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Post by TheDaisy on May 14, 2012 11:48:31 GMT
I've been seeing a rash of car 'accessories' in my area that are making me cringe.
Stupid rubber or plastic 'eyelashes' to put around the headlamps of cars. One of them (it's parked up in my road at the weekends) has adverts on the side for a beauty salon. Righto, I know where I won't be going any time soon then.
Why would you want to have your car look like an advert for mascara??
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Post by jacqui on May 14, 2012 12:15:22 GMT
I agree daisy, why indeed!!! each to their own i suppose  |
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Post by dit on May 14, 2012 12:24:07 GMT
There's a car near me that has "Little House of Cupcakes" written all over it, with pictures.
It doesn't make life any easier.......
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Post by adrianmay on May 14, 2012 13:00:04 GMT
Why would you want to have your car look like an advert for mascara?? A. The ads are for your business B. You're being paid or being given the use of the car if you go around like that. Doesn't someones husband on here do vehicle wraps? I think the eyelashes are funny. The car you see them on the most is VW beetles. Beetle owners are an eccentric lot anyway. The accessory I'm not so sure about is the mustache. www.carstache.com/collections/all-productswww.mcphee.com/shop/products/Mustache-Jumbo-Magnet.html |
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Post by amie8 on May 14, 2012 13:20:11 GMT
i was amused to see a Daihatsu Copen yesterday (OK - not the most butch of cars) with the legend "Powered by Pixie Dust" transferred across the back. Its occupants were two bearded guys.
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Post by liverbird on May 14, 2012 19:52:10 GMT
I want a car sticker asking "what would James May do?"
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Post by dit on May 14, 2012 22:14:57 GMT
Weirdly enough, a car with the "Powered by Pixie Dust" transfer parked right next to me in the supermarket car park late this afternoon, after I'd read amie8's comment. I didn't see the driver, but the car was an absolutely ancient Golf, dropping apart, and with a Minnie Mouse head on top of the radio aerial. I suspect only Pixie Dust was holding it together, let alone powering it!
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Post by devil-may-care on May 14, 2012 23:35:46 GMT
I saw a car parked at the grocery store today that I thought had been painted with random stripes. Until I got closer. Practically every door, hood, trunk and several other bits were being held on with bungee cords. They even had two going around the windshield, top and bottom. I suspect they need a little pixie dust. |
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Post by TheDaisy on May 15, 2012 16:11:39 GMT
I saw a car parked at the grocery store today that I thought had been painted with random stripes. Until I got closer. Practically every door, hood, trunk and several other bits were being held on with bungee cords. They even had two going around the windshield, top and bottom. I suspect they need a little pixie dust. Heheh, I remember taking a ride in a car that could have used bungee straps. The two rear passengers (a friend and myself) had to hold onto the interior door handles to stop the doors from flying open while taking corners  We were rather merry at the time and had no cash for a taxi home. I suspect that is the sole reason we agreed to take a lift in said deathtrap car. |
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Post by othercheryl on May 17, 2012 17:15:49 GMT
I saw a rather unfortunate one last week. It was an old Chevy Blazer with a huge decal in the front window that read, "Hillbilly Heaven."
I drove away feeling a little ill. As far as I know, we're nowhere near hillbilly heaven.
I suppose it's better than the pink and purple F150 that was often spotted around the area several years back. It had the legend, "Under the Spell of Barbara Mandrell" painted on it in flowery pink script, complete with a likeness of her face that looked like the painter was blind.
Maybe we're closer to hillbilly heaven than I thought - or at least redneck's roost.
Whatever the cause - people 'round here are very strange!
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