it depends
i tell the peole who expect me to drive a posh motor that i drive a merc (vito ) and those that don't i drive a cossie (granada )

all my mates were well shoked when i met them up on september 1st with the keys to a new merc poking out of my pocket with just delivery mileage on it

then they saw it they said "it doesn't count, it's a van"

"and i ended the conversation with "but i'm not jelous of your 2 year old astra "

 

I was once in a club and one of my mates what chatting to a girl, she asked what he was into, interestes etc and he said cars, she asked if he had big 17" wheels... he had a mini so he said no, 10"... she was baffled

Never try to explain your car to a p&ss$d up girl in a club

 

No not embrassed my car

 

Don't get me wrong...I really like my RS and love it for what it is!!

I just try not to tell anyone I own it

 

normally say a sierra.

don t usually mention the cosworth part because everyone has a mate who had a Rs500 with 500 brake anyway

 

When I started dating my gf she didn't ask what car I drove, and she didn't bother. Now's she quite like's the car. although she hates the fact that its white

When people ask I say rs turbo, but if its some young know'it'all I tell them that the citroen ax is all I got.

 

I tell them what i have, I'm proud i can afford to own mine

 

pmsl, i know someone like that aswell, well it was his dads

 

im not embarrased of my cars at all.......i tell everyone i have a saff cossie and a P1 scoob..........if they dont like it then tough shit......they are my cars and my choice and thats all that matters IMO

 

Embarrassed ? Hell yeah

"I rally an Escort"

"Ooohhh how cool - Mk1 or Mk2 ? "

"No!... A proper one "

"What a cossie ?"

And so it goes on

 

Not bothered, why the fuck would some random guy ask you what car you drive?

 

E.G. when you meet a mate of a mate in the pub and get chatting.....happens quite often

Good post this

 

I openly admit - i do 'lead people on'...

When they say 'what car do you drive?' - the reply is 'something with about 400bhp'

 

dont you fancy something powerfull mate....... ...only messing pal

 

Im embarrased by mine at the min,

its a skoda felicia

only until I get an 'escort' on the road.

if anyone asks what I drive, ive started replying with 'something with tax and test'

 

Thats unusual for a car from Leigh

 

only talking to other car people etc

find my self explaining i drive a corsa, then beeing asked about the install and bodykit i must have attached to it

some people are plesently suprised to actully find ouy it a standard looking caged track car etc

 

When the car you drive, ie an RST, is a showup, it proves you WAY too old for it.

IMO thats about 20years old if you got an RST or similar.

When i had 5 GT Turbos i was 18-20 so that was fine then.
When i had Cossie i was 20-23 so that was fine.
And now Skyline is fine, and 200SX is really too.

Its if you say it like your all chuffed is when its total gayness.

Birds rarely know what any of the above cars are once they ask anyhow, and if you deliberatley saying it then its gayness, again

Wierdly enough though, some bird last week when out on the piss asked me what i drove, and i said 200SX, and she goes "one of them Silvias? them drift cars?" PROPERLY spun me out that did, esp as she jus got some boggo 106 and not into cars....

 

Steve - your just admitting your getting older

Some of us dont want to

 

Everything that's avaliable. Preferably 4x4 and turboed.



Escort Cosworth or whatever there is on the drive. But almost nobody here knows what Escort Cosworth is.

 

Have to admit, when I had the RS I always had another car. It was my "toy" if I had to say

 

Yes, I'm normally pretty embarassed to say I drive a "Ford Escort" (no Cossie or RS badge here!!) and if possible I try to mention it's a late one, 1998, so not the stereotype

If they seem semi-knowledgable on cars then telling them it's modified and about as fast as an ST170 is normally where I stop. Slight redemption!

 

Dont think there is any point in being embarrassed in what car you drive.
If your embarrassed why but it in the first place?

I think alot of people have cossie's and rst as they were brought up in the hot hatch era.
Anyone brought up in the mid 80's/90's remembers the sight/first ride of a fast ford.
Had my first fast ford 9yrs ago and still proud of owning one now.

 

not embarrassed either way

I just tell people I drive an Escort GTi

anyone who knows me to any extent will know thru me or other people what cars I own and what's been done to them

 

Not at all bothered by what people think.

But when i'm out unless i'm talking to someone who i know or someone who is into cars i tend to only mention it as a Sierra.

Problem is i live in a pretty small town and most people instantly know the car as 'that one one white wheels' anyway.

Hate pissed up people going on and on about it though

 

Proud to say I own a Cosworth. Always refer to it as a Cosworth though and never a Cossie as Cossie sounds a bit chav boy racer where as Cosworth is for the mature enthusiast

 

Esc cos but most people don't know what it is and have only heard of the seirra cosworth


Dave.

 

Lots of people with similar replies!!

If the person is an enthusiast then we don't mind talking about it.........if its a non-enthusiast then its normally to much hassle to explain what it actually is!

 

I am never embarrased to tell people, most i tell are very interested in the cars tbh, Especially the Escos..

So far i have had two people stop when driving past and come and talk to me, and countless people say "thats a lovely car" or "Lovely Cossie mate"..

But i used to shy away when i had my RST, cos it was Ford Amethyst (or almost pink) ..lol.......

I used to say Escort RST and leave it at that............

Al.................

 

I must admit, the escos is known as the 'weekend toy'

 

Not embarrased by my cars, just hate having to tell the ford community that my daily driver is a 300bhp STi impreza.

find it a total pain in the arse trying to explain that i own an RS16i, conversation usually goes like

"i have an escort RS16i"

"a what??"

"1982 ford escort"

"why such an old car?"

"cos its relly rare and in good nick etc"

"so is it an XR3 then?"

"no an RS16i"

"is that a turbo??"

And so on.......usually give up......




Then if they have waited long enough for me to say i have an RST as well, then they usually walk aaway thinking what a ned.........Unfair rep these cars have, folk seem to assume that if you own an RS or in my case an impreza than you are some sort of drug dealing, hooligan who drives like a twat..........and i hate the f*cking term BOY RACER makes me

 

Not embarassed at all.

So its just an RST, but it does the job i bought it for - it puts a smile on my face!!

My runarounds, now they embarass me....usually rovers or whatever else i can get hold of for next to nowt.

 

when i drive it.. like once evry month or so, I feel abit boy racer ish, so tend to go out on the A roads or motorways

 

Well what can i say other then i'm really happy for you mate, in fact chuffed to bits

Mike

 

I usually say its my runabout.. cos its shit

 

If I'm talking someone not into cars I'll usually edge around the subject unless they really want to know.

Thankfully a lot of girls (and some lads) seem to rate cars by engine size rather than anything else. So I'll usually just say it's a 3.1 and they reply "Wow, that must be seriously fast." at which point I have to give a wry smile and look at the floor.

From what I have found you generally don't want to be admitting to most 80's Fords because the Sierra and Escort still have that council house association the Capri suffered until recently.

I was fine with my XR4x4 turbo until I split with my GF and met up with a group of new girls. I felt so stupid driving a Sierra which was as old as one of the girls at the time. The dump valve, alloys and huge exhaust didn't help either. But that said they actually ended up liking it a lot and I ended up taking one of them up the wrong un in the back of it when it broke down once.

 

Well if a random bloke asked me what car I drove or a girl I would tell the truth and say a merc rep mobile.

 

Does my X5 Diesel count??? its quick off the line but the body roll and understeer are a pig

 

Personally, I couldn't give a flying fuck what anyone thought of any car I drive.

Which is quite handy as I drove a 1980 240 Volvo to an auction to dispose of yesterday. It wouldn't go past 2nd gear, was missing on 3 cylinders , overfueling like a c*nt and banging black smoke out the back

I don't particularly care what other people have and I'm not arrogant enough to think anyone cares that much about what I have [past any jokes/piss taking they care to make which is always greatfully received and returned ten fold].

I think he just has bladder control issues. 20 years of potty training gone to waste. His teacher said if he studys hard and stays in school, he may scrape a pass mark in the exam to be a retard.