Things you can tell from someone's car

[taranaki]

I recently bought a car from a finance company repossession agent.The guy must have taken it quickly,or the previous owner was pretty slovenly,because there were bits of personal stuff still in the glove box and door pockets.

What would your car say about you if someone removed all the personal items and scrutinised them?

Here's what I know about the previous owner of my car.

His name,and address[from the registration papers].
He shares a house with a lady,her surname is not the same as his[envelope in glovebox]
She is on an unemployment benefit[letter from WINZ in side pocket]
They eat well[grocery dockets from supermarket and wholesale butcher]
She uses a contraceptive injection[reminder sticker on the back of the sunvisor]
It has expired. [same reminder sticker]
One of them has a child[lolipop wrappers and empty chip cartons in rear seat footwell]
he smokes roll-your owns[dog-ends on drivers side footwell].
He smokes dak. [same dog-ends,and no,I didn't!]
he takes things apart[screws,clips,etc in centre console]
and doesn't always put them back again.[windscreen washer assembly,radio cassette]
he doesn't understand the art of servicing [4 worn tyres,dirty oil,dirty air filter,worn vee belts]
He doesnt understand the fine art of panel repair [aerosol runs on body scratches]
one of them isn't a great driver[bump marks omn front and rear mouldings]
They don't believe in vaccuming the car.[grubby buggers]
They dont understand budgeting [on a benefit,car repossessed owing 6000 bucks,supermarket receipts for luxury items]
he's a dickhead. [8" wide 'racing' visor made by sticking black electrical tape to the windshield]

what would your car say about you?

[TheNotoriousMogg]

that I am clean and I pay 102.00 a month for cable and internet

[slave]

That I (hopefully) have 2 speaker housings being created somewhere...

That I corner hard (scrubbed edges)

[Sean]

my family keeps our cars rather clean in terms of vacuming and washing, although there are lots of assorted stuff in the compartments of the van.

when my brother bought his car, he found a bunch of receipts in the door 'pockets', a lighter, a map and a tampon

luckly it was still in its packet

nak, what's dak? some crazy kiwi slang word for pot?

(like my stupid rhyme? )

[slave]

I think my car had at one stage been a money box for a child. There were a whole heap of 20c pieces inside the door trim.

[replicant_008]

- I play golf - golf tees in the cupholder and golf balls in the front door pocket.
- I play a variety of music - lots of CDs.
- I like sunglasses - one set in the sunglass holder, one in the front door pocket
- I care about the maintenance - tire pressure gauge in the front door pocket as well as OE windscreen washer additive bottle
- I watch motorsport - ticket to Australian F1 GP
- I ski/snowboard - my season pass with the Aust F1 GP lanyard to put around my neck
- I sail - sailing gloves and sailing jacket in the boot
- I am prepared - First Aid Kit and Fire Extinguisher in the boot along with Fluoro Road Workers Vest
- I clean my car (carpets vacuumed) but my passenger is untidy (she left a drink pouch in the passenger footwell, her CDs and her fleece jacket behind as well as the weekend newspaper)
- I value fresh breath (I have listermint strips and chewing gum in the car)
- Where I work (business card holder in the car) and my qualifications
- That I am hard on front tires (which are new S03s) compared to the Contis on the back

[Polygon]

That I am very clean, live in a state with cold snowy winters, that I have taken good care of the car (maintenance records), that I carry around spare change, that I like to burn my music on to CDs, and that’s about it.

[2strokebloke]

I'd almost be scared to know what people would think of me after searching through my car.

Fuzzy dice on mirror,
Clay Skull in glove box,
Yugo hubcap under front seat,
Service bell under other front seat,
Assorted wires in trunk,
College "Alumni" sticker on window,
Anarchist booklet in glovebox (until recently)
Car cover in trunk
Other than the hubcap and service bell, the interior is spotless. What can you assume about me?
(if you assumed anything other than I'm too lazy to clean out things you can't see unless you look for them you're wrong)

[Marc04]

i found an old pay stub in my firebird shorty after i got it

what i found out

-Owners full name
-Owners SSN
-Where he used to work
-How Much He Made
there might have been a few others but thats what i remember

[Heep]

From my car in it's current state, someone could assume:

General Interior
I don't drive long distances often [low kms]
I like to dust and protect my interior, but am lacking a vacuum
I eat at Wendy's a lot [tons of receipts that I wish they wouldn't bother giving me]
I fill up at Shell [tons of receipts that I wish they wouldn't bother giving me]
I like a large variety of music from Ace of Base to Rob Zombie
I wear Brooks Brothers sunglasses
I rarely listen to The Who [moldy tape]
I'm not real tall [seat pretty close to the wheel]
I have a Kyocera cell phone [Kyocera badged car charger cord stays in the car]
I use a particular parking lot on a regular basis [school parking lot card]
I believe in God [Bible in the back seat]
I have a Mag Light

Glovebox
I keep receipts for my servicing, which fortunately hasn't been much (out of the ordinary)
My details (name, address, etc) [registration and insurance card]
I keep my car smelling good [freshener spray]

Trunk
I keep prepared for anything breaking [tool kit and jumper cables]
I don't put up with cheapo stuff [high quality deluxe window scraper and brush ]
I don't like rattles [ties holding things in place, pads around rattly contact areas]

Exterior
I take pride in my car [almost always decently clean]
I don't typically push my car [even, slow wear all around]

I think that's about it for my car. However, when I was working at a GM dealer earlier this year, we repoed a 98 Corvette Coupe that had a shot e-brake, paint scrapes, dead battery, stained interior, $5724 worth of tickets (parking, failed to signal, speeding, etc) in the car all over, big Portugese flag in the car, Monte Cristo cigar, a couple Portugese dance CD's, and a bunch of other stuff. It was a mess!

[themodelkid]

My S-10 project show truck:

I like my truck smelling good (14 "New Car Scent"s by carfreshener (blue christmas tree) all around.)
I like the 50's,not lol (Lighted dice under mirror)
I like rock, and rap (from all the CD's)
I keep super good car of my vehicles, cause they are spotless!
I know the fine art of panel repair (work at body shop)
I go to the hobby shop and gas station alot (Center counsil full of gas receipts, and hobby store receipts)
I keep good care of engine, (clean oil, airfilter, and newly restored engine compartment)
I like optima batteries
I like to make people think that i still have a V-8 truck when i have a Y pipe to duals on my 2.5

[Steel]

Originally posted by taranaki

He smokes dak. [same dog-ends,and no,I didn't!]

oh yes you did!!

[zebrathree]

The Fucking Mazda would show this:

:I've been driving through NaeNae and Taita (Ak-47 rounds lodged in passenger door).

:That I eat too much junk food (too many Maccas and KFC wrappers).

:I cant be bothered typing any more.

[RazorGTR]

- Afraid of getting lost (two road maps one in each door pocket)
- glove box full of misc
1. cassettes (yea only a factory cassette player)
2. first-aid kit (can't be too prepared)
3. Napkins
4. hoses (misc boost hoses)
5. all the car's docco's
6. Car charge kit for cell phone
- Trunk clean but jumper cables, jack, took kit, in right rear wheel well
- carpet need a vac badly
- Smoker but don't smoke in the car so no cigerette lighter
- hands free in center council
-sunglasses center council
- misc splices for burst boost lines center council
- misc fuses center council
- clip on air freshener on passenger visor
- pens center council (yea it is bloody full)
- misc tool behind driver's seat such as screw drivers, pliers, utility knife etc in bag
- towel tucked between passenger seat and center council for windscreen
- sunglasses in center council tray

[YogsVR4]

My cars wouldn’t say much.

- manuals in the glovebox
- few jewel cases in the center consoles for the CD changers so it indicates that I like AC/DC, ZZTop and Joe Satriani.
- AAA maps
- a couple of the cars have a small tool box in the back