What's the deal with shopping related vehicular insults?

"nermal" (nermal) 07/08/2015 at 14:10 • Filed to: shopping, groceries, no mom, don't put me in the trunk

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Mall crawler, grocery getter, etc. I don’t get it.

Why is a vehicle’s ability to acquire consumer goods and produce and whatnot a negative?

For Sweden > nermal 07/08/2015 at 14:13

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Groceries are bad, that’s why.

TheHondaBro > nermal 07/08/2015 at 14:14

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Because such insults are usually applied to cars whose capabilities go beyond consumer conveyance, yet are never used to such an extent.

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > nermal 07/08/2015 at 14:14

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Because why waste money on food when you can take that and upgrade your car?

Jedidiah > nermal 07/08/2015 at 14:15

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It’s not.

They’re just trying to make you look like you’re not an enthusiast because you don’t have an impractical car.

I love my Excursion; I think it’s awesome that a vehicle can comfortably carry a ton of people and stuff and then tow even more.

TheHondaBro > For Sweden 07/08/2015 at 14:16

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Pizza is better.

For Sweden > TheHondaBro 07/08/2015 at 14:17

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Pizza is grocery

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > nermal 07/08/2015 at 14:21

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It’s supposed to imply that a car is not used to its full capabilities, and is instead used for mundane errands.

BigBlock440 > nermal 07/08/2015 at 14:23

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I never thought “grocery getter” was an insult. I always thought it was along the same lines as “daily driver”, and that’s never been an insult. Mall crawler though, yeah that’s an insult. All the cool kids wouldn’t ever be seen at the mall.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > nermal 07/08/2015 at 14:23

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Grocery-getter isn’t necessarily an insult. If you have a cheap beater that gets good gas mileage like a Mirage that you use to putt around town in, that can be a noble grocery getter. It’s when you’re referring to an enormously capable car that’s obviously not used for what it was designed for (hauling loads, overlanding, track days) that it becomes an insult, and even then I think that it’s mostly directed towards the driver of the vehicle than the vehicle itself.

CalzoneGolem > For Sweden 07/08/2015 at 14:23

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Calzone is better grocery.

TheHondaBro > For Sweden 07/08/2015 at 14:23

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Pizza is love.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > For Sweden 07/08/2015 at 14:23

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Not if it’s delivery.

BigBlock440 > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 07/08/2015 at 14:25

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I always viewed it as synonymous with daily driver.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > BigBlock440 07/08/2015 at 14:26

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Yeah, same. I can see how it could be used as an insult, but I don’t think that it usually is.

For Sweden > CalzoneGolem 07/08/2015 at 14:29

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true

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > nermal 07/08/2015 at 14:32

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You still don’t get it, do you? That Wrangler will find parking! That’s what it does! Thats *all* it does! You can’t stop it. It’ll wade through traffic, reach for a spot, and pull a fuckin’ cart out!

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > TheHondaBro 07/08/2015 at 14:32

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Pizza is everything.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! 07/08/2015 at 14:37

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CalzoneGolem > BigBlock440 07/08/2015 at 14:39

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Mall? Never heard of it.

dogisbadob > nermal 07/08/2015 at 14:59

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so it does baby!

McMike > nermal 07/08/2015 at 15:02

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“Grocery Getter” is just another term for “daily driver” or “practical.” I don’t see it as an insult.

“Mall Crawler” is a big truck or SUV that never goes off road. I can see that as a bit of an insult.

mr2gud2u > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 07/08/2015 at 15:06

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I lovingly call my Dodge The Grocery Getter. It doesn’t bother me.

Richtofen, Baron von Pickup > nermal 07/08/2015 at 15:09

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Personally, it’s laughable to see a lifted SUV with big tires at the mall, which has clearly never seen so much as a dirt road. Sort of a “look at me, I’m so offroad!” when....no.