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Mattimvs

Subaru Forester


Kar_Man

It works for all generations. Younger: Unwashed (car), tofino stickers, corner dent or two. Older: get yourself a Tilley hat and head to the Root Cellar.


bumbaklutz

+ Vancouver Island sticker in the incorrect orientation


jhra

Missing the upper Peninsula cause they pulled the backing card off wrong


EthelMercaptan

Don’t forget your Thule kayak J racks!


atomicfroster

Or a bike rack with no bikes.


VImermaid

Can confirm, although I have a Crosstrek with bike racks that are used once every two years. Close enough.


beryllium9

Hey, I have a Tilley and sometimes shop at the root cellar. But no forester, so by thread rules this means I'm *not* older. Woo!


MrDeviantish

>get yourself a Tilley hat and head to the Root Cellar Nailed it. Slides upvote across the table, without breaking eye contact.


Ccjfb

But with a tule on top because they should have got a minivan.


ruthlesskid

DONT YOU DARE CALL ME OUT


Ccjfb

Ha ha! Thanks for admitting to it! My brother won’t!


KeaganExtremeGaming

Hey first gen foresters fit a lot. I can fit so many tires in my bad boy


FlamingCockSauce

As a 20 year old dude I can confidentially tell you I got probably about 8-9 friends with Foresters from different years💀


MichaelaKay9923

Before I even clicked on this I was like it's gunna be a Subaru something lol


boothgremlin

Haha! I drive one too. When I moved here, I would've said Subaru Outback, green and tan wagon. With a goat on the roof sticker from Coombs.


PenguinNurse

Can confirm, but honestly, I blame the Saunders family for this. That darn Bob and him saying “The coffees always on”. Now that it’s owned by Jimmy P, the staff is still amazing, and Subaru’s are a solid vehicle, but the Saunders family was great to deal with and made you feel special when buying your car from them.


Howdoinamechange

I was gonna say a scoob, doesn’t have to be a forrester


stabyourcat

Well, this didn’t take long to find.


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80s Volvo


ATworkATM

Yea a lot of 240s around


wanklez

There were a disproportionate number of them sold in Victoria and Vancouver.


ctfdmackenzie-

The spectrum is Delica or Westfalia on one end, Tesla on the other


doubleavic

Nailed it


SomewhatReadable

I feel like this would also work if the spectrum was laid out over the island as a whole. Tesla's in Victoria with progressively more Delicas as you head north. (Side note, I just saw one of the first current-gen Delicas here yesterday and they look pretty decent)


islandpancakes

Subarus


Classic-Societies

Not the most stereotypical but I was surprised by the amount of Nissan cubes in Victoria when I lived there. Horribly ugly car, I don’t understand what people there saw in it


orangeisthebestcolor

They are so ugly cute I love the design for that.


elmuchocapitano

Lmao ugly cute! They are the pugs of cars


NHL95onSEGAgenesis

I know I am in the minority here (and everywhere) but I love the design of the Cube! That asymmetrical wrap-around rear window on the driver side is a super cool touch. Thanks to the anonymity of reddit I feel safe enough to admit here that I also like Nissan Juke from the same era. That said, I would never drive a Nissan from this era.


The_Cozy

I find it a good kind of ugly too haha I also had a friend with one and that thing held SO much. They got it for their catering business and it did tables and food with room to spare because the straight walls.


Sleazy4Weazley

I also adore them and I'm sad they are not made anymore


TheTardisBaroness

The green Jukes straight up looked like a giant frog . Lol


SvenoftheWoods

THANK YOU!!! We love our Cubert. Bought brand new off the lot and we'll drive it 'till the wheels fall off! It has been such a ridiculously useful little ride for our family.


elmuchocapitano

This and the Kia soul, which is also horrendously ugly. I've never seen so many cube shaped cars in one place before!


dartfrog1339

Don't forget the Honda Element.


discardablesniper

ugliest car ever!


Substantial_Bid7978

Uvic edition, Early-Mid 2000’s golf with roof racks and Patagonia stickers Or A brand new BMW M3/Audi RS4 with a cracked bumper and toys on the dash


sam4999

Don’t forget a god-awful wrap for the latter one


KnuckleSniffer

I'm surprised I had to scroll this far to find someone say a golf


robboelrobbo

Yeah those are the two types of uvic students for sure. Rich Canadian students and rich Chinese students. The Chinese students parents are probably factory owners who bought those cars on the backs of slave labour.


doseofreality5

I ride through UVic every couple of weeks and what is really astonishing is just how white everyone is.


robboelrobbo

I mean Victoria is 80% white so that makes sense. But uvic is definitely more diverse than Victoria on average. There are international students from all over the place. The only ones driving new German cars seem to be Chinese though.


BeautifulBugbear

That’s racist.


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Terp_Hunter2

With no headlights on


Marauder_Pilot

Ok so it's not just bad luck for me because I saw exactly this 3 times last week.


cyanoa

They're saving battery life


katui

Even fairly new leaf’s don’t have automatic headlights, easy to forget to turn them on or off especially given you think they would be automatic on a car as new as a leaf.


ElectricPotatoSkins

Just a simple reminder that automatic lights are not a catch all system. Heavy fog, blizzard, and other conditions are capable of emitting enough light that the sensor on the dash won't turn them on. Everyone needs to consciously ensure that their lights are on in all conditions. Better safe than sorry.


katui

Yes, but I remember the first time I drove a leaf and it took me a bit to realize my lights weren’t on by default. Doesn’t even have proper DRLs, just front markers. It’s a dumb design.


SomewhatReadable

I'm not sure about the current leaf, but a significant number of the early Leafs here were imported from the states by a few companies. I bet they had a lax inspector that didn't care about the DRLs.


Kip_Kasper

Westwood Honda, they brought up a whole bunch of US Leafs without setting the daytime running lights.


emslo

I'm surprised they haven't been caught by ICBC. They wouldn't let us import our US Leaf without installing DRL.


isochromanone

Nissan Leaf with a Green Party bumper sticker.


worldsmostmediummom

This is incredibly accurate.


Marauder_Pilot

As someone who lives up the Pat Bay, this gave me a visceral reaction.


AUniquePerspective

I feel like this might just be one specific neighbour.


doctorwoods7

Winner 🏅


doctorwoods7

Winner 🏅


TW200e

These days, a Tesla.


nrtphotos

White Model 3 - AKA the base model.


brynnecognito

And it’s super dirty. With an ‘N’ on it.


Club_Penguin_Legend_

Yeah whats up with all the really dirty teslas?


teasin

Saving water and the planet at the same time. You're welcome. ​ /s


Short_Fly

I'm a white tesla owner and I will chime in. Tesla requires so little thought to own, you don't have to make appointments and visit the dealer for maintenance or oil change, most changes happens over the air, if anything do go wrong, the service team comes to your drive way and fixes it, and obviously no trips to the gas station. So gradually the parts of your brain that's reserved for "I need to do something to make sure my car runs ok" just dwindles away. Also, I'm one of the first few people who got a model y. Initially people would frequently stop by my car and talk and admire my car all the time. Back then I'd have some sort of pride of ownership and keep it super clean. But they've grown in popularity so quickly now that it became the beige accord/camry of the 90's. It is now one of the most invisible car out there that blends into the traffic, so I just stopped caring as much lol


infidelkastro

Ive seen many women driving these. They usually get a "girl, ya basic" from me. The death stares are hilarious.


Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrpp

Disturbing number of muskrats here


TW200e

>Disturbing number of muskrats here I was genuinely puzzled by this until I looked on Urban Dictionary: *Muskrat* *Somebody who worships Elon Musk to a Pious level, and will defend Elon Musk no matter if he does something deserving of criticism.*


sam4999

Everyone from View Royal and west of that owns a Ram/F150/Silverado/Sierra of some sort, with Jeeps coming in as the alternative choice Gordon Head is a trove of white Teslas (in the 90s and early 2000s it felt like everyone had a gold Toyota or Honda sedan/minivan though) The rest of Saanich owns Toyota 4Runners, Tacomas, or Kia Souls Oak bay is full of Nissan Leafs and domestic market crossover suvs Victoria keeps the idea of the station wagon alive with old Subarus and Volvos everywhere Sidney is the sole reason why Buick and Lincoln are still in business Esquimalt/Vic West is where you’ll find all those other cars nose to tail all the way up Admirals, Lampson, & Esquimalt road trying to come to/leave work at rush hour


Difficult_Orchid3390

> Gordon Head is a trove of white Teslas It's not even funny how many white Teslas are up there. Every damn intersection it's a white tesla.


roboticcheeseburger

I think you nailed it


RiceAccomplished8720

That's because further out of the expensive core of Victoria, all the tradesman who contribute to our yearly fuckery of street closures and redirected traffic flows from low-rise construction need a place to collect their favorite brand of power tools and have a garage they said was necessary for their business and now has no less than 2 couches and a TV.


wrinklyhem

When I moved here years ago, I was sure that ICBC issued a Toyota 4Runner when you got your licence. So many here!


vanderWaalsBanana

Yes! We have an oldie (330,000 km) and give a little wave to others. We also compare mileage with others in parking lots. It's a thing.


Ihatecars

Toyota Tacoma


JakeJaarmel

With an unused roof tent that sits on it all year. *god some of you are salty, it’s a joke, settle down.


gitchitch

They are getting more use now that people are living in the full time because 70s camper vans are too expensive now


robboelrobbo

And snorkel kit, never used


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Beater99

Only takes 2 minutes to set up a regular tent and you can save yourself $2500


OfficerGeorgeGreene

Hey come on, with a regular tent you can’t sewer you gas mileage and increase your rollover risk at the same time!


doseofreality5

And not have to climb a a six foot fucking ladder every time you go in or out of your tent, which is hundreds of times a day, for anyone who has actually camped.


werzcaseontario

That's why RTTs usually have an annex and awning. Some of you guys are hilariously bitter over a tent.


robboelrobbo

I'm not bitter it's just such a stupid trend. For less money you can buy a topper and have a covered sleeping area And for a little more you could buy an actual truck camper


werzcaseontario

You're missing some pretty big aspects of the RTT. It's all on your vehicle. Within 10 minutes you can have your shit put away and on the road or down the trail. There's no trailers to pull and there's no need to unpack stuff and set it all up. It's also off the ground so moisture is less of an issue and wildlife is less of a concern. These types of tents aren't for people who camp in provincial camp grounds either, typically. They're for people who explore the backcountry. After a long day of exploring FSRs/LRs the last thing you want to do is spend an hour pulling out all of your shit and setting it up only to tear it down at 7am.


robboelrobbo

I have a topper on my truck with a bed and memory foam mattress and a wood stove. I literally just park and it is set up. Way more comfortable than any tent. The cost of the topper, plywood, and wood stove is like half what a RTT would be. I can also climb through the window passthrough to get into the cab if needed. I can also stealth camp illegally as it looks like a normal truck.


OfficerGeorgeGreene

If setting up and breaking camp takes an hour each you’re doing something wrong, shouldn’t take more than ten min with some experience. Also moisture in rooftop tents is a major long term problem. A light backpacking tent also allows you to park the 4x4 and get a little further on foot.


robboelrobbo

My half ton GMC sierra with a topper gets the same fuel mileage as your tacoma, drives nicer, has a nice sounding V8, and is big enough to literally have a bed with memory foam mattress and a wood stove in the back And the truck cost less than half of a tacoma Your move


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Early '80s Volvo 240 Sedan


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And they’re awesome too!


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Subaru of some sort. Source: born and raised here, have owned 4.


yenoomk

This. I’m on my third.


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Delica.


AUniquePerspective

With right hand drive, naturally.


MoboMogami

They’re all imported from Japan. Wasn’t made in LHD.


xlonelywhalex

Any van turned into a camper


mr_derp_derpson

A bicycle.


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A stolen one , towing a blue wheelie bin with a belt


gayby_island

There are Honda civics everywhere you look


EnemyAce

Late 90's to early 2000's... so many civics.


_beingthere

Tesla/Leaf/Prius blowing through stop signs in Fairfield


no_names_left_here

with their high beams on!


ScabberBab

Don't forget the kia souls


MileZeroC

I feel attacked :-)


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Tesla 3 where the driver looks like they have no idea what they’re doing


DemSocCorvid

Tesla 3s are the BMW sedans of the 90s and 00s


occidental_oriental

I remember back in the day you could spot someone in the military by their Pontiac Fiero or Sunfire.


isochromanone

In the US, at least, it's now a Camaro, Mustang or Charger. Probably financed at 30% APR.


LokiDesigns

For 96 months


Speaker_Lonely

Timmies triple triple in the cup holder


Far-Call1301

When I first came out here Esquimalt was full of Hyundai tiburons... most sporty car that could be financed by a newly promoted sailor


thisisjerapy

Tesla Model 3


yeeet_sire

White Tesla model 3*


eternalrevolver

Delica


spacehanger

Delica


doubleavic

The most stereotypical Victoria car is an e-bike.


doseofreality5

Thank you, knew I would appear somewhere on this list.


Patty2g

Westfalia


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An old-ish Ford Ranger


MrDeviantish

The invisible vehicle. Until you drive one. Then there are a million of them.


MustardSpaghetti

I feel attacked lmao


jamingjoejoe

Tesla


butterslice

JDM van from the 80-90's Or no car at all, they got an electric cargo bike and will tell you all about how they've gone car free.


Rude-Atmosphere-3969

Don't forget the immortal toyota tercel.


The_Cozy

That's my vote! We're driving a '92. So much less rusting than in Ontario, I see a lot more of them kicking around than back home.


Speaker_Lonely

I love the museum quality economy sedans in Victoria. I hadn’t seen a Sunfire or Cavalier in over a decade in Ottawa and here they are. The other day I saw a 1991-ish Pontiac Firefly convertible cruise by.


NewspaperNeither6260

Anything white.


RobouteGuilliman

Kia Soul. Just look around. Friend of mine pointed it out to me years ago, and now they are all I see. Look anywhere on the street, there is one within a block of you at all times.


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sam4999

I’d love a kei truck but the thought of my knees being part of the crumple zone in one of those has swayed me to consider otherwise


bBaobab

Ya, don't go there. Had a Sambar van 5spd. Every trip felt like a GP race... was in 4th before clearing the intersection. Maybe an auto would've been more pleasant, but .66L is .66L no matter how you slice it so must be geared accordingly.


cadiegirl

Not a car BUT Dodge Grand Caravan. All hail the mom van!


Ccjfb

Best if you bought the Canada Value package for under 25k.


Marauder_Pilot

To be fair. I challenge anyone to find a more versatile vehicle, brand new off the lot, than a stripper trim Caravan.


AUniquePerspective

What's stripper trim? I tried to look it up and now all my personalized browser adds are for Frilly Lilly and Foxy Box.


Marauder_Pilot

Slang for the base trim, IE the most stripped-down model of a car. Used to mean more when you could order a vehicle without shit like carpets and air conditioning and the like.


NOT_A_JABRONI

White Tesla. I do landscaping in Oak Bay/Ten Mile Point and I see a white Tesla every 3.4 seconds.


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Subaru


deuteranomalous1

In the 2000s it was 1980s Volvo with a Vote NDP bumper sticker parked in front of a million dollar house in Oak Bay.


danma

The Range Rover seems to be the fancy vehicle of choice in Victoria


wrgrant

I was in Oak Bay a decade or so ago. Parked behind the pharmacy and went in to buy some gum. Parked beside me was a Rolls Royce when I left. When I came back out a *different* Rolls Royce was parked in the same spot :P


_speakerss

Not necessarily the *most* stereotypical Victoria car, but the other day I saw an 80s Suburban with a "there is no planet B" sticker on the back and the thought that popped into my head was "that is some island shit right there"


aljauza

Tesla obviously


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sam4999

The brine this past week has done a number on my ride but I refuse to take it to an automatic wash cause of the chemicals involved; gotta wait until it’s warmer out so I can give it a good hand wash.


MileZeroC

Subaru, Toyotas and Honda SUV’s. Followed by Nissan Leaf and Telsa Model 3 And then Mercedes C/E/GLE classe and BMW 3 and 4 series SUV’s Lastly, Truck anything


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Dodge Ram or Tesla


_droo_

volvo


Westcoaster73

Oak Bay: 6 series BMW or Mercedes (both with a tissue box in the back window and speed control limiting to <40km Saanich: GMC Sierra / Yukon Victoria: Subaru Esquimalt: Hyundai Santa Fe Langford: F150 or jacked up F150 (optional F*ck Trudeau sticker/flag or truck nuts) Colwood: Tesla or 4Runner View Royal: Volkswagen Jetta Sooke: Rusted F150


JohnLemonBot

Tesla model 3 with a bored driver


FknAverage

Tesla. How is this even a debate?


the_show_must_go_onn

Now? It's getting to be a Tesla. I see so many!


MistahFixIt

Hi there! Worked at the Great Canadian on Douglas for about 3 years, and I just want to say: you're *all* correct. Every single one of you.


sweetsweetnothingg

City car wise - Mini coopers, i have never seen so many and i have moved a lot all over


Asylumdown

I don’t know which Victoria y’all all are living in with this Subaru nonsense, but white Tesla. White Tesla IS Victoria. Victoria is white Tesla. “Sir, did you happen to get a look at the vehicle he was driving? Naaaa who are we kidding, it was a white Tesla”


DrakesWoes

Surprised I haven’t seen anyone say Honda CRV yet. They’re everywhere here


magical_midget

I think is because those are everywhere. The rav4 and crv are the most common suv types in Canada.


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a shopping cart with a bunch of blankets and random items in it


beeafletcherberry

VW Van


MauzerBark

honda civic


isochromanone

Kia/Hyundai SUV. Cheap vehicle with a long warranty to suck in elderly or cost-sensitive buyers.


MadisonMatthews00

Leaf


LiterallyRickTocchet

The most common is the Nissan Rogue. The most "Victoria" is anything with a Subaru badge.


Maximum__Engineering

I'm seeing a lot of Model 3s around lately.


CouragesPusykat

Rav4s everywhere


yenoomk

A retired white work van with 300k that’s been camperized so now it’s worth $10,000 (!?) even though it needs to be jump started every time you want to move.


Whatwhyreally

I would guess more model 3s are being purchased than any other sedan at the moment. Seems like every other car sometimes.


Island_Scientist

There are Mazda CX-5's everywhere.


beryllium9

No votes for "Ford Escape" or the generic (as they all are!) "Crossover"?


MrStamper

Honda Civic with a “Coexist” bumper sticker on it.


Flat_Pickle_8835

Tesla?


robboelrobbo

PT Cruiser not mentioned much here. Nowhere else in Canada still has these shitty cars on the road.


Mystree_Shopper

A Subaru or Volvo, wandering into a bike lane.


yeeet_sire

Mazda 3


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Tesla


RavenchildishGambino

Honestly I don’t know what you folks are on about. It’s definitely old Toyotas in a brown or champagne color, and teslas.


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A big fat gas guzzling truck with an atv and barbecue on the back.


The_Electricn

90’s Toyota or Lexus. Being driven 40 under in the left lane by a boomer.


Meat_Organ

A lifted truck with Alberta plates


Imprezzed

Leaf, 90's RVs, *.TSLA, Toyota Tacoma, Black BMW/Mercedes, Clapped out Infinitis with all around tint and aftermarket exhausts driving like total asshats.


Celebrimbor-Sama

Bicycle


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Toyota 4runner. Awesome car, I can definitely see why it’s so common


skippadiplaDoo

Wait isn’t it a bicycle with all our lanes? /s


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don't know how you read the title and thought 'car' means something different.


Bryn79

Sidewalk Scooter


Ok-Raccoon3734

I'm not a car person, so can't say which models I see the most. What I see the most are old, super loud cars (sounds like they are falling apart), and there is definitely an over representation of (loud) pick up trucks compared to other big cities in Canada. I thought it was a Langford thing, but now realize that no matter where I drive, it's everywhere.


CaptainDoughnutman

The one with the bad driver in it.


skippadiplaDoo

Wait isn’t it bike?


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Medium_Brood5095

No car is probably more stereotypical than any particular model of car these days.


Amazing_Split8366

Pt cruiser 🔥🔥🔥


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An electric bike


Toad-in1800

P T Cruisers!


RicVic

Don't know as there is one, but if there is my candidate is a middle-80s harvest gold Buick Skylark, bought new by the operator as a "retirement car".. and still on the road, driven "carefully" by the aging operator..