Quiz: 'What kind of car are you?'

Chris Tutor — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 12:06:00 EST

Filed under: Etc.

The British publication, "Car Magazine," wants to know what kind of car your personality is. Are you a Ferrari or a Fiat? A Lamborghini or a Lada? Take their quiz of automotive and motor racing trivia and find out. I found it embarrassingly difficult, and turned out to be a VW Golf.

In my defense, one question about the car Crockett and Tubbs drove on "Miami Vice" threw me. Of course everyone knows they drove a Ferrari Daytona Spyder in the first two seasons. And it's no secret it was actually a 1980 Corvette disguised as a Ferrari. And who can forget that the fake Daytona was blown up at the beginning of season three and replaced with a (real) Testarossa. So while I was wondering if it was a trick question or not, time ran out. Crap.

But that was only one question I got wrong, to which you now know the right answer. So not only do you have one up on me already, your autosports knowledge alone (can you believe not one question about Jr.?), should be enough to better my score.

Be sure to share your results with the rest of the class, and watch out for the tricky ones. And no cheating! One freebie should be enough.

[Source: Car Online]

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How to tell if you're an idiot

Chris Shunk — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 10:37:00 EST

Filed under: Etc.

There are a lot of idiots out there. Go ahead and take a leisurely stroll during rush hour and count how many times you mutter 'stupid' or 'moron' and even 'jerk'. You'll probably get more than a few tallies. Amazingly, some people think we, the enthusiasts, can be idiots. 22 inch rims on a Focus or one of those giant gull-wings on a Neon is pretty crazy.

Mark Vaughn over at AutoWeek compiled a list of reasons an auto-maniac can be considered an idiot. Some of the questions, like whether or not your car has fog lights, seem a little harsh (both my cars have them). Others, however, are spot-on. If you're wearing any driving-specific apparel outside of sunglasses, like special gloves or shoes, then you may be an idiot. Other items, like knowing way too much about obscure vehicles, is a little to damning for pretty much everybody on Autoblog. Click here to answer the "Am I an idiot?" test. Better yet, come up with even better examples. We know you can dream up with an even better list.

[Source: AutoWeek]

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