listen okay listen. i write a lot of check, please! fan fiction and i have thought a lot about this. thought a lot about what, you may be asking? well, i may be answering, i have thought a lot about how the characters of check please would each individually drive a car. have you thought about this? like, really? because for some reason there's a looooot of driving in my fics, and a lot of the characters drive! so anyway, here's how i think certain check, please! characters would behave behind the wheel.
Eric Richard "Bitty" Bittle: I think Bitty's generally a pretty good driver. That said, I don't think he's above an occasional cut-off or rolling stop. He hates when other people do it, though, and never uses a turn signal, which drives Jack crazy. HOWEVER, I think Bitty's very used to driving a very old hand-me-down truck, one which may lack an automatic transmission, power steering, and possibly even electronic windows. Therefore, when asked to drive a car or truck newer than, say, 1983, he's a bat out of hell. He's just not used to it. (see: whiskey business, Chapter 5)
Jack Zimmermann: Picture perfect driver. Observes the speed limits. Full stop at four ways and yellow lights. Refuses, REFUSES to go beyond mile limits on maintenance, probably can change the oil himself. Always has a black SUV. (I've thought about what cars a lot of them would drive, too.)
Byron "Shitty" Knight: Never ever ever wants to waste his time with traffic court, and therefore drives like a perfect gentleman. He's swearing creatively in his head when he has to drive downtown, though. Probably drives conservatively fancy vehicles like Lexuses or BMWs. Maybe had a Saab during a wild phase.
Larissa "Lardo" Duan: Definitely had a Saab during a normal phase. I had this friend in high school who had a VW Jetta made out of repurposed scrap parts from other VW Jettas that had been totaled in other parts of their bodies; she probably owns that car the rest of the time. She also doesn't drive it much, and doesn't drive particularly safely; unless there's someone else in the car, and then she's a model example.
Justin "Ransom" Oluransi: Okay I feel like he doesn't drive at all. Holster does the driving. Justin "Ransom" "Passenger Princess" Oluransi.
Adam "Holster" Birkholtz: Spent way too much money on a Mazda Miata or some similar sports car to impress girls with and now can't afford the gas to get it to the club. Washes it obsessively even though it never leaves the driveway.
Kent "Parse" Parson: Literally the worst driver known to mankind. He will weave in and out of traffic, he will stop on a dime in a busy thoroughfare, he will merge lanes in the middle of an intersection, he will drive 95 in a 65. He's so charming, however, that once, when he side swiped a fan's Benz, the guy actually asked for an autograph instead of calling the cops. Obviously loves a tacky European race car.
Chris "Chowder" Chow: Probably only drives occasionally and for utility. If it's raining too hard to walk to the Stop 'n' Shop, he'll borrow a car from someone else and very respectfully, very slowly drive it there and back. He'll even top it off with gas on the way back to campus. However, if you put that kid on a Vespa, there'd be hell to pay.
Derek "Nursey" Nurse: Once, I was riding passenger while driving through downtown Detroit. There was this car, a Dodge Charger, shimmering, so deep purple it was almost black, with matte black racing stripes. They came up behind us very quickly, then weaved through traffic, just as quickly, but like, without starting or stopping at all; it was so smooth. Clean as a whistle, slick as oil. Then they were gone. Gorgeous car, gorgeous driving. That's Nursey.
William "Dex" Poindexter: Like Bitty, he's used to driving large, old vehicles. He probably has his Commercial Drivers License. I think he'd adapt better to a smaller, newer car than Bitty would, but only because he can somehow innately feel the mechanics and knows how to work them. He's smart like that.
Connor "Whiskey" Whisk: Respectfully, I've taken away his keys.
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