Forget muddy fields, mp3 players, nightclubs or state of the art sound systems at home, a study of the in-car listening habits of 1,200 drivers by Vauxhall Motors reveals that the place Brits most like to go to indulge their personal music pleasures is their own car.
41% say their car is their favourite place to listen to music, twice as many as their home, (22%) in second place and 10 times as many as their iPod or mp3, (11%) away from the car. 32% admit to specifically taking their car out for a drive to indulge in secret music pleasures away from friends, family and partners. Oh you naughty people.
The new research also found that one in five motorists (21%) admit they use their car for a sneaky fix of the popular trend of ‘guilty pleasures’ easy listening music by the likes of Lionel Ritchie and Celine Dion and 14% have a secret passion for heavy metal such as Motorhead and Metallica.
Ah yes that’s me. Nothing like a bit of Green Day to start the day.
It’s not always musical harmony as 78% of motorists say they’ve had their music changed by passengers.
That is so infuriating, hence 26% of men and 20% of women drivers believe it is bad etiquette for passengers to complain about their choice of music, explaining why so many of us like to take time alone with out tunes on the road.
So that’s why so many cars these days have ‘concealed binnacles’ to hide these forbidden tracks from loved ones!
FemaleFirst Jackie Violet