By Robert Emslie
Yesterday we asked you whether you anthropomorphized your ride, and if so, what was its personality. Today we’re pulling a 180 and want you to objectify that certain someone in your life – and to tell us what kind of car they’d be.
While our significant others may object to the comparison, especially should the vehicle that most readily come to mind be a Mack truck or Ford Probe, we’ll just tell them it’s for scientific research and that actual names won’t be used.
Hence without naming names, or having to spend the next week sleeping on your best friend’s couch, let’s get started. It’s hard to assign a mechanical parallel if you are unfamiliar with someone, but should you spend as much time with them as you likely would with a spouse or BF/GF then you start to see character traits which can be translated into the expressions of personality and quirks of their automotive equivalents.
So, if your girl (or guy) were a car, which one would they be?
Image sources: [hearseclub.com, Classictruck.com]
Jeff Glucker
Mini Cooper S, fun, maneuverable, cute, but still can bring it to the parents' house for dinner.
Hmmmn, I don't have a real significant other anymore. I only have an imaginary one……which means………she's a Tesla Roadster?
applause.
Ha! Good one!
awwww snap!
i have to say it…. my woman is a pontiac chick.
sporty, strong, reliable…. all in all….. wider *is* better
Anything eclectic, under appreciated, that only the owner really understands its full potential.
Vista Cruiser. Hauled the kids, puts up with my shit and is still fun to show off in public even if she isn't a exotic.
My wife is a Jaaaaag. Refined, powerful, quirky when she wants to be, loads of fun and turns heads fairly often. Methinks 2010 XJR
She's a Blown 427 Cobra. Fantastic looks, unearthly moves, and she can lay you out flat before you know you did something wrong.
An original Mini, and not just because she's 4'10".
Cute, funny, happy, VERY surprising, fun but practical and unassuming. Can be made to go fast with just the right moves. Loves the twisty roads. She's a keeper.
There is no certain someone in my life now, but my ex was an A.H. (and I don't mean Austin Healey).
Here's hoping your next one is a Ford GT.
Mrs. PFG is deeply family-oriented. She has an eye for craftsmanship, with an affinity for things made in small batches. She sometimes has some problems with motivation, and is prone to periods of darkness, but if you give her enough time and care, there's very little she can't do.
Mrs. PFG is a Volkswagen Eurovan.
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My wife has to be Cadillac One: Tall, impressive, pretty looks and refinement hiding some seriously heavy-duty gutsiness, incredibly protective of the people she's responsible for, and massively capable of handling anything she might come across.
anddd a black guy gets in her about once a week
OK, THAT was needlessly offensive.
I thought the o.p's comment was rather touching.
A Focus RS, hot pocket rocket and has sometimes a little too much personallaty.
My wife's an Aston Martin Rapide. Gorgeous, sensible, and outrageously expensive.
This is so gonna leave me sleeping the in the garage, but…
A Wagoneer.
She's a great all-arounder with a predilection towards the old-school. She's rather skip most modern niceties, but if need be, she can adapt to them. Maybe not the best at any given activity, more of a Jill of all trades. Never afraid to get dirty, but when the occasion arises she sure cleans up nice.
Inexpensive to maintain, loads of fun, loves the outdoors, cute as a button but a little quirky…is it any coincidence that Mrs. Ssurfer321 drives a Subaru Impreza.
I'm always disappointed that the Race Girl trailer doesn't sell actual race girls. Minimalist, responsive, purposeful, high maintenance, yes, but incredibly rewarding. The agony would be deciding what color to get.
My gal is a demolition derby car – she enjoys a good banging.
Let's see – quirky, lovable, needs regular tinkering, has her moods, and problems don't have an "off the shelf" solution…
Citroen DS
My partner of 20+ years does not lend himself to an automotive analogy… more like a powerful steam locomotive.
Reciprocating external combustion, long power strokes, and he generates clouds of smoke (although it is menthol)…
who would have though charles would take us there…
Who indeed… 😉
There were other things I nearly wrote, then I decided to keep it subtle…
Audi R8 (but with winter tires, a roof rack, and dirt/salt covering it in winter). He makes a great impression, can hold his own with a bunch of stuffy business people, is very entertaining with an air of confidence, but also has a goofy and fun side.
Yours is far more complimentary than Charles' description of Randy. I appreciate that. 😉
I noticed she didn't go all out and give you the V10.
(Otherwise, that was damn well thought out.)
Why do I have a feeling there's going to be an unintended acceleration joke coming from Dustin on that one…
I noticed that too… and I'm okay with that. Maybe not the best, but certainly more original. 😉
As I mentioned to her, my significant other would be quite well typified by her Tundra. A touch of muscle, a touch of redneck, a touch of big-city bling, a touch of class, and a touch of familiar comfort.
And you can't help but really start to like her once you've spent some time with her.
I'm gonna be sick.
Thought you'd like that. I'll tell you the actual answer later when she's not watching the thread.
A'hem.
Strangely, I notice that we're both typified by vehicles that have an undeserved reputation for unintended acceleration.
Aww, leave them alone, they're parking.
I was going to tell Mitch to check under your skirt for rusty frame rails, but I decided to be a gentleman.
There is nothing rusty under this skirt.
O God, so many puns so little time, so i'll skip em.
My lady would be something like a 1968 Impala Wagon. Classy but practical. And featuring some irresistible coke-bottle curves.
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My mistress on the other hand would be a brand-new Camaro. That car is such a slut.
Thanks to Ray Wert, we already know it does anal!
This is dangerous. Now where do I begin?
Strong willed, cute as a button, proper and very intelligent, tall/skinny, from multiple ethnic decent, very frugal, and usually a pain in my ass. But mostly only a pain in my ass because I'm a bigger pain in the ass.
Does this description qualify as a $500 LeMons E30? And is that a bad thing?
Im guessing some sort of sexy older British car with a penchant for randomly catching on fire and/or trying to kill you?
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Not mine (at least not yet) but she is sweet, fun, gorgeous, somewhat crazy but in the most charming way, and a wonderful singer. A Lotus Evora? Although that means I just said a Toyota motor sounds good…
(Hopefully they make a convertible version of the Evora) 😉
I'm single, not even a girlfriend. Down here in Marlboro Country, all the best women are taken, and the rest, well, there's a reason for that. However, my faithful old Ford truck, Henrietta, exemplifies what I'd like in a woman. Not too big, puts up with my shit, has a sense of adventure, needs maintenance but said maintenance is enjoyable, is unpretentious but is universally admired by those in the know. Here's a good one: Henrietta has a 240 six and three on the tree. My boss borrowed my truck this morning to go supervise a contractor installing something, swore up and down that he can drive a three speed, but the shift linkage froze on him. I had driven the truck not twenty minutes earlier, and it drove just fine. He had to creep along in first, and his wife came and got me in her truck so I could fix mine. No big deal, I sprayed some WD 40 on the linkage and it's good. I think Henrietta was showing loyalty. I want a girl just like that. She'd be a keeper, just like my nice old truck.
You sir, are a gem. A woman would be lucky to have you. 😉
Thanks, Amber, that makes me smile.
Mr. Cpt. Severe is definitely a true gentleman and quite a scholar besides. I am proud to call him my friend.
My current is a Yugo (barn-find (non-running)). My future is a neglected, red F-40 (also barn-find) that needs nothing but a little TLC to get her running tip-top.
Hmmm. Good looking, sporty, but not overly showy. Thoughtful and sensitive, reliable but fun. Uncomplicated & dependable. Great voice. Very traditional. I'm sure such a car exists, but I'm not knowledgeable enough to name it. Perhaps a Chevy Nova SS?
When I just asked my wife what car in her past she most related to/ loved, she instantly said it was the '64 1/5 Mustang convertible that she had in high school. While I have occasionally heard of this thing, what made me fall in love with her was that she was exactly like the '98 Ford Ranger XLT 4×4 pick-up that she was driving when we met. Brash, bold, bossy, and headstrong, but with all the accouterments like power-windows and door-locks and mirrors. Dirty, yet impeccably clean.
@Dustin: C'mon, I'm still learning all this car crap. It takes a while 😉
Can I plead the 5th?
Hmmm Italian, temperamental, leaks money like a sieve, cranky for no apparent reason, occasionally tries to kill me, short circuits, but draws me in all the time…….I'd say Fiat
Brilliant.
Mine's not so much a car as he is a mechanic. A fine, fine mechanic that knows just how to deal with a high strung, temperamental, no frills sports car.
Man, I haven't been in any sort of relationship for so long I might as well just say Dodge Nitro(or Buick LaCrosse for our Canadian friends)…