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Car designers have worked for over a century developing eye-catching automobiles for the world to enjoy. As time has progressed, cars have anthropomorphized into individual characters with faces and personalities. Watch the movie "Cars" once and you'll never look at a car the same again. Next time you're sitting in traffic, take a glance around you and take notice of the surrounding cars. Does that rusty truck with loud country music playing remind you of your Uncle Gus? Some vehicles just tell you what their owner's name is, don't you think?
After a long day of spreadsheets and emails, what are you most likely to do when you get off work? Are you going to go grocery shopping at Whole Foods and watch reruns of "The Office" on Netflix, or trot down to the local dirt track? So many of these little decisions reveal a lot about your personality, and in turn, what powerful car you would be should you be magically transformed into an automobile. You might tell yourself you're a Bugatti Veyron on the showroom floor, but your character might say otherwise!
Take our quiz to humble yourself and see what powerful car matches your personality. An attitude adjustment afterward might be in order!
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It's time for a road trip! What stretch of road do you long to be on?
The rapid-moving German Autobahn
Route 66 through the great American Southwest
A coastal plod along the Pacific Coast Highway
A nice flat trip across I-10 in Florida
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After a particularly late night, how do you drink your coffee in the morning?
Triple Americano with an extra shot of espresso
A single shot of espresso shot out of a tiny cup
Cofffee? How about a tall Red Bull instead?
Regular coffee with a splash of cream
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At family game night, which board game are you going to be reaching for and why?
Cards Against Humanity, because it's fun to see who your friends really are
Risk, because there is no greater feeling than conquering your friends' countries
Classic Monopoly, because there's nothing like losing your temper over the roll of the dice
Clue, but you cheat and still don't know who actually killed Mrs. Peacock in the Conservatory
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In what situation are you most likely to lose your cool while driving?
When you're tearing through a road track and the laws of physics slap you in the face. You're trying to turn while your car continues to go straight, aka understeer.
After you've parked, you realize there is a shopping cart precariously loose in the parking lot. You go on a mission to find who negligently left the cart astray.
While cruising through a particularly twisty mountain road and your car decides that the steering input is more dramatic than the speed behind it and you end up in the opposite lane, aka oversteer.
When trying to garner the attention of the valet attendant, who is preoccupied with his mobile device, you realize that you're going to miss your dinner reservation if this dude doesn't get his nose out of his phone.
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What are you most concerned with when picking out new tires?
The cold weather performance for when you travel to the ski lodge
The price, since you buy them one at a time
If they are compatible with TRX wheels
Are they available in white letter BF Goodrich?
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What is your favorite YouTube channel and why?
Roadkill, because they make junk functional again
The Grand Tour, because they make automotive enthusiasts look refined
Good Mythical Morning, it's goofy and cutting edge
Ed Sheeran, but please don't tell anyone about it
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You're human and have fears, but what fears are dominant in your life?
Debt, who wants to be poor?
The Zombie Apocalypse, there are never enough chain saws
Prohibition, what's life without a good beer?
Heights, what goes up must come down!
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If you were to summarize running a marathon using one phrase, what would it be?
Watch me do it with my eyes closed and break speed records!
Why would anyone want to do all that work when they could drive the 23 miles?
You don't have to win the race to be a winner, it's the trying that matters!
Don't be a show off!
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As an automotive enthusiast in your town, you're relatively well known at your local parts store. What do the clerks expect to see in your shopping car at the check out?
Since brakes don't last nearly as long as they should, Brake Kleen
Yet another USB phone charger, who knows where those stupid cables disappear to
Wiper blades and a five-gallon jug of oil that will last you six months
Every single Lexol product on the shelf, plus a few pine tree air fresheners for good measure
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When it's dinner time, where are you parking your car to grab some food?
The local grease joint diner
A microbrewery/gastropub
Nothing less than a Michelin-starred restaurant
Any fad fusion restaurant that is doomed to fail
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What quote is most likely to be seen next to your yearbook picture?
"If you french fry when you're supposed to pizza, you're going to have a bad time." South Park
"Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above. They come out of struggles from below." Noam Chomsky
"Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits." Richard M. Nixon
"Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder." George Washington
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What modification would you make to a perfectly good car?
A body kit to make it look cooler
Supercharger for more power
Ceramic coating to protect the paint
A cutting edge anti-theft system to bust bad guys
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When selecting fuel stops, what's the most important thing to take into consideration?
Price of fuel
Length of wait time
Ease of egress and ingress
Premium fuel availability
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If you were to typify yourself, what word would you use?
Parsimonious
Traditionalistic
Pecunious
Magnetic
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What does car insurance mean to you?
Protects you from other numskulls
Protects your investment
Protects you from mayhem
Another government mandated expense
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You're forced to park your car in a nearly full parking garage. How does that make you feel?
Lucky that you're getting a spot at all
Hating that there isn't valet parking
Worried about getting door dings from people parking too close
Proud knowing that people are going to be checking out your car all night
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What is your dream job?
Video game designer
Civil engineer
NASCAR driver
Environmental activist
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What version of motorsports do you enjoy watching the most and why?
NASCAR, because horsepower, duh!
24 Hours of Lemans, because endurance racing is life!
Formula One, because you own stock in one of the teams
Monster Jam, because kids get in free!
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If you were to be a star in a movie, what movie would you be in?
"Fast And The Furious 10, Off The Line"
"The World According To Garp, Life After Divorce"
"The Man Who Bought Monaco"
"Fast Times At Ridgemont High, Class Reunion"
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If you were to look in the cup holders of your car right now, what would be there?
Gum wrappers
A half-consumed bottle of imported water
What cupholders?
Non-winning lottery tickets
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What is your deepest, darkest secret?
You once won a regional chess championship.
You know your sister is adopted, but she doesn't.
You've been abducted by aliens (and still speak with them).
You're banned from Costco for the "overuse" of free samples.
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Which subjects did you excel at while in school?
Statistics and economics
Recess and art
Physics and computer science
French and humanities
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How do you hang your toilet paper?
Just sit it on the counter top
Over the top to the back
You use a bidet.
Like sane people, over the top to the front
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What is your biggest pet peeve when it comes to things other drivers do?
Hesitate at four-way stop signs
Fail to use their turn signals
Drive slow in the left lane
Tailgate and use inappropriate hand gestures when passing
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What car-related activity do you enjoy doing on weekends?
Coach teen drivers defensive driving
Go for group rides through the countryside
Hang out at the local drag strip
Detail your car in the driveway
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If you could be any farm animal, which would you choose and why?
A pig, because of the book "Animal Farm"
A chicken due to their extreme resourcefulness
A horse, because they're faster than any other farm animal
The farm dog, because everyone loves you
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What is your biggest weakness that you can't help spending money on?
Bills
Exotic cheese
Technology
Commemorative plates
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Where would you mount a GoPro on your car and why?
Angled to see my hand position and the windshield so I can prove what a great driver I am
Placed "Smokey and the Bandit" style by the front wheels so you can watch them turn
The front bumper, so you can see how fast I'm going and who I'm passing
The roof, just to make sure to get the best framing to show off how beautiful the world around us is!
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When buying a new car, what matters most to you?
Performance packages offered
Technology and comfort
Sustainability
Heritage of the nameplate
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In your opinion, who was the greatest car designer every to sculpt clay?
Shiro Nakamara
Giorgetto Giugiaro
Harley Earl
Batista Pininfarina
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