GIMP My Ride
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Is it just me or have you, too, noticed more vehicles decorated like someone’s MySpace page? It’s as if the car came with Photoshop or GIMP.
Today, I saw an array of stars on the side of an SUV. Yesterday, I saw that someone went to great lengths to put tiny decals on the door handles of a little white car and actually gave the vehicle a name, proudly displayed in big black adhesive letters…something Elf 7.
These aren’t your traditional soccer mom decals on the back windshield. These are carefully decorated all over the vehicle.
Is it disconcerting to have, “In memory of…” stuck on your car? Well, that is, unless it’s Dale Earnhardt you’re memorializing.
Then, there are the usual suspects: bumper stickers. According to researchers in Colorado, people who customize their cars with stickers and other adornments are more prone to road rage than other people. Do bumper stickers bother you? Entertain you? One of my favorites: “Look busy. Jesus is coming.”





