Have You Named Your Car?
Posted by
Eric de Place
01/16/2007 02:30 PM
4 in 10 Americans think their car has a personality
With a hat tip to Erica Barnett at Slog, some fascinating new poll results about Americans and their cars:
- Almost four in 10 of those polled said their car has a personality of its own. Two in 10 have a nickname for their car. Most often it is a female nickname...
- Women were more likely than men to attribute personal traits to their cars, more likely than men to give their car a nickname and more likely to see their cars as female.
- Three in 10 think of their car as having a gender, with 23 percent thinking of their cars as female, compared with just 7 percent male.
- Four in five of those polled said they love to drive. Young adults and older people were more likely than those 30-39 to say they enjoy driving. People who make less than $25,000 were more likely than those who make more than $75,000 to say they enjoy driving.
- Also, 62 percent say they can tell something about someone's personality just by the car he or she drives...
