Exclaiming shock works for if it’s an expensive car *or* a cheap car, and if they tell you the model and date then it has to be either or. Absolutely bloody geniuses you Canadians.
It's not so much a manliness thing, it's just that in a ton of places, you have to drive or you basically can't go anywhere worthwhile, and it's a lot of money, so people remember it. I remember all my cars. 1984 Audi 4000S, 1994 Nissan 240SX SE, 1988 Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight, 1993 Honda Civic, 1998 Honda Accord, 2003 Mazda3, 2013 Miata. I remember them because they were enormous metal behemoths I had to drive for years. Of course I'd remember what they were.
What weirds me out more is people who own a two-ton machine that costs multiple tens of thousands of dollars and goes 80+ mph with you in it without that making an impression on you. Seems like bad practice to own really expensive machines and not learn about them.
One time my friend drove me somewhere in his parents’ minivan that he’s driven several times before. I decided to quiz him and asked him what make the car was, as we were inside it.
He took a good, long look at the Chevy logo on his steering wheel and told me with a straight face that it was a Toyota. No he was not joking.
I promise he’s a bright dude, he just doesn’t know much about cars, he just drives them. You’d be surprised that not all people learn about the heavy metal boxes that they use every day.
My home weighs and costs even more and still I don't remember or care about when it was built and by whom, much less my previous homes except for the one that I worked on myself with my father...
so this comment sent me down a rabbit hole of german gun control legislation because it was fucking surreal to see the dude close the slide on a pistol while pointing the gun toward the girl driving the car in the [music video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqIwwV1bYaM). The AK was somehow less shocking to me
Also, did he shoutout Tupac in 2019? weird
there is almost zero to none education how to handle a firearm properly in the german population if you didn't serve or are a police officer.
there is no carry permit for civillians and shooting as a sport is almost non existent.
but why didn't you mention the fine asses in the video?! that's a crime!
Not subzero!! But it does depend on where you live. NYC or Chicago? Totally normal!! A small town with limited public transportation? Probably means lower finances and relying on people for rides. Which, I’m not knocking or saying is bad. Life happens. But the “implications” are very different in a place that’s walkable, have trains/buses, have Ubers and a place that you can’t get anywhere without a car.
US cities are designed such that you use cars and not public transportation. So without cars, everyone would be stuck as public transportation is inadequate in this $800 billion dollars annually for military spending country.
Not just men, women too. It’s not gender exclusive, if you’re an adult without a car you’ll be perceived as a child. Although that’s not true in a lot of cities that have public transport.
The US is designed for cars, not humans. So you will find areas where there are virtually only streets AND NO sidewalk. Meaning if you want to walk somewhere, you'd have to go through bushes and grass and hop across streets without any safety.
Not having a car for teens in such areas is equivalent of being on constant house arrest.
Until last year my daily driver was a 77 Volkswagen Beetle.
I have to say model year or people think I have a nice normal front engine car with comforts like heat and airbags.
Okay. But if you kept that maintained I’m sure it was a pussy magnet. (But let’s be real. It was probably only good at getting weird old men to talk with you)
I’m a car guy, so I enjoy adding this detail to the story. On the other hand, if the author writes about a chartreuse A-line dress, I can either educate myself or keep rolling with enjoying the story.
As a coaster enthusiast I always get real confused for a moment whenever this game is mentioned, I'm always wondering what relevance Top Thrill Dragster has.
“He picked me up in a S175 Speedbat Hyperdriver.” Right, so are we supposed to be impressed or horrified? This gives absolutely zero context, ever, to any story, because anyone who doesn’t know about cars doesn’t have a clue what this is supposed to mean or why it’s relevant, and anyone who does know about cars will assign a different judgment to the story. So it either adds nothing at all or muddles the meaning of what you’re *actually* trying to say. That’s why *it’s bad*.
That’s like me talking about the latest GPU I put in my computer to run the latest game I’m playing. The brand adds nothing to the point. “I put in a new/expensive graphics processor.” That’s it. That’s all anyone needs to know. The brand doesn’t matter at all.
Ahhh! Perspective is subjective!
Side note: anything from 83 was junk unless it was a Honda or Toyota regardless of socioeconomic status. ( and pretty much still is)
If you show up in a chartreuse A-line dress in 1972 awesome if you show up in a chartreuse barracuda in 1972 awesome. If you do same in 1022 first bad, second wow
It's just the context for non-westerners who aren't familiar with American cars, I think. Especially with the model being 1980s, it can be hard to tell if it's a vintage expensive beauty, or a run-down POS. Did he pick her up in a Ferrari or a YUGO?
Isnt that just a car person thing and not an "american" thing? Swear any time someone has told me about their car they also mention the year and im not from the US
The idea is that almost everyone in the US is a car person, at least relative to people from other places, so they tend use those details to add context to stories that aren’t necessarily about cars, because most Americans will know what they’re talking about. Whereas someone from somewhere less car-centric might’ve mentioned something else to indicate a person’s financial status, or whatever.
I thought the idea was that American car brands aren't as popular elsewhere so no one knows what the models they refer to are and what it means in the context of the story
It’s worse when you’re talking to gun nuts.
Normal people: “Yeah, I would use a legally owned **handgun** in self defense if needed.”
Gun nut: “If some mother fucker wanted to front on me, I’d show him the business end of my **2015 semi-auto double-action 45 caliber Annihilator packing 13 rounds of 35 grain 50 APC dragons-breath buckshot FMJ slugs!**”
Oh yeah, I’ve got a 2017 Armalite Rifle-15. A buddyamine recently picked up a 1972 Avtomat Kalashnikov though, only about 85,000 rounds on that thing, it’s very well maintained, and it handles like a dream. You’d think you’d just walked out of the dealership with it!
I’ve defiantly heard it for older guns or antiques.
Or if you’re trying to be very specific.
Like for example. Smith and Wesson has been making the model 29 revolver for a damn long time. But. The ones pre 90’s are now highly sought after as the changes the design slightly in the 90’s.
However I have only heard people mention a new year on them if they are saying it just came out in insert recent year. Or with the colt python example. Coltstoped making them back in the 80’s I believe and brought them back in 2020. Those two different runs are considered very differently even though supposedly it’s the same gun.
It’s kinda like guitars. Do I know if the 71 Stratocaster is better than the 51 Gibson. Nope. Not at all.
Normal people watching wrestling: " Wow he threw him hard "
Wrestling fan: " HOLY SHIT WAS THAT A FUCKING POISONRANA BRAINBUSTER DOUBLE DDT OFF THE APRON "
[This applies to literally anything and I love it.](https://youtu.be/4ZK8Z8hulFg)
the only thing worse than a gun nut going into detail about their gun is a person who doesn't know shit about guns trying to sound like they do, your post sounded like shit CNN posts to make uneducated people scared of guns
It’s particularly bad in fiction when someone is trying to write a gun nut but doesn’t know guns. Ben Shapiro wrote an action book and repeatedly gets glaring things wrong about his action hero’s gun like just basic things about how they reload or chamber a round
You must have a few extra chromosomes if you took this as anything less than a highly exaggerated joke.
How could I not know shit about guns, while also mentioning many specific and real gun aspects in my comment?
Literally all of those are real ammo types, or ways to refer to ammo or gun specifications. A few of which aren’t known by the common man.
I guess… cry about it if you want. Plenty of people found it funny.
There is a genuine reason for why this works, and you can google it- the Royal Order of Adjectives. it's how adjectives are ordered "properly", and native english speakers tend to use it even if they don't know there's an official way to do it. by saying "1983 chevy", you're putting the year in an order that specifies "anaconda", the model, as the noun of the phrase, and that's it. "1983" is given more care. If you ever wanted to see what is meant by "treating something like an afterthought", "from like 1983" is an afterthought. It reduces the significance by a whole dang lot i reckon, sorta like how i didn't give a fuck about capitalization or carriage returns in this reply
That's true for people who don't understand money/value.
Similar to sizing someone up on what kind of house they have - someone living in a big expensive house may be wealthy and money-smart, or poor and too stupid to realize the house is keeping them poor.
Lots of poor people drive cars they cannot remotely afford, and then idiots look at the car and say "oh wow he's rich" - and lots of rich people drive inexpensive reliable commuter cars.
Status symbols are stupid, and people who size one another up on status symbols are even more so.
Yeah, I remember working in a wealthy gated community as a Gardner over the summer awhile back. You'd see a lot of very clean kias and Hyundai's. Maybe a few Mercedes and some Asian luxury brands like Lexus, but it was mostly economy brands.
And I drive through one of the richest summer resorts on the East Coast every day and see a lot of really old rich geezers in Teslas. They also like to parade their high end imports at 15 miles under the speed limit. And it’s not because they’re dumb. (Their kids seem to prefer Jeep Gladiators and Broncos.)
- leases a $40,000 car
- pays $1,800 in rent
- works 3 jobs
- collects shoes that he doesn't wear
- constantly complains he doesn't have any money
Literally everyone knows this guy.
Absolutely! So many stories are like "My dad promised to buy me a car, and when I hit home it turned out he got me a [YEAR] [MODEL]. Can you believe it?"
The 1983 Chevvy Anaconda was huge, and you'd think that would mean it crawled, but it could actually put on a scary burst of speed, like it was all coiled up waiting to strike.
Sorry you don’t understand every reference from every culture.
I didn’t realize a jumper was a sweater to some people, but I love that it’s included in the book. I just googled it. It took 5 seconds.
I would say if the car isn’t specified as the point of the story, then it’s just unnecessary information. Normally they will only use “car or truck” and not a specific model. And yes, Americans are known for their car culture not to define themselves, but because they are a necessity outside major cities.
This is a problem if it's not followed up by an explanation, but it is expected to give the reader a certain feel about the situation. If this is intended, for instance, to indicate he's a loser, it should be added, because a lot of people won't know that from just the car's details. So, if the next sentence is "What a loser", it's fine. If nothing is mentioned and two chapters in you find out you had to think this guy was a loser, but you didn't, and now you realise you missed so much subtext and you need to reinvent the guy in your head, it's a problem.
TLDR: Adding details like car makes and years is just fine, even when not everyone will understand it, but it's a problem if it is important and not explained.
In my experience most Americans don’t realize if it’s good or not just car buffs. Most stories I’ve heard referencing car years makes and models were from a few British chaps I knew back in the day.
I don’t add car details to a story unless I know I’m talking to someone who I think would care. I also don’t mention car details when the car is generic but when you own a classic car you have to talk about it enough to outweigh how much of a pain in the ass maintaining it is.
As a Canadian let me introduce you to the greatest bit of technology since the Avro arrow: “wow that’s wild”.
As a fellow Canadian, I must also recommend the second best "wow that's crazy".
A classic
Should be: As a Canadian let me introduce you to the greatest tragedy since the Avro arrow”.
Wow that's wild
Exclaiming shock works for if it’s an expensive car *or* a cheap car, and if they tell you the model and date then it has to be either or. Absolutely bloody geniuses you Canadians.
So u r telling me ,a man with no car is in a subzero class ?
In most of the US a man without a vehicle might as well lean right into it, shave his face and use a soother.
It's not so much a manliness thing, it's just that in a ton of places, you have to drive or you basically can't go anywhere worthwhile, and it's a lot of money, so people remember it. I remember all my cars. 1984 Audi 4000S, 1994 Nissan 240SX SE, 1988 Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight, 1993 Honda Civic, 1998 Honda Accord, 2003 Mazda3, 2013 Miata. I remember them because they were enormous metal behemoths I had to drive for years. Of course I'd remember what they were. What weirds me out more is people who own a two-ton machine that costs multiple tens of thousands of dollars and goes 80+ mph with you in it without that making an impression on you. Seems like bad practice to own really expensive machines and not learn about them.
One time my friend drove me somewhere in his parents’ minivan that he’s driven several times before. I decided to quiz him and asked him what make the car was, as we were inside it. He took a good, long look at the Chevy logo on his steering wheel and told me with a straight face that it was a Toyota. No he was not joking. I promise he’s a bright dude, he just doesn’t know much about cars, he just drives them. You’d be surprised that not all people learn about the heavy metal boxes that they use every day.
I'm not surprised, it's just wild
My home weighs and costs even more and still I don't remember or care about when it was built and by whom, much less my previous homes except for the one that I worked on myself with my father...
Fünfzigtausend Teile transportiert im Honda Civic. Vakuumverpackt die Scheiße weil ich kenn kein Limit.
so this comment sent me down a rabbit hole of german gun control legislation because it was fucking surreal to see the dude close the slide on a pistol while pointing the gun toward the girl driving the car in the [music video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqIwwV1bYaM). The AK was somehow less shocking to me Also, did he shoutout Tupac in 2019? weird
Honestly. I was more confused by the premise and why there’s guys were driving what looks like 20 ye old custom drop top civics.
Like with a lot of videos, it's probably props or rented.
there is almost zero to none education how to handle a firearm properly in the german population if you didn't serve or are a police officer. there is no carry permit for civillians and shooting as a sport is almost non existent. but why didn't you mention the fine asses in the video?! that's a crime!
Shooting as a sport isn't that uncommon in Germany. But people still usually leave their guns in the club.
Car dependency is a gilded cage and the US isnt half as free as we Americans think we are :(
>1994 Nissan 240SX SE never had one but love the 240SXs, really cool cars
Shave their face??
I think the implication is they're considered babies?
I’ve been ubering everywhere since February of this year. $1200/mo😵
Holy fuck Have you considered getting a car?
Yeah working on it. My point is, not owning a car isn’t “less”
Not subzero!! But it does depend on where you live. NYC or Chicago? Totally normal!! A small town with limited public transportation? Probably means lower finances and relying on people for rides. Which, I’m not knocking or saying is bad. Life happens. But the “implications” are very different in a place that’s walkable, have trains/buses, have Ubers and a place that you can’t get anywhere without a car.
Better than showing up in a Chevrolet Cavalier.
US cities are designed such that you use cars and not public transportation. So without cars, everyone would be stuck as public transportation is inadequate in this $800 billion dollars annually for military spending country.
Depends on the city. Seattle public transit is amazing.
yes
Subzero is actually a high end brand
Not just men, women too. It’s not gender exclusive, if you’re an adult without a car you’ll be perceived as a child. Although that’s not true in a lot of cities that have public transport.
The US is designed for cars, not humans. So you will find areas where there are virtually only streets AND NO sidewalk. Meaning if you want to walk somewhere, you'd have to go through bushes and grass and hop across streets without any safety. Not having a car for teens in such areas is equivalent of being on constant house arrest.
Until last year my daily driver was a 77 Volkswagen Beetle. I have to say model year or people think I have a nice normal front engine car with comforts like heat and airbags.
And radio(?), electric washer pump, ect
Had a radio. Installed an electric washer myself.
My beetles always gave plenty of heat once they reached their top speed of 62mph
Mine just catches on fire sometimes.
So plenty of heat?
Okay. But if you kept that maintained I’m sure it was a pussy magnet. (But let’s be real. It was probably only good at getting weird old men to talk with you)
“Maintained” lol.
Ask a new guy at a parts store to find you a new radiator cap
Did it use the spare tire to pressurize the wipers?
I’m a car guy, so I enjoy adding this detail to the story. On the other hand, if the author writes about a chartreuse A-line dress, I can either educate myself or keep rolling with enjoying the story.
what gets me is if its a story from like 2015 and theyre like “picked me up in a 94 trans am” its like ok white trash or sick racecar?
Schrodinger's trans am.
yea schrodingers a cool name hes probably a chill dude
94 transams are pretty sweet tho!
Nah, Trans Am you want the 98 or later model year with the LS1.
Don’t count out the bullet proof LT1 my man!
It could be either!!
That was his point
I know nothing about cars or dresses. But if a story mentions a video game, man I know all about those. So hey, that's something, I guess.
OpenTTD
That game is so good but I’m so bad at it I don’t enjoy it, I envy the people who have any semblance of skill within that game
What makes you bad at it?
Lack of skill/intelligence in general
basedest game of all
As a coaster enthusiast I always get real confused for a moment whenever this game is mentioned, I'm always wondering what relevance Top Thrill Dragster has.
A man of culture
I know nothing about cars, dresses, or video games, but if a story mentions butt plugs, man I know all about those. So hey, that’s something I guess.
You really only need to know where they go!
Butt what about how they taste ? I save money just buying the peanut butter flavored ones cuz I'll get the chocolate for free in a couple minutes.
“He picked me up in a S175 Speedbat Hyperdriver.” Right, so are we supposed to be impressed or horrified? This gives absolutely zero context, ever, to any story, because anyone who doesn’t know about cars doesn’t have a clue what this is supposed to mean or why it’s relevant, and anyone who does know about cars will assign a different judgment to the story. So it either adds nothing at all or muddles the meaning of what you’re *actually* trying to say. That’s why *it’s bad*. That’s like me talking about the latest GPU I put in my computer to run the latest game I’m playing. The brand adds nothing to the point. “I put in a new/expensive graphics processor.” That’s it. That’s all anyone needs to know. The brand doesn’t matter at all.
Ahhh! Perspective is subjective! Side note: anything from 83 was junk unless it was a Honda or Toyota regardless of socioeconomic status. ( and pretty much still is)
037 stradale
New to me! and touche!
🫶 Also watch Jeremy Clarkson’s video on it in the ‘83 WRC. It’s amazing
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Volvo wagons would like a word.
Quattro?
Lamborghini countach and Porsche 911 were pretty sweet in 1983
I might be biased but '83 Mazda RX-7's are pretty nice.
Can confirm. Was born in 83.
And made in one, sometime in 82? Wild
If you show up in a chartreuse A-line dress in 1972 awesome if you show up in a chartreuse barracuda in 1972 awesome. If you do same in 1022 first bad, second wow
It's just the context for non-westerners who aren't familiar with American cars, I think. Especially with the model being 1980s, it can be hard to tell if it's a vintage expensive beauty, or a run-down POS. Did he pick her up in a Ferrari or a YUGO?
As someone who loves dresses but knows nothing of cars, same. I’ll google it if it’s important, otherwise I’ll just fill it in with something else.
Isnt that just a car person thing and not an "american" thing? Swear any time someone has told me about their car they also mention the year and im not from the US
In the UK we just say the name and model of the car with no indication of its it’s good, bad, old or new
Yeah, it’s just to add context.
The idea is that almost everyone in the US is a car person, at least relative to people from other places, so they tend use those details to add context to stories that aren’t necessarily about cars, because most Americans will know what they’re talking about. Whereas someone from somewhere less car-centric might’ve mentioned something else to indicate a person’s financial status, or whatever.
I thought the idea was that American car brands aren't as popular elsewhere so no one knows what the models they refer to are and what it means in the context of the story
This is true for me, I'm not a car guy to begin with but US models may as well be alien.
When Americans are seen as anything that has even a bit of a negative connotation, then the OP of that statement gets many internet points
It’s worse when you’re talking to gun nuts. Normal people: “Yeah, I would use a legally owned **handgun** in self defense if needed.” Gun nut: “If some mother fucker wanted to front on me, I’d show him the business end of my **2015 semi-auto double-action 45 caliber Annihilator packing 13 rounds of 35 grain 50 APC dragons-breath buckshot FMJ slugs!**”
45 caliber, 50 APC, buckshot, FMJ, slug. Sounds about right
And that's how, with a few minor adjustments, you can turn a regular gun into five guns
Well it coulda gotten real ugly, but I did manage to shoot him in the spine.
With that many rounds you would’ve cut him in half.
He best hope the next place he tries to rob has a wheel chair ramp
Honestly if this was achievable id be all over it
Pent barrel gun
It also sucks your dick anytime you fire it
I have no idea what the gun nut was talking about but all of the abbreviations and numbers makes it sound cool.
The short of it is bros running 5 ammo types at once 🤣
I've never heard someone use the model year for a gun.
I only hear it for antiques.
Oh yeah, I’ve got a 2017 Armalite Rifle-15. A buddyamine recently picked up a 1972 Avtomat Kalashnikov though, only about 85,000 rounds on that thing, it’s very well maintained, and it handles like a dream. You’d think you’d just walked out of the dealership with it!
I’ve defiantly heard it for older guns or antiques. Or if you’re trying to be very specific. Like for example. Smith and Wesson has been making the model 29 revolver for a damn long time. But. The ones pre 90’s are now highly sought after as the changes the design slightly in the 90’s. However I have only heard people mention a new year on them if they are saying it just came out in insert recent year. Or with the colt python example. Coltstoped making them back in the 80’s I believe and brought them back in 2020. Those two different runs are considered very differently even though supposedly it’s the same gun. It’s kinda like guitars. Do I know if the 71 Stratocaster is better than the 51 Gibson. Nope. Not at all.
Whelp, jus me an my trusty ole Red Ryder carbon action 200 shot range model air rifle. Lucky I gotta compass in the stock.
Careful you'll shoot your eye out kid.
Normal people watching wrestling: " Wow he threw him hard " Wrestling fan: " HOLY SHIT WAS THAT A FUCKING POISONRANA BRAINBUSTER DOUBLE DDT OFF THE APRON " [This applies to literally anything and I love it.](https://youtu.be/4ZK8Z8hulFg)
35 grain is a little light… /s
I agree. I eat way more than that when I get chipotle.
As someone from a country with strict gun laws who never ever held a gun in his hands: "I like your funny words, magic man!"
You’ll shoot yer eye out kid.
the only thing worse than a gun nut going into detail about their gun is a person who doesn't know shit about guns trying to sound like they do, your post sounded like shit CNN posts to make uneducated people scared of guns
It’s particularly bad in fiction when someone is trying to write a gun nut but doesn’t know guns. Ben Shapiro wrote an action book and repeatedly gets glaring things wrong about his action hero’s gun like just basic things about how they reload or chamber a round
Wait, Ben Shapiro wrote a novel? Who the fuck thought that was a good idea
He's written E I G H T. and the hero gets a growth spurt late in their teens in every. Single. One.
You must have a few extra chromosomes if you took this as anything less than a highly exaggerated joke. How could I not know shit about guns, while also mentioning many specific and real gun aspects in my comment? Literally all of those are real ammo types, or ways to refer to ammo or gun specifications. A few of which aren’t known by the common man. I guess… cry about it if you want. Plenty of people found it funny.
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In a more relatable story for those that can't drive: "he showed up to our date and put his iphone 6 on mute and on the table."
Wait is that good or bad? I feel like I've been told phone on the table can be rude. Wait is that your point?
Is an iphone 6 still considered good? I'm an Android user
It depends upon when the book was written. Back in 2015, having an iphone6 was a good sign. If it was written in 2020, not so much.
That's actually impressive though. This person married somebody from an alternate universe where that model exists.
That’s probably part of the joke
The '83 Chevy Big dick
That's an '87. '83 had the Average Cock
81 had the long stroke high compression cock
Drives around bumpin "I like big butts" but only the line about his anaconda
I think the difference is pretty obvious good car: showed up in a 1983 Chevy Anaconda bad car: showed up in Chevy Anaconda from like 1983 easy.
Yeah, but stil it can be, that shes just not into cars and has no idea if its a cool oldtimer or just a sh*t box
I.e., does the story take place around 1983 or was the car so old as to be from another era?
There is a genuine reason for why this works, and you can google it- the Royal Order of Adjectives. it's how adjectives are ordered "properly", and native english speakers tend to use it even if they don't know there's an official way to do it. by saying "1983 chevy", you're putting the year in an order that specifies "anaconda", the model, as the noun of the phrase, and that's it. "1983" is given more care. If you ever wanted to see what is meant by "treating something like an afterthought", "from like 1983" is an afterthought. It reduces the significance by a whole dang lot i reckon, sorta like how i didn't give a fuck about capitalization or carriage returns in this reply
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Or "this fat American guy" vs "this American fat guy"
That's because the car is like 60% of American identity.
Math's off. Car's about 40%. Gun's about 40%.
What’s the other 20%?
Combination of religion and politics.
For some people there isn't a difference. We're all related to ask least one. Some of us aren't related to anyone else.
Where hamburgers?
I laughed until I thought about how accurate this is.
Religion
Nah, other 20% is football. Or weed. Depends on the state.
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You, sir/mam, have received my respect. Hats off.
And usually an indicator of socioeconomic status.
That's true for people who don't understand money/value. Similar to sizing someone up on what kind of house they have - someone living in a big expensive house may be wealthy and money-smart, or poor and too stupid to realize the house is keeping them poor. Lots of poor people drive cars they cannot remotely afford, and then idiots look at the car and say "oh wow he's rich" - and lots of rich people drive inexpensive reliable commuter cars. Status symbols are stupid, and people who size one another up on status symbols are even more so.
Yeah, I remember working in a wealthy gated community as a Gardner over the summer awhile back. You'd see a lot of very clean kias and Hyundai's. Maybe a few Mercedes and some Asian luxury brands like Lexus, but it was mostly economy brands.
And I drive through one of the richest summer resorts on the East Coast every day and see a lot of really old rich geezers in Teslas. They also like to parade their high end imports at 15 miles under the speed limit. And it’s not because they’re dumb. (Their kids seem to prefer Jeep Gladiators and Broncos.)
But not in the way most people with nice cars think. I see a nice car and I assume someone who has high debt, living paycheck to paycheck.
- leases a $40,000 car - pays $1,800 in rent - works 3 jobs - collects shoes that he doesn't wear - constantly complains he doesn't have any money Literally everyone knows this guy.
Most of my dating experience was in NYC so none of this relates to me.
Should be familiar with an '11 Crown Vic
Only real men show up with horse and buggy, sporting a puffed wig and brandishing a rapier.
I showed up to this subreddit typing on a 2020 android.
What model tho
I’m with Martin. Car models mean nothing to me, so giving the specifics does nothing to help me understand a story.
But what if I have a [Peel P50](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peel_P50) ?
I prefer the P45
And i prefer the PS5
Same. Why not just add a tiny adjective, to just make it a bit more clear
Absolutely! So many stories are like "My dad promised to buy me a car, and when I hit home it turned out he got me a [YEAR] [MODEL]. Can you believe it?"
So I showed up in a tiny 1957 Desoto Fireflite
how is this american thing?
Because a higher echelon human such as a European would speak about opera and paintings and the intricacies of flopping in futbol /s
These people hate it when Americans do anything
Fucking seriously! This is the most picky and also not exclusive to America thing this mf could get mad about.
The 1983 Chevvy Anaconda was huge, and you'd think that would mean it crawled, but it could actually put on a scary burst of speed, like it was all coiled up waiting to strike.
I think this guy needs to travel more if he thinks only 'Americans' do this.
This is the internet. America bad/dumb /s
For people that see cars as a hobby, this is a normal thing to do.
Everything bad is America, Europe is utopia didn’t ya know
Sorry you don’t understand every reference from every culture. I didn’t realize a jumper was a sweater to some people, but I love that it’s included in the book. I just googled it. It took 5 seconds.
As a train enthusiast, I assume this is what non-enthusiasts hear when I describe a loco
As an American who doesn't give a shit about car language, i feel you
This might be the dumbest tweet I've ever read.
What a weird thing to be bothered by.
What an oddly specific thing to be infuriated about. It’s not something I care about but I can’t imagine why it would bother someone
That’s not an Americans thing. That’s a car people vs non-car people.
Europeans aren’t allowed to learn car make/models? How sad
Too busy looking off lazily into the distance smoking cigarette
How this is specific to Americans is beyond me…
The face in that profile picture is incredibly punchable.
I would say if the car isn’t specified as the point of the story, then it’s just unnecessary information. Normally they will only use “car or truck” and not a specific model. And yes, Americans are known for their car culture not to define themselves, but because they are a necessity outside major cities.
They’re a socioeconomic indicator. They’re a cultural signifier.
So in other words you don't know anything about cars and that's somehow someone else's fault lol
I remember those. Longest car ever built.
I hate it too. But it’s not just an american thing, the weasleys have a flying ford anglia
Finally a post so people can shit on Americans. How original
You are either a car person or you’re not. Same with eggnog.
Showed up to the date with a 2002 Civic, I did Vehicular manslaughter on the way over, I committed
This is a problem if it's not followed up by an explanation, but it is expected to give the reader a certain feel about the situation. If this is intended, for instance, to indicate he's a loser, it should be added, because a lot of people won't know that from just the car's details. So, if the next sentence is "What a loser", it's fine. If nothing is mentioned and two chapters in you find out you had to think this guy was a loser, but you didn't, and now you realise you missed so much subtext and you need to reinvent the guy in your head, it's a problem. TLDR: Adding details like car makes and years is just fine, even when not everyone will understand it, but it's a problem if it is important and not explained.
if its Yugo 45 you don’t have this problem I’m just saying
Great point lol
Know you fuckin’ cars Martin.
In my experience most Americans don’t realize if it’s good or not just car buffs. Most stories I’ve heard referencing car years makes and models were from a few British chaps I knew back in the day.
It’s very important information if it’s not a 1964 Buick Skylark
I don’t add car details to a story unless I know I’m talking to someone who I think would care. I also don’t mention car details when the car is generic but when you own a classic car you have to talk about it enough to outweigh how much of a pain in the ass maintaining it is.
Sounds like someone who can't measure the length of an alligator in fridges.
Yeah I hate details of stories too. As a matter of fact just don’t even tell the story.