck and BMW.
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Is it really any different, though, from back in the day when people drove big boats like these?
I'll be honest, a super-decked out, high end F-150 or Chevy Tahoe is a fantastically comfortable, spacious and nice vehicle to ride around in, even if you don't need its functional capabilities.
I had a Honda Accord. I loved it -- was a nice driver, comfortable enough and never a single mechanical issue. But if I was heading out on a road trip tomorrow anywhere over 50 miles or so, I'd prefer to be in one of these:
I was just about to click on your poll. Then I was like oh oh, this is a trap thread haha. Sitting this one out
If it makes you feel any better, some one in senior management bought a Lamborghini Urus. Personally, I think it looks like a turtle but that's me.
All those shallow domed SUVs look the same. It could be a Kia, it could be the Lexus, it could be the jaguar.I was just about to click on your poll. Then I was like oh oh, this is a trap thread haha. Sitting this one out
If it makes you feel any better, some one in senior management bought a Lamborghini Urus. Personally, I think it looks like a turtle but that's me.
Personalized plates?
Oddly enough, no. But he's an old dood and not in that category. His other car is a giant BMW Alpina. @torbee would like that thing.
And more and more are 4 cylinder turbos no matter how much you spend.
Those aren't guys who are trying to overcompensate. Those are guys who don't have enough money to overcompensate.
True, but not because of you mode of transportation, pothead...I have a pickup truck and BMW.
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Yes they are. His is a dark, almost british, hunter green with tan interior. Beautiful cars.They are freaking gorgeous!
The only one around this area I've seen is driven by a 20 something young lady, so the science seems to check out. Although I can't definitively confirm she doesn't have balls.
