People say you are what you drive. Does your car define who you are as a person? Or are you trying to compensate?
When I drive my big ass Escalade, I feel much better than when I drive our Ford Focus wagon, which I have this weekend since my wife is at a Girl Scout camp this weekend with our oldest daughter. So, yes, what you drive has an effect on me.
I used to drive a BMW M3, and that defined me pretty far better than the BMW 525 that I upgraded to. Now I feel like a corporate slave/country club member trapped in a young man's body.
I like that I was able to get a lot of diverse interests (1-ton hauling capability, comfortable heated seats for the wife, room for 2 car seats, and decent gas mileage) into one vehicle for the family.
I had the same car (a Mazda 626) for over a decade, and it broke down to the point of not being worth repairing a couple of weeks ago. I have been able to take the bus to work and I am not in a huge rush to buy a new car. So, no. I don't think that I am what I drive Ed O.
I think this is interesting. It's what people place value on I guess. Got some friends that place their car even over their family sometimes. Other friends could care less. I rolled a 1983 VW GTI for about 10 years and drove that thing into the ground. For the last few years it became such an embarrassment to me. This one guy I work with is such a dork. I call him the 40 year old virgin....... he is so overcompensating....... blares Metallica out of his RED HUMMER!
Ford Escape- for family reasons, but a rag top jag in my heart. BTW, if that's your wife, beerboy is a lucky man.
i have a 4runner and a minivan, but with gas these days i want to get a little car for driving to boston. i dont feel any sort of physical attachment to the cars ive driven
I'm trying to compensate. Therefore, I drive a 1992 Honda Accord LX with 342,000 original miles on it. I take care and pride of my unit. Therefore, it serves me well and has provided years of extended service and enjoyment.
See that's what I'm talking about. That is interesting to me. It seems like a dependable car is more important to you then flash. You don't feel that a fancy car tells people who you are.
I only pay cash for my vehicles, which is why we still have a 2003 Focus Wagon. I upgraded my 2001 Passat last summer for a 2009 Escalade with <10k on it. I hate car payments, so I'm sure we'll have the Escalade for 8 or 9 years, and will replace the Focus within the next few years with a mid-sized sedan that I can get a good deal on. My brother-in-law is a car broker/buyer, so we get some decent deals paying cash through the dealers he works for.
I had a Lotus. My wife hated being a passenger in it. If his ex-wife took the Lotus - she is either a master mechanic or she deserves what she got. (I loved my Lotus, but it was a PITA).
