What do yall think of when you hear Dad Car?

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beaushaw@reddit

1959 Cadillac Fleetwood Series 75 Limousine

I can not be convinced there is a better car for a dad. Some of them even have a roll up window between the front and back seat.

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Local_Whereas7211@reddit

Suburban. Official vehicle of scout leaders.

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03-04 Honda Pilot. My dad had 2 of em 😅He’s 6’8” and doesn’t fit in a lot of cars- he had to cut the sun visor out of Ridgeline when he finally upgraded in 2017 lolol (yes he sat in the driveway with a hand saw and threw it away bc “it’s my car and I can do what I want with it”)

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Bubbly-Pirate-3311@reddit

Some kind of German sedan

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Harkers144@reddit

Buick

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AssociationWaste1336@reddit

Ford Ranger

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OldeWorldWays@reddit

Regal GNX

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Shot_Rent_1816@reddit

I think where's mom car

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xampl9@reddit

Gold Camry

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UnderwhelmingAF@reddit

Crew cab full-size pickup.

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bostonstevens@reddit

Four door jeep

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shuanm@reddit

I'm a dad several times over. I have a 2010 Silverado crew cab for the family, and an 86 Fiero for me. Sometimes a 3rd gen Camaro project for the liars' club meetings.

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alphamammoth101@reddit

Wagon

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42ElectricSundaes@reddit

Porsche 911

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MikeExMachina@reddit

Rich dad car for sure

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Sea-Newspaper-7643@reddit

Depends on what kind of dad, but:

Honda Element/Ridgeline is the white New Balance of cars.

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Old-guy64@reddit

Any decent four door vehicle. Cause, we are not getting out to fold the seat forward for you to get in the back.

For dads 40 and under, it’ll probably be a semi-sporty sedan. Cause I still want to have a “fast” car. Think Lincoln MKZ, V6 Camry/Accord, 5-series Bimmer probably in black, dark blue, or white.

At about 45, that will become the SUV analog of the above mentioned sedan.

Cause now I don’t want to fall in and climb out. And room for golf clubs, bags of mulch, luggage for trips. Strollers for the grands, and grudgingly, a car seat. And the only person that can bring food that leaves crumbs or is sticky, will be the person occupying that car seat.

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smartobject@reddit

It’s a Jaaaag.

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Nibblitive@reddit

Ford explorer lol

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WitheldSteak@reddit

Second this

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chef-keef@reddit

Wagon

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bflave@reddit

Currently F150, nostalgic Caprice Classic

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Rastus77@reddit

Buick LeSabre. I loved mine.

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SailingSpark@reddit

I have actually never heard the term before this. I have heard "Old man's car" to be be a big comfy boat.. but never a "dad car"

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LuckInternational336@reddit

Octavia

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Honest-Database-5534@reddit

Buick, any of them.

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KiraDog0828@reddit

Except the Encore, probably

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Diligent-Meet-4089@reddit

My dad always drove trucks bc he towed for his job. So I think of dodge ram or f250 🤣

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magnumcar@reddit

1974 Pontiac Grand Ville sedan. 455ci, 4 barrel, dual exhaust. I learned how to drive in that car my dad owned. HELL YEAH!

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OldTough9446@reddit

Ford Fusion

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fermentedradical@reddit

Challenger

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boatsnhosee@reddit

RS6 Avant

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whozwat@reddit

Old VW bus

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Warhammer517@reddit

Mercury Grand Marquis

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Status_Iron_3706@reddit

Bonneville

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Quietus76@reddit

A "dad car" is just a truck to me.

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7eregrine@reddit

My car

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RagingLeonard@reddit

F150

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Abe-early@reddit

Any crew cab short bed half ton truck.

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rival_22@reddit

So much is based on where you live and what "type" of dad you are, but this seems like the correct answer.

I live in suburbia, LOTS of crew cabs... I have kids that play hockey, lots of crew cabs in the rink lots as well.

I can haul stuff for home projects, camping, paddleboards/lake days, hockey equipment...

My dad had an extended cab truck 45+ years ago when I was growing up. I've had one for like the past 10 years.

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xTheGame69@reddit

Dodge ram Chevy 1500

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LLcoolbeans77@reddit

Mini van

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Prize-Mail-6769@reddit

Depends how old your dad is

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Possible-Cicada-9662@reddit (OP)

30-40 years old between 2000 and 2015 to give a specific range

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Past_Opportunity8513@reddit

Lot of cool dads in that range driving around in a subaru wagon or suv.

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Possible-Cicada-9662@reddit (OP)

Thats what I was thinking because my Dad drove a 2nd or 3rd gen outback before needing to sell it. But I wanted to see what others thought off

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Past_Opportunity8513@reddit

Love it. What's the old man driving around in now?

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Possible-Cicada-9662@reddit (OP)

A 2022 toyota crossover he got through work.

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BreadUntoast@reddit

Extremely dad themed car

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Hellament@reddit

I tell myself this all the time

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YeahIGotNuthin@reddit

Back then, Jeep grand Cherokee. A friend of mine got one in the early 2000s because she didn’t want to have a minivan “like all the soccer moms.”

Most of them were dark green for some reason.

Hers at the time she told me that was parked next to a maroon one, but there was another green one just like it in the same parking lot. Which was at our kids’ soccer game.

Any other SUV would stand in for that over the years. Today, it’s either another SUV (probably a RAV4 or an explorer) or a short bed extended cab pickup truck, like a tundra.

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Gonna_do_this_again@reddit

Honda S2000

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joekd713@reddit

I own a Corvette and a Cadillac DeVille, 110% full on dad mode :)

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Audiofyl1@reddit

A stupid slogan.

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DoubleResponsible276@reddit

Ram truck or mini van.

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specialneedsdickdoc@reddit

Subaru

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51NewWest@reddit

Maserati Ghibli. My Dad (83yo) has one and I've since noticed that only Boomers seem to drive them here (Western Australia).

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allbsallthetime@reddit

My dad worked for Ford, the first car I remember riding in was a Ford Country Squire but dad had a '67 Thunderbird.

After that it was always Lincoln Town Cars until he got old and a mini van was easier for him to get in and out of.

So for me it's always gonna be Lincoln.

For our daughter, dad car probably means mini van because that's all we owned as she was growing up.

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Naive-Variation-6677@reddit

I was convinced by my father to buy a 99 Ford Contour as my first car and it was definitely a dad car.

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lunchbox651@reddit

This is the first time I've ever heard that term.
First thought was a Corvette but then maybe a Holden VK Commodore would be more in-line with what I'd expect dads I know to actually own. Corvettes are very uncommon here.

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samit2heck@reddit

My dad had a valiant safari wagon.

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lunchbox651@reddit

Your dad had taste.

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samit2heck@reddit

Thank you thank you. We never had commodores but mum had a GTR SUV Torana, Gemini then VS Statesman and dad also had a HK Monaro. Definitely done bogan genetics happening.

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lunchbox651@reddit

Damn the best I had was my mum had a VN Commodore. We just had cheap shit boxes.

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samit2heck@reddit

Helps when dad builds them himself. We would have had fuck all of we had to buy them new or finished. The VN is a classic now!

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lunchbox651@reddit

Damn, my dad doesn't even drive. I hated the VN, god that car broke down so often.

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samit2heck@reddit

How did you end up a car guy? That very cool.

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lunchbox651@reddit

Mad Max. The interceptor reveal scene, the moment you hear that supercharger whine, I wanted something like that.

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JSTootell@reddit

Crown Vic

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Electrical-tentacle@reddit

Ahh that’s a grandpa car.

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Eziekiel23_20@reddit

Around here that’s the Grand Marquis or Town Car. Vic’s are always potheads, ha.

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Hitt1te@reddit

I see mostly potheads driving those now. lol.

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VintageBandit@reddit

Am a dad, have a Crown Vic

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XtraChrisP@reddit

This was my first thought.

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JitteryTurtle@reddit

My dad always had a cool car, until he retired.

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OldboyVicious@reddit

Family Truckster

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VW-MB-AMC@reddit

A square and boxy sedan, bought used. The ultimate dad car in our family when I was growing up was the W123. A W124, and also Volvo models like the 240 and 740 fits this description.

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Rattlingplates@reddit

Minivan.

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Electrical-tentacle@reddit

Nowadays it is a crew cab full size truck.

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TrilliumHill@reddit

My god I'm glad I didn't have a "dad" car, and not sure what I would consider one.

When my kids were young, I decided a Corvette wouldn't be practical, so I got a Mitsubishi Evo X instead as it had 4 doors and a back seat. The fun car was a little red Pontiac Solstice GXP.

Mostly drive a F150 Lightning now, but still have the Evo and convertible

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PageRoutine8552@reddit

Toyota 4Runner or Ford Ranger.

Something that is capable of doing all the “dad stuff”, whether for fun (haul mountain bikes, tow a boat / caravan, camping, off-roading) or work (building materials, tools, house moving, shed, etc).

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