Do you judge other drivers by their car make?

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Since switching to an Audi, I’ve noticed people are a lot more aggressive toward me and less likely to let me out/in, thank me for stopping, let me merge etc.

I was musing about this to my friend and she said that because only wankers drive Audis/BMW’s etc.

Is this fair? We got ours just because it was the only car available at the time that matched all our needs and was in our budget!

Aibu to think this must be a popular way of thinking considering how different my experience has been on the road since the switch? I had a lovely Nissan Juke before and found most drivers in my city very considerate!

It's the same overseas - in the middle east the cars to watch out for are Nissan Patrol (huge, and yes they do own the road, ergo you must concede to their right of way) and you never want to get behind a white Nissan Sunny saloon, even though 1 in 5 cars here seems to be a white Sunny saloon, because you can guarantee it will be driven in the 4th or 5th lane of 6 at 40-50kph below the speed limit.

I drive a cute little cherry red Fiat 500 Sport. Other divers are usually very nice to me, but some don't like it if I get above myself and overtake them 😁 Usually older guys who've been pootling along the dual carriageway way or motorway and then give me filthy looks and put their foot down when I appear in their outside mirror.

I don't judge others by their cars, but whenever I've seen someone driving aggressively/dangerously it's nearly always an Audi or BMW driver. But then I think if a car brand has that reputation there's a certain type of wanker who'll buy it for that very reason - to be the 'big man' with the aggressive car - and that then reinforces the stereotype. (No offence to the many lovely BMW and Audi drivers out there though!).

See I look at my Audi and she’s such a grandad car I couldn’t ever imagine driving her like a twat 🤣 people see me and probably expect to see a 60+ year old grumpy old man driving but it’s actually 29 year old me with 2 kids in the back all merrily singing along to Rammstein.

Like a PP, when I saw this thread name I immediately thought “Audis “. The funny thing is, I didn’t know it was a running joke or common knowledge or whatever - it was an opinion I had formed for myself after years of observation! Every. Single. Time. someone does something wankerish it’s an Audi.

The other sweeping generalisation I will make is to observe that whenever someone is driving significantly under the speed limit, they will be in a small, but most importantly, blue car. Make doesn’t matter, but blue is somehow essential. 🚙

I genuinely rarely notice types of car, but there is one category I do judge and that's massive tanks used by people in suburban settings.

I once encountered a woman having problems parking one of these things in the local supermarket carpark. She said 'Isn't it ridiculous how small these spaces are?' I'm normally very polite and friendly, but I just couldn't bring myself to agree with her - I told her I thought cars nowadays are just too big.

I have to drive down what is basically a country lane (really single track, but with passing places, mainly in people's drive entrances). There are hedges on either side and you have to be OK with that. It's nearly always the drivers of these butch vehicles who refuse to squeeze into the hedge...in case the precious Range Rover gets a scratch! It's very amusing. Like buying an expensive pair of wellies and worrying about them getting wet.

If I needed a utility vehicle I'd get a proper landrover and not care about scratches.

You were quite right. It was 'some dickhead'.

I've witnessed some flagrant abuse of position and downright dickishness on the part of police on the roads. One incidence I recently witnessed was a real cliché: blue lights blaring, screaming up to people's back ends at breakneck speeds, weaving in and out of lanes to get past them in the least amount of time possible. I followed them odd at the next junction and into the service station, watched them pull in and park, and ended up in the queue behind them at Costa.

Idiots.

I followed them 'off'. Not odd. Although it was odd, too.

Just a few randoms when I had the 4X4 for a weekend. It bothered me as I was treated badly for no reason.