What is the quintessential old person's car?

"traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn" (el-peasant) 01/20/2015 at 23:07 • Filed to: None

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2003-2011 Lincoln Town car for me. Huge, american-made, very comfortable, lots of space, easy operation, no center console to get in the way of those arthritic legs, will last forever. There's some reasons that 90% of people 65 and over bought these.

Or it might just be this:

My first post btw

Nibby > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 01/20/2015 at 23:08

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Toyota Camry, going 15 under the limit.

TheHondaBro > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 01/20/2015 at 23:10

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Too lazy to find a picture of a Camry.

FromCanadaWithLove > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 01/20/2015 at 23:10

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Essentially the vinyl pants of the auto industry.

Also, congrats on the first post.

traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn > FromCanadaWithLove 01/20/2015 at 23:12

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I sware, 40% of my church's parking lot are these

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 01/20/2015 at 23:12

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whoarder is tellurium > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 01/20/2015 at 23:14

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AvaYAWN

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 01/20/2015 at 23:16

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Honda Jazz/Fit. The elderly in the UK appear to love these.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > FromCanadaWithLove 01/20/2015 at 23:19

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And now China gets them

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 01/20/2015 at 23:20

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Every other Floridian retiree drives one of these:

lordtrini > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 01/20/2015 at 23:20

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I have never seen a young person - under 35 - own or drive one of these. I live in DC. I even worked in a car wash for a year during college. Drive some nice rides for shorts distances. :)

Vicente Esteve > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 01/20/2015 at 23:21

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My grandmothers Five Hundred

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 01/20/2015 at 23:22

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The previous generation Lexus ES.

It's a Lexus, so they can show they have money, but its basically just a Camry, and that Gen ES is the opposite of sporty and exciting so they won't have to worry about their heart rate getting too high or breaking a hip from too harsh a ride.

They also look like a blob of car so the styling isn't going to offend an old persons sensibilities.

VonBelmont > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 01/20/2015 at 23:30

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My grandparents, on the other hand, have his-and-hers S6's and Jettas, both '03 models.

VonBelmont > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 01/20/2015 at 23:32

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Buick Park Avenue: "The official car of tolerating mixed marriages...between Catholics and Protestants"

El Rivinado > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 01/20/2015 at 23:34

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Mercury Grand Marquis'

Admit it, how many times have you seen anyone without white hair behind the wheel of one of these things?

CRider > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 01/20/2015 at 23:36

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Handicap-accessible shuttle bus.

JasonStern911 > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 01/20/2015 at 23:38

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Buick LeSaber (LeSabre?). But meh. Pretty much any non-Grand National Buick would work.

Oh wow. Just noticed FromCanadaWithLove posted the exact car. Bonus entry, then - Cadillac DeVille:

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > VonBelmont 01/20/2015 at 23:38

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Nah. There's some people that turn their nose up at that. My dad's family is United and my mom's is Catholic and I have been raised Catholic and even after 20 years, people still scoff at the fact that my dad comes to church with us. They're all old, mind you, but still.

VonBelmont > El Rivinado 01/20/2015 at 23:39

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There's a girl at my school with one of these, but she's a platinum blond so I'll have to agree with you on that :/

Justin Hughes > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 01/20/2015 at 23:41

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I've spent way too much time staring at this view with an elderly person behind the wheel. No, really, WAY TOO MUCH TIME. If they'd just accelerate to the speed limit it wouldn't take so much time for me to get where I'm going so I wouldn't have to look at this anymore. It's not like the 3800 is a weak engine. It's not the car's fault.

VonBelmont > BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. 01/20/2015 at 23:41

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Yeesh, harsh much?

VonBelmont > lordtrini 01/20/2015 at 23:46

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Because they're expensive?

ranwhenparked > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 01/20/2015 at 23:48

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Old Buicks - Regals, LeSabres, Park Avenues, plus Toyota Camrys and Avalons (all years). Often accented with a carriage roof, and one or more patriotic bumper stickers.

VonBelmont > ranwhenparked 01/20/2015 at 23:54

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They're always so considerate to provide us a rolling library when we're stuck behind them.

IT WASNT EARNED TO BE BURNED MY OTHER CAR'S A PIECE OF SHIT TOO DOMINION THEATRE ORGAN SOCIETY ABORTION STOPS A BEATING HEART KEEP CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS MARRIAGE IS BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN I DONT BELIEVE THE LIBERAL MEDIA BUSH CHENEY 2000 EZEKIEL 23:20

always entertaining and topical, really

traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn > El Rivinado 01/20/2015 at 23:55

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My grandma used to have one of these, until about 3 years ago. I WANT HER TO GET IT BACK

whiskeybusiness NOW A DANGER TO CROWDS NEAR YOU > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 01/20/2015 at 23:59

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This car in this color

AMC/Renauledge > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 01/20/2015 at 23:59

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To me, it'll always be the A-body Oldsmobile Ciera and Buick Century.

Only old people, and young people inheriting their cars from old people, drive them.

PatBateman > lordtrini 01/20/2015 at 23:59

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I know two twenty-somethings that each own an S550. There's money down here (each are self-made millionaires, NOT in tech).

ranwhenparked > VonBelmont 01/21/2015 at 00:01

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POW MIA, 101st, VFW, Korean War Veteran, yellow ribbons (because everyone misinterprets that song), etc. Also - don't forget the various and sundry hats lined up in the back window.

Milky > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 01/21/2015 at 00:05

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lordtrini > Milky 01/21/2015 at 00:08

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the Buick lineup has filled out really nicely... All they need is a mid sized SUV, a convertible and range topping sedan.

Alex from Toronto > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 01/21/2015 at 00:46

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Landau Tops

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orcim > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 01/21/2015 at 01:44

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I'm probably twisted, but remember when wife's granddad got his compensation check for the internment, and said, "I want the most expensive Japanese made car I can get." So ended up with an Infinity Q45.

It kinda made the "old person's car" thing stick in my mind. Age 78, roaring around central CA at 80-90 with a Q45, wondering why his friend's never call (because they were dead.) Wasn't too long after that we 'helped' him remember his age and lost the car. Fun freaking drive, though - just not with him driving.

Amoore100 > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 01/21/2015 at 01:52

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Welcome to the world of being an Oppo poster! It's really fun to share car-related thoughts to the community, esp. as a place to note automotive nuances and details...

Love the Rover James, but would personally drive this if I were old...

Though technically, I would drive that now if I could (I'm 15), so don't listen to me, I'm a Volvo nut...

However, my mom's elderly Polish piano prof. drives this, so it's not totally without reason...

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Now that that's taken care of....The buick century is the correct answer.

. . > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 01/21/2015 at 07:59

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Honda City (Jazz too):

Ford Fusion:

Daewoo Matiz:

Chris McMays > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 01/21/2015 at 09:14

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My grandmother drives a minivan, because my grandfather is permanently in a wheelchair.

Also, welcome to OppositeLock!

Schaefft > orcim 01/21/2015 at 12:16

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Excellent choice!