It is time to take a look at the cars we drive and find out what they say about ourselves – our personalities and our lifestyles. This week on The Psych Files.
Many thanks to Frank Fasano for doing the interviews with the many fine folks who come to the Rhinebeck Antique Auto Show.
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I think that this podcast is definitely true, cars do say a lot about the person who owns it or drives it. In the podcast all the people he was interviewing looked exactly that type of person made for that type of car. The person in this podcast makes strong points when he says that the color, style, and make of a car also show what kind of person you are and possibly the lifestyle you live. He also points out however, that not everyone has the ability to choose what type of vehicle they drive so in that sense his statement would not always be accurate. The podcast did a great job on showing us what each car tells about a person and is something to remember the next time you look at someones car.
Thanks for your comment Ashley. I think your car can and probably does reflect something about you especially when you drive a car that is unusual in some way, like a big “muscle” car/truck or a sports car. I’d like to see some research on this topic though. I’ll bet someone has looked at this very carefully. I’ll keep my eye open for it.
Michael
This video made very good points on how a car can indenitify with it’s owner. The color, the power, the age, the name, can all somehow be connected with the owner’s personality. However, he does mention that not everyone has the oppurtinity to choose the exact car that they want, so the theory can’t always be correct. But even with a car that doesn’t exactly suit you, additional accesories can still cut it. The entire project explained clearly how people can simply match their cars, or vice-versa, may it be a muscle car or a free will convertable.
I find it hard to believe that a car says a lot about someone. I think that society tells us what the car is suppose to say about someone. For example, trucks are suppose to represent someone who is aggressive, jeeps show a fun loving person, and black mercedes tell a lot about someone’s status. I believe that people play into the roles of what the car represents. However, I do believe that colors and styles of a car show whether or not the person is exciting or boring. I also understand that some people cannot afford the car they want; therefore they get stuck with something that they hate. These people’s personalities are usually incorrectly judged by others.
interesting little video,
It does appear that the more classical or very expensive modern cars have the personalities. most modern mid range cars are the same minimalist plastic boxes, in Europe only very recently its nice to see extra unnecessary chrome styling being added to the lastest cars, a trend i hope to continue, so that cars can become fashionable and eye catching again.
we may need to wait some time before thay get multi colored pain jobs ,hood ornaments and tail fins again. but surely in the end when everyone drives something expressive of their personality that should make us happier.
corse while people may pick cars, designing your own car, or culture around it could say an incredible amount about yourself. ive always dreameed of massive utopian retro sedans portraying a life of luxary and artisticness, and indeed if you wish to see what ive created heres a picture of what id like car culture to be like. http://dunemoonbeam3.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d2w4fj4
for fun if you wished to do a mini sycosis on what my pictures might say about me, id love to here it
I’m a little late on this comment session but I have a comment about how people are judged wrongly according to the car they may or may not drive because I am one of those people who cannot pick the car of my vehicle of choice right now because of finances but even if I had the money to choose an expensive car I wouldn’t do it because of the way people are biased and prejudice against people according to the things they have or drive.
I agree Veronica – our ability to choose the kind of car we might want to drive is affected by so many factors that for many people their car isn’t a reflection of their personalities. It may reflect their life circumstances, but the outside observer wouldn’t know this unless they knew a lot about the owner of the car. For example, I own a 10 year old Jetta. Does this mean I can’t afford a newer car? No, I’m sure I could, but I decide not to because I have other life priorities (like raising my 11 year olds!). So in some cases I think our cars might reflect out personalities but in many others they do not.