{"id":9393,"date":"2019-04-02T07:22:38","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T21:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/?p=9393"},"modified":"2020-06-20T00:14:11","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T14:14:11","slug":"the-right-cars-for-your-inner-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/blog\/the-right-cars-for-your-inner-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"The Right Cars For Your Inner Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Quite a few of us are geeks at heart, even just a tiny bit.\u00a0 We might not spend our spare time putting together outfits so we can cosplay at conventions or be able to quote all of the script of Star Wars<\/em> off by heart, but who among us hasn\u2019t, at some point, said \u201cMay the Force be with you\u201d to a friend, called somebody a muggle (hey, even my spellchecker doesn\u2019t flag that one, which shows how engrained it is) or enjoyed a good superhero movie (let\u2019s not get into the DC versus Marvel debate here \u2013 it\u2019s as heated as Ford versus Holden). So there\u2019s a little tiny bit of a geek in all of us \u2013 and a loud, proud and enthusiastic geek in some of us.<\/p>\n

Of course, when you select your chosen set of wheels, you should consider a range of practical factors. However, if you\u2019ve got a range of possibilities to choose from, why not please the heart of your inner geek and get something that\u2019s appropriate for your particular fandom (fandom, for those of you who aren\u2019t up with the lingo, is the particular branch of pop culture that you love).<\/p>\n

Just to get you started, here\u2019s the shortlist for vehicles that fit in nicely with some of the more popular fandoms out there. Apologies to any fandoms I\u2019ve left off the list \u2013 for the simple reason that I\u2019m not familiar enough with them to come up with an appropriate set of wheels to match \u2013 but if I\u2019ve left out yours, then feel free to include it in the comments along with the car makes that work.<\/p>\n

Game of Thrones:<\/strong> Well, Ssangyong translates as \u201cdouble dragon\u201d, so any from this Korean marque would be the obvious choice!<\/p>\n

Marvel Universe:<\/strong> Thor was originally the Norse god of thunder and lightning, so if you can get your hands on a Saab with the Viggen badge, you\u2019re in luck, as this is Nordic and Viggen means Lightning.\u00a0 Otherwise, try out an Alfa Romeo Spider or any Jag that comes in black (a black panther being, of course, either a leopard or jaguar with black colouring).<\/p>\n

DC Universe:<\/strong> the DC-verse is lucky in that one of the stars actually drives an equally iconic machine: the Batmobile, of course.\u00a0 An old racing version of the BMW 3-series was known as the Batmobile when in full body kit, but anything sleek, black and powerful with lots of tech can be your very own Batmobile. The more modern BMW i8 <\/a>or one of the sporty Zs\u00a0would work well.\u00a0 However, I have to say that the current version of Citroen\u2019s logo is reminiscent of Wonder Woman\u2019s logo… makes you wonder (ha!) if the designer was a fan.<\/p>\n

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Lord of the Rings:<\/strong> Either a Ford Ranger <\/a>to take you on an epic journey through the wilderness, or a nature-loving Nissan Leaf <\/a>if you see yourself as a Child of Leaf and Star.\u00a0 However, anything that has performed well on the N\u00fcrburgring qualifies as a Lord of the Ring.\u00a0 If you\u2019re one of the diehards who know the books (like me), then you may know that the brother of the Lord of the Eagles is called Landroval, which I always misread as Landrover.<\/p>\n

Sherlock:<\/strong> This calls for an iconic British classic of some variety \u2013 your choice of either Mini or Jaguar. \u00a0Maybe the Mini for Watson and the Jag for Holmes?<\/p>\n

Harry Potter:<\/strong> If you can get your mitts on a classic Ford Anglia as owned by Arthur Weasley, then you\u2019re very lucky indeed.\u00a0 If you want something more up-to-date, then your best picks would be either Peugeot (which has the Gryffindor lion as a badge) or Alfa Romeo (green + white + serpent = Slytherin).<\/p>\n

Star Wars:<\/strong> Really racked my brains about this one.\u00a0 Oh for a marque called Jedi or Skywalker!\u00a0 The best I can come up with is a Ford Falcon, as a nod to the Millennium Falcon (piloted by Han Solo, played by Harrison Ford, so that works).<\/p>\n

Star Trek:<\/strong> What else but the Chrysler Voyager <\/a>, helping you to boldly go, etc.?\u00a0 \u00a0Well, maybe the Landrover Discovery <\/a>, depending on which era is your favourite. We\u2019ll have to wait until someone calls a make Enterprise (which would make a pretty good car name, actually). http:\/\/credit-n.ru\/credit-card-single-tinkoff-platinum.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Quite a few of us are geeks at heart, even just a tiny bit.\u00a0 We might not spend our spare time putting together outfits so we can cosplay at conventions or be able to quote all of the script of Star Wars off by heart, but who among us hasn\u2019t, at some point, said \u201cMay […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9393"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11084,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9393\/revisions\/11084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}