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Originally Posted by Iron Lung Jimmy
If people act like that because Camaro then people who drive actual expensive cars like Mercedes and Porsche must live a life of motoring hell.
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You don't drive in his area, on the routes he takes, at the time of day he takes them. Anyone who feels it's 'because Camaro' has a screw loose, but at the same time if anyone feels that other drivers do not make stereotypical assumptions based on car type, well, then I'm glad they live in a place free of bias and miscreants that don't bother to even get a driver's license. Clean, pretty car means driver cares, most likely, correct? Well, that's a stereotypical assumption that usually holds true, and believe me, other people make assumptions about you because of your car, right or wrong, when they are driving. It would be nice if they didn't, but we work with what we have.
I can cite example after example of people trying to cut me off in classic car/sports car/new muscle car and its because they think they can intimidate me with fear of accident damage: when I drove my beater car (and I drive the same way regardless of car, thanks
) that didn't seem to be the case. In my neck of the woods, that's par for the course. There are aggressive, careless drivers here in droves. I can also recall driving in Corondo CA, and nice cars were pretty much the norm. Expensive cars were not uncommon. And the people drove atrociously: it's no biggie to them. Fender bender, oh well!
But to be completely objective, the dollar value of the car means nothing re: "a motoring hell" and my last example touches on that. If you drive a 100K Merc the same way you'd drive a 10K Toyota and you don't give a tinker's damn about either car, then you're probably oblivious to other drivers' tendencies in the first place. If you saved your paper route money since you were 12 and you bought a new Camaro and it's your baby, you might take a closer look at the people trying to take advantage of you behind the wheel. As in most things, perception is key.