blog counter
Driving habits breakup relationships? : Car Advice | News Blog

Driving habits breakup relationships?

June 19, 2006 by Alborz Fallah  




Hyundai’s sister company Kia has given the world an interesting insight by coming out and stating that 20% of all relationship breakups are due to driving habits of either partner.

Research shows that driving with your ‘other half’ is the ultimate test of love, with one in five singletons admitting to ending a relationship after arguing with a partner about their driving. So why not find out how suited you are in a car before you start going out? – Kia UK

Kia Heart

Right. I think the more important point that Kia has obviously overlooked, is that 1 in 5 relationships end when the couple buy a Kia. Nevertheless, the obvious publicity stunt led Kia to devise a plan to match up 20 men and 20 women after doing a compatibility test… when paired in a car. Kia said they will see how the new couples progress.

Share this article:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • MySpace
  • del.icio.us
  • Google Bookmarks
  • Digg



Related Articles:

Driver training for parents, not just P-platers
Advanced driver training courses are still a voluntary afterthought for many new drivers amidst seemingly more important skills such as

SA Police pull over motorists to tell them “Well done”
According to South Australian Road Safety Minister, Tom Koutsantonis, police have been stopping motorists to congratulate them on their driving

Women Better Drivers Than Men?
Lets take a deep breath before we start this article, its a bold claim, stating that Women are better drivers

Opel Ampera unveiled before Geneva
While Holden has confirmed it will adapt the US Chevrolet Volt for the local market in 2012, GM has released

Auto Industry Advertising Trends
You might have noticed some ads around this website, a great majority of the ads are for the big 2

Speak Your Mind

Tell us what you're thinking...
and oh, if you want a pic to show with your comment, go get a gravatar!

*
To prove you're a person (not a spam script), type the security word shown in the picture. Click on the picture to hear an audio file of the word.
Click to hear an audio file of the anti-spam word