The general stereotype is that conservative Republicans are more masculine, macho, country-type rural folks who don’t trust foreign-made things and don’t care so much about environmental causes, looking out for themselves more than others, while liberal Democrats are eco-minded, progressive, better-educated city folks who appreciate European and Asian-made cars/hardware. The popular cars in these lists definitely bolster those stereotypes.
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I’m also confused, but as to why anyone would consider this information relevant to anyone, anywhere, at any time.
Also not sure why the pic of the general lee, since a 60s Dodge Charger isn’t on either list.
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I am wondering about the bolstering of the stereotypes too, I agree that stereotypes are real, yet I am curious as to the red versus blue scenario.
The real problem is a transportation system built upon a misguided primitive belief that speed is good, superlatively so.
The fact that one peanut is blue or another peanut is red does not really matter during the great peanut gathering harvest. The fact is people love peanut butter.
And if the fact that I am ignoring all known science to make a nut butter analogy with a legume, bring it up with the cunning linguists.
The bigger point is that some people have scientific facts to inform their decisions and yet can’t agree on anything. But there are people with a disregard for facts; that somehow coalesce coherently.
There should be more public transportation, and yet there is not.
Cars and Trucks should be toys.
I would like a 1957 Ford Ranchero Hybrid painted blue and red.
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Unfortunately, this did not.
Which is funny because 5 of the 10 “red” vehicles on that list (all of which are American brands) are actually made in Mexico.
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Because Boing Boing?
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Shhh!! Don’t tell Trump!!
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It seems a little redundant to have the 325i and the 328i listed separately. There are different engines and trim levels available for many of the cars on this list. Assuming we’re talking about the same generation of 3ers the only difference is in the drivetrain.
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If we want to get into some #realtalk here, this whole article is just a bunch of bullshit.
It conflates foreign made to foreign brands. I know I keep harping on this, but it talks about democrats driving foreign made cars when BMW, Toyota, Honda, and Audi all do most of their NA-market manufacturing in the USA. Conversely, Dodge, Chevrolet, and Ford have moved a lot of their manufacturing to Mexico.
It doesn’t account for badge engineering in the lists. For instance in the “Unusually popular cars” list, the GMC Sierra 1500 and Chevrolet Silverado 1500 are the same damn vehicle, as are the BMW 328i and BMW 325i. Oh, and Saab 3-Sep sigh. It also doesn’t account for year or generation of vehicle which I think statistically would be way more interesting.
All it’s really saying is “red state people like them some big trucks and blue state people like them some cars” to the shock of nobody. If you put a modicum of thought into this, consider how red states are more rural and agrarian, so driving big trucks makes a lot more sense. You can’t really haul farm equipment around in a Prius. Blue states are often more urban where practicality and fuel economy is important.
Basically this article doesn’t say much of anything but it’s fun to argue about.
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What?
No Volvos or Subarus in the blue column?
Sheesh! I won’t even ask what happened to the dang VW camper-van since I know those aren’t very easy to find/buy any more.
Last year I drove my 1999 Toyota RAV4 into my husband’s newish Toyota Tacoma. Big ol’ dent! So no worries about a super clean perfect truck, though he does drive it to his IT job. He stores most of his beekeeping gear in the truckbed, and has been known to do a wild colony rescue on his way home. Last weekend it was a hive inside an in-ground cable box located next to a busy sidewalk.
Forget the cars and trucks for a minute–in US dollar terms, I’d like a breakout list showing MSRP on these cars. For the sake of [further] argument.
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The list was “unusual” cars. Anybody knows that if you’re in Colorado, the North West or North East you won’t be able to go two feet without seeing a Subaru.
I like the idea of a breakdown of cost. There’s so many things that could have made this article more interesting and relevant that were missing in favor of the “lol repubs sure love their trucks and libs are some damn hippies!”
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What does it mean that I’ve owned neither? 
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And, that you won’t see many all-electric cars, except if someone has enough money that they can afford to keep it in a garage all winter.
Cold drains those electric batteries like you wouldn’t believe, and driving in snow and ice is even worse.
Perhaps we can get a discount on a package deal?
Unless you’re in the Seattle area where Teslas are so commonplace they have become the Toyota Camry of the rich.
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I want an electric pickup truck or SUV (and no the tesla suv isn’t really good for sports or utility but it is a vehicle).
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1983 Honda CM250, 1983 Kawasaki GPz750, 1985 Suzuki GS450E, 1980 BMW 323i, 1980 BMW R65LS, 2004 BMW F650GS, 2015 Yamaha MT-07HO.
Not sure what the pollsters would make of that. Plenty of Euro and Japan, but not quite the usual mix.
Well, in our driveway you’ll typically see an old Silverado pickup, a Prius, a Subaru Forester, and a (not obviously) dead Kawasaki KZ750, so I think we’ve got all the genres covered. Of the voters in the house, one of us is a Euro-style fiscally-conservative socialist, the other is a more liberal socialist. The car assignment is as you’d probably expect.
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Hay there snookums, I’m documented.
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