And none of these people who for some reason you're worried about ... ?thinking you rant to your kids? have anything their kids say "oh that's that X that dad hates"? I don't believe that you'd be like the only dad with something you dislike that your kids picked up on. Maybe theirs is a sports team or idk Miracle Whip...

Do car preferences really matter that much? I remember Ford vs Chevy vs Foreign from the 80s and probably earlier - brand or model hate isn't that new or special where I grew up. Is Texas that different?