What cars scream 'chav' to you?

[TW]Fox · 15 Oct 2020 at 22:43

Squidward said:
No. Its usually the newer range rovers that are on pcp etc.

You still need serious income to service a PCP on a new Range Rover.

Raymond Lin · 15 Oct 2020 at 22:54

Entai said:
Never ever heard of rednecks linked to Mustangs.

Pickups yes, Mustangs no.

When I went to the US to see a friend, went to her place in Atlanta in Georgia and I saw quite a few Mustang and mentioned I’d love one of those, she said they are driven by red necks, that was the first time I heard that association but yes. It might not be a thing here but in the States, Mustangs and Rednecks are a thing like Corsa and Chav.

Roadrunner_668 · 15 Oct 2020 at 23:33

Conscript said:
Vauxhalls without front badges.

mine had no rear badge but thats because it fell off

i know nothing · 15 Oct 2020 at 23:40

BMW's are the chaviest cars out there without a doubt.

mccarf · 15 Oct 2020 at 23:52

I'm sure if we combine all these comments then almost all of you are chavs

wesimmo · 16 Oct 2020 at 00:12

mccarf said:
I'm sure if we combine all these comments then almost all of you are chavs

Haha, at one point I owned an RS Clio Cup, RS Twingo on lowering springs and a supercharged and lowered MX5.

Most of my peers at work drove BMWs, Mercs and Audis, pretty sure I was considered the chav.

Nutty_Death · 16 Oct 2020 at 05:43

Brutal biff said:
Anything audi or BMW as neither owners know the meaning of no undertaking or indicators

Says the range rover cruising down the middle lane when not overtaking.

233 · 16 Oct 2020 at 06:08

Anything sporting a tinted number plate.

Roadrunner_668 · 16 Oct 2020 at 06:20

i dont get how they dont get pulled over ha ha

used to see several a day on the m25 !

Diddums · 16 Oct 2020 at 06:49

wesimmo said:
That's not chav to me, that's 'keeping up with the next door neighbours'.

Chav to me has a certain socio economic grouping, PCP on a new RR feels too much, maybe classless, but not chav.

Until three weeks ago I worked in Chelsea, the home of these people. It's honestly astonishing the lengths some people will go to, as well as the sacrifices they'll make to have the latest SUV so they can hang with the rest of the Chelsea crowd.

As a perfect example, I used to the the building manager for a large commercial office building in Chelsea, which had two residential towers on top of it. The towers were mainly elderly folk with their family popping in and out all the time. One kid who couldn't have been older than 25 had a nice 2019 Range Rover completely "murdered out". As we shared the same car park I saw him one day and told him he has a nice car (yanno, be pleasant and all that), and he thanked me and went on his way. A few weeks later I saw him again, this time it had his instagram handle on a window in the back and different wheels. The next time I saw him he was in his gran's crap old A-Class. I didn't ask or mention anything but from speaking to the porters, he lost his job, couldn't make the payments and the finance company repossessed his car leaving him with something like £25k debt which they were chasing him for. This kid was apparently a waiter living with his parents and living off everyone around him and even asked one of the porters at one point for a fiver to put some petrol in his car. Just to hang with the cool kids, it's absolute madness.

Resident · 16 Oct 2020 at 07:16

Vauxhall, particularly if they have extra model badges like vxr, gtc etc

paradigm · 16 Oct 2020 at 07:20

233 said:
Anything sporting a tinted number plate.

Or a "gel" numberplate, or a "4D" numberplate.

Roadrunner_668 · 16 Oct 2020 at 07:50

4 d?

how can a numberplate be 4d?

paradigm · 16 Oct 2020 at 07:51

Roadrunner_668 said:
4 d?

how can a numberplate be 4d?

Because "3D" was already marketed as that daft two-tone font. So actual 3D plates are marketed as "4D" which should be all you need to know about the type of moron that buys them

vanpeebles · 16 Oct 2020 at 07:58

Old jacked up Mustangs are redneck, modern ones no. I know an American who's wife drives one, they are the most unredneck people ever lol. I also lived there for a while, and you would more likely see a weight lifter or something get out of one. Used cars are expensive in the US.

neilw · 16 Oct 2020 at 08:04

I'm glad to see more hate for gel plates. They look horrible in my opinion! If they came on a car as standard people would be replacing them "Smooth Plates"

As for chav car's I don't think its brand or model specific. Its more to do with the person and what they do to it. I've seen nicely modified Vauxhalls and and terribly modified Lambo's

Nasher · 16 Oct 2020 at 08:06

Used cars arnt expensive in the US, they are cheap in the UK

Its about the one thing we get which is cheap.

Roadrunner_668 · 16 Oct 2020 at 08:07

paradigm said:
Because "3D" was already marketed as that daft two-tone font. So actual 3D plates are marketed as "4D" which should be all you need to know about the type of moron that buys them

oh.

vanpeebles · 16 Oct 2020 at 08:18

Nasher said:
Used cars arnt expensive in the US, they are cheap in the UK

Its about the one thing we get which is cheap.

They are if you live there, hence a vast army of people to tow them away if you don't pay.

SkodaMart · 16 Oct 2020 at 08:23

I’m outside washing my old Citroen van, a guy from the pub pulls up in a new Range Rover, rents his house, not a penny in the bank.
Window winds down he smiles smugly at me.
I’m like congrats you got yourself into even more debt.
At least my vehicles are owned and paid for.
Any fool can get into debt.