Prejudged because of car?!?

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  • solpwr
    solpwr Posts: 1,039 Member
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    I get judged being a lunatic for putting a receiver hitch bike rack and DH bike on my Z.
  • summertime_girl
    summertime_girl Posts: 3,945 Member
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    As long as there aren't any testicles hanging from it, you're good.

    I HATE these with a virulent passion. So tacky and trashy.

    I've had people make a few comments about my higher end SUV. But really, it's just a mom-mobile that schlepps the kids around, and smells like the horse barn. It's decidedly not fancy at all. Buy a vehicle a year old, let someone else take the depreciation hit, and you can get a nearly new BMW/Audi/Lexus/etc for the same price as a new Chevy or Ford.
  • Lift_hard_eat_big
    Lift_hard_eat_big Posts: 2,278 Member
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    always gets pre-judged but doesn't give a rat's *kitten*!

    Two corvettes, yeah, I'm mirrin' hard, nice vehicles!
  • Troll
    Troll Posts: 922 Member
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    to the OP: darling, you enjoy that BMW :) my cousin had one and it was perfectly lovely, just not my taste (as you can see, my taste is more the "hear them coming down the road because of very souped up engines" type) Now, i judge Dodge and Chevrolet drivers because for some reason in this part of Texas, THOSE are the ones that nearly run my car off the road because i guess the lines they paint on highways is just a suggestion. :/
  • Iamfit4life
    Iamfit4life Posts: 3,095 Member
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    People look at my car and just assume I'm a VT fan and a bad driver. lol

    I'm sorry she was like that. Probably just having a crappy day and needed somebody to throw it on
  • Troll
    Troll Posts: 922 Member
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    As a "car-guy" I try not to judge people based on what they drive. I base them on how they take care of it!

    I will think less of a person driving a 2012 Benz thats dirty as hell then the 17 year old kid who works his *kitten* off to maintain a clean Ford Escort. People who don't get dents and dings etc. fixed drive me nuts, especially if its ridiculously obvious.

    I admit, I do go overboard and wash and vacuum my vehicles religiously, but at any given time you can hop in one of my trucks and it will look as clean as it did off the showroom floor.

    I'm also a car-guy. I used to build motors and transmissions, do suspension work, paint and body work, all that fun stuff. I also am pretty OCD about vacuuming and detailing.

    One of you please come detail my car. I can't reach the top of it and it's got this gnarly dirt racing stripe. Also? I take my three shedding dogs with me EVERYWHERE and i could make another dog out of the hair in my back seat. :(
  • solpwr
    solpwr Posts: 1,039 Member
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    I drive an Infinity QX56, with "BEAST" front vanity plate. I dare ya. judge!
    I also have a 1976 MGB with "BIG DADDY" english vanity plate. we get smiles whenever we drive this little "beast".

    Like.

    my plate: solpwr
  • coyoteo
    coyoteo Posts: 532 Member
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    It never even occurred to me to judge people based on what they drive. I should probably start. Consider yourselves allllllll judged. There, I feel better about myself now. And my awesome 1994 powder blue Cadillac, lol! :) Totally a grandma car, but I'd like to think I still rock it.




    Disclaimer: I'm sarcastic. I didn't really judge you.
  • infamousmk
    infamousmk Posts: 6,033 Member
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    Lifted 93 jeep cherokee, snorkle, all terrain tires (it's a daily driver so muds would totally wear out way too quickly!!)
    .........has "deathproof" sticker on hood as well as says Deathproof on back window.

    I'm not really sure what people think when they see me... but I've had several butch girls come up to me while pumping gas and complementing my vehicle :wink:

    I have a 93 Grand Cherokee.. man I love the **** out of that thing. I just bought it a few months ago and it still needs some work, but it sounds like we have the same idea about what our 93's are for. :)
  • PinkAndSparkle
    PinkAndSparkle Posts: 324
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    Has anyone else been prejudged because of their car, what was your scenario?

    I once took my bosses Mercedes out to pick up an ice cream cake for our VP's bday. I had to drive all over downtown boston right as everyone was coming in for the sox game. The traffic was horrendous, the cake was melting...

    Anyhow, the light turns green and this woman and her husband just walk right out in front of me. I laid on the horn, she screamed "you snobby b!tch" and kicked the front end of the car :(

    I live in Boston, and I'm willing to bet that they would've said that no matter what care you were driving ;)

    I drove a 1994 Toyota Corolla until this August with 180k miles. My parents bought it for me when I was 17 and now I'm 26...yikes! People definitely took advantage of me on the road and CONSTANTLY cut me off. My husband always jokes that my car had a target on it. Being an aggressive Boston driver, I never stood for it!
    I now drive a 2011 Accord that I freaking love. I think I sort of fade into the background now, though, since every 3rd car on the road is an Accord.
  • NiciS72
    NiciS72 Posts: 1,043 Member
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    YES YES YES!!!!! When I bought my 2003 Infiniti I35 my coworkers all called me spoiled and high maintenance. I work VERY HARD for my money and it was my first NEW CAR!!!!! The funny thing is that we had bought my husband a brand new Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 3 months before and it was 8K more to buy than my car. Oh and the most hilarious part of the whole thing is that while I do wear jewelry and makeup, I can get up and be ready to leave the house in 30 minutes, 45 if I eat and take care of the dogs!
  • chickybuns
    chickybuns Posts: 1,037 Member
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    I drive an Acura TL and had my car broken into, and it was beside a lot of other cars. I feel that it was because mine was "nicer", which is not necessarily the case, but since it's an acura. I also experience a stigma with BMWs. People think becuase you have one that you have a lot of money. However, that is not always the case. I could have bought an equal BMW for about the same price when I bought my TL. Also, there was a guy I worked with that drove an older...maybe late 80's early 90's BMW, and people assumed he had money. Those can be under 5k. It's strange. I am thinking of my next car to be a c-class Mercedes, but am not sure if I want that stigma and/or maintenance costs. I just like luxury, don't care what brand it is.
  • HeelsAndBoxingGloves
    HeelsAndBoxingGloves Posts: 916 Member
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    Totally!!!!! I still had my 2006 Jeep Liberty and my cousin told me that when I drove up to the BBQ restaurant in it and on my cell phone lol his boss was wondering who "the princess" was :laugh: wonder what his boss would think now with my 2011 Nissan Rogue! :wink:
  • jsteffen80
    jsteffen80 Posts: 136
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    She was probably trying to get a date... Seriously, it's a BMW key. It's not like you strolled in there decked out head to toe in gear screaming 'LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME!!!' (I assume that isn't what happened anyway) She had a motive outside of being a b***h.
  • Pocket_Pixi
    Pocket_Pixi Posts: 1,167 Member
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    As a "car-guy" I try not to judge people based on what they drive. I base them on how they take care of it!

    I will think less of a person driving a 2012 Benz thats dirty as hell then the 17 year old kid who works his *kitten* off to maintain a clean Ford Escort. People who don't get dents and dings etc. fixed drive me nuts, especially if its ridiculously obvious.

    I admit, I do go overboard and wash and vacuum my vehicles religiously, but at any given time you can hop in one of my trucks and it will look as clean as it did off the showroom floor.

    This except I am female...
  • maryd523
    maryd523 Posts: 661 Member
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    No hummer for me, if I ever did purchase one, it would be a military spec, not a pavement pounder like the ones seen on highways and streets, and never used off road.

    I drive a BMW, but when I had an Acura nobody ever made rude comments. Also, an old friend of mine seen me at the gas station and I stepped out my car he said "Look at you, all sketchy now"!

    In my region, a sketchy person is a superficial, all about them self type of person. I think I'm fairly considerate and go out of my way to help others whenever I can.

    And no, I didn't report her comment to the manager, and I still gave her a great tip, hopefully that changes her perspective a bit.

    Good job. Telling on her would have shown you A) Are a prick and B) Can't handle your own problems.
  • stubsy1968
    stubsy1968 Posts: 165 Member
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    I think she's just extremely rude and jealous. People don't think that you have had to work damn hard to get where you are and what you have. I would have given her a mouthful and no tip but that's just me. Goes to show how well mannered you are :flowerforyou:

    Kathy
  • PoochPottery
    PoochPottery Posts: 205
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    I drive a BMW, but when I had an Acura nobody ever made rude comments. Also, an old friend of mine seen me at the gas station and I stepped out my car he said "Look at you, all sketchy now"!


    Sheesh! My 17 year old niece drives a BMW! Typical for her high school though.
  • SmartAlec03211988
    SmartAlec03211988 Posts: 1,896 Member
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    I drive a '07 BMW and sometimes I do notice people treat me a certain way or make assumptions based off that fact. It's kinda funny 'cause it's not even 'my' car, I just drive it 'cause the real owner (my mom) doesn't drive that much, and it's always available. Couple that with the fact that I'm too poor to own my own car right now, and it works out.

    I don't even give a rats *kitten* that it's a BMW. Other people do.
  • NiciS72
    NiciS72 Posts: 1,043 Member
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    Let me guess... BMW?

    Bingo

    I was going to say that or Audi. I know that when I take my husbands 5 series out I get A LOT of looks, like what's a chick under 40/50 doing driving such an expensive car. It cracks me up as we don't buy them new, CPO baby CPO!!!!!

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