Does your car reflect your political views?

[Rocknrule]

Do you either drive a known "liberal-mobile" (Subaru, Volvo, VW, etc.) or have bumper stickers that reflect your views? Share here.

[Taverner]

1. Prius

I guess so

[MountainLaurel]

20. Same here

It's pretty obvious. (Although I did once see a Prius with a Bush sticker, and my head almost exploded from the cognitive dissonance.)

[krabigirl]

76. Hehe - my Dad drives a Prius, and is a Republican. He put a McCain sticker on it. Sigh.

[Taverner]

78. THE IRONY!!!!!!

[Trailrider1951]

98. I own a Prius also, and the way some of these pick-ups and SUVs

roar past me, I think that they must suffer from Prius-envy! :P

[goddess40]

107. We're a two prius family

both have their share of liberal bumper stickers.

I used to take a lot of crap for buying toyota's but I always said that I'd happily buy American if they'd only start to reinvest in their companies and making great cars again.

[supernova]

2. Honda CRV Probably

No stickers though.

It's too sensible to scream FReepermobile.

[MadrasT]

3. Subaru Forester

with "Spay/Neuter Feral Cats" signs on it...

[ourbluenation]

18. me too...with an HB sticker like this

[japple]

30. Same here, but with a Support Pet Spay/Neuter license

tag, a "Life is Good" sticker and a VC sticker (for Valle Crucis, NC)

[dipsydoodle]

4. Jeep Patriot

European one with 2.0 CRD VW diesel engine and running gear. Averages about 42 mpg.

[LSK]

16. how did you get a diesel one???

I have a gas one and it gets me 20mpg city.

[dipsydoodle]

36. Being english and living in the UK obviously helps

:rofl:

I'm aware that they not available over your side but not fully sure of the reason. Also don't forget that your gallon is c. 80% of an imperial gallon.

[Selatius]

34. I thought the US won't allow importation of European diesel engines because of emissions standards?

I could be wrong on that score, though.

[dipsydoodle]

38. That is an oddity

because EU standards are higher for whatever reason.

[Blue_In_AK]

5. 2001 (I think) Ford Ranger pickup...

(you're not a true Alaskan without a truck)

Bumper stickers --

How do you say Vietnam in Arabic?
Greenpeace
Support Our Troops - Bring Them Home
Benson for Congress '08

[barbtries]

6. old escort wagon

has a memorial sticker with my daughter's names and dates, a personalized plate as well, DU bumper sticker, Obama bumper sticker, and anti-war dove magnet.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

42. Hi there, fellow North Carolinian!

Hope I run into you out there!

[barbtries]

54. hi there!

i live in raleigh and work in chapel hill, how about you?

[tekisui]

7. 1990 Ford Ranger with 300,000+ miles on it.

Impeach W stickers, Obama 'o8, war isn't working and DU.

I'm a proud Liberal!

[DailyGrind51]

69. Fords last forever, don't they?

My '97 Stang has given me no major problems and has made it through several Chicago winters.

[tekisui]

77. They are easy to work on.

If something breaks, I fix it and keep driving. It's beat all to hell, I work out of it. Evey time I see my grandfather he says,"Now that trucks not going to last forever, you know"

He's been telling me that for over 5 years.(knock on wood).

[DailyGrind51]

101. I found that also!

My only problem is getting the damn calipers off to replace the pads on the disk brakes. I can get my Allen wrench in the slot but don't have enough room to get sufficient torque on the thing to budge it! With my '72 Torino, that was never a problem.

[Bluebear]

8. '07 Hummer

Kidding, kidding

[AlCzervik]

9. it reflects my wardrobe.

black rook, black exterior, black interior.

[NMDemDist2]

10. not even, but I do have a Udall sticker

my dream car is one of these (with a Udall sticker LOL)



http://www.zapworld.com/electric-vehicles/electric-cars/zap-truck-xl

[grannie4peace]

23. sweet--

[NMDemDist2]

27. yeah, they're cool aren't they?

I need the truck to haul stuff to my little acre but an electric one would be the coolest!

[BrklynLiberal]

11. I guess you could say I have a few stickers on my minivan...

[bullwinkle428]

87. "Visualize using your turn signals"!!

:rofl:

:loveya:

[grannie4peace]

12. i have a rhd wrangler

so it has the big wheel on the back & i painted the obama circle that looks like a field of red & white stripes. i tried to post it but i don't know how

[magellan]

13. Bumper stickers

Lots of em. On a jeep we love.

[DailyGrind51]

14. '97 3.8L V-6 Mustang

[notadmblnd]

15. Mines blue

dark blue. Does that count?

[TahitiNut]

17. 1990 Chrysler LeBaron pervertible ... red.

Udamnedwellbetcha.

[liberal N proud]

26. We had one of those for years

Sold it for $500 three years ago. It had an electrical problem I couldn't find, only had 150,000 miles on it.
I did parades for many years with it, girls sitting on the back waving to their fans.

[TahitiNut]

48. Great design... terible engineering.

After less than 110,000 miles, I'm on the second engine block and third transmission. The overdrive transmission is the MOST terrible, with a faulty controller design.

That said, I love the look, comfort, road feel ... all the human factors. It's the right size and gets decent mileage (22-24mpg).

[liberal N proud]

62. Never had a problem with engine or transmission

Just electrical. Digital dash and computer. The cost of the module was more than I was willing to pay to keep the car going.

[Swamp Rat]

44. I had one too.

1990, silver convertible, with the 3.0 Mitsubishi. This motor had a factory defect: snap rings on the valve guides were missing, causing it to smoke a lot after a while. I rebuilt the head myself, then eventually the auto transmission. It was a fun car. Drove it all over, from Big Bend to the Smokey Mts. I'm currently fixing an old, beat-up Neon that drowned during Katrina. A couple of grand to recycle a car that gets 30+ mpg is better than buying a new one for 10x as much. Plus, no one will want to steal it. :D

Btw, MOPAR rules! :D

[boomerbust]

94. SwampRat

Nice Cuda - Is that yours?

[lutefisk]

19. I "car profiled" neighborhoods when choosing where to move

When doing that, I found that the cars people drive reflect their politics more often than not.

[jtrockville]

21. Smart.

[JuniperLea]

22. Oh heck yeah!

In 2002 I traded in my SUV for a Mazda Protege... I get 25+ MPG and it's an ULEV (Ultra Low Emissions Vehicle).

The way you drive, and how well kept your engine and tires are has a lot to do with how much/little gas you use.

Here's a good site to check out your vehicle.

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/17584.shtml

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

24. '94 Bottom of the line, cracked windshield, Toyota 4x4. AnarchistMobile.

Best car I've ever owned and will, most likely, outlive me.

My wife has a '91, bottom of the line, Tercel. Seems appropriate for a Marxist.

[Kazak]

25. When I bought my car in 2004...

It was the ranked 10th on the most economical list ('04 Toyota Corolla (manual)). Hopefully the last combustion engine vehicle I'll ever own.

[NMDemDist2]

28. i have a 2003 6 cyl SUV that I bought for the biz

and it's gonna last till I can get a true electric car.

[Jackpine Radical]

29. Subaru with an Obama sticker,

Nissan pickup with a Combat Veterans Against Bush sticker,
John Deere tractor with Slow Moving Vehicle emblem.

[Javaman]

31. I take the bus. nt

[Swamp Rat]

32. No, its absence does...

and my lack of employment. :D

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[EFerrari]

35. I guess so! My red Acura has been parked since last November

with a lone DK sticker on the back bumper.

lol

[noamnety]

37. bumper stickers

veterans for peace
I support Iraq Veterans Against the War.

The windshield has a Department of Defense sticker from the local base - expired, but I keep it on there to make the statement, so I guess it's like a bumper sticker in its own way.

[paparush]

39. License Plate: 45MPG!

2003 Corolla
Currently sporting the following bumper stickers:

Democratic Underground
Obama
Kerry/Edwards
Local Foods - Thousands of Miles Fresher

[ncrainbowgrrl]

40. 2007 Toyota Corolla w/DU and other liberal bumper stickers.

I easily get over 30mpgs, and I have the DU sticker, an Equality NC sticker and a "Love is patriotic" sticker.

[NightWatcher]

90. 06 Corolla 35 mpg and decked out in magnets

[VWolf]

41. Prius, baby!

Statement made - no bumper stickers required (although I'm going to put an Obama one on after the convention)

[DemoTex]

46. Prius here too.

Virgin bumper and windows.

[tigereye]

43. oh yeah.

When I went to take my son to get the new Madden game, the Obama voter regis. guy who was working nearby (that was kinda cool, I thought) told me he could tell I didn't need to be registered!


:hi:


I have a Saturn, though.

[Ezlivin]

45. A fully loaded Escalade and Hummer

are not in my driveway, but a pair of ten year-old paid-off cars (Plymouth Voyager and Chrysler Sebring) are.

Does that count?

:)

[Alexander]

47. Volkswagen was Hitler's creation. How is that a "liberal-mobile"?

For the record, I drive a Toyota with excellent mileage (but not a Prius).

[Xithras]

88. Eh, no it wasn't

Not exactly anyway. In a nutshell: Ferdidnand Porsche had started working on a design for a low cost car for common people all the way back into the 1920's, and came up with the design of the Beetle. He marketed his car design (that's how it worked back then) to Mercedes, KDF, and a number of other manufacturers, but nobody was really interested in what they saw as a low-margin car. A couple of companies build successful prototypes, but it never advanced much past there.

When Hitler announced that he wanted to create a car for the masses, Mercedes and other manufacturers all applied for manufacturing rights after submitting horrendously cheap designs that resembled Model T's and were horribly oudated for that time. Porsche stepped into this and offered his Beetle design. The government accepted his design, teamed him up with another (now defunct) car manufacturer to build some updated prototypes, and got the stamps built. Then the whole project was scrapped for WWII.

After the war ended, the stamps were pulled from the rubble of the bombed out factory and, after some political maneuvering, the factory was opened for the production of VW Beetles for the first time.

So no, it wasn't Hitlers creation. Was he involved in one step of the process? Of course, but the design predated him, and the company itself wasn't created until after he was dead and the Nazi's had been crushed. The Hitlers Creation thing was a smear created by the U.S. auto industry back in the 1960's to try and discredit them as they showed up in the U.S. market en masse.

[Pavulon]

49. Negative

cars are purpose built. After crashing many I choose them on safety ratings and for fun.

Large german sedan (diesel, wife's commuter), truck to pull stuff (diesel), sports car (rotate on 4 year basis). All safe.

Generally drive company cars which are diesel suburbans or excursions.

No bumper stickers.

[ThePhoenix]

50. I drive a 69 Mustang

It looks like this one, but mine is a dark red.



I have no bumper stickers on it.

[Warpy]

51. I drive a gas miser Kia hatchback

in a town in the wild west that is still infatuated with SUVs and monster pickup trucks.

I figure that's enough of a statement.

[sakabatou]

52. What car?

I can't even bike.

:cry:

[donco6]

53. Volvo with stickers

Is there any other way?

[AngryAmish]

55. No, I'm not stupid.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

56. I have the most liberal car there can be.

No car. Public transportation all the way. (Living in a city that HAS usable public transportation sure helps.)

[taterguy]

57. My bicycle reflects the fact that I'm opposed to oil wars

Got any more silly questions?

[cliffordu]

102. Yep, my bicycle does the same. Lust for oil is going to kill us all.

[CRF450]

58. I have an 01 Pontiac Trans Am, and an 04 Dodge Dakota 4x4.

Please, I dont care about political correctness when it comes to my vehicle choice. I buy what I like, can afford, and what I need.

The truck is the real gas guzzler, getting 16mpg. The car despite being a 350hp beast, does average close to 23mpg and its gotten as high as 31mpg on the interstate.

No bumper stickers either.

[Selatius]

59. Try hypermiling techniques with your Trans Am. You might be able to squeeze more MPG from your V-8

http://www.hypermiling.com/

Try it out and see how much MPG you can force your V-8 to put out.

[CRF450]

71. Heh heeeeh... naw I'm good lol

I actually tried a little bit of that, got a gain of 1mpg, but I'd rather just drive normally, and have my go fast moments once in a while.

I just recently took the clutch fan off of my truck, no problems what so ever yet, feel a small increase in power in the low rpm's, engine is much quieter. hasent even come close to over heating. I'll have to wait and burn through a full tank of gas to see what improvements their are in fuel milage. It varies around 16 to 17mpg, so who knows...

[Agent William]

60. I walk every where. No bike, no car, no trouble

I feel so European walking every place. :D

[Gabi Hayes]

61. front of my car:

in the back window:



mpg...33-50, depending on conditions....diesel

[liam_laddie]

63. 1989 Ford Taurus SHO

with 177k, Dem and progressive stickers all over the back, helps hide the rusty zones,
some from the 2004 election, a era that "will live in infamy." 2008 better be waaay different.

[hootinholler]

64. Maybe

I get flipped off about once a month these days, and it seems more often as the election heats up.

-Hoot

[tammywammy]

65. I drive a VW Beetle, diesel

Not because it's perceived as a "liberal" car, but because I get kick ass miles per gallon.

[cobalt1999]

66. Is a Harley a liberal mobile?

American made by union workers.
45 mpg city / 60 mpg highway.
Uses less metal and resources to manufacture than a car.

[nc4bo]

67. The car everyone seems to hate, now sporting a moveon.org Obama bumper sticker.

Not sure if they just hate my little red PT cruiser w/shiny phat rims or the Obama sticker drives 'em mad. :rofl:

p.s. there's also a taped "Fascism, the Elephant In The Room" behind the glass but my tint makes it hard to see.

[SeattleGirl]

68. I have a 1999 Taurus, which MrSG usually drives, and a

2001 Mercury Grand Marquis, which used to be my mom's car. My siblings decided I should have it after our mom passed away in February. I'm not working right now, so don't drive much. Even when I was working, I didn't drive much, because I worked from home.

Oh, and the Marquis has an Obama bumper sticker in the back window.

[flvegan]

70. 07 Mazdaspeed 3.

Fast, but practical and economical when it needs to be.

[Marr]

72. Honda 250 motorcycle... 85mpg in town.

Not sure if that reflects anything more than my penny pinching and tolerance for rain, though.

[spanone]

73. honda hybrid...guess so

[iamthebandfanman]

74. i drive a saturn ion coupe. n/t

[krabigirl]

75. Nope. Drive a CR-V with no stickers. I used to have stickers on my Beetle though.

Now I just have a boring mom-mobile. I refuse to put any kid-related stickers on there though.

[mdmc]

79. I have an NPR sticker

and drive a jalopy

[RebelOne]

80. '99 Ford Taurus with my DU and anti-war bumperstickers. n/t

[jeffrey_X]

81. No car.....so yes.

rollerblades, walking and public transportation.

when I do rent a car it is either from igocars.com or zipcar.com.

[in_cog_ni_to]

82. I drive a Prius....next car....a ZAP mobile!

http://www.zapworld.com/electric-vehicles/electric-cars

[GliderGuider]

83. 2001 VW Jetta TDI with Darwin Fish etc. plaques

The rear deck of my car sports all of the following:









And my favourite, an Ixnay Fish:

[Marrah_G]

84. Mine reflects my lot in life

Maroon 2000 Dodge Grand Caravan.

[Blarch]

85. Ford Focus.

And of course one of the FSM symbols



And a window sign.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

86. Does it count if I've had a Suburu and a VW? I buy what I can afford these days. 1995 Maxima now.

I bought it 2 months ago.

[guitar man]

89. nope

I don't know what our choice of rides reflects politically, if anything. We have a well worn 1995 Lincoln Mark VIII I picked up second hand about 5 years ago, my wife drives that most of the time. A 2003 Dodge 1500 short bed pickup truck, plain standard cab with a V-6 and a 5 speed. We stopped the bumper stickers after the rightards here keyed the car.

But my "main squeeze" is my 1999 Harley Davidson Sportster. :evilgrin:

[bean fidhleir]

91. Bottom-of-the-line Honda Civic, and am trying to replace it with

a motorized tadpole for long trips (my two pushbikes suit for around town). The problem (ideas welcome) is anti-theft storage: I live in a 3rd fl. apt and couldn't possibly get any such thing up the stairs. But if I parked it anywhere outside, it'd be stripped to nothing - or stolen outright - the first night.

[Evoman]

92. 1991 Crysler Dynasty.

Although I never drive it.

Not really a liberal car, as much as a poor guy car.

That said, even if I had money, I wouldn't buy a new car. What a waste of money.

[alfredo]

93. No, a banged up 1997 Hyundai Elantra shows that I'm too poor for a Prius.

[Naturyl]

95. Yep, I have no car

Which pretty accurately reflects my view that materialism is poisonous.

[Ganja Ninja]

96. No. 2000 Mazda B3000 truck n/t

[mmonk]

97. We have two liberal cars (Toyota and Volvo) and I drive a Tahoe,

because I'm not going out and buy another $40,000 Car right now, especially when I need to carry things including a boat and a work trailor. So I'll just have to deal with the guilt by association stuff.

[scheming daemons]

99. My car's not eligible to vote.... its views don't matter.

;-p

[Lilith Velkor]

100. Yes, my lack of a car reflects my political views.

:)

[lithiumbomb]

103. Volkswagen Golf with "F The President" sticker on it

:D

http://www.cafepress.com/fthepres

[Maine-ah]

104. 2001 Nissan Xterra with 80k on it.

shows ya how much I drive...no stickers, hubbie doesn't like them on the car.

[easttexaslefty]

105. Toyota

with a peace sign and Obama sticker

[Terran]

106. beat up old '91 Grand Am

with a rainbow sticker that says, "Unity in Diversity" (code for "I'm gay!").

I think the faact that I clearly drive an old and extremely well-used car at least says something. Cars ought to last longer and not be replaced every couple of years. A semi-green viewpoint. I'd love to have a Prius, though, having been in one recently.

[old mark]

108. Sort of - both are small pratty gas-efficient.

Have a '99 VW Passat and a '00 Hyundai Elantra.

Haven't owned a truck since the '70's, never had an SUV unless you count my old VW bus from the '60's.


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