Poll: Say you bought a new car, showed it to a friend and the next day....

how would you feel?

  • happy

    Votes: 101 37.3%

  • neutral

    Votes: 152 56.1%

  • unhappy

    Votes: 18 6.6%
  • Total voters
    271
dowie said:
Interesting we've got 7 votes for unhappy so far, I'm not sure there have been (m)any comments along those lines though, would be interested in the reasons?
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Will be insecure people therefore unwilling to come forward with their "supposed reasons".

Problem is that cars people are envious of tend to come from the usual suspects. I mean of you bought a vauxhall nobody is going to be rushing out to copy you. It's a bit of in unwritten rule that you don't buy the same car as someone close you know. I have no idea why but it is a thing. I actively had to avoid buying a car I really wanted because someone got there before me the 440i because I know that they would have had an issue with it or others would have. I looked at the 240i but then I knew it wasn't what I wanted so ended up going in a completed different direction.

Personally nobody should care and I've actively recommend cars I've owned to others or at least variants of using the same main components.
 
Angilion said:
That was precisely what the question was about, explicitly stated:

Part of my point was that the question was itself wrong, that it already incorporated a misleading way of thinking.
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I think the question was pretty clear, unless you're a mentalist.
 
Psycho Sonny said:
It's a bit of in unwritten rule that you don't buy the same car as someone close you know. I have no idea why but it is a thing. I actively had to avoid buying a car I really wanted because someone got there before me the 440i because I know that they would have had an issue with it or others would have. I looked at the 240i but then I knew it wasn't what I wanted so ended up going in a completed different direction.
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Really? Is that a thing?

I take absolutely no notice of what my neighbours are doing or driving, and would have no qualms about owning the same car as my next-door neighbour.

Seems a bit "suburban" to be worrying that much about what your neighbours are doing :p
 
FoxEye said:
Really? Is that a thing?

I take absolutely no notice of what my neighbours are doing or driving, and would have no qualms about owning the same car as my next-door neighbour.

Seems a bit "suburban" to be worrying that much about what your neighbours are doing :p
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I'm not talking about a neighbor I wouldn't give two tosses about them. Was a family member.

I personally would've have had an issue with it but I know they or their wife would have mentioned it as either me trying to copy them or trying to keep up with them or some crap like that.

Personally of someone buys the same car as me I'd give them advice and pointers.

If a neighbor buys a car I ask them how they are getting on with it and what they like and dislike about it. I would have zero issues buying the same car as them however there are some folk I'd never buy the same car as because I know there would be comments.
 
At the end of the day it's a car and he's entitled to buy whatever car he wants to buy. Sure if he did it to rub your nose in it, that's not the kind of thing a friend should really do tbh but the more you show you don't actually care, the more they will regret the purchase and buy something else anyway.

If someone is that swayed by your influence then maybe be flattered?
 
Em3bbs said:
I think the question was pretty clear, unless you're a mentalist.
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And clearly wrong. Contained within the question was the assumption that it was the exact same car, as explicitly stated in the question. It doesn't matter that the person who bought that type of car first knows that it's not really the exact same car. They're thinking of it as being the exact same car. That's the way of thinking that leads to being annoyed because someone else has "your" car.

I think some people are missing the point. It's not me who's mistaken about the nature of the hypothetical cars. It's the people who think of them as being the exact same car. Insulting me won't change that, nor will it bother me. So you and Stumble Bum are just wasting your time.
 
Would be interesting to see a gender breakdown as unless they specifically targeted a 50/50 split there would be way more male answers in the firefighters demographic.

Perhaps its more of a gender difference than class but the link to the study doesn't seem to work. The gender being the difference would align with the results seen on the forum poll as well
 
sideways14a said:
A lot of my friends keep saying i have a hairdressers car, which i counter with two things.
1 That they have just proved they have no idea about cars and....
2 If you type sports car into google.... what comes up as one of the first pictures, or into wikipedia? Well... its not a pair of scissors or a hairdryer.

But morons be morons, i dont pity the ignorance.
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Oh so you drive an MX5?
 
Say you bought a new car, showed it to a friend and the next day they buy the exact same car - how would you feel?


Don't think much of the lyrics to the delayed follow up to Wham's last Christmas though :o:p
 
I rented a flat around 8 years ago & my neighbour had a friend often visit who did this.
They both had identical bright green Renault Clio RS 200's with the same small rear spoiler, & also completely identical mountain bikes on the roof.
I did think it was a bit weird at the time but reconsidering it now I think it's kind of nice & wouldn't personally care.
 
It's definitely weird, and it's obvious to me that it's brushing up against an unwritten rule as @Psycho Sonny says. Cars are - like it or not - a reflection of your personality and something people have a personal connection to. As a result I can totally see why buying the same thing might make someone feel uncomfortable.

It is frustrating though, again as said, when considering purchases I've had my options tainted by the fact that certain people I work with own certain cars, and I'd rather not be associated with them at all. It's less that I wouldn't want to be associated with them, actually, but that the car just reminds me of them, which is something I'd rather not happen :p

Before anyone pounces on me, I have bought exactly 2 cars in my life, and have driven the same (now 16 year old) boring Accord for 5 years. In direct answer to the OP, I don't think I'd have an actual problem with it, but it would make me wonder about the person who did it.
 
I would find it pretty weird TBH. Put it this way, there's no way I'd buy the same car my mate had just bought, because that would just be... weird :p
 
dowie said:
I'm wondering if this is perhaps an American thing or more likely an American and an MBA thing... what sort of person gets overly sensitive about their latest status symbol? Perhaps the sort of people who spends 100k+ on an MBA is more likely than most to do so!
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It wouldn't be surprising to see a correlation between MBAs and people who view their car as a measure/demonstration of their success rather than a means of transport. Someone instantly demonstrating they can match your success would be quite the ego hit to someone like that.
 
Weird question, there are so many of the same car out there, surely its great that your friend liked your taste so much they needed to get in on the level of cool clearly oozing from you.
 
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