Dad ran an auto repair shop for the last 45 years and says they are the single worst brand of vehicle you can buy, I don’t even think that’s why I hate them so bad though
He also said they are generally annoying customers
These ducks they put all over their interiors is the cringiest shit ever and I can’t even explain why it bothers me so much
If you follow any offroad forums you’ll notice the jeep people will use insufferable vocabulary such as “my hubby” or “fur babies” or “puppers”
What’s wrong with these people and why do they buy these cars?
The duck thing was a cute little idea someone had that was kind of nice and organic and then of course the internet does what it does and turned it into some weird competitive flex.
Car stereotypes are a little questionable. I mean, some of them make sense. For example, why spend all that money to buy and maintain a BMW when it’s just a kinda-sorta-OK car and not considered at all special in Germany, its country of origin. I’ve heard they handle great, and maybe that’s true, but how much ‘sporty driving’ are you doing stuck in traffic, really?
And way too many Americans drive pickup trucks. I estimate maybe 20% of them actually need a fucking pickup truck. 80% of them are a waste of gas and are passing far inferior collision safety rules. Ford was maybe on to something with the EV F-150…but then dealerships didn’t want them because they are greedy and knew that EVs require far less maintenance. Is there anything more 'Murican than that kind of bullshit.
Nissan drivers catch a lot of hate. But it’s just a cheap common car, so naturally there are a lot of them on the road. We tend to remember the ones that do something stupid, and don’t remember the ones that drive normally and are boring (selection bias). I started paying attention to this for a while, and for every Nissan with a busted bumper / fender I see, I see a lot more of them that don’t have one of those.
As for Jeeps, I don’t have a lot (of intelligent things) to say. Back in the day it was the “outdoorsy” people and “mudder” weekend warrior types that mostly drove them. Some of them were genuinely those things and some of them were just pretending to be on Facebook. I don’t know who drives them now. I will say one of the most arrogant & useless people at my last job drove a Jeep. It had the ducks, and a some douchey “attitude” type stickers, and a vanity plate.