Illinois woman flirts with man outside Family Dollar. Then he says his Toyota Camry killed the mood: ‘Don’t ignore that red flag’

Some people take their car choices seriously, thinking their vehicles should reflect who they are: adventurous, professional, or family-oriented. Now, a man’s story about an unexpected conversation outside a Family Dollar in Illinois has sparked debate online after he claimed a woman told him his Toyota Camry was a “girl car.”

In a TikTok video, posted by Ramone (@itsramone_), Ramone recalls a woman approached him outside the store, flirted, complimented his appearance, and introduced herself. “A girl walked up to me outside of a Family Dollar the other day,” he said. “She was like, ‘Hey.’ I said, ‘Hey.’ She said, ‘You’re very handsome. What’s your name?'”

Ramone said the two chatted briefly before he walked toward his vehicle. According to his account, the conversation took an unexpected turn when the woman saw what he was driving.

Commenters note Camrys are reliable, call her reaction a “red flag”

After he reached his vehicle, Ramone said the woman asked, “Oh, you drive a girl car?” He said he asked what she meant. “She said, ‘I don’t know. It’s just… I expect a girl to be driving this. It’s kind of giving sassy a little bit.'”

Ramone then said he had never heard anyone describe a Toyota Camry that way. “I didn’t know a Toyota Camry was a car made exclusively for girls,” he said. He also wondered whether the comment was an attempt to find out if the vehicle belonged to a girlfriend.

“I feel like that was her way of seeing if I had a girl and that was her car that I was driving,” Ramone said in this post. “But whatever.” The clip prompted hundreds of reactions from viewers, many of whom disagreed with the woman’s characterization of the sedan.

One commenter wrote, “You drive a car that’s reliable and it will last just saying.” Another added, “Don’t ignore that red flag. That right there would have had me not speak to her again.” Several other commenters described the Camry as a practical, dependable vehicle rather than one associated with any particular gender.

Toyota markets the Camry as a midsize sedan and does not describe it as intended for male or female drivers. The model has ranked among the best-selling passenger cars in the United States for decades, attracting a wide range of buyers.

The idea that the Toyota Camry is a “girl car” appears occasionally in online discussions, but there is little evidence that it reflects a broadly accepted view. For example, a Reddit discussion titled “Camry a ‘girl car’?” featured owners and enthusiasts responding to the stereotype. Many rejected the label, describing the Camry as a mainstream sedan known for reliability and broad appeal rather than one marketed toward a specific gender.