Tell Us About Where You Live and We'll Guess What Kind of Car You Have

By: Zoe Samuel
Estimated Completion Time
4 min
Tell Us About Where You Live and We'll Guess What Kind of Car You Have
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About This Quiz

No one in Canada wears Crocs in the winter. Fur coats don't work in southern Spain. If you live in the United Kingdom, you own at least two umbrellas. These truisms point to how living in a place determines the shape and scope of one's lifestyle.

Owning a car is one of the biggest investments people make. It's a choice reflective of personality, style, and aspiration. It's also a very practical choice made with the full knowledge of the local roads, weather, and family or professional needs. 

It would make no sense to drive a Ford F150 Raptor in New York City, and even less to drive a Toyota Prius on a farm in rural Canada. The choice of a car is as personal as the clothes we wear and as practical as the houses we live in. 

Still, vehicles express something deeper about us and how we want to feel. After all, if you just want to get from point A to point B, you don't need anything fancy, yet people still by fancy cars, trucks, and minivans.

So take this quiz, answer a few simple questions about where you live, and we will use our vast knowledge of geography and automotive technology to say what car you drive!
How would you describe your local climate?
Unforgiving
Warm and pleasant
It hits both extremes, hot and cold.
It's a mix, but it rarely gets really bad.
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Do you have to deal with fallen trees often?
Frequently
Rarely
Occasionally
Never
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How crowded are the roads?
They are as empty as the sky.
They're usually fine unless you get into a city.
Not bad, but get on the highway and they are empty.
Very, very crowded
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How long is your commute?
20 minutes
A half hour
An hour each way
Two hours each way
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How much snow do you get in the winter?
Loads, all the time
None
Very little
Mostly we don't get too much, but when we get it, we get loads of it.
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How much time do you spend sitting in traffic?
Hardly any at all
Some
None!
Loads
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How well paved are the roads in your neck of the woods?
They're really rough.
They're usually fine since they are made of asphalt.
They're occasionally chipped concrete.
They're rotten, concrete city roads.
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Do your roads ice up when it gets cold?
Very badly
Not at all
A little bit
It gets bad in places, but not everywhere.
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How far away is your closest neighbor?
Half a mile
A few hundred yards
A two minute walk
60 feet
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How much light do you get in the winter?
Very little
Plenty
It's not bad.
The buildings block the sun so well, I hardly notice.
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How large a haul do you typically need to get from the local grocery store?
It's always a huge load of groceries.
I buy certain things in bulk.
I only buy non-perishable goods in bulk.
I go for lots of small grocery loads.
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When was the last time you set foot in a major city?
It's been a few months.
It's been about a week.
It's been about a month.
I do it every day.
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How often do you take part in outdoor activities in the winter?
All the time!
Like, winter ones? No, never.
I'll do it every few weeks.
I'll do it if I can get the time off to go to Aspen.
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How clean is the air where you live?
It's very clean.
It's not great, but getting better.
It's pretty clean most of the time.
It's filthy.
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How often do you go off-road?
I do it all the time.
Only occasionally, if a road is out.
About once a week
Never
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Do your local roads flood very often?
Not up here
Yeah, if there's heavy rain it always floods.
No, there's good drainage.
Where I work, it never floods. Where I live, it floods often.
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Have you ever needed a winch for a vehicle?
Sure
Thank god, no
A couple times
Only once, when I was towed
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How much does it precipitate in spring and summer?
No more than average
Very little
Loads
It feels like a lot, but it isn't all that bad really.
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Does snow ever make your roads impassable?
Yes, every winter
No, never
I remember that happening once, when I was a child.
About once every two years
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Do you have any banked roads?
Not out here, we keep things simple.
A couple here and there, and they're loads of fun.
We've got one at the local track.
No, there's too much stop and go traffic for that.
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Do you have any roads with falling rock hazard signs?
Yes, all over the place
Only on this one road near my house
We have a few, but only in certain parts of the area.
No, not even one
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Do you have to change your tires, season to season?
Of course
No, never
You definitely need to rotate them.
No, the roads are usually kept clear, but if you don't have all-season tires, you'll be in trouble.
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Do you ever use the HOV lane?
What's that?
All the time
I keep a mannequin in the trunk for that.
If I'm carpooling I do.
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Does your locality have a special lane for electric cars?
Wow! Do people have those?
Yes, and I'm all over that.
No, thank god.
The smugness of that makes me crazy.
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How strict is your district about speeding?
As long as you don't crash, you're fine.
If they catch you, they'll fine you.
Keep it under 85 and you're fine.
No one will pull you over, they'll just mail a ticket to your home.
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When did you learn to drive?
When I was 10
When I was 15
When I was 12
When I was 17
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How does the ground shift under your local roads?
Sometimes it wears away and the road crumbles.
We get little earthquakes a lot, and those make the roads bend.
It doesn't really.
We get the odd sinkhole or water main break.
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Is it worth putting up a solar panel on your house out where you live?
If you want to live off-grid.
Yes, absolutely
Not unless you work from home
There is a tax incentive to do it...
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What quality of your car makes your neighbors take notice?
Its size
Its geekiness
Its power
Its luxury
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How cheap is gas where you live?
I use diesel.
I have no idea.
It's cheap as hell.
I drive to the next state to fill up.
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