Do certain type of people, drive certain type of car?

_Kaiser_ · 27-10-2009 3:45pm

goldenlass wrote: »

5 series are hard.. right you might be the car behind me on the motorway up my arse when I just cant get a space to go into slow lane!!!!! :D:D:D or you might be an auld lad who has retired and wants to spend his money on a nice big car....
i personally love 5series- but couldnt see myself in one for a while yet... i gave up on the one i was going to get!!!!

Well that's why Im saying the next one that's out in 2011. I just don't like the current one!!

And I'm not quite ready to retire yet (besides, that's when it's time to buy a Merc I thought) and if ya can't drive at 120 then ya shouldn't be in the overtaking lane anyway!!

To be honest I dunno why VAG drivers are getting such a hard time in this thread as (unless you count the boy/girl racers in Golfs) most seem fairly well behaved in my experience

goldenlass · 27-10-2009 3:56pm

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

and if ya can't drive at 120 then ya shouldn't be in the overtaking lane anyway!!

are you saying that 120 is the absolute max people do on motorway??!!!!:p:p

Madame Razz · 27-10-2009 4:41pm

Land Rover drivers are usually horsey types. Retired teachers generally drive Ford Focus saloons. People with estates are usually doggy types. Any passat cc on the road is a company car:)

LostGirly · 27-10-2009 5:12pm

I'm a 24 year old girl, fully licenced, working in Morketing in Dublin, living in Ranlegh (the real posh part), but from the sticks.....what do I drive?

h3000 · 27-10-2009 5:21pm

LostGirly wrote: »

I'm a 24 year old girl, fully licenced, working in Morketing in Dublin, living in Ranlegh (the real posh part), but from the sticks.....what do I drive?

Skyline

stealthyspeeder · 27-10-2009 5:24pm

LostGirly wrote: »

I'm a 24 year old girl, fully licenced, working in Morketing in Dublin, living in Ranlegh (the real posh part), but from the sticks.....what do I drive?

VXR8

goldenlass · 27-10-2009 5:27pm

oooh do me!!! im a 25yr old girl, primary school teacher (, from kerry!! bet ye won't guess it:cool::P

_Kaiser_ · 27-10-2009 5:28pm

goldenlass wrote: »

oooh do me!!! im a 25yr old girl, primary school teacher (, from kerry!! bet ye won't guess it:cool::P

206?... Toyota Yaris/Corolla? Some sorta hatchback anyway

h3000 · 27-10-2009 5:28pm

goldenlass wrote: »

oooh do me!!! im a 25yr old girl

Pics first please

LostGirly · 27-10-2009 5:29pm

goldenlass wrote: »

oooh do me!!! im a 25yr old girl, primary school teacher (, from kerry!! bet ye won't guess it:cool::P

A Ford Ka!

nipps · 27-10-2009 5:30pm

h3000 wrote: »

Pics first please

ha ye from the both of ye!

goldenlass · 27-10-2009 5:32pm

hahahah- actually i did have a 206 when i first started driving but yer all wrong!!! no hatchback though the cars ye've said are typical teacher!! im actually driving a car with no indicators and we think we are the only cars on the road!!!!!!

:D

goldenlass · 27-10-2009 5:34pm

losty girl.. i think you have an audi a4????

Anan1 · 27-10-2009 5:35pm

goldenlass wrote: »

hahahah- actually i did have a 206 when i first started driving but yer all wrong!!! no hatchback though the cars ye've said are typical teacher!! im actually driving a car with no indicators and we think we are the only cars on the road!!!!!! :D

318Ci?

LostGirly · 27-10-2009 5:37pm

goldenlass wrote: »

losty girl.. i think you have an audi a4????

I actually wouldn't mind! But sadly no, I have a Ford Mondeo!!!!

goldenlass · 27-10-2009 5:40pm

thats not a stereotype!!

iv a 318i- changing tomorrow for 320i!

LostGirly · 27-10-2009 5:41pm

That's the reason I asked, because its not a sterotype, you can't define someone by the type of car that they drive!!

Absurdum · 27-10-2009 5:45pm

thread rules for accidently getting asl's :cool:

goldenlass · 27-10-2009 5:45pm

LostGirly wrote: »

That's the reason I asked, because its not a sterotype, you can't define someone by the type of car that they drive!!

not all the time no, thats for definite !!!!

but you have to admit the thread is kinda funny- im still crackn up at the farmer!!

stealthyspeeder · 27-10-2009 5:47pm

LostGirly wrote: »

That's the reason I asked, because its not a sterotype, you can't define someone by the type of car that they drive!!

The car you drive is very common, there are some very specific cars which would require an owner to have specific tastes (which could be linked to their personality)

LostGirly · 27-10-2009 6:22pm

stealthyspeeder wrote: »

The car you drive is very common, there are some very specific cars which would require an owner to have specific tastes (which could be linked to their personality)

Oh My God! Did you just call me common

:P

stealthyspeeder · 27-10-2009 6:52pm

LostGirly wrote: »

Oh My God! Did you just call me common :P

Technically I called the model of car that you drive common... but sure your not posh anyway!

Saab Ed · 27-10-2009 7:35pm

You can also define them by nation....:D:D:D

Latvians = BMW or Audi with a huge petrol engine on non Irish plates,
Poles = Anything TDi and over 10 years old with jet black tinted windows,
Irish = Navy Blue Toyota in almost boggo spec fitted with a drawbar and mudflaps ,
French = Near enough fuc£ed Citroen Saxo/ Renault Clio in white ( Diesel ) being driven at full tilt by a lovely blonde,
Nigerians = Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda,
Well to do Nigerians = Brand new Merc A/B class,
English On Holidays = 1994 Rover 216 Estate.

To those who are offened by this ( and you're not ment to be , its only a joke ) then good

:cool:

Marlow · 27-10-2009 7:40pm

Saab Ed wrote: »

Latvians = BMW or Audi with a huge petrol engine on non Irish plates,

It has to be E34 or E38. Nothing else. Mostly E34

/M

Volvoboy · 27-10-2009 7:59pm

r3nu4l wrote: »

Either a Saxo, Colt or Fiesta...with a gaudy full body kit (including skirts), spoiler, air intake panel on the bonnet tinted windows front, sides and back, massive loud exhaust (x 4), bucket seats and racing seat belts and ridiculous lights. You also have an insane stereo system with sub woofer in what used to be the boot. All in all you've spent twice the value of the car on it's looks and won't be able to sell it to anybody with an ounce of sense.

/seriously? A 22 year old male from Northside Dublin. I'd say you drive anything you can get insured on...which probably means a 1-1.2L corsa, clio or punto

Miles away!!!

_Kaiser_ · 27-10-2009 8:04pm

Volvoboy wrote: »

Miles away!!!

Probably cheating as a Motors regular but don't ya stil have the Carina E VB?

kasper · 27-10-2009 8:30pm

undertakers drive a hearse usually black

Captain Slow IRL · 27-10-2009 9:01pm

Saab Ed wrote: »

.....................English On Holidays = 1994 Rover 216 Estate....................

........towing a caravan:D

Absurdum · 27-10-2009 9:52pm

Saab Ed wrote: »

Nigerians = Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda,

no way, Mazda Demio with 9 kids in the back!

mondeo · 27-10-2009 11:29pm

Skoda Octavia... Passat wannabe because I could not afford one but i convince everyone in the pub it's better even though I know it's far from it.

97 Mitsubishi spacestar...muslim women with face covered up and 2 kids in the back and nearly always ignores the yield right of way sign.

97 Bmw 316 coupe.... ye it's an M3 and I can't stay away from mc donalds
with my replica M3 rims.

99 1.0 polo with big rims and seat covers.... 18 yr old gimp brain working in tescos and hangs around supermacs all night long trying to score with the birds and failing miserably.

1.4 96 civic with bodykit and rims.....Self explanatory...Say no more...

TRY NOT TO TAKE OFFENSE, its just fun:rolleyes:

pcardin · 27-10-2009 11:39pm

Saab Ed wrote: »

You can also define them by nation....:D:D:D

Latvians = BMW or Audi with a huge petrol engine on non Irish plates

BMW...probably....but definetely not Audi. You must be mistaken Latvians with Lithuanians. They suffer of some kind of strange Audi illness. They might believe in God but trust only Audi.
BMW with huge petrol engine...well, BMW with engine below is not a BMW and all 1.6, 1.8 and 2.0 were specialy manufactured only for Ireland.;)

Marlow · 27-10-2009 11:41pm

pcardin wrote: »

well, BMW with engine below is not a BMW and all 1.6, 1.8 and 2.0 were specialy manufactured only for Ireland.;)

I wouldn't put it that way. More the way, that a BMW has to have at least 6 cylindres to be a real BMW

And no, there are other countries, that go for small-engined cars, too.

/M

pcardin · 27-10-2009 11:42pm

Marlow wrote: »

It has to be E34 or E38. Nothing else. Mostly E34

/M

well...what else they should drive? Micra, like you do?

Marlow · 27-10-2009 11:44pm

pcardin wrote: »

well...what else they should drive? Micra, like you do?

How did you come about, that i'd drive a can of sardine's ? .. No, scroll a few posts back and you know what I drive.

/M

pcardin · 27-10-2009 11:52pm

mondeo wrote: »

Skoda Octavia... Passat wannabe because I could not afford one but i convince everyone in the pub it's better even though I know it's far from it.

I don't drive skoda or vw, in fact, I hate everything what's made by VAG but even I know that difference between them is very little. Like a coke - regular, zero, light or made by Spar shop - still the same coke.

pcardin · 28-10-2009 12:00am

Marlow wrote: »

I drive a VW van/minibus as daily driver and a BMW E39 as my weekend car, so what category do you stick me in ?

/M

Latvians....as per SaabEd classification.

Marlow · 28-10-2009 12:02am

pcardin wrote: »

Larvians....as per SaabEd classification.

Well. The Baltic would be spot on, but Latvia is way off. Also, it would require, that they are on non-irish reg. So ... doesn't fit the profile. The bus has left-hand drive though

/M

pcardin · 28-10-2009 12:15am

Marlow wrote: »

Well. The Baltic would be spot on, but Latvia is way off. Also, it would require, that they are on non-irish reg. So ... doesn't fit the profile. The bus has left-hand drive though

/M

I don't know dude...I'm in Ireland long time already but so far spoted Latvian reg only twice. If there are so many Latvian reg cars around as someone has said where do they hide then?

Marlow · 28-10-2009 12:19am

pcardin wrote: »

I don't know dude...I'm in Ireland long time already but so far spoted Latvian reg only twice. If there are so many Latvian reg cars around as someone has said where do they hide then?

Galway for example. One E38 with tinted windows going around, I've seen at least 4 different E34's. Plenty of other Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, a few german and even a Slovak here and there going around.

Slovak keep to Skoda though.

/M

pcardin · 28-10-2009 9:41am

tossy wrote: »

Ex formula one drivers tend to drive T (red) DI passats,its the only road car that comes close to filling that void.

that's so true.

_Kaiser_ · 28-10-2009 10:04am

pcardin wrote: »

I don't know dude...I'm in Ireland long time already but so far spoted Latvian reg only twice. If there are so many Latvian reg cars around as someone has said where do they hide then?

There's 2 or 3 parked next door at any given time. They're there over 18 months too and have a habit of parking them across my driveway/in the middle of the road etc.

Call to Revenue/Customs is tempting sometimes.. I mean, if I get screwed for VRT why shouldn't they?

Owen · 28-10-2009 10:36am

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

Call to Revenue/Customs is tempting sometimes.. I mean, if I get screwed for VRT why shouldn't they?

Because they won't get screwed for VRT, they'll just pay a small administration fee because they've owned the car in another country and lived/worked there before bringing it here.

Marlow · 28-10-2009 10:50am

Also, what they drive most likely isn't precisely a new car.

The VRT on those cars would be minimal if they had to pay it.

/M

Victor_M · 28-10-2009 11:01am

^ At least once they are registered in this state, they have to adhere to the same rules of the road as us though... but I digress.

3 door VW Golf drivers, middle class version of the Glanza driver, think they are behind the heel of the best looking fastest car on the road, they are all aspiring to a Scirocco, and someday an A4, once a VAGman always a VAGman (or so it would seem in Ireland)

Marlow · 28-10-2009 11:02am

Victor_M wrote: »

^ At least once they are registered in this state, they have to adhere to the same rules of the road as us though... but I digress.

Eh ? Everybody, no matter what the reg is, has to adhere to the same rules of the road !!!

If they don't the Garda can do something about it.

/M

Victor_M · 28-10-2009 11:08am

Marlow wrote: »

Eh ? Everybody, no matter what the reg is, has to adhere to the same rules of the road !!!

If they don't the Garda can do something about it.

/M

So they speed past a fixed camera/gatso van, they have a photo of their reg taken and it gets sent where exactly.
M50 toll, hit and runs etc., if they are not registered they are not traceable unless caught red handed, even then , if they are, and this has happened many times, they are in rented accommodation, they just move to a new house.
Anyhoo, lets not derail this thread any further.

Muckie · 28-10-2009 1:59pm

Thats very true about once bein a "Vagowner". Neighbours near me
all owned VW passats, Bora and Audi's so did any of their friends.
Any sunny saturday and they'd be out in the combat trousers and match camourflague caps fidlin/fixing them.

cadaliac · 28-10-2009 3:20pm

Muckie wrote: »

Thats very true about once bein a "Vagowner". Neighbours near me
all owned VW passats, Bora and Audi's so did any of their friends.
Any sunny saturday and they'd be out in the combat trousers and match camourflague caps fidlin/fixing them.

Sorry, not me.....
I am going back to Peugeot when my passat dies, or if i don't kill it first, or if it doenst fall apart on the road first, or if the garbox doesn't fall out, or if the cv joints don't fail, or if the suspension doesn't collapse, or if the brake servo doesn't fail,or if the window regulator ...................

28-10-2009 4:10pm

Victor_M wrote: »

^ At least once they are registered in this state, they have to adhere to the same rules of the road as us though... but I digress.

And pay road tax, anyone working here full time should have their car on Irish plates and be paying road tax.

28-10-2009 4:23pm

pcardin wrote: »

I don't drive skoda or vw, in fact, I hate everything what's made by VAG but even I know that difference between them is minor. Like a coke - regular, zero, light or made by Spar shop - still the same coke.

I had an A3 off HErtz for the weekend, on way back there was some Seat estate thing on show in Manchester Airport, all switchgear etc was identical to the A3. Also same 2.0tdi engine and 6 speed box. Why folks pay the premium for Audi and VW over Seat and Skoda is beyond me. The A3 was fine but not very good in any way.

Do certain type of people, drive certain type of car?

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