Cars and Personalities

It is said that a car reflects a person's personality... the color, the make and the model, says a lot about who and what you are.

With malice towards one and all, without hiding under the excuse that after all, this is a generalization based on a statistical bell curve, :) here's how the theory applies to what you will see on the roads in India...

Tata Indica, and all it's variants and later upgrades - mostly indisciplined, will stubbornly stay in the fast lane, ignorning your persistent headlight flashes and honks, requiring you to forget road etiquette and overtake from the left side, if you wish to reach your destination on time. Behaviour gets more pronounced on expressways.

Maruti Swift - truly believe they have the fastest car on the road, will always get into a road race with you, until you decide enough is enough and floor the pedal.

Hyundai Accent - I am a family man, safety, security and economy is most important to me, I am happy with whatever I am up to, please ignore me and carry on!

The Skodas - we are a different class, generally disciplined. We look good, and mean, so keep your distance. No hang ups if you wanna overtake, but once in a while, we will give you a run for the money!

The Audis, the Mercs, the BMWs - you generally don't have to worry about overtaking them, they are too fast, but if you ever do get close, you'll get the space you need - after all, the driver doesn't want to risk you hitting him from behind!

And now, the Fords - will ALWAYS respect another Ford, will ALWAYS immediately give way to another Ford, will ALWAYS slow down at an intersection and let another Ford pass through first. But dare cross our paths in an Indica or an Accent or a Swift, and you have had it :) If you are a Skode, we try and conceal our admiration, and would love to take a shot at outgunning you. And if you have a Merc, an Audi, or a BMW, we will give you all the respect you thoroughly deserve, and immediately pull out of anything that seems to take on the contours of a road race :)