Car talk
My co-worker just showed me this
Carographics questionnaire. Anybody that listens to Car Talk on NPR should know that Should be pretty humorous. I've just given it a try but the results have not been posted yet. I'll post up once I get the email from them. Enjoy!
edit: Oh and try this too if you're bored at work:
Name your Car
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Update: my results. scary, coz I've been contemplating about a corrado....
Hello, Angeline
Here is your official Car-O-Scope, the patented Car Talk assessment of the compatibility between you and your Volkswagen Jetta. As you well know, the degree of compatibility between you and your car is crucial to your happiness and well-being! Driving the right vehicle--i.e., having the correct "carma"--will give you an incredible lightness of being, a constant sensation of euphoria and, possibly, a Rocky Mountain high. On the other hand, the wrong "relationship" can be devastating: a continuous frown, a deep and inexplicable depression, a sense of foreboding. In short, a life of quiet desperation--not to mention an incredible headache, lower back pain and continuous hemorrhoidal flare-ups.
So, ready or not, here it is.
YOUR CAROSCOPE:
Comparing You to Other Volkswagen Jetta Owners
Boy oh boy, Angeline, you picked a vehicle which is just about perfect for you. Congratulations! For example, when compared to other people who own a Volkswagen Jetta, you're just about the same in terms of your tolerance for taking risks, your educational level, and your income.
But there are some psychographic and/or demographic measures on which you differ from other Volkswagen Jetta owners. For example, you're a bit too young to be driving this vehicle, and you're more generous than other owners.
Car-O-Scope Makes Suggestions for More Compatible Vehicles
Despite the fact that your personality profile pretty much matches that of Volkswagen Jetta owners, Car-O-Scope would like to suggest some alternative vehicles--should you be thinking of making a change.
Note: some of these suggestions might surprise you. But try to keep an open mind. It's quite possible that the car-o-scope has discovered some hidden and/or repressed aspects of your personality.
1. Volkswagen Corrado
2. BMW 2002
3. Honda Passport
4. Mitsubishi Eclipse
5. BMW 328i
So, let's look at your compatibility profile vis-a-vis the BMW 2002. If you dumped that Volkswagen Jetta and got yourself a BMW 2002, you'd be a lot happier.
For example, you'd be almost perfectly compatible in terms of your gender, your tolerance for taking risks, the extent to which you're a cheapskate, your educational level, and your grasp of reality.
In addition, you'd have pretty good compatibility in terms of your age, status consciousness, and how much you really care about your car.
Here's a little info on these personality characteristics. Read 'em and weep.
Risk-taking: your tolerance for taking chances
Some people are complete wackos when it comes to taking risks. I have a friend (who shall remain nameless), and when Tony goes on vacation, he immediately starts looking for the bungee-jumping sites. A nut case of the first order.
On the other hand, some of us are complete wusses. (Is this how you spell woosses? I'm not sure, but I'm afraid to look it up. Oh, my God, I might be wrong. Oh, my God!) You're compatible on this score.
Cheapness: your degree of--ahem--shall we say "frugality"?
Your score on the cheapness scale puts you pretty close to the average for BMW 2002 drivers. Of course, utter and complete cheapness can be an asset (right!) People who believe this call it "frugality." But they're really just hopeless cheapskates.
Like myself, though, some folks are quite magnanimous. The milk of human kindness oozes from their pores. "Generous to a fault," one might say. Mightn't one? (Of course, one might also say, "Too stupid to know any better." Think whatever makes you feel good.)
Reality check:
You have a pretty good sense of what's real and what ain't. You aren't one of those "head in the clouds" types--like some people I know. On the other hand, there are worse places your head could be--I guess.
Good luck. And thanks for consulting the Oracle of Car-O-Scope.
And don't drive like my brother.
