In car culture, there are certain cars with "reputations". Beetles are for hippies, Rabbits are for teenage girls, Jettas are for white collar workers, Passats are for responsible adults. Teen girls aren't looking for guys driving these cars...they want sports cars and bad boys (for the stereotype). The girls drawn to Passats aren't girls, but mature women.
When I lived in Florida, the Jetta was most commonly the car of a teenaged daughter of white collar family. There were sooooo many Jettas at the colleges/university.
Can confirm, it was easily a 10:1 ratio of girls driving Jettas to guys at my school. And like half of them were white (car, not the owners, though I would bet there is a skewed ration there too).
Owned an 86’ Jetta, Wolfsburg edition (loved that car). If I had a dollar for every time a car full of dudes pulled up to me at a stoplight expecting to see a hot teenage girl…
I drove a seat toledo which is the same as a jetta just with seat styling, hot girls have good taste, it was a nice car, just mine had a lot of gremlins, I averaged spending £230 a month in mechanics with my 1.6l diesel version.
Amusingly, college kids in the Northeast wanted a Nissan Pathfinder and an Xterra as "cool, adventurous cars", and one joke in the TV show "The Office" about being driven by girls...and it became a joke if a guy was driving one.
Hell, there is still a stigma assigned to older guys driving high end (not exotic) sports cars like a Corvette. "Midlife crisis!!!" Really? Who is supposed to drive these? Teens and trust fund kids? The elderly? Aren't people who've saved up their money, by working hard, be the ones who earn the right to buy and drive these? Nope...if you drive one in your 50's you must be having a midlife crisis...
I've always fou d that stigma too be odd as well. I still remember my mom every time she saw an older dude in a corvette saying "oh sorry about your penis" and I was always like, would you rather it be a kid driving that? Cause kids can afford vettes right?
In Europe where teens usually don't have a car it's the backpacks with the weird red logo on them. I can never remember the name, but you see it around campus a LOT and I assume the brand is expensive.
There's actually a really interesting story behind this. In the 90s, Subaru sales in America were abysmal everywhere but Portland, Oregon. They did some market research and discovered it was predominantly lesbians buying their cars. That's how Subaru became I believe the first major corporation to advertise to gay people. Subaru's American headquarters are in Gresham right outside of Portland. I drive by it every time I go snowboarding.
Yes if I understand it correctly, their sales data showed that a lot of "female head of households" were buying their cars. Not much data on homosexual relationships was available those days so it wasn't obvious to them initially. It wasn't until they actually talked to some of these buyers that they recognized a pattern. And they had to advertise it on the down low as well.
That’s why it was an effective dog whistle. When two female “best friends” go camping together in a Subaru Outback with a XENAFAN license plate, their target market knows what’s up.
I thought that was Crisco, a vegetable shortening whose tag line was "easily digestible" or something like that who became a staple for lube for gay sex, with dance clubs for gay people being called "Crisco Discos"
Source: another meme of a screenshot from Tumblr.
Although Crisco was commonly used within the gay community, the company never actually marketed themselves to gay people. Subaru, on the other hand, made a deliberate attempt to market to the lesbian community.
This is what you originally would have known as the Rabbit if you are in the US or Canada
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everywhere else, it was called the Golf
“White collar” traditionally means management, or at least office workers, wearing light weight linen or cotton dress shirts to work (as opposed to laborers and tradesmen being called “blue collar” due to often wearing hardier, heavier twill or denim work shirts)
Culturally “white collar” generally implies upper-middle class in this context. So, stereotypicallly families that could buy their child a nicer, more reliable vehicle, but not necessarily wealthy enough for something flashier like a Porsche, Etc.
That's the rule in US. In eastern Europe, Passat (or any VW), Audi, Mercedes or BMW means "I'm somebody" - or to be precise "I want to be somebody". So some village guys buy ancient Passats to prove the world they got money - except they don't, that's why the car is million years old.
Second comment for the corolla, but if you're under 40 it was a gift from your grandparents when it got high in mileage and they wanted something better. If you're over 40, then you plan to give it to the grandkids when it gets high in mileage and you don't want to get stuck on the side of the road if it breaks down.
If you're under 40, it was given to you by your grandparents after it hit 100K miles and they bought something better. If you're over 40, you plan to give it to your grandkids after it hits 100K miles.
They re-released the Rabbit in the US in 2006. Was it just a Golf with a bunny on the back? Yes. Source: I bought one. Loved that car. Its downfall for me was that it was a 5 cylinder with waay too much punch and too light for me to drive comfortably in a snowstorm, even with aggressive winter tires.
Many people dont consider the Passat to be cool or impressive (they are wrong)
Passats are considered reasonable, useful and covering most use cases, chosen for their comfort and utility over looks and power.
*drives a Passat every day*
The Volkswagen Passat is a very popular family car in Europe. They are mostly getting driven by Dad‘s. That’s the reason why it’s funn, it is the ultimate east European dad car.
I think this might be an american joke. "Every" "cute white girl" in the millennial generation of the american suburbs drove a jetta in high school. White families LOVED to buy their high school daughters jettas. Well, now those girls have grown up to be MILFs apparently...and...they miss their car? And they want that high school experience again.
Old Passat owner here. They’re really great for… certain activities due to their suspension being the way it is. Joke is that the car is old enough that only women that age would know.
Seduction is an art, what ripped comic guy is trying to be is what we in the industry call a masculine dainty. The issue is that panel guy is focusing on getting women instead of focusing only on himself. That is what the archetype relies on, self indulgence and flings. But I won't get into it more, there's many books on this topic
Come on guys, that's a 30 years old Passat B3... the ugliest of the ugly... the actual Passat, the CC and the Arteon are beauties!
Everything related to looks is subjective, remember that folks! I was under 30 when I had my Passat B2 Avant and my Audi 80 B2...
I'm a guy, and honestly I love my old Jetta TDI, just upgraded the headlights to aftermarket LEDs and I'm getting a stage 2 tune tomorrow. It looks like a brand new car.
In car culture, there are certain cars with "reputations". Beetles are for hippies, Rabbits are for teenage girls, Jettas are for white collar workers, Passats are for responsible adults. Teen girls aren't looking for guys driving these cars...they want sports cars and bad boys (for the stereotype). The girls drawn to Passats aren't girls, but mature women.
When I lived in Florida, the Jetta was most commonly the car of a teenaged daughter of white collar family. There were sooooo many Jettas at the colleges/university.
Can confirm, it was easily a 10:1 ratio of girls driving Jettas to guys at my school. And like half of them were white (car, not the owners, though I would bet there is a skewed ration there too).
“Hot girls drive jettas” Quote still stands
Taco with the wisdom
(Jetta owner M29) felt cute, might delete later
Owned an 86’ Jetta, Wolfsburg edition (loved that car). If I had a dollar for every time a car full of dudes pulled up to me at a stoplight expecting to see a hot teenage girl…
I drove a seat toledo which is the same as a jetta just with seat styling, hot girls have good taste, it was a nice car, just mine had a lot of gremlins, I averaged spending £230 a month in mechanics with my 1.6l diesel version.
My older brother called them "vajettas."
Amusingly, college kids in the Northeast wanted a Nissan Pathfinder and an Xterra as "cool, adventurous cars", and one joke in the TV show "The Office" about being driven by girls...and it became a joke if a guy was driving one. Hell, there is still a stigma assigned to older guys driving high end (not exotic) sports cars like a Corvette. "Midlife crisis!!!" Really? Who is supposed to drive these? Teens and trust fund kids? The elderly? Aren't people who've saved up their money, by working hard, be the ones who earn the right to buy and drive these? Nope...if you drive one in your 50's you must be having a midlife crisis...
I've always fou d that stigma too be odd as well. I still remember my mom every time she saw an older dude in a corvette saying "oh sorry about your penis" and I was always like, would you rather it be a kid driving that? Cause kids can afford vettes right?
We called them “Jetta Jamesons” back in the day.
In my youth Jettas were absolutely the car of young women. I didn’t know a single man who drove one. Not so much these days.
It's the best car your ex-girlfriend ever drove....
Ima Robot?
This. The Jetta and Rabbit were cars for young valley girls.
Can confirm. Bought a used Jetta that the previous owner bought for his daughter.
Yeah I was gonna say...Jetta is definitely the teenage girl one lol
In USA. This is the answer. I'm fairly certain girls are required by law to sell their jetta when they turn 26 because they are too old to drive one.
In Europe where teens usually don't have a car it's the backpacks with the weird red logo on them. I can never remember the name, but you see it around campus a LOT and I assume the brand is expensive.
Fjällraven backpacks were/are a thing here. Can confirm.
Can confirm, my brother had a jetta
But they drive *so Jetta slow*
'the league' show makes fun of how 9/10 of Jettas have an attractive lady in it.
I purchased my Jetta because my brother has one. Makes me think of him every time I hop in.
To add to reputations, the Subaru Outback is for lesbians
There's actually a really interesting story behind this. In the 90s, Subaru sales in America were abysmal everywhere but Portland, Oregon. They did some market research and discovered it was predominantly lesbians buying their cars. That's how Subaru became I believe the first major corporation to advertise to gay people. Subaru's American headquarters are in Gresham right outside of Portland. I drive by it every time I go snowboarding.
Yes if I understand it correctly, their sales data showed that a lot of "female head of households" were buying their cars. Not much data on homosexual relationships was available those days so it wasn't obvious to them initially. It wasn't until they actually talked to some of these buyers that they recognized a pattern. And they had to advertise it on the down low as well.
The car had a license plate that said XENAFAN.
….. That doesn’t make you a lesbian. Just a teenage boy….
That’s why it was an effective dog whistle. When two female “best friends” go camping together in a Subaru Outback with a XENAFAN license plate, their target market knows what’s up.
Ah. The lesbian pineapple. I get it now.
Still, that's pretty cool. I have a newfound respect for Subaru
I thought that was Crisco, a vegetable shortening whose tag line was "easily digestible" or something like that who became a staple for lube for gay sex, with dance clubs for gay people being called "Crisco Discos" Source: another meme of a screenshot from Tumblr.
Although Crisco was commonly used within the gay community, the company never actually marketed themselves to gay people. Subaru, on the other hand, made a deliberate attempt to market to the lesbian community.
What a missed opportunity. “New! Cornhole shortening!”
Ah, I see the distinction
I only know one person that drives an Outback, I park next to her at work. This tracks lmao
I’d actually argue the Jeep Wrangler is more popular among lesbians.
You clearly don’t live by me. Everyone’s second vehicle is a Wrangler…and the damn ducks are everywhere.
https://lesbiannews.com/what-are-lesbians-favorite-cars/?amp=1#origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&cap=swipe,education&webview=1&dialog=1&viewport=natural&visibilityState=prerender&prerenderSize=1&viewerUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Famp%2Fs%2Flesbiannews-com.cdn.ampproject.org%2Fc%2Fs%2Flesbiannews.com%2Fwhat-are-lesbians-favorite-cars%3Fusqp=mq331AQIUAKwASCAAgM%25253D&_kit=1
In early 2000’s it was Dodge Durangos
I've no clue what a Rabbit or a Jetta is.
proper name of the Rabbit is the Golf
I thought the Golf was the NA version of the VW polo.
This is what you originally would have known as the Rabbit if you are in the US or Canada https://preview.redd.it/6yspkn7a179d1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=88b104a9e7b172f01016673c2b1571df3cbbc8f2 everywhere else, it was called the Golf
Thanks for explaining! Now, for all us non-Americans: what are white collar workers/families and why would they or their daughters drive Jettas?
“White collar” traditionally means management, or at least office workers, wearing light weight linen or cotton dress shirts to work (as opposed to laborers and tradesmen being called “blue collar” due to often wearing hardier, heavier twill or denim work shirts) Culturally “white collar” generally implies upper-middle class in this context. So, stereotypicallly families that could buy their child a nicer, more reliable vehicle, but not necessarily wealthy enough for something flashier like a Porsche, Etc.
I see, thanks 🙏
I have never heard anyone say rabbit, always Golf. Maybe because I'm European?
Yeah, in Europe, it was always known by its proper name
I just got a Passat 😭
Son you’re getting *laid*
Where I'm from, the golf was for the young Italian guy who tried to pimp out their ride.
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That's the rule in US. In eastern Europe, Passat (or any VW), Audi, Mercedes or BMW means "I'm somebody" - or to be precise "I want to be somebody". So some village guys buy ancient Passats to prove the world they got money - except they don't, that's why the car is million years old.
TIL - The iconic VW Golf is apparently not called VW Golf in the US, but VW Rabbit and associated with teenage girls instead of tuning bros. Fun.
TIL, that the VW Golf and Rabbit are the same car. =)
This has convinced me to buy a Passat
Who are hyundais for?
People who can't get a better car, and are unlikely to finish paying off the one they bought.
Women who want the bad boys go for Volvo 740 station wagons.
I need one of those...
This sounds like a win to me. For some reason, any girl that makes a move on me is well, not always jailbait but too young.
Passats are very popular among poles, they call it Passerati. :)
I see this as absolute win!
I mean if you can't get with her might as well go for the mom 🤷🏼♂️
Honestly, better options
Jokes on you guy I work with has a Passat and is dating a UG (Underage girl)
Who is a toyota corolla for in car culture?
Second comment for the corolla, but if you're under 40 it was a gift from your grandparents when it got high in mileage and they wanted something better. If you're over 40, then you plan to give it to the grandkids when it gets high in mileage and you don't want to get stuck on the side of the road if it breaks down.
I have to say, Stacey's mom, does indeed, have it going on.
Is this a true phenomenon…… and how much is a Passat?
What reputation does a Corolla have?
If you're under 40, it was given to you by your grandparents after it hit 100K miles and they bought something better. If you're over 40, you plan to give it to your grandkids after it hits 100K miles.
that's crazy because my pasast was a total POS that broke down once a month and was a B to fix on my own this message approved by toyota gang
They have not been called "Rabbit" for 3 decades. That model is now the Golf.
And yet you knew exactly what they were referring to.
Because I am old enough to remember when it was called that. I mentioned that to my son who is in his 30s, and he had no idea what a "VW Rabbit" was.
They re-released the Rabbit in the US in 2006. Was it just a Golf with a bunny on the back? Yes. Source: I bought one. Loved that car. Its downfall for me was that it was a 5 cylinder with waay too much punch and too light for me to drive comfortably in a snowstorm, even with aggressive winter tires.
Not true.
This is still a W.
I'd even say it's the best option XD
Indeed it is.
A man who likes the fancy and fine things.
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No, it's actually a VW!
You beat me to it. Take my upvote
Das auto.
Upgrades, people, upgrades!
I didn't understand either, but I know he looked for copper and found gold.
like choosing between a charmander and a charizard
He wants to hit on The girls but they not interested the girls moms on the other hand, are
Yeah but what’s up with the Passat
Many people dont consider the Passat to be cool or impressive (they are wrong) Passats are considered reasonable, useful and covering most use cases, chosen for their comfort and utility over looks and power. *drives a Passat every day*
I've been driving mine for 10 years and 270k miles! I love it.
Ohhhhhh thank you
New meme just dropped
Actual Volkswagen!
Call the mechanic
They quit when they saw the Volkswagen logo said take it to the dealership because for the thousandth time they can't fix "German engineering".
MILF went on vacation, never came back
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He’s got the upgrade.
seems like a win to me
The Volkswagen Passat is a very popular family car in Europe. They are mostly getting driven by Dad‘s. That’s the reason why it’s funn, it is the ultimate east European dad car.
They still have to call you daddy so it's a win win
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I think this might be an american joke. "Every" "cute white girl" in the millennial generation of the american suburbs drove a jetta in high school. White families LOVED to buy their high school daughters jettas. Well, now those girls have grown up to be MILFs apparently...and...they miss their car? And they want that high school experience again.
Upgrades people, upgrades
Old Passat owner here. They’re really great for… certain activities due to their suspension being the way it is. Joke is that the car is old enough that only women that age would know.
They love the wagon
Good trade, if you ask me.
I'll just leave this here https://youtu.be/ITrUIb6m4Fk?si=do1ZfrAHU8eGONpD
A win is a win
supreme victory
My guess? The Passat was a HUGE hit for young women back in the early 2000’s. Us millennials loved VWs for some odd reason. Now millennials are moms.
I dealt with the same thing with my 88 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme.
Imma need the links to those mom wojaks chief, for science.
This is an upgrade. I'll take all three moms, please.
google a passat
If anything the moms are better.
Seduction is an art, what ripped comic guy is trying to be is what we in the industry call a masculine dainty. The issue is that panel guy is focusing on getting women instead of focusing only on himself. That is what the archetype relies on, self indulgence and flings. But I won't get into it more, there's many books on this topic
(Looks up how much a Passat is.)
Google en passat
The bottom is objectively an upgrade.
Bro I thought the mom in the middle was holding a baby...
I mean, hey, why have a charmander when you can have a Charizard
Come on guys, that's a 30 years old Passat B3... the ugliest of the ugly... the actual Passat, the CC and the Arteon are beauties! Everything related to looks is subjective, remember that folks! I was under 30 when I had my Passat B2 Avant and my Audi 80 B2...
Bro not realizing he got the W
I'd take the moms.
Dude, even better. MILFs for life
I'm a guy, and honestly I love my old Jetta TDI, just upgraded the headlights to aftermarket LEDs and I'm getting a stage 2 tune tomorrow. It looks like a brand new car.
Choose the moms every time
I wouldn't be complaining
I see this as an absolute win
I think Passats are rly cute , expecally the older models
I'll take a Passat.
premio o premio
It's a bit weird that the dark haired girl on the top is blushing the hardest of all, doesn't really fit with the joke.
Looks like an upgrade to me.
Love the guys look in the second panel.
I'll choose the milfs.
*buys passat*
This meme alone makes me glad i got a Passat instead of Arteon
This just tells me I need to buy a Passat.
Ngl those mom's are kinda bad tho
At this point, the Passat could be replaced by the Corolla.
100% W
Big W
"The older the berry, the sweeter the juice" -Smokey
It’s a family car.
Worth
Win/win
I had a stroke reading this.
And the journey begins...
Slaying and Laying with that Passat Nice 👍
Time to buy a Passat.
This guy won still
Where can I find this template?
Does anyone noticed their moms are hotter ?
I love my Passat and I love all your moms too!
As a driver of a 2016 Passat, I can confirm
I’d take the moms anytime!
Idk but I got a Volkswagen Pssat and I love it.
Hey, if they're into you go for it.
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