Seen on a Mini Cooper in New York City, the diamond monogram was sleek. Pretty cute, pretty snazzy. Probably only in NYC? I've not ever seen a monogrammed car. Yet the trend for personalization rather than mass consumerism is real and seems a bit more sophisticated than the art cars.
The shell art car, at right, was spotted in NYC, too, on Fifth Avenue. I'd not ever paid attention to art cars until we lived in Houston and the Houston Art Car Parade was a very creative event. This year's Art Car Parade will be May 8, in Houston.
In Santa Fe bumper stickers are the epitome of personalization. This place must have more bumper stickers per capita than any other city. In New Mexico old trucks and cars are parked as yard ornaments after they can no longer be driven, and there are more old cars and trucks on the roads. Lowriders are the gussied up cars.
I've never seen monograms on cars. It's better looking than flames streaking down the side of a car, imo. I like it!
Posted by: allison | April 19, 2008 at 04:56 PM
it's a rare thing seeing a unique car like the shell car.
Pretty fun.
Posted by: Rhonda | April 19, 2008 at 06:14 PM
A prettified Morris Minor. The lowest of the low gets a high on....
Posted by: old horsetail snake | April 19, 2008 at 06:24 PM
There's a bumper sticker car that parks up the street sometimes, but the best cars out here are the ones with toys glued to them. I blogged about one I saw in Ojai about a year ago at http://www.kchristieh.com/blog/?p=464.
Posted by: Kathy | April 20, 2008 at 07:12 PM
I have 8 bumper stickers. One is an old political sticker that needs to be removed because the guy who was then running for state senate is now the lieutenant governor. The rest are still applicable and include Tolkein's "Not all who wander are lost" and "Jesus would not tailgate."
Posted by: Janet | April 21, 2008 at 11:43 AM