Interesting, since at least at my hospital, certain specialties tend to gravitate towards certain rides. Of course, some of it has to do with income and how long they have been practising but I see a pattern.
Cardiologists and Orthopaedists tend to have more sports cars than the other specialties. Many Porsche 911′s there. The othro guys tend to have the turbos with the red or yellow brake calipers.
Gastroenterologists (well, not the youngest ones) have luxury cars – Mercedes, Big-assed Lexuses, and Bently. Although two have Porsches as well.
Surgeons are a very mixed bag. Several have sports cars but most seem to drive more unassuming cars – mid range Japanese cars and lower end German cars.
Sub-specialty surgeons like ENT drive M5 BMW’s and AMG Mercedes.
Internists drive boring cars. Honda Accords, Toyota Camries, Joe-schmoe SUVs and crossovers.
ER docs are all over the place. Some rough and tumble off road SUV’s, some sport sedans, some sports cars. Or they ride a bike.
Female doctors drive different cars based on their reproductive status. They either drive sporty sedans (if they are younger and have no kids) or they have minivans and SUV’s once they have popped a few out. Doesn’t matter what their speciality is.
Pediatricians all drive minivans and crossovers.
But the nicest car is driven by a Haematologist. A Ferrari Modena. Well, he is Italian so I will give him that.
Pretty much spot on. Of course, the internists dominate, numerically, so the doctor’s lot is a pretty unremarkable place — lots of honda accords and the like.
As for me, I cover the spread. I’ve a BMW 530, which I drive most of the time. A 1996 Dodge Ram 2500 for bad weather or when I’m going skiing. And a 1984 Honda NightHawk motorcycle for when the weather’s good and I’ve just got to take some risks.
We had a Family Practice doctor that drove a Ferrari. He also was arrested for selling prescriptions.
Unassuming?….NOT!
Hummmmm i wonder what Psychiatrists drive…? Dr??
I like that you used the word “ass” to describe gastroenterologists’ cars.
When I used to be a nurse, I worked in gynae theatres for a while. When there I noticed the professor of reproductive medicine had got a new number plate for his red Porsche 911 turbo. No lie, it was :
VAG 1
!!!!
Our parking lot has a canary yellow Corvette with the license plate “Psych Doc” and I always wondered if ticked off patients would target it? Our Intensivists drive Hummers and take up 2 parking spots, our Cardiothoracic surgeons drive more subtle performance cars in subdued colors and Plastic Surgeons have the most spotless, showroom quality luxury cars. One of them, a microsurgery & hand specialist, always demanded her assistant valet park for her and would careen up to the side entrance leaving it half on the sidewalk… she also had a suspended license.
and the nurses all drive used cars…
Ohh yea Toyota Tacoma baby !! Got the crew cab for the car seats. Shadow can I borrow your 5 series for the weekend ?
tracy,
Hummmmm i wonder what Psychiatrists drive…? Dr??
Male psychiatrists might go for the Jaguar XKE, while reminding us that sometimes an XKE is just an XKE.
Hee….thanks guys! :)
What about the Anesthesiologists? Do they drive something that would put you to sleep?
I drive a toyota prius and Im a Thoracic surgeon. You dont need to be flashy, but you need to be caring about the earth.