Drive a Pickup Truck With Fancy Truck Wheels?

If you drive a pickup truck with fancy truck wheels, you are probably a redneck. How many times have we heard this? One would think that since trucks are the best-selling vehicles in America, we would get over this whole stereotyping thing.

Now, if you see a dude wearing a sleeveless flannel shirt sporting a mullet in a pickup truck with a gun rack in the back window, then you can be nearly certain he is a redneck.

The fact is that truck owners come from all walks of life, not just from the back-country. Nowadays, it is quite common for all types of professionals to drive a truck. There is little surprise when you see your doctor, financial representative or real estate agent cruise down the street in a Chevy Silverado or a Ford F-150.

However, since change seems to be rather slow here in the United States, you can bet stereotyping will continue, at least for the foreseeable future. So it makes us wonder what other stereotypes about what type of vehicle you drive exists.

Volkswagen Van

The Volkswagon Van has long been synonymous with the “free love” movement back in the 1960s. Probably in part because this roomy vehicle gives you enough space to start your own commune.

If you see one of these traveling down the road, you immediately envision a dreadlocked driver wearing a tie-dye T-shirt and listening to The Grateful Dead. In reality, it is much more likely to be driven by a wealthy hipster with a crazy beard and man-bun.

Porsche

You might be 40-something, but you are still hot, you are still sexy and the chicks still really dig you. Well, at least that what you think. You have been sleeping with the same woman for 20 years and it’s a wonder why she still puts up with you, perhaps it’s just for the kids’ sake.

Anyway, you are having a midlife crisis and you need something that will get you noticed; something the chicks will dig and show you still are that cool dude. So you buy a Porsche.

Well, it does get you noticed, only in the way you did not expect. Chicks don’t dig old guys in Porsches, they dig good-looking guys in trucks.

Range Rover

Anybody who drives a Range Rover has thought long and hard about ways they can prove to others just how filthy rich they really are. By buying a massive vehicle that is grossly overpriced and gets crappy gas mileage, you prove your point.

Of course, you also prove that you were over-coddled by your mother, largely ignored by your father and picked on in school. At least, that’s what we think your therapist would say.

Subaru Outback

If you own a Subaru Outback, you are probably a Generation Xer who works in IT, loves curry, shops at REI and watches soccer. There is also a good chance you live in Boulder, Colorado as you can’t swing a dead cat without hitting at least seven Outbacks.

Seriously, though, you maintain a healthy lifestyle by eating right and getting plenty of exercise. It is not uncommon for the bulk of vehicles at trailheads to be Subaru Outbacks.

Chevy Cruze

If you drive a Chevy Cruze, you like steak and mashed potatoes, but don’t know how to cook anything but, perhaps, toast, think you are mechanically inclined, but electrocuted yourself swapping out a light switch plate and think of yourself as leader, but are just over demanding.

Honda Accord

If you drive a Honda Accord, you probably work in healthcare or education, prefer to spend your free time outdoors and might have kids in the future. You are satisfied with your life, wear a lot of Adidas apparel and wish Breaking Bad was still on television.