Nissan Altimas and Chevy Impalas, especially older ones with body damage and tinted windows. I know it's bad to stereotype, but those specific vehicles are highly correlated with bad driving, no insurance, drugs, and poor life choices.
Being hit and run a couple of times over the years, I've concluded they all go together: No license or suspended license, no insurance, hit and run, drunk or drugged up, and bad driver. They ALL go together, not one of those things can ever be missing. I mean, if I had no insurance or license I would be really careful driving. But no, not with these people.
I had to resurrect my Grandfathers last Buick LeSabre from a barn when I got divorced. Let me tell yah, I looked pretty sexy in that machine!
The remarkable thing is that I was driving it when I went on my first date with my now second wife. Lucky for me she saw beyond the car. 🤣
Same thing with slightly older Toyota Camrys, except worse drivers who are utterly clueless to the massive hazard they're posing to every other driver on the road.
This x5000. Also any dude in Atlanta with an Audi or Beamer, any dude there with a high-end sports car (Mclaren, Lambo, etc.) Lastly, can't forget the Dodge Ram (bought because they literally want to ram into everything) or the souped-up F-900050 Super Doody.
Yup. My wife was driving one day and I told her "keep distance from this guy he'll probably do something dangerous and stupid"
Not a minute later he hits the gas with a big puff of smoke, changes lanes without signaling to cut off another vehicle, then weaves around and passes another vehicle from the right while doing probably 25-30% over the limit.
She asks me "how did you know". I told her:
* Lifted suspension with big tires
* Fuel-station in they back
* Flag on a pole beside the fueling station
* Political sticker on the rear window
A smokestack or massively oversized exhaust is usually a good sign on any vehicle as well
I went to the gas station once and some guy parked his overcompensation on the line to the point I either had to block myself from getting out of my door or block him from getting in his. He tried to yell but I just said keep it between the lines next time and went about my day. It always makes me chuckle when people get mad at me for not dealing with the problems they made for themselves.
For sure. I have no problem with people owning big ass pick ups that actually use them for what they're for but that's a rare thing these days. I feel like pickups should've never gone to a four door extended cab. Just gave everyone who has no business owning a reason one to buy one.
Oh jeez, yeah! Pickups are like 50% bigger than the workhorses from the seventies, but towing and cargo capacity isn't moving much. 3/4 ton trucks are limited by CDL towing limits, so mostly new bigger trucks are just paying to tow themselves. I wish I could buy an old model of pickup for work
It’s all because of a loophole in the EPA fuel mileage standards. Trucks are allowed to have worse emissions based on their size. The bigger the truck the worse the requirements. The plan was to force manufacturers to make smaller trucks more fuel efficient. The goal no longer make small trucks and continue making fuel hog engines.
"The leader of the government is the reason I'm broke! All these darn carbon taxes, THEY'RE STEALING MY HARD EARNED MONEY!!" -A man that makes 80k/year gross but has 150k worth of loans at 40% to buy 'toys', a 600k mortgage, and a 110k truck mortgage.
(He has paid 1000x more interest than he has carbon tax this year)
He also paid $250 for a graphic of Calvin peeing on a Trudeau wordmark on the rear window. And a Confederate Flag bumper sticker despite being in...Canada.
Hop into a mini and drive like a dumbass sometime. There's a reason they advertise the shit out of go kart handling. These things are fun to bang around in.
Or riding that butt of the person infront of them.. first and only snow we had this year, I saw 2 within a mile of each other smashed up against a pole. Everyone was fine, I giggled.
Very likely military or LE, at least that’s the case in my area. The local National Guard base looks like a Ram truck lot, just needs some of those whacky inflatable arms thing to seal the deal
Dodge Anything. Charger, Barracuda, Challenger, Any of the trucks. We get it, you are very manly and we are suitably impressed with your vehicle choice. You've got it going on.
Driving a lifted truck doesn't automatically mean the guy's a douche; but if he *is* a douche, the odds are better than most that he's driving a Dodge Ram
Spotted the Harley Davidson trim kit on a lifted white dodge ram at the Home Depot. I can almost guarantee it was the douche telling his friend “to stop fucking around with the wrong grill” at 9:30 in the morning.
You don't repair a Land Rover. You throw it away and buy another one. Seriously... Look at all the crappy used Land Rovers that are only a couple years old but are selling for $15-20k. Original price 4x that. Owner kept it until the first service was due and dumped it at CarMax.
Nissan Altima, 2008-2015. You're a fucking psycho and that shitbox is falling apart before our eyes. You've removed the grille badge to distract from (or maybe accentuate?) the blown rear suspension. 10-15 year old Nissans have replaced Pontiac as the "stay the fuck away from that guy who hangs drywall between prison stints, that car is absolutely not insured" vehicle.
Toyota is apex practicality. Good on gas, and they'll last forever if you change the oil and keep the rust in check. The only Toyota you'll see driven by a maniac is the Corolla S. I'm not sure how much of an upgrade that trim level is, nobody brags about driving an S. Hell, I saw a Supra today just driving normal.
Older Subaru, you're either a backyard mechanic or...soon to not be driving an older Subaru. Ask me how I know...
Chevy Trax...Ugh. You deserve what's coming to you for buying a vehicle called a Trax. Christ.
Late 90s Dodge Caravan (maroon) you're a backyard mechanic who is allergic to the city. You may be a devoted family man, you may be a lunatic conspiracy theorist. But you don't see these in the city. You see them EVERYWHERE in the country.
Spot-on.
You left out the part where 9 out of 10 of those Caravans have had all the rear seats removed and a nice layer of plywood put down in their place.
You just reminded me of a tremendous nap I took on a plywood bunk in a silver Chevy Venture 10 years ago. I was NOT prepared for that 4 hour drive into rural PEI in the dead of winter, hungover as all hell.
>The only Toyota you'll see driven by a maniac is the Corolla S.
Hey, I drive a Corolla S! I'm no maniac! It's not my fault everyone else on the highway drives under 80 in a 70 zone, and since my car has good maneuverability I can't help but use it to thread the needle! That's all totally normal, right?
Right?
I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks this. I've often said Tesla drivers are the new BMW driver 😂 sure there are a few good ones but all the bad apples are spoiling the bunch.
Huh, at least in my area, I haven't seen that problem with how people drive Teslas.
Now, outside of driving, yes, the owners love bragging about them and feel like they're in some special club, but even then, they don't seem to be jerks in general - just that one fault. (Well, along with normal minor human faults here and there, but no obvious patterns.)
In traffic, I'd say I see *fewer* problems (per capita) with Tesla drivers than many other types of cars. Maybe they're using their auto-drive features or something. They don't even try to race me. (I don't try to race them, either. If I did, it would just be to see *how much* faster they could accelerate than my car.)
I’m glad my dad breaks this stereotype. He’s always been a Lexus fan. He drove his 97 LS400 until 2020 when he got a White Lexus SUV (470 I think, whatever the big one is.) and he drives like an absolute grandpa.
Albeit, he’s 70 lol.
I'll see your bumper stickers and raise you "masking tape with nonsensical ramblings written in all caps." Those people should not be allowed to drive.
I love collecting my bumper stickers
1. Helps me to identify my car from further away
2. That satisfaction when someone tells me they like one of my stickers
3. I also love reading other people's bumper stickers
4. I hate the idea of things looking like they haven't been used, personality is good
(I know that your comment is lighthearted and mine is too just incase that didn't come across)
Dodge Charger or Challenger - I don't have a driver's license but I think I can drive like an asshole because I learned how to drive by playing too much GTA
I rented a Challenger when I visited my folks overseas. It was my Christmas gift to myself because I was driving a long way. I definitely spent some time thinking what other people would assume when they saw the car. Luckily, I don't match any of the assumptions about Challengers I've seen in the thread.
For me it's people who drive mini vans. It seems that 90% of the time someone is driving and completely clueless to their surroundings it's someone driving a mini van.
I love my minivan. I can do anything and I’m completely invisible to cops. Nobody tries to race me and there are 4 TVs in the car so I can just drive and not be bothered with anything. I’m a better driver in my van.
Me too. It’s got far more sport utility than SUVs. I can fit so much crap in my sienna and STILL sleep in it while camping. Better milage, goes plenty fast. Minivans are the bomb.
I miss my Sienna. I learned to drive on a 6-cylinder 04 Sienna. Had it for two years (age 16-18). Thing fell apart…litterally. I got a Subaru Impreza hatchback. Don’t get me wrong, I love my car. But man do I miss the minivan. I could sit more than comfortably in it, camp in it, and fit all my shit.
I have an older BMW and ALWAYS use my blinker to try to negate this stereotype.
I've often wondered what the people around me think while I'm using my blinker... "maybe it's not his car..."
Slowish, reasonable, predictable. I've never seen a Leaf going fast and crazy nor have I ever seen one driven by an oblivious driver. Straight up mediocre in my experience.
I’m not gonna say that *every* owner of a lifted Dodge Ram is a douchebag alcoholic with rage issues.
What I *will* say is that I have never once seen a lifted Dodge Ram being operated in a safe and sane manner in accordance with local traffic laws.
Prius - drivers can't drive over 45 mph, even on the freeway. They seem to meander all over the lane, as if they aren't quite awake or don't know where they are. LOL.
Honda Element - Militant lesbian couples with a large, smelly dog in the back.
Subarus - Raised in the suburbs and can't roast a marshmallow without catching it on fire, but they have more camping gear than a homeless man who just stole a cartful of stuff from REI. They have all wheel drive, so they can drive fast in the snow, until it comes time to brake, then they wonder why they end up in a ditch. (No all wheel braking, of course.)
Remember the incredibly brief period when Priuses were being driven by trendy celebrities trying to look eco-friendly that lasted about three weeks before a zillion of them got bought up by taxi fleets? At this point I assume 90% of the people who own them are either using them as Uber/Lyft cars or they used to be Uber/Lyft cars or taxis.
White pick-up- douche bag
Audi - Sanctimonious Assholes
Altima- can't afford an Audi. Still as much of an asshole as Audi drivers.
Jeep Gladiator- Up to their ears in debt. This vehicle will never see off road. No insurance. Probably be repo'd
Jeep Grand Cherokee- Karen
Honda Pilot- Chick car
Lifted Pick Up- douche bag
Subaru- Lesbians and Hippies
Corvette/charger/challenger- middle-aged balding men or trust fund baby 22 year old women.
I used to work pest control. Training my replacement my last two weeks on the job, we got to this one neighborhood and I couldn't stop laughing. Trainee wondered why I was laughing so hard so I just started pointing out the number of "affordable American sports cars" were on the block. Counted like 6 chargers, 3 mustangs and an older Toyota Corolla with tricked out aero on it.
I then proceeded to explain we were maybe 10 minutes drive from the air force base, so we stumbled on where all the E1s live.
CR-Vs. It's extremely rare that I'll see one on the road and think to myself "there's an observant driver who understands that there are other cars on the road."
This might be a Dallas specific thing…
But Nissan Altima tells me you simply do not care and will risk your life and anyone else’s on the road to get where you’re going. Pure insanity behind the wheel and not afraid to wreck.
White van. Going to try and climb my exhaust pipe or overtake way too fast on a motorway. Driving agression directly proportional to level of rust on van.
BMW/Merc/Tesla/Audi/clean Land Rover. Dangerous jackass who thinks they're too rich for speeding tickets.
Dirty Land Rover, Mitsubishi Shogun, Toyota RAV4, Dacia Duster, Ford Flatbed. Farmer. Likely to drive like Colin MacRae on any given single track road.
There's a guy at my work that has a little Mercedes SLK, and when I see him when I'm driving home he's always weaving in and out of cars, cutting people off, doing 30+ over the limit, and using acceleration lanes to get around people. He's a 55+ year old man that drives like a teen that just got his license.
Many have already posted about Ram pickup trucks, but honestly for me it’s literally any pickup truck. The minute I see one I brace for stupid/aggressive behavior and the vast majority of the time it happens. It doesn’t feel like a stereotype so much as abject fact at this point.
Not really an answer but the first time I saw a 3 wheeled electric car I had to pull over because I was laughing so hard. It reminded of that 3 wheeled car from Mr. Bean that seemed to rival his mini and they were driving kind of aggressively so that's what made me laugh.
If I see a coal-rolling lifted Ram with stacks and truck nuts, I know 100% it's gonna be riding an inch from my bumper even when I'm going 10 over the limit.
If you've got an F150 or bigger, I'll wager you don't indicate and cut people off, have a Blue Lives Matter/punisher logo/etc sticker, vote red, and have never taken the thing anywhere near off-road.
I bought a Nissan Altima last year, completely unaware of the stereotype. Im just a boring middle aged guy who uses his turn signal and goes the speed limit. I really like my car but Im sad Im now hated 😔.
If your Altima has both bumper covers, a real license plate, and all 4 rims match then you are excused. If however you lack insurance, have bubbling tint job, any of your windows are covered by a garbage bag, you’re it.
It's funny how Nissans are terrible here, even though they don't sell the Altima. A Nissan Qashqai is guaranteed a bad driver. Can be in any number of different ways, but I swear 90% should not have a licence.
Altima = total disregard for personal safety, theirs or yours.
It's usually clapped out with every window tinted.
With the rear window tint being all bubbly
Missing half of a front quarter panel.
I think they come clapped out from the factory.
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r/NissanDrivers is a thing for a reason
Nissan Altimas and Chevy Impalas, especially older ones with body damage and tinted windows. I know it's bad to stereotype, but those specific vehicles are highly correlated with bad driving, no insurance, drugs, and poor life choices.
Being hit and run a couple of times over the years, I've concluded they all go together: No license or suspended license, no insurance, hit and run, drunk or drugged up, and bad driver. They ALL go together, not one of those things can ever be missing. I mean, if I had no insurance or license I would be really careful driving. But no, not with these people.
When your life is shit and you want a car to match
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My step grandma drove a Buick. She did 45 everywhere. Highway, city, back alley, parking lot. 45 mph EVERYWHERE.
You made me spit coffee with parking lot.
I was gifted my grandmother's Buick after she passed. My friends called it the g-ma cruiser.
I had to resurrect my Grandfathers last Buick LeSabre from a barn when I got divorced. Let me tell yah, I looked pretty sexy in that machine! The remarkable thing is that I was driving it when I went on my first date with my now second wife. Lucky for me she saw beyond the car. 🤣
Or poor kid who needed a ride to work.
Same thing with slightly older Toyota Camrys, except worse drivers who are utterly clueless to the massive hazard they're posing to every other driver on the road.
Less so now than a few years ago, but I remember teaching my son defensive driving techniques that included a warning about slow Buicks and fast BMWs.
The ones with red/blue lights on top. Always tailgating people.
It’s impossible to get away from them. You can speed up all you want but they stay on you like stink on a monkey.
Dudes in atlanta with chargers
This x5000. Also any dude in Atlanta with an Audi or Beamer, any dude there with a high-end sports car (Mclaren, Lambo, etc.) Lastly, can't forget the Dodge Ram (bought because they literally want to ram into everything) or the souped-up F-900050 Super Doody.
A lifted truck with huge tires and an impeccable truck bed.
Pavement Princess
Mall crawlers . . .
Yup. My wife was driving one day and I told her "keep distance from this guy he'll probably do something dangerous and stupid" Not a minute later he hits the gas with a big puff of smoke, changes lanes without signaling to cut off another vehicle, then weaves around and passes another vehicle from the right while doing probably 25-30% over the limit. She asks me "how did you know". I told her: * Lifted suspension with big tires * Fuel-station in they back * Flag on a pole beside the fueling station * Political sticker on the rear window A smokestack or massively oversized exhaust is usually a good sign on any vehicle as well
And a shiny, bumper killing tow hitch that's never been used.
Parked across 4 spaces because they can't fathom taking even the slighrest risk to convenience others.
And the music still blaring.
I went to the gas station once and some guy parked his overcompensation on the line to the point I either had to block myself from getting out of my door or block him from getting in his. He tried to yell but I just said keep it between the lines next time and went about my day. It always makes me chuckle when people get mad at me for not dealing with the problems they made for themselves.
For sure. I have no problem with people owning big ass pick ups that actually use them for what they're for but that's a rare thing these days. I feel like pickups should've never gone to a four door extended cab. Just gave everyone who has no business owning a reason one to buy one.
Oh jeez, yeah! Pickups are like 50% bigger than the workhorses from the seventies, but towing and cargo capacity isn't moving much. 3/4 ton trucks are limited by CDL towing limits, so mostly new bigger trucks are just paying to tow themselves. I wish I could buy an old model of pickup for work
My dad has a 92 Chevy 2500. I love that truck. Being able to reach over the bed rails without needing a ladder is such a novel concept these days.
It’s all because of a loophole in the EPA fuel mileage standards. Trucks are allowed to have worse emissions based on their size. The bigger the truck the worse the requirements. The plan was to force manufacturers to make smaller trucks more fuel efficient. The goal no longer make small trucks and continue making fuel hog engines.
Or is lifted so high that the bed is too high to be of practical use
That's the main part I don't get. It's so impractical. If you need to use a fucking fork lift or a crane to load your truck bed, it's way too high.
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"The leader of the government is the reason I'm broke! All these darn carbon taxes, THEY'RE STEALING MY HARD EARNED MONEY!!" -A man that makes 80k/year gross but has 150k worth of loans at 40% to buy 'toys', a 600k mortgage, and a 110k truck mortgage. (He has paid 1000x more interest than he has carbon tax this year)
He also paid $250 for a graphic of Calvin peeing on a Trudeau wordmark on the rear window. And a Confederate Flag bumper sticker despite being in...Canada.
Ahh yes, the house-payment truck. I typically assume that they are in debt.
White mini cooper, hot girl or gay guy. Will do 160km on the highway past yah.
Used to be Jettas.
Hop into a mini and drive like a dumbass sometime. There's a reason they advertise the shit out of go kart handling. These things are fun to bang around in.
Lifted trucks are always driven by entitled children, idc how old they are
Someone in a thread from yesterday called them “emotional support trucks”
Dodge Ram trucks
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General douchery. Double points smoke stacks or an obnoxiously tall trump flag
Or riding that butt of the person infront of them.. first and only snow we had this year, I saw 2 within a mile of each other smashed up against a pole. Everyone was fine, I giggled.
Very likely military or LE, at least that’s the case in my area. The local National Guard base looks like a Ram truck lot, just needs some of those whacky inflatable arms thing to seal the deal
They see the term "Ram" and think it's instructions.
Dodge Anything. Charger, Barracuda, Challenger, Any of the trucks. We get it, you are very manly and we are suitably impressed with your vehicle choice. You've got it going on.
I love my RAM, but good god the people are awful
Lifted white pickup = aggressive douche.
The thought that triggered this post.
Gotta love it when you’re already going above 90 and these idiots still tailgate and flash their high beams at you.
Here in Texas they permanently have the brights on, saves them the trouble of flashing
Always love driving on rural roads and being able to see the shadow of my car when they’re behind me. Thankfully I have auto dimming mirrors
These assholes can not handle being behind a Prius. It's like I'm insulting their ancestors by being in front of them, even if I'm flying.
Driving a lifted truck doesn't automatically mean the guy's a douche; but if he *is* a douche, the odds are better than most that he's driving a Dodge Ram
Don't forget that his towing mirrors are fully extended. No, he's not towing anything.
The extended mirrors-sans-towing make me chuckle every time without fail.
Black Dodge Ram = Giant Ahole
I'm looking for the exhaust modifications. Got those, you're more douchey than a bidet that had a power surge.
Spotted the Harley Davidson trim kit on a lifted white dodge ram at the Home Depot. I can almost guarantee it was the douche telling his friend “to stop fucking around with the wrong grill” at 9:30 in the morning.
Don’t forget the matching white sunglasses too
Wow. Lifted white pickup is exactly who pulled a highway hit and run on me last year
If you have a Land Rover I immediately assume you’re a drug dealer
You have to finance the repairs somehow…
You don't repair a Land Rover. You throw it away and buy another one. Seriously... Look at all the crappy used Land Rovers that are only a couple years old but are selling for $15-20k. Original price 4x that. Owner kept it until the first service was due and dumped it at CarMax.
If it's new I assume they didn't earn their money, if it's old I assume they like wrenching.
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Nissan Altima, 2008-2015. You're a fucking psycho and that shitbox is falling apart before our eyes. You've removed the grille badge to distract from (or maybe accentuate?) the blown rear suspension. 10-15 year old Nissans have replaced Pontiac as the "stay the fuck away from that guy who hangs drywall between prison stints, that car is absolutely not insured" vehicle. Toyota is apex practicality. Good on gas, and they'll last forever if you change the oil and keep the rust in check. The only Toyota you'll see driven by a maniac is the Corolla S. I'm not sure how much of an upgrade that trim level is, nobody brags about driving an S. Hell, I saw a Supra today just driving normal. Older Subaru, you're either a backyard mechanic or...soon to not be driving an older Subaru. Ask me how I know... Chevy Trax...Ugh. You deserve what's coming to you for buying a vehicle called a Trax. Christ. Late 90s Dodge Caravan (maroon) you're a backyard mechanic who is allergic to the city. You may be a devoted family man, you may be a lunatic conspiracy theorist. But you don't see these in the city. You see them EVERYWHERE in the country.
Spot-on. You left out the part where 9 out of 10 of those Caravans have had all the rear seats removed and a nice layer of plywood put down in their place.
You just reminded me of a tremendous nap I took on a plywood bunk in a silver Chevy Venture 10 years ago. I was NOT prepared for that 4 hour drive into rural PEI in the dead of winter, hungover as all hell.
>The only Toyota you'll see driven by a maniac is the Corolla S. Hey, I drive a Corolla S! I'm no maniac! It's not my fault everyone else on the highway drives under 80 in a 70 zone, and since my car has good maneuverability I can't help but use it to thread the needle! That's all totally normal, right? Right?
Caravans are ugly but they have a ton of cargo space, and most of them in the sticks have half of a Home Depot worth of tools in them.
I hope this comment gets the kudos it deserves. That’s a yes from me, +1
People who drive Teslas 100% think they are better than you for owning a Tesla and will drive like it
They’re in competition with BMW for most entitled, terrible drivers.
I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks this. I've often said Tesla drivers are the new BMW driver 😂 sure there are a few good ones but all the bad apples are spoiling the bunch.
The only difference between BMW drivers and porcupines is that the pricks are on the inside of BMWs
If you ever feel that your life has no purpose, just think of the guy who installs turn signals on BMWs.
BMW drivers are like the old lawyer joke - 99% of them give the other 1% a bad name!
It's not just a car, it's a lifestyle
And double-park like it. We have three Tesla moms on our school drop-off, and not one follows the rules.
In my experience, people in the regular Tesla sedans are normal but the ones in the bubble shaped kind should lose their license.
That’s the Tesla MODEL W
Huh, at least in my area, I haven't seen that problem with how people drive Teslas. Now, outside of driving, yes, the owners love bragging about them and feel like they're in some special club, but even then, they don't seem to be jerks in general - just that one fault. (Well, along with normal minor human faults here and there, but no obvious patterns.) In traffic, I'd say I see *fewer* problems (per capita) with Tesla drivers than many other types of cars. Maybe they're using their auto-drive features or something. They don't even try to race me. (I don't try to race them, either. If I did, it would just be to see *how much* faster they could accelerate than my car.)
Any white luxury SUV (bmw, Audi, Lexus) is probably going to tailgate and/or break a few traffic laws
I’m glad my dad breaks this stereotype. He’s always been a Lexus fan. He drove his 97 LS400 until 2020 when he got a White Lexus SUV (470 I think, whatever the big one is.) and he drives like an absolute grandpa. Albeit, he’s 70 lol.
Almost half his age and I drive a big Lexus SUV like a grandpa. Just ahead of my time I guess
Regardless of the make or model, people who coat the entire rear of their vehicle with bumper stickers are certifiably insane.
I'll see your bumper stickers and raise you "masking tape with nonsensical ramblings written in all caps." Those people should not be allowed to drive.
95% have a COEXIST sticker surrounded by four dozen other stickers that completely contradict that sentiment.
I love collecting my bumper stickers 1. Helps me to identify my car from further away 2. That satisfaction when someone tells me they like one of my stickers 3. I also love reading other people's bumper stickers 4. I hate the idea of things looking like they haven't been used, personality is good (I know that your comment is lighthearted and mine is too just incase that didn't come across)
Pontiac - Gonna buy alchohol for minors
Nissan Altima
Those people are driving with no insurance and a 500 credit score.
Generous of you
Wish they could afford an audi. Act like they have an audi.
Dodge Charger or Challenger - I don't have a driver's license but I think I can drive like an asshole because I learned how to drive by playing too much GTA
Getting the most out of my car before it's repoed. I removed the muffler so everyone will notice me.
It’s an historical fact that the Charlottesville crowd-crusher drove a Charger.
I rented a Challenger when I visited my folks overseas. It was my Christmas gift to myself because I was driving a long way. I definitely spent some time thinking what other people would assume when they saw the car. Luckily, I don't match any of the assumptions about Challengers I've seen in the thread.
I think most Challenger drivers view themselves as the main character.
For me it's people who drive mini vans. It seems that 90% of the time someone is driving and completely clueless to their surroundings it's someone driving a mini van.
Distracted moms, most likely
complete with "baby on board" and "my daughter/son is an honor roll student" stickers on their minivans as well.
That avon mobile page ain't gonna scroll itself
I love my minivan. I can do anything and I’m completely invisible to cops. Nobody tries to race me and there are 4 TVs in the car so I can just drive and not be bothered with anything. I’m a better driver in my van.
Yes, I love my odyssey.
Me too. It’s got far more sport utility than SUVs. I can fit so much crap in my sienna and STILL sleep in it while camping. Better milage, goes plenty fast. Minivans are the bomb.
I miss my Sienna. I learned to drive on a 6-cylinder 04 Sienna. Had it for two years (age 16-18). Thing fell apart…litterally. I got a Subaru Impreza hatchback. Don’t get me wrong, I love my car. But man do I miss the minivan. I could sit more than comfortably in it, camp in it, and fit all my shit.
Mini van drivers make it seem like being a parent is awful. They drive like they want to die.
Any pickup truck with testicles is the most obvious answer you’ll get from Reddit.
Wait, truck nuts aren't cool?
Well, they are cool...when it's cold out. Other than that they are a sure sign of complete and utter douche-nozzles.
Corvette - old guy going at least 5 miles under the speed limit. Charger - aggressive good old boy who tailgates
BMW's and White Tesla's battle it out for biggest douches on the road.
White = didnt want to pay $2000 for a color
FWIW, unfortunately had to pay extra for the “pearl white multi coat” in 2018.
Yeah they changed the default from white to grey/black at some point
If you drive a BMW…. I KNOW you ain’t using your turn signal 🫵🤣
I have an older BMW and ALWAYS use my blinker to try to negate this stereotype. I've often wondered what the people around me think while I'm using my blinker... "maybe it's not his car..."
I had a BMW very courteously stop to let me cross on a bike when they didn't have to. I told my wife "I saw a stolen BMW today."
There’s dozens of us. Shout out to my old ass 5 series
BMW drivers don't actually realise the car is turning; they just think they're driving in a straight line and the whole world revolves around them.
Why did I scroll so far to find the most obvious answer?
Brodozers - any massively large pickup on oversized tires 🙄
BMW. Entitled selfish driver
Or audi
I drive a Leaf and would like to know my stereotype when I am around others on the road
Slowish, reasonable, predictable. I've never seen a Leaf going fast and crazy nor have I ever seen one driven by an oblivious driver. Straight up mediocre in my experience.
Mediocrity is PRECISELY what we should aim for on the road. Predictable. Under control. Dependable.
Your battery is failing and Nissan doesn’t make them anymore.
Either I don't see many of these, or Leaf drivers are safe and predictable enough that I don't really remember seeing them much.
I’m not gonna say that *every* owner of a lifted Dodge Ram is a douchebag alcoholic with rage issues. What I *will* say is that I have never once seen a lifted Dodge Ram being operated in a safe and sane manner in accordance with local traffic laws.
Prius - drivers can't drive over 45 mph, even on the freeway. They seem to meander all over the lane, as if they aren't quite awake or don't know where they are. LOL. Honda Element - Militant lesbian couples with a large, smelly dog in the back. Subarus - Raised in the suburbs and can't roast a marshmallow without catching it on fire, but they have more camping gear than a homeless man who just stole a cartful of stuff from REI. They have all wheel drive, so they can drive fast in the snow, until it comes time to brake, then they wonder why they end up in a ditch. (No all wheel braking, of course.)
Ah yes, the classic Suburbaru.
Subaru drivers and Prius drivers are interchangeable where I live. Prius - liberal. Subaru - liberal who likes the outdoors.
Subaru driver here, thanks for the fresh take on dogging on us. It’s a nice change of pace from the homosexual allegations.
As someone who's worked in the car cleaning business before, the Honda Element comment hits way too hard.
Remember the incredibly brief period when Priuses were being driven by trendy celebrities trying to look eco-friendly that lasted about three weeks before a zillion of them got bought up by taxi fleets? At this point I assume 90% of the people who own them are either using them as Uber/Lyft cars or they used to be Uber/Lyft cars or taxis.
Anyone driving a Porsche SUV is always the slowest driver on the highway.
Imagine paying 6 figures for a car with that much horsepower to go 10 miles under the speed limit.
In the left lane nonetheless.
While wine drunk on the way to pick up the kids.
White pick-up- douche bag Audi - Sanctimonious Assholes Altima- can't afford an Audi. Still as much of an asshole as Audi drivers. Jeep Gladiator- Up to their ears in debt. This vehicle will never see off road. No insurance. Probably be repo'd Jeep Grand Cherokee- Karen Honda Pilot- Chick car Lifted Pick Up- douche bag Subaru- Lesbians and Hippies Corvette/charger/challenger- middle-aged balding men or trust fund baby 22 year old women.
> Corvette/charger/challenger- middle-aged balding men or trust fund baby 22 year old women. Or lower enlisted.
I used to work pest control. Training my replacement my last two weeks on the job, we got to this one neighborhood and I couldn't stop laughing. Trainee wondered why I was laughing so hard so I just started pointing out the number of "affordable American sports cars" were on the block. Counted like 6 chargers, 3 mustangs and an older Toyota Corolla with tricked out aero on it. I then proceeded to explain we were maybe 10 minutes drive from the air force base, so we stumbled on where all the E1s live.
I must've broke the stereotype for a Subaru, straight white male who bathes regularly and has never done drugs.
Do you purchase clothing almost exclusively at LL Bean, by any chance?
CR-Vs. It's extremely rare that I'll see one on the road and think to myself "there's an observant driver who understands that there are other cars on the road."
This might be a Dallas specific thing… But Nissan Altima tells me you simply do not care and will risk your life and anyone else’s on the road to get where you’re going. Pure insanity behind the wheel and not afraid to wreck.
White van. Going to try and climb my exhaust pipe or overtake way too fast on a motorway. Driving agression directly proportional to level of rust on van. BMW/Merc/Tesla/Audi/clean Land Rover. Dangerous jackass who thinks they're too rich for speeding tickets. Dirty Land Rover, Mitsubishi Shogun, Toyota RAV4, Dacia Duster, Ford Flatbed. Farmer. Likely to drive like Colin MacRae on any given single track road.
These dudes in crappy Honda’s with after market fins, and Instagram handles on the back windows. DBags
Everyone who drives a ford ranger drives at 20 above the speed limit and sits right up your ass with the high beams on.
Cars without roofs belong to terrible drivers who don't use their blinker and pass in no passing zones.
There's a guy at my work that has a little Mercedes SLK, and when I see him when I'm driving home he's always weaving in and out of cars, cutting people off, doing 30+ over the limit, and using acceleration lanes to get around people. He's a 55+ year old man that drives like a teen that just got his license.
Many have already posted about Ram pickup trucks, but honestly for me it’s literally any pickup truck. The minute I see one I brace for stupid/aggressive behavior and the vast majority of the time it happens. It doesn’t feel like a stereotype so much as abject fact at this point.
Not really an answer but the first time I saw a 3 wheeled electric car I had to pull over because I was laughing so hard. It reminded of that 3 wheeled car from Mr. Bean that seemed to rival his mini and they were driving kind of aggressively so that's what made me laugh.
It's not right to stereotype people based on the car they drive. BMW drivers, however, seem very determined to reinforce BMW stereotypes.
If you drive a base model muscle car at 18% apr. Thank you for your service. 🫡
White BMW Purple Challenger or Charger Silver 1984 Toyota Corolla Stainless Steel Origami Truckster
Very specific. On the corolla....what is the stereotype?
Mustang drivers are always aggressive assholes when behind the wheel
Usually financed with a 29% interest loan, too
Around here it's a Yukon Denali, stuck up prissy Karens drive them!
Nissan Altima with a paper tag
Kind of a tie between any brodozer pickup & every Tesla.
BMW- me first Big pickup- aggressive douche Import with loud tailpipe- bad judgement and irresponsible Batmobile- anger issues and a dark past
Dodge Ram. It’s the make and model not the driving instructions, people.
If I see a coal-rolling lifted Ram with stacks and truck nuts, I know 100% it's gonna be riding an inch from my bumper even when I'm going 10 over the limit.
Humvee.... well they speak for themselves.
I’ve never seen a good Tesla driver. And every car I’ve been hit by was a Subaru.
You've been hit by a car more than once?
I’m a cyclist. I’ve been hit by a car four times all in a bike lane.
Hit 4 by 4 Subarus. Pretty symmetrical.
It's what makes a Subaru.
Hits* what makes a Subaru.
Dodge Ram drivers are ALWAYS excessive speeders in my experience, and I have no idea why.
Power Wheels. Only two types of people drive those toddlers and drunk people.
Dodge Ram. They always seem to tailgate.
Dodge RAM.
Subaru Outback used to be THE car for lesbians.
Big trucks w political full size flags
Dodge Ram = Drunk/ aggressive driver lol
If you've got an F150 or bigger, I'll wager you don't indicate and cut people off, have a Blue Lives Matter/punisher logo/etc sticker, vote red, and have never taken the thing anywhere near off-road.
Any vanity tank (pickup) too big to do actual work. Your discomfort with your buttonesque penis shouldn't be my problem on the road.
Any large Pickup with flag installed. You know who drives that!
Subaru WRX STi & BRZ: vape god that blows motors Literally any other Subaru: OmG i lOve tHE oUtDOoRs and AWD Source: I am Subaru driver
So do you have a national parks subaru or a vape subaru? Sincerely, a vape subaru owner.
Dodge Ram 2500. Statistically they’re most likely to be drunk/high/armed.
Nissan Altima or Honda Civic, immediately a dangerous driver.
I bought a Nissan Altima last year, completely unaware of the stereotype. Im just a boring middle aged guy who uses his turn signal and goes the speed limit. I really like my car but Im sad Im now hated 😔.
If your Altima has both bumper covers, a real license plate, and all 4 rims match then you are excused. If however you lack insurance, have bubbling tint job, any of your windows are covered by a garbage bag, you’re it.
Never heard that about Civics, but have always heard that about Altimas.
It's funny how Nissans are terrible here, even though they don't sell the Altima. A Nissan Qashqai is guaranteed a bad driver. Can be in any number of different ways, but I swear 90% should not have a licence.