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Old Oct 11, 2009 | 06:09 PM
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Are you pragmatic and well educated?

Just read an article in Yahoo! Autos. Honda drivers are pragmatic and well educated with 70% of us having a college degree or higher, and 97% of us are tech savvy.

What Your Car Says About You- Yahoo! Autos Article Page
 

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Old Oct 11, 2009 | 06:17 PM
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Hey, I'm in college! lol
 
Old Oct 11, 2009 | 06:25 PM
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well if you're in college then you're already well educated. Since you have a honda i guess you'er a pragmatist in the most simplest sense.
 
Old Oct 11, 2009 | 07:34 PM
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Wow... I've owned 6 Hondas, Graduated from college 12 years ago, with a degree in Computer Science, and am now working in the I.T. Field at a top 5 Liberal Arts College...

yeah... I fit the mold.

And happy about it

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Old Oct 11, 2009 | 10:00 PM
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Degree in Business Administration Penn State '75.

35 years later...............just passed my first year, working as a caseworker for Children & Youth Services.

Don't ask...............It's a long story!!!!

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Old Oct 11, 2009 | 10:02 PM
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Well, this is my first Honda. I'm a High School Grad and I have a Business Degree. I do, for the most part, look at things in a pragmatic fashion.
 
Old Oct 12, 2009 | 01:22 AM
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Between my wife and myself, I've owned seven Hondas. I've been in the tech industry 12 years but I've never went to college.
 
Old Oct 12, 2009 | 01:52 AM
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This is the second Honda I've owned (previous car was a 91 Civic) I'm in the military and I work at a computer helpdesk. Haven't started college yet, but I am very tech savvy. I'm half way done with my A+ certification. Hope to start college sometime early next year.
 
Old Oct 12, 2009 | 03:10 AM
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use of the internet =/= tech savviness
 
Old Oct 12, 2009 | 08:39 AM
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Anyone on here is probably going to qualify as "tech savvy," there are still some people afeared o' the internet.

However, yes, I consider myself tech savvy, and I'm in the process of getting a doctoral degree, so I guess I fit the mold. I also wouldn't buy a car known for being unreliable, so I suppose I'm a pragmatist.
 
Old Oct 12, 2009 | 08:54 AM
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I have undergraduate degrees in mechanical technology and anthropology, and I am currently a tool and die designer for an aerospace contractor. I guess that makes me an educated ignoramus and moderately "tech savvy".

This is my first import car and first Honda. Previously I'd always bought the smallest, least expensive Dodge, in part because that was what the only dealer in town sold. I guess that makes me somewhat practical.
 
Old Oct 12, 2009 | 09:25 AM
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Graduated from VT in 2002 Business Information Technology. Took me a little while to find a Honda I liked, but I fit the mold now. (4 doors and a Hatch has always been my ideal car)
 
Old Oct 12, 2009 | 09:32 AM
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[quote=mtunofun;761656]Just read an article in Yahoo! Autos. Honda drivers are pragmatic and well educated

Lets not forget that going to college doesn't necessarily make one "well educated".
 
Old Oct 12, 2009 | 12:26 PM
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Good article. Now we have something to throw back into the faces of Chevy! I hate that new commericial that indicates the Colbalt gets better
gas milage than the Civic - they would not dare put the Fit in that place
cowards!

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Old Oct 12, 2009 | 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by mtunofun
Just read an article in Yahoo! Autos. Honda drivers are pragmatic and well educated with 70% of us having a college degree or higher, and 97% of us are tech savvy.

What Your Car Says About You- Yahoo! Autos Article Page
Wouldn't know it, the way this place is crawling with fundy rednecks.
 
Old Oct 12, 2009 | 01:37 PM
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I hate that new commericial that indicates the Colbalt gets better gas milage than the Civic - they would not dare put the Fit in that place...cowards!

Cat :x
I hate those commercials because I find them highly untrue.

All of the Chevy's I've ever driven/been around (even new models) get WAY LESS than the epa advertised rates.

All of the Honda's I've owned (4)...have gotten WAY MORE than the epa advertised rates.

I don't care what Chevy says. It's not true, and I will NEVER own one.
 
Old Oct 12, 2009 | 05:03 PM
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Pragmatic?

Is a pragmatic another kind of transmission? I thought all they have is the regular kind, and the kind you have to work yourself....
 
Old Oct 12, 2009 | 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by hogwylde
Lets not forget that going to college doesn't necessarily make one "well educated".
Quite True... I went to a Pennsylvania State College at about 11K/year and got seriously shafted on my education. Everytime the first year business students call for their Telemarketing 101 course, I tell them; "Act Quick... Transfer now... get out while you Can" I learned all of my Tech Savyness from real world experience. Two Dot.Coms, a Day-Trading Frim (IT Analyst), My own Network/Computer Business, And now IT at a College... Got nothing out of my Computer Science Education. I did Find my wife there and for that, it was all worth it. Nothing else though...

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Old Oct 12, 2009 | 10:17 PM
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Whatever the case may be, I was smart enough to get a Honda Fit and savvy enough to find this place.

 
Old Oct 12, 2009 | 10:19 PM
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College history prof here--not the most pragmatic choice of careers--but I'm on my fifth Honda, so I guess it evens out.
 



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