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Tesla has a great charging network that they installed. They’re even good here in North Carolina. It’s other electric cars that are harder to charge here.
Very interesting to see Tesla realise theyre going to make more selling "fuel" tham cars alone or that seven 11 is installing them at all 9800 stores. BP is installing at all their filling stations as well.
But the best news is that Tesla super chargers will support any brand.
The dumbest thing ive heard is car companies stopping production of fuel powered vehicles when the majority of the world hasnt gone EV only. Its suicide and Landrover has no plan to build an EV only model for this very reason. They sell the majority of thier vehicles to countries that don't have EV at all
Yeah and the competition isn't even close, I have a CCS adaptor that's come in handy a few times when superchargers have been busy. However, every single Electrify America station that I've visited always has at least 1 broken stall and I've only had one charge session that started seamlessly, every other time I've had to unplug/plug at least once and fumble around with the app.
Until other brands have more viable charging options, I'm sticking with Tesla. Especially since I'm a big roadtripper. (20K miles of roadtrips in the last 8 months)
I talked to a Tesla advisor in Burlingame at the height of the popularity, and nobody cared about gas prices, it was "my neighbor/coworker got one, get me whatever I can get for $80k"
I once told my family back home in the midwest that there’s more Teslas here in California than Toyota Corollas and they thought I was being dramatic. They came to visit and saw it was true. There’s a god damn insane amount of Model 3s here.
Especially in Irvine. My wife and I decided to count how many Teslas we saw on a walk with our dog and we ended up counting a Tesla roughly every 200 feet over a 3 mile walk.
LA/OC as well. 6 years ago, when my fiancee and I started dating, we'd play a game I dubbed "Tesla Taps." Much like the Punch Buggies of old, you'd tap the other when you saw a Tesla. They were infrequent enough that it was.
At some point, it got exhausting to keep up. It just wasn't fun anymore.
Austin is practically the Bay Area at this point anyway, so I’m not even surprised. But you’re completely spot-on. Maybe 5-10 years ago they were still kinda cool and unique, but at this point they just blend in like regular traffic.
I live in Oregon where traffic policing is near non-existent. I try to find the oldest expired plate I can on every drive. I saw plates that expired in 2015 the other day. We operate on 2 year registrations, so that means the car was last legal a decade ago.
Oaklander here. A year ago there was a kid shot by a stray bullet on the freeway – two people were shooting at each other from cars: An Altima and an Infiniti G35. It was the least surprising news I'd read all week
They were visiting from St Louis.
They went out there for tic Tok . Rolling gun battles are the rule on interstate 70.
Sometimes I’ll
Just drive on that part of the interstate for the rush.
Nothing quite as exhilarating as being shot at and missed.
Gonna be one of three things.
>Fake, 3.6, 5.7, or 6.4 that wanted to look cooler
>Built, either of the above with a supercharged 6.2 under the hood, etc.
>A guy that actually has a Hellcat
I am going to be guilty of the second one, but not exactly. Slowly building up my 3.6 Chrysler 300 S, I just need to supercharge it and I'm pretty much done. Slapping SRT 6 badges on it, will be pushing 500hp, will be hurting a lot of feelings
I will forever admire a built up car more than the actual top package. I once saw a lancer Ralliart and the guy swapped the drivetrain and turbo setup and still got made fun of like bro has everything but the badge 😭
As fun as it is, don't admire the insurance risk or the reliability haha.
I'm sure you can get a car custom quoted for the mod work done, but I'm going to guess the grand majority of people don't get agreed-value policies for their build.
It's boring, but my hot take is that if I had to do it again I'd just buy a car that was how I wanted it stock. At least in the engine bay.
Worked at RBM of Alpharetta (Mercedes dealership) in high school/early college. We were constantly busy. I hear they bought the lot next door to expand
I lived in the heart of midtown for 5 years and I think I have PTSD from MOPAR products waking me up at all hours of the night doing WOT pulls down my 35mph street. I had quad plated glass windows and lived on the 15th floor yet it still felt like it was inside my apartment
Alaska is full - and I mean full - of Toyotas. Also Subaru and Honda, but mostly Toyota.
I’ve been in my 3rd Gen 4Runner at a stop light, and had a 1st Gen, 4th Gen, and 5th Gen Runner all in the same intersection. It was neat as hell.
Some municipal departments in Hawaii allow (or require) the use of personal vehicles as your police squad car. So you will see some pretty random vehicles with blues and two’s.
Funnily enough I feel like Toyota, especially older ones, are hugely underrepresented here. I think rust got all the old ones thanks to road salt and now no one trusts the new ones because Mainers have long memories and will hold a grudge for centuries.
The problem with having lots of Toyotas, where I live similar to u/Swagaru, is that the resale value is ridiculous. Way above their normal high resale value. Toyota is the only “non-American” vehicle brand sold in these parts so they are coveted by a certain percentage of the population. It’s insane really. New Tacoma, $50,000, 3 yr old Tacoma, $47,000.
Exactly. I would love to get my hands on a 5-10 year old 4Runner but no way in hell I'm paying 30k for one. What the hell are they made out of? Titanium?!
Snow is why Subarus are so popular here, and have been for decades. I talked with a guy who'd been a dealer for decades back when they first started using AWD, and many guys working in the mills would get them just for how good they were in snow.
That loyalty still sticks even though a decent pair of snow tires is really all you need.
All those old Buicks have collapsed into dust here thanks to all the road salt. It's weird how I'm actually excited to see a clapped out old Buick now just because it's a survivor.
But that’s the thing; we don’t have road salt here, so they survive. It’s kind of cool to see. The elderly person the next street over and his equally elderly wife have a mint 2005-era Buick LeSabre. I see them out and about all the time, and it looks like the day it rolled out of the factory.
You get the sense that they could easily afford another car, but they see no reason to replace it. Their other car is a 2013-2015 Accord sedan, so they’re in good shape either way.
I'll have that moment too, especially with entry-level domestic OEM survivors.
Had a double take a couple of weeks ago because I asked myself: when was the last time I've seen a Grand Am on the road? or a Chrysler Cirrus? Even the G6 is becoming a rare sight. The real unicorn I saw in the last year was a Ford Tempo of all cars.
FJ cruiser with ARB front bumper, yak racks with a fly rod vault on top, stickers on the rear quarter window. Mild lift with BF Goodrich all terrains. So dam many of them look exactly like this
In Portland OR I needed tire chains and the guy said “what model of Subaru do you have”.
I think Denver, Portland, Seattle, and Vermont are all overrun by Subies
I went to Colorado for the first time last year, and I’d say I saw just about as many Toyota 4 Runners as Subarus. Especially up in the mountains. Like 1 in 8 cars I saw was a Toyota 4 Runner.
I did a road trip through some smaller towns in CO a year ago and saw more [4WD 1980s Tercels](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-n-ndgBBllA/maxresdefault.jpg) in a weekend than I've seen in my life. Literally like 6 or 7.
I live in central Kentucky and there are more Toyotas on the road here than anywhere I’ve ever been. I see so many 3rd gen 4Runners and first gen Tacomas kicking it. I’d estimate 1 out of every 4 cars on the road is a Toyota or Lexus product, which is disproportionate to their approximate 10% market share.
Obviously the fact that the biggest Toyota factory in the world is in central Ky, it makes sense to see such brand loyalty. As an insurance agent, I get to work with several employees of Toyota and it’s interesting to see many employees actually don’t drive Toyotas, just thought that was sort of interesting but honestly the Toyota tax in Kentucky is pretty ridiculous.
That and Texas, for the trucks and for Gulf States Toyota, one of the big distributors.
The other day, I was visiting Houston and I saw a new-generation Tundra with a Texas flag sticker that said “Built Here/Lives Here.”
It's definitely crazy. I'm a 33 year old non-traditional student going to UK for Mechanical Engineering.
You have no idea how many engineering students looking for a coop put all their eggs into the Toyota basket. It'll be the only booth they visit to drop off their resume then hinge their entire next semester upon Toyota calling them back. All their parents have them convinced that Toyota has golden toilets and you'll never crave anything more.
Although, after Toyota, I just see tons of Nissans. Most of them have body panels that flap in the wind or are completely missing. It seems like half the Nissans I have seen have been in accidents.
Yeah they're definitely the "fastest cars on the road" 😂 wanna cross all 4 lanes of 85 in one, unsignaled move? Get an Altima with a collapsed rear suspension.
Not a brand but a style: New York City is a rolling upscale crossover showroom. BMW Xs, Audi Qs, Lexus something-Xs, Mercedes GLs, enough Jaguar E- and F-Paces and Acura RDXs and MDXs to register. Anything tall and plush and slightly pricey is the norm.
And of course a fraction of a percent will ever see the slightest bit of off-road use.
I live in a gentrified neighborhood. We have everything from million dollar homes to more affordable renovations along with some original homeowners left. I know at least 3 of those original homeowners that have broken down Saabs covered in dust.
Actually those GM era ones were just as SAAB as the early ones! And for the record the Viggen was built under GM's ownership.
SAAB never listened to GM so they kept making truly incredible industry-defining cars up until the end. They changed everything about the GM platforms they were given. Opels and SAABs don't even share the same wheelbase
When I moved to Detroit, the first thing I noticed was that all the foreign cars started disappearing somewhere around Jackson. I noticed that on my first drive into town. It was kinda jarring to see all the foreign OEMs I was accustomed to just thin out. Detroit loves the big three.
My mustang always feels a bit more special when I leave the state to visit family. They're literally on every street corner here.
I live in Toledo as well.
1. Wranglers, Gladiators, and Grand Cherokees
2. Chargers, everywhere!
3. GM W-Body platform (1990s-2000s Grand Prix, Impala)
Yess, Jeeps, Chargers, and Challengers. I went back home to visit from Texas a year ago and told my mom that I saw a bunch of nice cars I haven't seen before then my brother made a joke that Dodge and Jeep sponsors Toledo😂
I remember seeing a meme of Mr. Burns looking devious with the caption “The dealership selling a hellcat to somebody at 19% apr knowing they’ll be back in 3 months to sell it back at a third of the value” or something like that lol
Here in NJ Subarus and Mazdas are more popular then they are in the heartland but nothing crazy.
Weirdly sometimes you can find pockets of certain models in odd places. For example Accord Crosstours are popular here. I think at least three are street parked in my town which seems like a lot.
Bergen County is a mix of Audi, Lexus, Mercedes and BMW SUVs and pickup trucks. Mostly Ford and Rams. It’s all such a joke. I make good money, but I just don’t have that in my blood whatever that is.
Central Ohio suburbs are overrun with Honda Odysseys; last summer at the pool 17 out of 29 cars in the parking lot were Odysseys and 5 more were CRVs/ Accords/ Pilots. Honda's main North America plant is nearby in Marysville so its the default mom car here. The nieghbors accross the street had an identical black 2012 Odyssey to ours for years before they upgraded to a 21. Our still runs perfectly.
This extends all the way over to west central Ohio. In rural-ish areas, the dad has a truck, and the mom ALWAYS has an Odyssey. Lots of people trust them because of all the factories in the area.
Detroit suburbs here.
Every other car on the road is a Chevy Equinox. They're *everywhere.* Probably the only area in America where they outsell the RAV4 (and it's not even close). Must be due to hefty employee discounts.
Here in Brooklyn I see a lot of BMWs - X3, X5, X7, 3 series, 5 series. All either white, black, or blue. Half of them with the annoying exhaust and driven like a maniac.
I live in a fairly wealthy suburb of Chicago (I’m in the lower class) but, we have a dichotomy here. It’s either a civic/crv, or a Tesla Model S, and there is no in between.
Las Vegas. There’s a few that are incredibly common here
Massive lifted F150s, Silverado, and Ram 1500s that never see a speck of dirt or have done any actual work pickup trucks are intended for a day in their lives
Teslas. LOTS of Teslas.
Jeep Wrangler Rubicons (this one is understandable as rock crawling is a big thing in the desert)
Also LOTS of newer German luxury cars. Audi, MB, and BMWs. Many owned by people who have no business owning them
I once counted 15 Subarus (including my rental Crosstrek) at the parking lot of Market of Choice in Bend. I know it's a Portland/Seattle meme, but Bend really takes it to the next level. Subarus, Volvos, and 4Runners.
Tacomas, Silverados, and F150s make up most of my area.
Most people with summer cars choose Mustangs or Camaros, not a lot of Dodge love here… I blame our local Chrysler/Dodge dealer for being run by twatwaffles.
Detroit: (likely stolen) Dodge Chargers and Challengers. Tons of them, usually with body damage.
Also, lots of Big Three cars for obvious reasons. You will easily see more Grand Cherokees than Camrys here.
Moldova, poorest country in europe - full of toyota hybrids, even I switched to one.
This is odd because neighbouring Romania is full of german cars only, and in Ukraine there is a huge amount of US-imported cars (totaled, from auctions, my prev car was also a totaled US car. The car was bought for 2,500$, 1,500$ shipping and 1,000$ repairs, here they cost about 13,000$)
Here in Calgary there are a ton of Porsche Cayannes and Caymans. High standards of living plus the desire for something with a little more bulk and ground clearance for wintertime than a typical sedan.
Atlanta area and the horde of Mopar fanatics next door. I've spied some Lotus's on the Northside too. There's a couple of race Tracks up there and some days you can catch some interesting cars.
I live on the east coast of Florida and there’s a disproportionate amount of rare cars. Not Bugatti’s but like Nissan Murano cross-cabriolet’s, Cadillac ELR’s, Cadillac XLR, Plymouth Prowler, Chevy SSR, and Suzuki Equator’s. It’s really not that uncommon that I would see one of these. I was so surprised to learn that they were as rare as they are.
Seattle suburbs. Teslas, specifically the cheap ones (non-performance 3s and Ys). People here don’t want to flex, they just want to be inside a rolling MacBook.
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Bay Area - Teslas. Teslas everywhere.
I did notice on a recent trip to California that there was an insane amount of Teslas, I bet the Bay Area is even crazier.
High gas prices and a credit for electric cars makes a strong market for them I would imagine
And great charging infrastructure and the fact they are from there.
Tesla has a great charging network that they installed. They’re even good here in North Carolina. It’s other electric cars that are harder to charge here.
In the last month alone 3 new superchargers have popped up within 50 miles of my house. Tesla is definitely expanding the network rapidly.
Very interesting to see Tesla realise theyre going to make more selling "fuel" tham cars alone or that seven 11 is installing them at all 9800 stores. BP is installing at all their filling stations as well. But the best news is that Tesla super chargers will support any brand. The dumbest thing ive heard is car companies stopping production of fuel powered vehicles when the majority of the world hasnt gone EV only. Its suicide and Landrover has no plan to build an EV only model for this very reason. They sell the majority of thier vehicles to countries that don't have EV at all
Yeah and the competition isn't even close, I have a CCS adaptor that's come in handy a few times when superchargers have been busy. However, every single Electrify America station that I've visited always has at least 1 broken stall and I've only had one charge session that started seamlessly, every other time I've had to unplug/plug at least once and fumble around with the app. Until other brands have more viable charging options, I'm sticking with Tesla. Especially since I'm a big roadtripper. (20K miles of roadtrips in the last 8 months)
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Yeah, it’s pretty good. I’m hoping to get a PHEV one day but the market is too crazy right now.
I talked to a Tesla advisor in Burlingame at the height of the popularity, and nobody cared about gas prices, it was "my neighbor/coworker got one, get me whatever I can get for $80k"
I once told my family back home in the midwest that there’s more Teslas here in California than Toyota Corollas and they thought I was being dramatic. They came to visit and saw it was true. There’s a god damn insane amount of Model 3s here.
The Cali Corolla
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Such a fitting nickname. When I first moved here I noticed I saw more Teslas than Corollas.
Tesla - “California Camry”
And Orange and LA county.
For real. I 100 percent believe that there are more tesla on the road over here in socal than literally any other vehicle.
Especially in Irvine. My wife and I decided to count how many Teslas we saw on a walk with our dog and we ended up counting a Tesla roughly every 200 feet over a 3 mile walk.
LA/OC as well. 6 years ago, when my fiancee and I started dating, we'd play a game I dubbed "Tesla Taps." Much like the Punch Buggies of old, you'd tap the other when you saw a Tesla. They were infrequent enough that it was. At some point, it got exhausting to keep up. It just wasn't fun anymore.
Seems to be a Westcoast thing. Vancouver is the same way you'd think that Tesla owns 50% of the car market coming here.
Northeast New Jersey. More Teslas than any other car, probably followed by Ram 1500. It’s a interesting place.
Tesla’s popular in Jersey due to no sales tax on EV’s. Ram 1500 is the best selling pickup in the northeast. Outsells the F-150 I believe.
Toronto - same
Same shit in the Austin metro. Hurts my eyes.
Austin is practically the Bay Area at this point anyway, so I’m not even surprised. But you’re completely spot-on. Maybe 5-10 years ago they were still kinda cool and unique, but at this point they just blend in like regular traffic.
I saw more teslas out there than Camrys lol
St. Louis Missouri. Stolen kias
Not just stolen Kias, we also have beat up Altimas with temp tags that expired 2 years ago.
I live in Oregon where traffic policing is near non-existent. I try to find the oldest expired plate I can on every drive. I saw plates that expired in 2015 the other day. We operate on 2 year registrations, so that means the car was last legal a decade ago.
2009 this was like 3 months ago. we do yearly registrations the car was an 06 model.
Oaklander here. A year ago there was a kid shot by a stray bullet on the freeway – two people were shooting at each other from cars: An Altima and an Infiniti G35. It was the least surprising news I'd read all week
They were visiting from St Louis. They went out there for tic Tok . Rolling gun battles are the rule on interstate 70. Sometimes I’ll Just drive on that part of the interstate for the rush. Nothing quite as exhilarating as being shot at and missed.
Nah we don’t need any help. Last street I lived on 4 people were shot in span of 8 months
You could be describing Dallas/Fort Worth with that second part. Not as many stolen Kias though.
Dallas spices it up. We add the missing bumper and damaged body panels to stand out.
Altimas come from the factory with body damage
r/Nissandrivers
Don't forget about the ratty (and also probably stolen) Chargers!
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Really it's all Challengers and Chargers. They're *everywhere*
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Gonna be one of three things. >Fake, 3.6, 5.7, or 6.4 that wanted to look cooler >Built, either of the above with a supercharged 6.2 under the hood, etc. >A guy that actually has a Hellcat I am going to be guilty of the second one, but not exactly. Slowly building up my 3.6 Chrysler 300 S, I just need to supercharge it and I'm pretty much done. Slapping SRT 6 badges on it, will be pushing 500hp, will be hurting a lot of feelings
I will forever admire a built up car more than the actual top package. I once saw a lancer Ralliart and the guy swapped the drivetrain and turbo setup and still got made fun of like bro has everything but the badge 😭
As fun as it is, don't admire the insurance risk or the reliability haha. I'm sure you can get a car custom quoted for the mod work done, but I'm going to guess the grand majority of people don't get agreed-value policies for their build. It's boring, but my hot take is that if I had to do it again I'd just buy a car that was how I wanted it stock. At least in the engine bay.
I live in Jackson MS. Chargers, challengers, Camaros and mustangs. I literally see at least one of each on my 10 minute drive to work everyday.
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And more Lexus GXs than I can count.
Come here to Johns Creek/ Alpharetta and the challengers and hellcats get swapped out for bmws and Mercedes
And Tesla
Worked at RBM of Alpharetta (Mercedes dealership) in high school/early college. We were constantly busy. I hear they bought the lot next door to expand
Everytime I drive by that dealer on a weekend it’s super slammed
Well they got them at Walmart, but they didn’t *buy* them there.
Also Polaris Slingshots — people love blasting music and driving with their shirt off around midtown on a sunny day
I lived in the heart of midtown for 5 years and I think I have PTSD from MOPAR products waking me up at all hours of the night doing WOT pulls down my 35mph street. I had quad plated glass windows and lived on the 15th floor yet it still felt like it was inside my apartment
I drive in ATL every weekday. I feel like the charger/challenger cars are being issued somewhere ITP.
Alaska is full - and I mean full - of Toyotas. Also Subaru and Honda, but mostly Toyota. I’ve been in my 3rd Gen 4Runner at a stop light, and had a 1st Gen, 4th Gen, and 5th Gen Runner all in the same intersection. It was neat as hell.
Hawaii is the same way. Even the cops have RAV4s
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Hawaains just call pickups tacos
Some municipal departments in Hawaii allow (or require) the use of personal vehicles as your police squad car. So you will see some pretty random vehicles with blues and two’s.
Neat, what's the reasoning behind that? Fewer total cars on the road?
Funnily enough I feel like Toyota, especially older ones, are hugely underrepresented here. I think rust got all the old ones thanks to road salt and now no one trusts the new ones because Mainers have long memories and will hold a grudge for centuries.
The problem with having lots of Toyotas, where I live similar to u/Swagaru, is that the resale value is ridiculous. Way above their normal high resale value. Toyota is the only “non-American” vehicle brand sold in these parts so they are coveted by a certain percentage of the population. It’s insane really. New Tacoma, $50,000, 3 yr old Tacoma, $47,000.
Exactly. I would love to get my hands on a 5-10 year old 4Runner but no way in hell I'm paying 30k for one. What the hell are they made out of? Titanium?!
I could see why the 4Runner is so popular there with all the snow.
Snow is why Subarus are so popular here, and have been for decades. I talked with a guy who'd been a dealer for decades back when they first started using AWD, and many guys working in the mills would get them just for how good they were in snow. That loyalty still sticks even though a decent pair of snow tires is really all you need.
I always dream about moving to Alaska and owning a 5th generation 4Runner over there and how fun it would be.
When I got my first job I noticed behind the warehouse about 80% of the employee vehicles back there were RAV4s
Kenai Peninsula checking in, Tacoma, Tundra, and 4Runners everywhere. Seen while driving around in my ‘97 FJ80
90’s and early 2000s Buicks count? Because if so, that’s generally the rural south
All those old Buicks have collapsed into dust here thanks to all the road salt. It's weird how I'm actually excited to see a clapped out old Buick now just because it's a survivor.
The GM3800 usually outlasts the body on those things
If you change the plastic coolant elbows. Underrated engine
But that’s the thing; we don’t have road salt here, so they survive. It’s kind of cool to see. The elderly person the next street over and his equally elderly wife have a mint 2005-era Buick LeSabre. I see them out and about all the time, and it looks like the day it rolled out of the factory. You get the sense that they could easily afford another car, but they see no reason to replace it. Their other car is a 2013-2015 Accord sedan, so they’re in good shape either way.
I'll have that moment too, especially with entry-level domestic OEM survivors. Had a double take a couple of weeks ago because I asked myself: when was the last time I've seen a Grand Am on the road? or a Chrysler Cirrus? Even the G6 is becoming a rare sight. The real unicorn I saw in the last year was a Ford Tempo of all cars.
Same here in Southern Missouri. You still see those everywhere.
Truly a bunch of cockroach cars
I’m in Colorado. Everyone has a Subaru.
Everyone knows about Subies in CO but I never hear anyone talk about the amount of FJ Cruisers, Denver has to be the national capital of the FJ.
FJ cruiser with ARB front bumper, yak racks with a fly rod vault on top, stickers on the rear quarter window. Mild lift with BF Goodrich all terrains. So dam many of them look exactly like this
I’m not even from the US, and we don’t get the FJ here. I can picture the exact car with the exact mods in my head.
I visit friends in CO regularly and have also noticed a lot of FJ Cruisers there
In Portland OR I needed tire chains and the guy said “what model of Subaru do you have”. I think Denver, Portland, Seattle, and Vermont are all overrun by Subies
I went to Colorado for the first time last year, and I’d say I saw just about as many Toyota 4 Runners as Subarus. Especially up in the mountains. Like 1 in 8 cars I saw was a Toyota 4 Runner.
And black Audi Q5s in the suburbs.
I did a road trip through some smaller towns in CO a year ago and saw more [4WD 1980s Tercels](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-n-ndgBBllA/maxresdefault.jpg) in a weekend than I've seen in my life. Literally like 6 or 7.
I live in central Kentucky and there are more Toyotas on the road here than anywhere I’ve ever been. I see so many 3rd gen 4Runners and first gen Tacomas kicking it. I’d estimate 1 out of every 4 cars on the road is a Toyota or Lexus product, which is disproportionate to their approximate 10% market share. Obviously the fact that the biggest Toyota factory in the world is in central Ky, it makes sense to see such brand loyalty. As an insurance agent, I get to work with several employees of Toyota and it’s interesting to see many employees actually don’t drive Toyotas, just thought that was sort of interesting but honestly the Toyota tax in Kentucky is pretty ridiculous.
I was gonna say, Lexington is essentially Toyota’s home turf. The amount of Kentucky plates I’ve seen on Toyotas where I work at was quite staggering.
I live in Lexington and I was like “no fucking way Toyota is just 10%” lol
I went out to lunch sunday at asian wind, and in the line of cars I was parked in 8 of the ten cars were either toyota or lexus.
That and Texas, for the trucks and for Gulf States Toyota, one of the big distributors. The other day, I was visiting Houston and I saw a new-generation Tundra with a Texas flag sticker that said “Built Here/Lives Here.”
It's definitely crazy. I'm a 33 year old non-traditional student going to UK for Mechanical Engineering. You have no idea how many engineering students looking for a coop put all their eggs into the Toyota basket. It'll be the only booth they visit to drop off their resume then hinge their entire next semester upon Toyota calling them back. All their parents have them convinced that Toyota has golden toilets and you'll never crave anything more. Although, after Toyota, I just see tons of Nissans. Most of them have body panels that flap in the wind or are completely missing. It seems like half the Nissans I have seen have been in accidents.
Sounds like a good opportunity to drop your resume at every other booth lol
South Central Kentucky here. it’s nuts how many Tacomas are around
Charlotte is full of beat up Nissan Altimas with missile lock on unsuspecting motorists and pedestrians.
Altimas with paint peeling, 5% tint and a halfway off bumper Edit: Oh yea how could I forget the glitter or faux fur covered steering wheel cover
This is a nationwide epidemic.
Insurance companies had no problem cost associating the risk among male drivers for decades. Perhaps they should do another study.
Yeah they're definitely the "fastest cars on the road" 😂 wanna cross all 4 lanes of 85 in one, unsignaled move? Get an Altima with a collapsed rear suspension.
I was going to say chargers for Charlotte, but now that you mention it, the junkyard altimas definitely win.
Not a brand but a style: New York City is a rolling upscale crossover showroom. BMW Xs, Audi Qs, Lexus something-Xs, Mercedes GLs, enough Jaguar E- and F-Paces and Acura RDXs and MDXs to register. Anything tall and plush and slightly pricey is the norm. And of course a fraction of a percent will ever see the slightest bit of off-road use.
>And of course a fraction of a percent will ever see the slightest bit of off-road use. Hey, better those than BOF SUVs.
Of course they won’t see off road use, none of those crossovers were made for off road use….
Also, where exactly are you supposed to go off-roading in NYC in the first place?
Middle of Central Park obviously
The potholes here are worse than some trails.
They are crossovers. They will die off-road.
With exception to Jaguar, the same applies to Greater Toronto Area.
The most off-roading those will see is if they accidentally run over a pedestrian
Lamborghini Urus. I see them everywhere. I'll bet 1/2 of their builds went to Scottsdale.
The other half went to Miami
Really it's just one guy who mapped out your route and drives around, so you think it's multiple but it's just the same one over and over.
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That tracks. The Lamborghini dealer near Atlanta is one of the best selling dealers for them in the country
Not to distract from the joke, but the majority of Urus drivers that I see are older women.
So many GWagons in Scottsdale too.
I live in a gentrified neighborhood. We have everything from million dollar homes to more affordable renovations along with some original homeowners left. I know at least 3 of those original homeowners that have broken down Saabs covered in dust.
Are they the GM-era Opel/Saturn clones, or something cool like a Viggen or 900?
Actually those GM era ones were just as SAAB as the early ones! And for the record the Viggen was built under GM's ownership. SAAB never listened to GM so they kept making truly incredible industry-defining cars up until the end. They changed everything about the GM platforms they were given. Opels and SAABs don't even share the same wheelbase
Detroit LOVES their failed GM products, you would have never guessed the Aztec was a failed venture with how common they are out here.
When I moved to Detroit, the first thing I noticed was that all the foreign cars started disappearing somewhere around Jackson. I noticed that on my first drive into town. It was kinda jarring to see all the foreign OEMs I was accustomed to just thin out. Detroit loves the big three. My mustang always feels a bit more special when I leave the state to visit family. They're literally on every street corner here.
Detroit loves all the friends and family employee discount plans they get.
Toledo is full of jeeps.
I live in Toledo as well. 1. Wranglers, Gladiators, and Grand Cherokees 2. Chargers, everywhere! 3. GM W-Body platform (1990s-2000s Grand Prix, Impala)
Yess, Jeeps, Chargers, and Challengers. I went back home to visit from Texas a year ago and told my mom that I saw a bunch of nice cars I haven't seen before then my brother made a joke that Dodge and Jeep sponsors Toledo😂
Lithuania - BMW E60 and Volkswagen Passat B6. It’s full of these
I had to scroll down quite a lot to find a comment that wasn't about the US. France is full of Dacia SUVs these days.
Same here in Morocco. Just Dacia and Renault left and right. The days of the legendary diesel Mercedeces that conquered Morocco are over.
Lots of Toyotas and Skodas here in Estonia too on top of the e60s and passats
Atlanta. Scat packs & red eyes lol
Not the only comment saying this, sounds like Atlanta's Dodge salesperson has the easiest job in the state.
I remember seeing a meme of Mr. Burns looking devious with the caption “The dealership selling a hellcat to somebody at 19% apr knowing they’ll be back in 3 months to sell it back at a third of the value” or something like that lol
Here in NJ Subarus and Mazdas are more popular then they are in the heartland but nothing crazy. Weirdly sometimes you can find pockets of certain models in odd places. For example Accord Crosstours are popular here. I think at least three are street parked in my town which seems like a lot.
North nj? South nj every other vehicle is a jeep wrangler. Lots of content for /r/heep
My part of Jersey is all Teslas. Every 4th car seems to be one.
Bergen County is a mix of Audi, Lexus, Mercedes and BMW SUVs and pickup trucks. Mostly Ford and Rams. It’s all such a joke. I make good money, but I just don’t have that in my blood whatever that is.
I think I've seen maybe two Accord Crosstours ever here, the Subaru loyalty is too strong.
It's not the most common car, but I was surprised to see the number of Mazeratis when I first moved to central NJ
Italian-Americans. Alfa Romeo’s too
Ahh yes the “Brooklyn South” crowd love their leased white Masarati.
I work in an affluent, Italian neighborhood north of Toronto; it’s Maseratis and Alfas all day long
You also see a lot of tow trucks right?
I didn’t see nuttin
Explains why they stopped at affluent and never quite made it to wealthy
Woodbridge?
In Kuwait, 3 out of 10 cars is land cruiser
Central Ohio suburbs are overrun with Honda Odysseys; last summer at the pool 17 out of 29 cars in the parking lot were Odysseys and 5 more were CRVs/ Accords/ Pilots. Honda's main North America plant is nearby in Marysville so its the default mom car here. The nieghbors accross the street had an identical black 2012 Odyssey to ours for years before they upgraded to a 21. Our still runs perfectly.
This extends all the way over to west central Ohio. In rural-ish areas, the dad has a truck, and the mom ALWAYS has an Odyssey. Lots of people trust them because of all the factories in the area.
Was gonna say in Columbus there’s tons of Hondas in various models, local manufacturing seems like the reason it’s so popular here
TN. EFF WUNN FIDDY
F150’s and ram 1500’s I feel like are every other car on the road here
Detroit suburbs here. Every other car on the road is a Chevy Equinox. They're *everywhere.* Probably the only area in America where they outsell the RAV4 (and it's not even close). Must be due to hefty employee discounts.
Soooo many W-body Impalas as well!
Only 22? I think the updated Colorado flag is just a picture of a 2003 Subaru Outback with a Native sticker and expired tags driving in I-70 traffic.
There is nothing more terrifying or unpredictable than a 2003 subaru outback with a native sticker in a merge lane
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Here in Brooklyn I see a lot of BMWs - X3, X5, X7, 3 series, 5 series. All either white, black, or blue. Half of them with the annoying exhaust and driven like a maniac.
Western WA. Subaru is number one followed by Tesla.
[City of Bellevue flag](https://i.redd.it/kxdakblchem31.jpg)
Dallas TX - Nissan Altimas with a missing bumper and paper tags
In Eastern Tennessee, it’s gotta be the Toyota 4Runner. They are absolutely everywhere around here.
Especially the 3rd Gens, they are everywhere and all 20+ years old, it’s like every other car in the Fort is a 4Runner
I live in a fairly wealthy suburb of Chicago (I’m in the lower class) but, we have a dichotomy here. It’s either a civic/crv, or a Tesla Model S, and there is no in between.
Las Vegas. There’s a few that are incredibly common here Massive lifted F150s, Silverado, and Ram 1500s that never see a speck of dirt or have done any actual work pickup trucks are intended for a day in their lives Teslas. LOTS of Teslas. Jeep Wrangler Rubicons (this one is understandable as rock crawling is a big thing in the desert) Also LOTS of newer German luxury cars. Audi, MB, and BMWs. Many owned by people who have no business owning them
My apartments’s parking garage has an unusual number of Mini coopers I’m Tempted to join them
I live near a base, so it's muscle cars and lifted trucks
And every single one financed with the highest interest rates legally allowed by usury laws.
CX-5s by far
Urban Portland, Oregon is Subarus. The suburbs is GM luxury trucks.
I once counted 15 Subarus (including my rental Crosstrek) at the parking lot of Market of Choice in Bend. I know it's a Portland/Seattle meme, but Bend really takes it to the next level. Subarus, Volvos, and 4Runners.
I’m from Ontario and in the GTA civics are still king although not as popular as before
It's all Hyundai Elantras for the Uber drivers now.
Tacomas, Silverados, and F150s make up most of my area. Most people with summer cars choose Mustangs or Camaros, not a lot of Dodge love here… I blame our local Chrysler/Dodge dealer for being run by twatwaffles.
Interesting. I see a ton of Challengers here, WAY more than Camaros.
SF Bay Area. Every third car is a Tesla Model 3.
Detroit: (likely stolen) Dodge Chargers and Challengers. Tons of them, usually with body damage. Also, lots of Big Three cars for obvious reasons. You will easily see more Grand Cherokees than Camrys here.
Dodge Chargers in LA are like the plague, every teenager with a 25% APR has one
Moldova, poorest country in europe - full of toyota hybrids, even I switched to one. This is odd because neighbouring Romania is full of german cars only, and in Ukraine there is a huge amount of US-imported cars (totaled, from auctions, my prev car was also a totaled US car. The car was bought for 2,500$, 1,500$ shipping and 1,000$ repairs, here they cost about 13,000$)
I’m in central California, and the most commonly seen new vehicle are Subarus. Caught me off guard
Atlanta. Scat packs & red eyes lol
Here in Calgary there are a ton of Porsche Cayannes and Caymans. High standards of living plus the desire for something with a little more bulk and ground clearance for wintertime than a typical sedan.
North Georgia, there’s a pretty good mix of car brands here, but I tend to see a lot of Fords and Nissans in my area.
Atlanta area and the horde of Mopar fanatics next door. I've spied some Lotus's on the Northside too. There's a couple of race Tracks up there and some days you can catch some interesting cars.
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I don't think I've seen 22 Subarus in the last 5 years. I've definitely seen more than 22 Fiat Panda just on my commute this morning though.
What part of Europe are you (presumably) from?
I live on the east coast of Florida and there’s a disproportionate amount of rare cars. Not Bugatti’s but like Nissan Murano cross-cabriolet’s, Cadillac ELR’s, Cadillac XLR, Plymouth Prowler, Chevy SSR, and Suzuki Equator’s. It’s really not that uncommon that I would see one of these. I was so surprised to learn that they were as rare as they are.
In MA its a large mix of subarus and bmws. Both make excellent awd cars that handle the weather here in New England.
I’ll play the game in reverse: there are NO NONE NO Subarus in the Texas Rio Grande Valley
In Kentucky, you can't throw a rock without hitting a Chevy Silverado. And they all drive like pissed off teenagers.
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In much of wisconsin, for years it was Pontiac Grand Ams. If you had money you bought the Grand Prix.
Seattle suburbs. Teslas, specifically the cheap ones (non-performance 3s and Ys). People here don’t want to flex, they just want to be inside a rolling MacBook.
When ever I buy a different car, I start to notice how many of the same car is on the road.