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These Cars Instantly Make You Hate Their Drivers

These Cars Instantly Make You Hate Their Drivers

Sometimes its OK to judge a book by its cover. You're usually right.

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If you know anything at all about cars, then you know you can tell a lot about someone based solely on what they drive. At the very least, you can get the gist of who they are as a person, and that’s usually enough to form an opinion. Sometimes it’s a good feeling, and sometimes it’s well... not so good. That’s what led me to our question from last week.

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I wanted to know what cars instantly make you hate their drivers. What vehicle sends such bad vibes that the second it rolls up, you know the owner is an asshat? For the most part, we had some extremely varied answers, from smug electric vehicles and muscle cars, to loud SUVs and cars that wear their owner’s political beliefs like a badge of pride. However, one category of vehicles stood out above them all: lifted and modified pickup trucks.

So, so, so many people listed lifted pickup trucks as the vehicle that instantly makes them hate their owner. I suppose it does make sense. There are few vehicles in the world that are bigger and more brash than a lifted pickup. It also helps that their owners usually fall into the same genre of people.

Anyway, enough yapping out of me. Get clicking to what what cars set off your fellow Jalops the second the see them.

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Teslas

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Tesla, no contest.

Not only do they drive like asshats, the MAGA association is indelible.

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Teslas are easy targets, but please be gentle. Some of us bought them a while back when we didn’t have to worry as much about the crazy Nazi running the company or the WTF Cybertruck.

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Diesel Pickup Trucks

Diesel Pickup Trucks

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Diesel pickup are cool and have their place, but these assholes rolling coal in the faces of pedestrians and cyclists can fuck off.

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The Flair

The Flair

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Never a car itself, but what that car is displaying. I live in an area where several people have Confederate flags plastered all over their cars and flying from their flagpoles. I don’t care how cool your car and truck are, I’m not going to think highly of you for flying these flags.

“It’s my southern heritage.” Cool, go eat cornbread and grits, not fly the traitor flag. I don’t celebrate my German heritage by putting a red band on my arm.

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Nissan Sedans

Nissan Sedans

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Altima drivers, and Sentra drivers that aspire to be Altima drivers.

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Subaru Outback

Subaru Outback

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We get it, you’re “outdoorsy”, even though the only outdoor thing you do is occasionally take a walk around your neighborhood. And no, you don’t need the AWD, it isn’t going to save your shitty driving when one inch of snow falls.

Bonus points points if it’s a Wilderness... the brodozer equivalent of sedans.

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Modified Jeeps

Modified Jeeps

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Any Jeep that is modified to the point that it’s useless for most things. Huge wheels that would be terrible offroad. Suspension so tall it would be a terrible daily driver. So ugly that it’s not a show car. Why did you spend $30k making your Jeep terrible and useless?

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4 door jeeps with angry eyes. A jeep is whatever but you just know there is a huge dbag behind the wheel the second the angry eyes are put on. Bonus points for thin blue line stickers, 22 in rims with painted on “off-road” tires, and 50k worth of overlanding equipment on a vehicle so shiny, it has never even seen a gravel road.

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BMWs

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Sorry, guys. I know it’s a stereotype (and it’s certainly not as valid here in Germany), but BMW drivers are selfish SOBs.

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Harley-Davidsons

Harley-Davidsons

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Not a car, but a bike. Talk to me about your Harley and I 100% know we are not going to be compatible.

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Jeep Gladiator

Jeep Gladiator

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Jeep Gladiator, because it’s such a poor choice for a DD, it makes me question the intelligence of the owner. I would wager that 90% of Gladiators are pavement princesses that rarely, if ever, see terrain more challenging than a Kroger parking lot.

My douche-bag former boss bought one at the top of the market then spent the next ten months complaining about the ride, the fuel economy, the noise and, worst of all, the depreciation. Then he left for another company and now he’s got a whole new crew to complain to.

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Modified Trucks

Modified Trucks

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I try to avoid painting with a broad brush, especially when some people just have to make do with what they already have or can afford. I’m also usually okay with people liking what they like. For me, it’s less about the vehicle and more about how the owner uses that vehicle to express themselves. That being said though, I am 100% judgmental of any large modified truck, especially when the owner chooses to use it as “free speech” platform for conspiracy, potshots at marginalized groups, fake badassery, innuendo aimed at women, and so on.

I don’t care what you drive, but tell me you’re an asshole while you’re driving it and I’ll believe you.

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Chevy Camaro IROC-Z

Chevy Camaro IROC-Z

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If you are rocking the ROC I know you have at least 2 DUI’s under your belt, which also has a gun tucked in it. I can smell the malboro reds and budweiser as soon as the door opens. See Wheetus “Teenage Dirtbag”

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Stellantis SUVs

Stellantis SUVs

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I spent about a decade commuting at least 120 miles per day. While there may have been some confirmation bias, the cars that were always driving like total jerks were modern Mopar monsters. Sure, BMWs drove fast, Priuses drove slow, but the guy in the Challenger, Charger, or even the 300c was the one riding bumpers, jumping between lanes without a turn signal, and generally just endangering everyone around them.

The worst of them though? A trio of SUVs. Two Durango SRTs and a Cherokee SRT8. For a period of about 4 years I would regularly see one of these obnoxious dudes (actually, one was a lady) driving like a jerk.

Ever since I’ve been unable to shake the disdain for any “special” Mopar vehicle.

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Anything With A Tint

Anything With A Tint

People who put style over safety.

I’m all for tinting for comfort - hell a basic UV-blocking 80% tint saves you from sunburns and helps the AC work better - but the difference in visibility is negligible.

Sure, I’ll admit that it looks cool when your car glass is so black that it looks like a Hotwheels, but putting this on all four windows - let alone the windshield - instantly makes me wary of how badly/recklessly that car is likely to drive.

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Minivans

Minivans

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I know they are incredibly useful and practical. I don’t care. They all seem to be covered in lame stickers/magnets related to kid activities that everyone warns you not to do, coated in dirt because it hasn’t been washed since it left the dealership, more scratches on the doors than a discarded lottery ticket and they’re either going 90 or 9 mph on the highway.

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Ford Mustang

Ford Mustang

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Starting to hate Mustang drivers. The Facebook algorithm for some reason decided I really wanted to see a bunch of posts for a particular Mustang enthusiast’s group. These guys only post about two things: how much Camaros suck, and MAGA memes. Almost every car groups I’ve belonged to has insisted that politics belongs elsewhere. Not the Mustang owner’s group on Facebook.

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