MSD

Thanks for reminding me with your collection of stickers that Jesus loves me, but he's going to like me a lot less in about 30 seconds if you don't get your damn car out of the fast lane while going 40!

That's what I think.

Then there was a souped up (not riced out) Tiburon with a bunch of religious stickers (nice ones, not pushy opinionated ones.) My brother and I looked at each other and said "Jesusmobile!" I wish I could get a picture.

I see no reason to put any sticker on my vehicle other than those that allow me to park in certain places or inform the police that they don't have to pull me over for not registering or emissions-testing my car.

KeyserSoze

For some people the stickers are whats holding their car together.

I love the one that says "my child beat the crap out of your honor student"

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rs8001

paddyjoe's post reminded me of the "baby on board" signs that every third car and every other minivan had in the eighties. Was that somehow supposed to make me choose some other car to have an accident with? I actually took it to mean watch out while I try to settle the kids and wipe the snot of jr's face. I'm glad those are all gone now.

I also remember going on a family vacation back in the seventies. It wasn't uncommon to get an "I visited such and such a place" bumper stickers stuck to your car unless you had done something like placed the visors in a certian position to signal you didn't want a bumper sticker. Can you imagine the grief a place like that would receive if that was done today?

papermachesatan

If I caught someone sticking something like that on my bumper, they'd be peeling it off at gun point.

enjoyduff

I love people who have stickers on their cars. I have several myself. It gives insight into thier personalities. What's wrong with that? Cars are so boring and people are way too uptight about decorating them. I have no problem with people expressing themselves through their automobiles. Plus, it gives me something to read and look at while I'm driving to work!

Balaniki

Wow ... I'd hate to meet up with some of you people.

I drive a 1989 Chevy Celebrity wagon, 100,000+ miles on it, back passenger door duct-taped shut (it won't open and it leaked). Right now I have no bumber stickers 'cause I can't find what I want. But once I do - I'll add them.

I spent $800 on my car. That was over a year ago. So far we've put about $100 into in repairs (not counting oil changes). I'll drive it till it dies and then I'll find another cheap but still functional car to buy.

I don't see the point of spending gobs of money on something you are in MAYBE 2 hours a day - if that. I want it to run and I want it to stop. Anything extra is unnecessary.

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"Everyone should have something to believe in.
I believe you should keep your beliefs to yourself."

cliche

I reckon it should be illegal to have 'Baby On Board' without actually having a kid in the car! Still not sure what I'm supposed to do when I see one of those!

Maybe it's so that if you're out of control, speeding down the street towards two cars, one says 'BoB' and the other is... don't know... maybe "Be careful, you might need me, I donate blood"; you aim at the second one. At least they'll have some blood on file that's a pretty close match!

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Frowning Budah

I think it looks tacky, but my wife has several on her car. She is a political activist, (did I say that in a nice way?), and wants everyone to know her opinion.

Skettios

Man, I don't mind bumper stickers, I don't use them, but I've seen some funny one's. I saw one today that said

"Kill a gay whale for Jesus"

and my all time favorite is

"Smile, Jesus Loves You... Everyone else thinks you're an asshole"

The thing I don't understand is all of the people that put the white and black country code stickers on their cars. I mean, what's the deal with that? Who cares what country you're from, or like or whatever. It's lame.

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punx1325

Its just another way to trash your car, and I really don't care if your other car is a millenium falcon....anyone with bumperstickers is just begging for attention. Thats my personal feeling on them

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Rippley

We don't get too many bumperstickers American style over here in Europe, but I've seen several that, I assume, belonged to skaters, snowboarders, that kind of thing. All I can say to that is "its your car..." I've considered decals, like ones that'll come off again without too much trouble, but I want to be able to sell my car again, so no badass glue goes near my baby...

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Paper Clip

It is like a t-shirt for your car - a way to make a statement without saying anything. Personally, I don't want to screw up my car's trade-in or sale value, so I don't use 'em, but, like t-shirts, some of 'em do make me laugh.

PatrickBateman

If your entire life philosophy can be summed up on a bumper sticker, you don't have a life worth living.

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fallen_angel

I think they are gay but i cant say much cuz i used to do the same thing and id change them once a month and only on my windows so i could scrape them off. I did invest in one that said horn broke watch for finger cuz my horn was really broken and i had a bad habit of flipping people off. . . oppps the birdie flew away again!!

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remiel

I divide stickers into 3 categories:

1) band type stickers. This is roughly the same as writing the name of your favourite band on your folder or your bag in high school. It's a little silly, but I kind of like it.
2) funny stickers. Again, just personalisation
3) political stickers. You might as well just tattoo 'asshole' on your forehead. If I cared about your political views I'd ask you about them.

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TM875

Every single car I've ever bought (I live in PA), from my Fords to Mercedes and BMW, come with those stupid little dealer's stickers. The Ford guys put on stickers, back plate holder, and front plate holder! (plus, they drilled the holes in the bumper wrong ).

Anyway, if you notice, the absolute WORST drivers on the roads are always the ones with Jesus fish. Not surprising...

TM875

I put in about 5 hours a day in my car, if not more. I've killed more expensive cars than I can count from that (most recently an Audi A6 and BMW 745i). For some of us, our cars are our livingrooms. Personally, I'd rather be behind the wheel than in a chair at home. In fact, on many days, I DO spend more time in my car than in my home. It needs to be the most comfortable thing that I own.

Kec

My bumper stickers tend to get me in trouble out here in southern Utah:

Necrophilia - That uncontrollable urge to crack open a cold one
Help end poverty, Eat the poor.
I only smile cuz I have no idea whats going on.
If the world didn't suck we'd all fall off.

Kaos

I think they make you look like trailer trash if you have more than 1.

Donkeypuncher

agreed, tacky.

I have a solitary sticker in the back window, a white oval with "26.2" in black. It's an invitation to anyone who knows what it means to come say hi. If they do, we already have something to talk about.

Yeah. If I really cared about your political or religious views, I'd ask and it's rude [to me] to be effectively shouting them to the world. The occasional funny sticker is ok by me, but I can't see putting any of them on my car.

My favorite of recent memory:
"Jerry's dead - get a job."

oddly enough, when you're trying to stir up trouble... that's frequently what you get.

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FreshCoast

I have quite a few stickers on my car. Mainly just ski resorts I've visted and brands I support. If done correctly stickers can look good in my opinion. I am totally opposed to Political stickers, i have an honor roll student stickers, etc.

Kec

Yep, I put the stickers on my car to cause trouble. I think, however, that cops pulling me over to tell me they dislike my bumper stickers is a bit too far.

Fandl

$24,000 car
0.15 cent stickers

You do the math.

Lol

deadbabiesrhot

I only have a Bob Dobbs sticker on mine. That's all it'll ever need to go onboard the spaceship with me.

thephuse

bumper stickers makes the car look bad. why would anyone do that to their car!?!?!
besides, all bumper stickers are corny and somewhat hypocritical.
"waaah! save the planet, by driving this car"

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AnUnkind

I have successfully read these while retaining a very apathetic view of them. They just don't bother me.... worthless p.o.s. post, my god why am I saying this no one cares. jesus i am bored....

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Arrow

while i think stickers on cars are kinda funny looking, im pretty sure people would think my wierd pc case looks just as silly...

mtdewrock

man you people are harsh.. i drove a 96 tacoma and i had two stickers in the window in the back of the cab. one was like the country oval stickers but said "PHP" and the other was a small round radiohead one. then on the (black) bumper i had two small black band stickers in the corner.

on my car right now (85 maxima station wagon) i have a big normal sized bumper sticker on the bumper for a local fish store, and a small black "The Internet Changed My Life" in the upper left corner of the rear window.

some political stickers arent bad. i might put a libertarian party sticker on mine just because i want more people to see the party name so it isnt so unknown.

i hate the calvin stickers though. and the cowboy up ones.

maxero

maybe theyre mute and point to their cars during conversations

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bobsonite

The only ones that really bug me are the "ricer" stickers (ads for performance parts that obviously aren't installed). They seem so....tacky.

I don't really mind 'em, besides that.

Da-Gimp

stickers are ugly....even the little one on the windshield that says when I need to change my oil bugs me.

Derwood

I just marvel at the fact that so many hippies and peaceniks and rebels and punks and so forth use bumper stickers to voice their dissent, and yet it's some big money hungry fat white repbulican whose company is selling them those stickers.

Just like when the Malcom X hats were all the rage. "Show your devotion to black power by buying an 'X' hat from a white guy!"

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Giffax

Seen on the bumper of one vehicle:
"I'd rather eat shit than drive a JAP truck!"
The truck in question was a NISSAN!
A clever way to demonstrate the futility of bigotry, or was
the driver just really stupid?

Giant Hamburger

For the same reason people have signatures at the bottom of their posts.

When excessive, they both have similar effects.
-GH

Steve Carozzino

My car is a 1991 Chevy Cavalier piece of shit. So of course, to distract everyone from the terrible paint job, rusted everything and many dents, I decided to add stickers here and there to give it a "touch of class". Here are my stickers...

1) homemade "Sharpton in '04"
2) 311
3) National Rifle Association
4) NASCAR
5) AFI
6) Incubus
7) Confederate Flag on my back window

That about covers it. The Sharpton, Confederate, NRA and NASCAR stickers are for my amusement only. People get pissed legit when they see the "stars and bars" on my back window when I park my car in Philly. I've had a few scratches on my car because of that. It's all good, though. I'm gonna be getting a decent car soon anyway. One that doesn't make screeching noises when you go above 50 MPH. w00t w00t.

Buk

Ashton the whacky car in that pic is awesome! I bet he got ALOT of chicks

oh yeah

It doesnt bother me. It is their car so I could care less.Some do look goofy but it aint my car.

gjbourke

Haven't you more important things to obsess about than whether people put silly messages on their private property?

mml

I really respect people's right to express themselves and if the best way for them to do so is with a bumper sticker, I guess they should go for it. I did, however, see one the other day that said, "Save a whale, harpoon a fat chick." I can't say I see the point in have something like that on your car. (Needless to say it was on a crappy truck driven by some gap-toothed yahoo)

My greatest fear is that in the future, my son will bring home one of those school bumper stickers and I will be forced to put in on my car since my wife drives a company car. Yikes!

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