Comments on: QOTD: What Kind of Music is Your Car?

By: Tyler D

Tyler D — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:31:07 +0000

I’d hate to say it, but I believe my Camry is Rammstein. For a lot of the wrong reasons.

By: David Holzman

David Holzman — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:58:51 +0000

Jordan Tenenbaum :
I honestly have no idea what kind of music a Volvo 240 Wagon is, but I’m sure I’d listen to it.

Possibly Grateful Dead. Or else folk.

By: David Holzman

David Holzman — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:53:22 +0000

Edward Niedermeyer: My car? Well, it’s a 70’s Peugeot ten-speed bike, so I’d guess it’s the automotive equivalent of Eliot Smith. It has loads of indie cred, but it also kinda makes you want to kill yourself.

I have one of those. Rode it Seattle to Boston in ‘75. Now if I could only find a Peugeot automobile of similar vintage… that would be jazz.

By: akitadog

akitadog — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:03:08 +0000

My MKV GTI is De La Soul, both hard and jazzy, but with enough idiosyncracies to be either hated or loved, with no in-between.

By: supremebrougham

supremebrougham — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:07:40 +0000

The factory stereo in my little Olds has amazing depth and clarity (proving GM can do SOMETHING right), so just about anything can sound right, but I find that in the summer late 90’s bubblegum pop seems to suit it (I grew up in central Florida, and it’s a state law that you have to like that stuff), but in the winter, Detroit-style techno all the way…

“Take me away, a million miles away from here…”

By: Theodore

Theodore — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:43:58 +0000

A Sonata would play a sonata, of course.

By: Robert Schwartz

Robert Schwartz — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:43:10 +0000

Kenny G.

By: Steven Lang

Steven Lang — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:52:05 +0000

Hmmm… given that my current driver is a 5-speed, bare-bones, AWD wagon (1995 Subaru Legacy Wagon) in the middle of SUV country… I would say anything by Weird Al would suffice.

The Buick Roadmaster’s theme was, “When I’m 64!”

Eagle Talon’s theme is Black Saabath’s Iron Man (It’s black as well.)

Chevy Tracker’s theme is, “Wanna be your girlfriend?”

1977 Mercedes 350SE’s is 1920’s Oktoberfest music.

2001 Town & Country’s Theme is, “Going to the chapel and we’re…”

1998 Volvo S70 T5’s theme is “Cult of Personality”

1998 Volvo XC70 AWD Wagon’s theme is, “Wrapped Around Your Finger”… a surprisingly quiet car.

1994 Toyota Previa All-Trac’s theme is anything by the band, “Oingo Boingo”

1997 Subaru Legacy Outback’s theme is that stupid Outback Steakhouse song…

1996 VW Passat Wagon’s Theme is “I Fall to Pieces”

1998 VW Jetta TDI’s theme is, “Look at me, I’m Sandra Dee”… it’s lousy… but with frugality

1992 Toyota Paseo’s theme was, “Turning Japanese!”. It’s pretty much the quintessential small Japanese car of the early 90’s with 5-speed and power nothing… but a damn good powertrain.

I have others but I don’t drive them enough to give them a song.

By: Terry

Terry — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:04:16 +0000

My Miata is The Outlaws “I’m a Freeborn Man”, followed by their “High Tides and Green Grass”.
My Probe GT is Pink Floyd’s “Shine on You Crazy Diamond”.
My MPV is Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb”, and the wife’s Mazda5 is The Car’s “Let’s Go!”

By: keepaustinweird

keepaustinweird — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:13:37 +0000

My 2000 Saab 9-3SE: It’s Swedish. It’s versatile. It’s tourquey/fast. It’s The Soundtrack of Our Lives (http://www.myspace.com/officialtsool)

My 2002 4Runner: Reliable as hell. Hauls – as we say in Texas – “a shit ton o’ stuff.” It kind-of looks pretty aggressive and is actually fun to drive. Gorillaz.

By: Andy D

Andy D — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:00:19 +0000

I gave up on radio 15 yrs ago. I listen to Books on Tape. Anything I can check out of the library network. My work trucks dont have a player, so I have an old boom box on the passenger’s seat. I am currently listening to Michael Connelly’s “the Lincoln Lawyer”

By: ejacobs

ejacobs — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:18:19 +0000

Del Tha Funky Homosapien (Civic Si)

By: TomAnderson

TomAnderson — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:18:00 +0000

I’m actually (weirdly) inclined to say an M-B 300 SD (the W126 body one, anyway) is equal parts Grateful Dead and Saliva. Laid-back and melodic under normal conditions, but with just enough of an edgy badassness to keep things lively (likely owing to the lowering springs, larger chrome wheels and tires and technically-verboten Euro-spec headlights on mine).

By: Johnny Canada

Johnny Canada — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:11:40 +0000

Older E39 BMW’s seem to run better on a 50/50 mix of The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and The Drive-By Truckers. Extreme caution when playing Wagner for obvious reasons.

By: NICKNICK

NICKNICK — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:44:53 +0000

Under normal circumstances, it’s ZZ Top.

When speeding, it’s Gimme Shelter (Stones only).

When it’s donut time, it’s Morphine’s Honey White.

By: Mark MacInnis

Mark MacInnis — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:41:08 +0000

My Audi A6 is Grover Washington….smooth and mellow jazz with a kick when you need it….

By: John R

John R — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:34:07 +0000

Hyundai’s got more Seoul “than a sock wit a hole…”

By: nuclearay

nuclearay — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:25:37 +0000

My 2006 GTO ‘is’ the song by Slayer — “Angel of Death”

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrgh.

By: Jeff Puthuff

Jeff Puthuff — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:59:03 +0000

I drive a 97 Ininiti I30 and while I do like jazz, rock and “library music” (Ennio Morricone, Roy Budd, and Alan Hawkshaw, etc.), I prefer talk-radio (Don & Mike) or the music from the VQ30DE…

By: Megan Benoit

Megan Benoit — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:51:26 +0000

Hmmm… The GTI is Dirty Vegas – cool and smooth but not that edgy. The LGT is A Perfect Circle – gorgeous and sublime, and deep down inside it’s Tool.

By: Cicero

Cicero — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:41:58 +0000

Mine is less like music than haiku:

Hard thrust engine
Asphalt pebbles spray like waves
Radar gun

By: Ralph SS

Ralph SS — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:39:48 +0000

The Pusher

By: ajla

ajla — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:20:43 +0000

Gospel music. Because it is by divine intervention that my cars (’97 Grand Prix and ‘89 Bonneville) still run good.

By: thetopdog

thetopdog — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:16:14 +0000

I’m surprised that 2 people in the first 14 responses know who MF Doom is, I guess he’s not that underrated after all

And Mike Solowiow’s comment made me laugh out loud

By: Edward Niedermeyer

Edward Niedermeyer — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:00:12 +0000

I remember reading an interview with Beck once, where he said he just couldn’t roll around LA in a Benz, or Bimmer like everyone else. His solution? A used Lincoln Towncar, if I remember correctly.

Just goes to show that one mans stodgy is another mans quirky. Which is why I can totally see “Hyundai Sonata” finding its way into an MF Doom track. Or visa versa.