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Psychology of Car Buying

Your Dream Car and You

by Jeff on October 16, 2007

Is your personality reflected in your ideal ride?

Is it true? You are what you drive. Well maybe… I am sure there are many people who dream of their ideal vehicle, but is that what they can really afford to purchase? I love my Honda Civic Hatchback, but hello…I would say sianara any day for a Mercedes C230 hatchback. I’m not crazy. The only thing is a C230 would probably have to fall from the sky. Do you think I have a chance?

Albeit, both vehicles look somewhat similar in shape, a Honda says something totally different then Mercedes. So maybe the more appropriate statement is - you are what you dream of driving. If this is the case then let’s focus on your dream car and what it says about you. [click to continue...]

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Best Cars For Worst Drivers

by Jeff on October 15, 2007

My sister lives in the city of Chicago. Smack downtown near Michigan Ave. and Lakeshore drive. Where she often is spotted driving her little silver VW Jetta. Now even though Erin has been driving for over 10-years, city driving is just too much for this girl.

Too much chaos, too much aggressivenes, and worse - she hesitates like a Grandma. Bless her, she has been in her fair share of fender benders.

I am sure we all know someone like this. A friend, a family member, an idiot on the road… you see them and you see big flashing lights blinking - DANGER, DANGER, DANGER. If this is you, or one of your loved ones, and you are tired of riding around teeth clenched and white knuckled. There could be a viable solution. You can find a car that will be the simplist to use, easiest to handle, and safest to drive. [click to continue...]

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Americans and SUVs, Bigger = Better

by Jeff on October 5, 2007

With soaring gas prices, air pollution and crowded highways what is our on going fascination with SUVs?

I think it comes down to several words - status, power and control.

The bigger anything is in the states the better. We Americans are fascinated with anything larger than someone else’s. My house is X amount of square feet, my SUV is the largest in it’s class. My lawn mower is 5X bigger than yours. My meal was 6X bigger at this restaurant than that one…. My new implants now take me up to a 34 D… and it goes on and on. [click to continue...]

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Driving a Convertible

by Jeff on September 19, 2007

One day I was doing some research on convertibles to write an article on the Saturn Sky. After milling through various car reviews, which was getting kind of boring. I ran across one of the funniest articles I had ever read! The anonymous author of this article was commenting on his experience driving a convertible for the first time. (In fact it was a rental convertible.)

In spite the articles foul language, which I bleeped out. This guy is hysterical. Check it out below and let me know what you think!

Just like anger turns Bruce Banner into the Incredible Hulk and alcohol turns Mel Gibson into a ragin’ racist, I recently found out that driving a convertible turns me into an *&^hole.

Although thankfully it didn’t turn me into a super punk *&%hole, like Simon Cowell is with tone deaf American Idol hopefuls.

I didn’t choose the convertible, it chose me, thanks to the free upgrade courtesy of Budget Rent a Car. It was the first time I’ve ever driven a convertible, and it wasn’t just any old convertible, it was a RED Ford Mustang. I don’t know about you, but I think a red Ford Mustang convertible is a total chick magnet, although not so much when I’m driving it and definitely doesn’t even come close to attracting the women as effectively as either Brad Pitt or George Clooney in a loincloth, or if they’re a lesbian, Angelina Jolie in a loincloth.

The only other memory I have with a convertible was the time when I was with an ex-girlfriend in high school and we threw a couple of live crabs onto the back seat of a tourist’s convertible who conveniently left their top down while shopping. I guess even being around a convertible will turn me into a punk.

Anyway, once I placed myself into the driver’s seat of the convertible, I instantly had the urge to be an *%#hole. As I revved the engine, it sounded like it had the enough power under the hood to easily make up for my physical inadequacies and insecurities, like most *%@holes have.
I thought about using that power to burn rubber in the rental car parking lot, which would’ve caused a cloud of smoke and an aromatic “%@#* you” in the scent of burnt rubber, but I couldn’t do it because my car had an automatic transmission, which makes it kind of hard to burn rubber. Although, even if it did have a manual transmission, just like my *%@# when I’m in bed with a woman, I wouldn’t know how to use it.

Since I couldn’t burn rubber, the next #@%hole-ish thing I wanted to do was pick up chicks and finally be able to use the pick up lines, “Hey baby, I just put the top down on my ride, but now I’d like to put your top down” or “Hey cutie, how’d you like to ride something red, smooth, and fast, but I’m not talking about my car.”

Unfortunately, after driving around for a little bit, it seemed like all the chicks were at work, which reminded me the reason why I needed a rental car in the first place, because had to travel to another rock in the middle of the Pacific Ocean for my job. My destination was only a few miles away from the airport, but because in the convertible I’m an @*#hole, it felt good to take a little detour so that I could be stylin’ AND profilin’.

As I drove with the top down, my sunglasses on, and a smug look on my face, I wanted to play some slammin’ music that would make everyone look in my direction and see how much of a bad*%@ I was, but unfortunately I only had my Slow Jamz CD with me.

Even my hair was being a punk and wasn’t taking s*%# from no one. My stiff gelled hair did not waver as the wind tried to blow them down like the big bad wolf facing the pig’s house made of bricks. The wind huffed and puffed but could not bring my Viagra hard hair down since I use enough gel in my hair to make it meet U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission standards for bike helmets.

Sure driving a convertible turns me into an *#@hole, but there are some positive things about driving one, like not needing to use the air conditioner, being able to let the sun’s rays tickle my skin, and possibly being able to drive around Miss (insert beauty pageant name) in a parade.

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Top 10 Cars for Women

by Jeff on September 5, 2007

Us women… we aren’t the easiest to figure out, or please. We know men are doomed when we can’t even figure our own self out most of the time. But Ladies, you also know that we will never admit that!

This is an article I researched to find out what the best car out there may be for women. Of course this article must change next week because we are always changing our minds. At any rate, this article that I found on about.com:cars might be helpful for -

1) Women who are looking for a new car.

2) Men who this time actually want to get it “right” when buying a gift for their lady.
(Good luck.) [click to continue...]

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