I remember seeing a young girl driving an Escape on US127 around Mt Pleasant ( which is a college town ) with bumper stickers like Goofy’s windshield stickers. Always something new to see everyday.
Two at the most — one political that is relevant to the CURRENT election cycle and another for fun/whimsy. I had the classic “this car climbed Mt. Washington” on a former car that really did climb the New Hampshire peak.
A friend’s car years ago that was pretty beat up had an amended “This car climbed Mt. Washington” sticker. “climbed” was crossed out and replaced with “fell off”.
I’d say current for political stickers, unless the vehicle is vintage. I saw a late 1970s Dodge D100 with a Reagan sticker. The sticker was likely a reproduction, but on a “sort-of restored” vehicle, it makes a neat period piece.
Now, a Bush 2008/Kerry/Ralph Nader sticker doesn’t look too good….
Since when did so many people start thinking that everyone actually cares about their political and religious opinions, or think I’m so feeble-minded that I’d be influenced to form an opinion based on the sight of a sticker, or an Internet post, for that matter?
I find it a bit narcissistic. Next thing you know, we’ll be telling every child that they’re special, and giving every last one of them a trophy.
I just ignore people with a lot of bumper stickers. I only have one and it pertains to ending the prohibition of a certain plant. It’s convenient as it covers up the dealer sticker.
Since modern cars don’t have real bumpers, and steel is quickly giving way to aluminum and plastic for all body parts, there’s not much room left for bumper stickers or magnets. They won’t be missed.
If anything the lack of prominent bumpers has increased the use of bumper stickers. People just stick them in any old place now. Real bumpers at least kept the stickers segregated from the main body.
A couple people at our church have cars plastered with bumper stickers for various causes. These days I’m in the opposite camp. I don’t need to share my political interests with strangers in other cars, and I’d really rather not see theirs. There is too much polarization going on right now, and I’d rather not contribute to it in public. Besides, I don’t want to mess up the paint with adhesive stickers.
I can see a period bumper sticker on a vintage car, like a political sticker from that era, but other than that I just don’t care what you love/hate/support.
When I lived in Memphis, one of the persons that went to the same church as I did, had this older 4 door sedan (it’s been 5 years, so I forget the make and year) that was almost completely covered with stickers. Most had to do with “right to life” and a few were “Christian” stickers, like the “fish” symbol.
I always wondered, at what point do you just stop caring about your car’s paint job and start putting stickers on surfaces like the trunk lid and fenders?
When I got my first car in December 1969 one sticker went on the lower right corner of the rear window. It was the green peace symbol. When I started San Diego State that decal went in the center in 1971. In 1972 the left corner got a PB sticker. By 1981 the two corner stickers were off with the San Diego State decal left. It is still there today as a period peace. You see it was San Diego State in September 1971 but San Diego State University in September 1972.
I’m usually not much of a bumper sticker fan. I get this from my parents, who were against any kind of bumper stickers on their vehicles. I’m okay with funny stickers on other peoples’ vehicles. I don’t care for political, environmental, religious, etc. bumper stickers though. I’d rather not know what the random person in front of me on the highway believes in.
Original owner of one of my ’66 Chryslers put a small sticker from Expo ’67 in one corner of the back window. I like it. I put a couple of small Cummins logos on the front fenders of my truck. My wife says they’re tacky, but they’re the same size and in the same position that the factory Cummins logos are on newer Dodge pickups.
The oval country tags are still required when travelling beyond the EU, but I’m not sure how thoroughly this legislation is actually enforced since your EU plate will have the country tag on it anyway.
And yes, Germany still has district codes in the beginning of the plate combinations, however a few years ago districts were allowed to issue inactive past codes again (before mergers etc) upon request, meaning there are now 698 codes for 402 districts and cities. Also you’re now allowed to take your plates with you when you move so they don’t mean as much anymore.
Frankly it’s all become a big cluster****, might as well make combinations completely free pick now like they do in the US.
Yes! I currently have an oval BiH decal for Bosnia and a rectangular TR sticker for Turkey on my Accord in California and it’s always interesting to see country stickers on other cars, too.
Hard to say, but I know it when I see it. I usually put stickers on my vehicle from places that vehicle and I have been, local businesses, or some random ones of businesses from back home. Also, have some stickers that were gifts. I avoid political stickers and I have not seen a sticker older than Kerry/Edwards in a few years.
“People who opt to exhibit their individuality through these decals may take part in more acts of road rage. Colorado State University social psychologist, William Szlemko, found that aggressive driving is linked to the number of markers a person has on his/her car, regardless of the messages portrayed.”
Around bumper sticker quacks, never relax. Because these are the people that are the most adamant about their own position, political and vehicular alike.
The bumper sticker craze has been around since the seventies-and maybe earlier than that-although if I remember correctly back in the sixties they were largely non -political. They don’t bother me, they are just the owners way of advertising their political stance and/or what causes they believe in. It’s simply another sign of how increasingly polarized this country is becoming.
I don’t mind bumper stickers on the window of a car or truck, as long as it doesn’t block the view into the vehicle, nor does it block view outside from the inside of the car.
I put a small round USGA bumper sticker on my black 98 Civic Ex way back when so i could distinguish it from all the other small black cars at a distance in parking garages. That seems like a legitimate reason for a bumper sticker.
Car died this week, 274,000 miles, cracked block, RIP
I had a bumper sticker on my new 66 VW. Nothing since till this year. Got involved with some of my old submarine friends on facebook and stuck a pair of dolphins on the rear bumper. I am unsure many people here (Houston area) even know what they are.
I agree that the nation is very polarized. I have no intention of telling my political stance(s) and would rather not know yours.
Our one car is a Pontiac G6 aka; the midwest mafia staff car. Truly the future cockroach of the road, especially in the upper midwest. However, I do have a couple of soccer clings on the front and rear windshields, but mostly so we can tell our car from the 17 other dark blue G6s in any Meijer parking lot.
It works most of the time.
Outside of this, I don’t put them on my car as a matter of habit, even on my beaters I think they ruin the looks of the car. The one thing that bugs me are the faux area or destination stickers; the oval shaped ones that look like the ones on European cars. I see them with these apparently random letters on them and I have no idea what they mean. I saw on the other day, reading “SA”
Over here in the mid-Atlantic/Southeast every yahoo who’s ever been to the Outer Banks of North Carolina buys an oval “OBX” sticker for their car. Annoying as heck (especially to North Carolinians who have been going there for years). Brilliant marketing though.
I’m in with the ‘one is too many’ camp. I don’t care for car art, yard art, or body art. I am not a creative person, so I just leave things alone and unmolested.
The variant of the stick figures that actually amused me was a “man” figure, a “woman” figure, and bags of money instead of children.
I should say, amused me the first time I saw it…now it’s lumped in with the annoying rest.
I’d also add “Salt Life” stickers to your list, as one of the annoying flavors of the moment. And the ones that look like a pair of flip flops, which have a very high positive correlation with SUV/CUVs, sorority letters and initial monograms.
There was a correspondence in the papers in the UK about “Baby on board” stickers, and how the average driver always checks to see if there’s “Baby on board” sticker before wilfully rear-ending the vehicle in front. Or not, obviously.
One school of thought had it that if you were involved in an accident, the rescue crew would pay special attention to a “Baby on board” sign. A fire chief responded that his crews were specifically instructed to ignore them; they were trained to prioritise on the spot depending on each unique situation, and weren’t going to waste time looking for babies who quite likely weren’t in the car at all.
Yeah, those pointless B.O.B. signs are incredibly lame. You mean you aren’t driving a minivan for its undeniable chick magnet appeal?!?! Who knew? They seem to be making a comeback unfortunately.
The stick families are equally lame. Except one i saw that depicted the family as Imperial stormtroopers. And another that was all zombies.
Sort of an art project — or maybe embarrassed she’s driving a Dodge. Found in the lot at Indianapolis Art Center. Favorite of the bunch? “Don’t make me spit on you!”
Late to the party as usual, but summer here is pretty nice. I have no stickers or plate frames on either of my cars. I like my cars to be as stock as possible, and to be as invisible as possible. A grey Acura is invisible, as is a silver Rio.
i appreciate humor (or what i take as humor) in bumper stickers. i was not much of a harry potter fan so the ‘republicans for voldemort’ sticker threw me for awhile.
on the other hand, ‘republicans go to work. democrats fantasize about it.’ i understood right away. i appreciated it’s directness.
in the mid-60s we were on vacation somewhere and toured an underground cavern. when we came out every car in the parking lot had a new attachment on the bumper with the name of the place in red letters on a white background. (note not stickers, these were attached with 2 wire loops around each bumper. i was amazed – every car! i asked my dad why and he said it was free advertising. i have never trusted bumper stickers ever since.
However on our popup camper trailer we have a sticker of every place we’ve camped with it if we can get one. A bit of a childhood dream fulfilled since Dad would never let us put stickers on the trailer when we were kids.
‘Bumper’ stickers…not so much. I have my one ‘Clutch’ sticker on the rear wondow of my truck…and Im good. My truck, like every other vehicle Ive owned has enough mods to stand out on its own.
‘My kid beat up your honor student ‘ was a funny one. But the best Ive ever seen was black and yellow caution stripes and “Road head in progress!” in the center. I gut laughed at that one!
My general view is one is too many. But one tops. I make an exception for magnet use during election cycles (like a lawn sign, to be immediately removed after said election and wisely removed in areas that don’t support your candidate). It’s hard to advocate this though, s today people disagree so vehemently that it often feels like the wrong sticker could cost you a job or good service, so discretion is the better part of valor. The other exception would be a period bumper sticker (hopefully a facsimile). I’ve long considered a “Support Nixon. Impeach America” sticker for my Watergate era Olds 98. But since no one has a sense of humor now, even that seems ill-advised. Thus the only signage I could really advocate is vintage dealership emblems.
I am also not a fan of the “destination” stickers commonly seen in the East (ACK, MV, OS, OBX, BI, LBI, etc). If you have a nice summer place, the classy thing to do is not to advertise it.
It has become customary for my cars to have, in the lower right of the rear window, the “block S” logo of the university from which I graduated and where I also worked for 10+ years. (NC State) That’s it though. Nothing on the bumper itself.
My first car had probably 9 or 10 window stickers, of bands I liked at the time, my high school, college, etc. I plead excuse for that indiscretion as the folly of youth..
Though, really, I don’t care what you have on your car as long as it’s not hateful. If you want to be tacky, go right ahead. Depending on the viewpoints expressed my general expectation of the driver’s intelligence may go down, but I take a dim view of humanity as a whole anyway, so it’s not a steep drop…
I saw a truck once that had a Sunoco sticker paint job — legitimately every square inch of the truck was covered in the little rectangular Sunoco stickers. I was impressed… I was also impressed at the amount of frame flex this particular vehicle had when it was flat towed across the junk yard scale. It was an old shortbed F150 if I remember correctly.
My truck only carries one sticker, an IH Farmall sticker placed in the top center of the rear window. I’ve kicked around addind one or two more at the bottom, but that’s it.
I don’t want to read your political viewpoints or that you have a brat that made the honor roll. I don’t want to coexist with a religion that doesn’t coexist with anyone.
if you love dogs, keep it to yourself.
And if you are a Pittsburgh Rusty Nail fan, save the money from your big steel sticker and seek counseling for your mental issues.
The vintage ‘ Dan Gurney For President ‘ decal on the trunk of my avatar car finally gave up the ghost , I hope to find another one some where….
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It’s in magnetic rubber , the sun killed it after many years =8-( .
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-Nate
I remember seeing a young girl driving an Escape on US127 around Mt Pleasant ( which is a college town ) with bumper stickers like Goofy’s windshield stickers. Always something new to see everyday.
Bumper stickers & tee shirts are a painless way to offer unsolicited opinions to total strangers. But then, so are Internet forums.☺
Two at the most — one political that is relevant to the CURRENT election cycle and another for fun/whimsy. I had the classic “this car climbed Mt. Washington” on a former car that really did climb the New Hampshire peak.
A friend’s car years ago that was pretty beat up had an amended “This car climbed Mt. Washington” sticker. “climbed” was crossed out and replaced with “fell off”.
I still see stickers supporting Kerry, probably it indicates the cars around me are older.
Top tip; Always put campaign stickers over glass. It’s the most scraper-able automotive surface.
I’d say current for political stickers, unless the vehicle is vintage. I saw a late 1970s Dodge D100 with a Reagan sticker. The sticker was likely a reproduction, but on a “sort-of restored” vehicle, it makes a neat period piece.
Now, a Bush 2008/Kerry/Ralph Nader sticker doesn’t look too good….
One is one too many.
You must be a grumpy old man (or woman?). Because I’m a grumpy old man, and I agree.
Hey you kids, get off my lawn!
And pull up yer damn pants too ! .
Grrr…..
-Nate
This.
Since when did so many people start thinking that everyone actually cares about their political and religious opinions, or think I’m so feeble-minded that I’d be influenced to form an opinion based on the sight of a sticker, or an Internet post, for that matter?
I find it a bit narcissistic. Next thing you know, we’ll be telling every child that they’re special, and giving every last one of them a trophy.
Oh, wait… 🙂
Not all stickers are political or religious! Only about 98% are.
My LeSabre has a “Red, White, and Buick” sticker. That’s not really political or religious.
I just ignore people with a lot of bumper stickers. I only have one and it pertains to ending the prohibition of a certain plant. It’s convenient as it covers up the dealer sticker.
Since modern cars don’t have real bumpers, and steel is quickly giving way to aluminum and plastic for all body parts, there’s not much room left for bumper stickers or magnets. They won’t be missed.
Yeah, it’s not like you can stick bumper stickers on every other surface on the car. Oh wait.
If anything the lack of prominent bumpers has increased the use of bumper stickers. People just stick them in any old place now. Real bumpers at least kept the stickers segregated from the main body.
A couple people at our church have cars plastered with bumper stickers for various causes. These days I’m in the opposite camp. I don’t need to share my political interests with strangers in other cars, and I’d really rather not see theirs. There is too much polarization going on right now, and I’d rather not contribute to it in public. Besides, I don’t want to mess up the paint with adhesive stickers.
For most of my life I disliked and avoided stickers but now have some from the many Road Rallies I drive on……
Political ones ? only the ” 5150 ” in gold police car numbers, just for fun and to pi$$ off the Captain =8-) .
-Nate
Here is the back of my rally car ~ the So. Cal. TT stickers are very small .
-Nate
I can see a period bumper sticker on a vintage car, like a political sticker from that era, but other than that I just don’t care what you love/hate/support.
A period bumper sticker is OK on a car of that vintage, like this one, is nice.
Or maybe a Garfield stuck on the window of a car from that period.
Garfield the president? I guess that bumper sticker would go on a Studebaker…Conestoga wagon.
(Sorry for the cheaplaff. I’ll show myself out.)
When your rear window is completely obscured, I’d say that is too much.
When I lived in Memphis, one of the persons that went to the same church as I did, had this older 4 door sedan (it’s been 5 years, so I forget the make and year) that was almost completely covered with stickers. Most had to do with “right to life” and a few were “Christian” stickers, like the “fish” symbol.
I always wondered, at what point do you just stop caring about your car’s paint job and start putting stickers on surfaces like the trunk lid and fenders?
I kinda like the magnets way better than the stickers.
Had a couple from the wife-2-be, and it was the only way I found out the wagon hatch was aluminum…so, onto her Jeep they went.
When I got my first car in December 1969 one sticker went on the lower right corner of the rear window. It was the green peace symbol. When I started San Diego State that decal went in the center in 1971. In 1972 the left corner got a PB sticker. By 1981 the two corner stickers were off with the San Diego State decal left. It is still there today as a period peace. You see it was San Diego State in September 1971 but San Diego State University in September 1972.
As to many political, etc. stickers I always say that is one thing to be a dumbass, it is another to advertise it. Well, that’s my opinion, any way.
I am not a sticker fan. In fact, the last 2 new cars I have ordered I have had the graphics deleted.
I’m usually not much of a bumper sticker fan. I get this from my parents, who were against any kind of bumper stickers on their vehicles. I’m okay with funny stickers on other peoples’ vehicles. I don’t care for political, environmental, religious, etc. bumper stickers though. I’d rather not know what the random person in front of me on the highway believes in.
Original owner of one of my ’66 Chryslers put a small sticker from Expo ’67 in one corner of the back window. I like it. I put a couple of small Cummins logos on the front fenders of my truck. My wife says they’re tacky, but they’re the same size and in the same position that the factory Cummins logos are on newer Dodge pickups.
1. 1 is too much. Keep it clean. I peeled off the dealer logo on my Acura.
I can make an exception for business putting their own logo on their own cars.
I like to old fashioned stickers for countries / nations. We dont have them anymore since we have those EURO registration plates.
Don’t those have a country code? And I thought Germany still has city prefixes (e.g., ‘S’ for Stuttgart).
The oval country tags are still required when travelling beyond the EU, but I’m not sure how thoroughly this legislation is actually enforced since your EU plate will have the country tag on it anyway.
And yes, Germany still has district codes in the beginning of the plate combinations, however a few years ago districts were allowed to issue inactive past codes again (before mergers etc) upon request, meaning there are now 698 codes for 402 districts and cities. Also you’re now allowed to take your plates with you when you move so they don’t mean as much anymore.
Frankly it’s all become a big cluster****, might as well make combinations completely free pick now like they do in the US.
Yes! I currently have an oval BiH decal for Bosnia and a rectangular TR sticker for Turkey on my Accord in California and it’s always interesting to see country stickers on other cars, too.
NL
Nur Limonade (Dutch cheapskates).
Nur Links (the Dutch caravan schlepper on the left lane).
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Hard to say, but I know it when I see it. I usually put stickers on my vehicle from places that vehicle and I have been, local businesses, or some random ones of businesses from back home. Also, have some stickers that were gifts. I avoid political stickers and I have not seen a sticker older than Kerry/Edwards in a few years.
This many…..
Speaking as a Forester owner myself, I guess there really is a grain of truth to every bad stereotype.
Our Foz has exactly one sticker on the back window…..
Does the BMW logo on the trunklid count?
GAH .
-Nate
Any is too many. Honor roll student ones in particular are irritating
I suspect schools issue those. Bad idea to foment pride, there’s too much of that already.
The city I live in has two public middle schools, only one of which has them. I suspect the PTA was involved.
“People who opt to exhibit their individuality through these decals may take part in more acts of road rage. Colorado State University social psychologist, William Szlemko, found that aggressive driving is linked to the number of markers a person has on his/her car, regardless of the messages portrayed.”
Around bumper sticker quacks, never relax. Because these are the people that are the most adamant about their own position, political and vehicular alike.
The bumper sticker craze has been around since the seventies-and maybe earlier than that-although if I remember correctly back in the sixties they were largely non -political. They don’t bother me, they are just the owners way of advertising their political stance and/or what causes they believe in. It’s simply another sign of how increasingly polarized this country is becoming.
I don’t mind bumper stickers on the window of a car or truck, as long as it doesn’t block the view into the vehicle, nor does it block view outside from the inside of the car.
I put a small round USGA bumper sticker on my black 98 Civic Ex way back when so i could distinguish it from all the other small black cars at a distance in parking garages. That seems like a legitimate reason for a bumper sticker.
Car died this week, 274,000 miles, cracked block, RIP
I had a bumper sticker on my new 66 VW. Nothing since till this year. Got involved with some of my old submarine friends on facebook and stuck a pair of dolphins on the rear bumper. I am unsure many people here (Houston area) even know what they are.
I agree that the nation is very polarized. I have no intention of telling my political stance(s) and would rather not know yours.
Our one car is a Pontiac G6 aka; the midwest mafia staff car. Truly the future cockroach of the road, especially in the upper midwest. However, I do have a couple of soccer clings on the front and rear windshields, but mostly so we can tell our car from the 17 other dark blue G6s in any Meijer parking lot.
It works most of the time.
Outside of this, I don’t put them on my car as a matter of habit, even on my beaters I think they ruin the looks of the car. The one thing that bugs me are the faux area or destination stickers; the oval shaped ones that look like the ones on European cars. I see them with these apparently random letters on them and I have no idea what they mean. I saw on the other day, reading “SA”
SA? Santa Anita? Sturm Abteilung? Smart Ass?
Yes, that last one…
SA = Sturmabteilung. Nazi Stormtrooper. That would be what I think of.
Over here in the mid-Atlantic/Southeast every yahoo who’s ever been to the Outer Banks of North Carolina buys an oval “OBX” sticker for their car. Annoying as heck (especially to North Carolinians who have been going there for years). Brilliant marketing though.
geozinger: perhaps San Antonio, TX?
I’m in with the ‘one is too many’ camp. I don’t care for car art, yard art, or body art. I am not a creative person, so I just leave things alone and unmolested.
Most Annoying Stickers/Placards
1) “READ” circle
2) Martha’s Vineyard “Dog” circle
3) yellow “Baby On Board” diamond
4) the “Fox” head logo… Do any of these posers do motocross?
5) the annoying Family stick figures, on minivans
You left out “coexist”.
The variant of the stick figures that actually amused me was a “man” figure, a “woman” figure, and bags of money instead of children.
I should say, amused me the first time I saw it…now it’s lumped in with the annoying rest.
I’d also add “Salt Life” stickers to your list, as one of the annoying flavors of the moment. And the ones that look like a pair of flip flops, which have a very high positive correlation with SUV/CUVs, sorority letters and initial monograms.
I always thought “Baby On Board” was pretty stupid.
As if anybody cared.
As if it made any difference.
There was a correspondence in the papers in the UK about “Baby on board” stickers, and how the average driver always checks to see if there’s “Baby on board” sticker before wilfully rear-ending the vehicle in front. Or not, obviously.
One school of thought had it that if you were involved in an accident, the rescue crew would pay special attention to a “Baby on board” sign. A fire chief responded that his crews were specifically instructed to ignore them; they were trained to prioritise on the spot depending on each unique situation, and weren’t going to waste time looking for babies who quite likely weren’t in the car at all.
Or how about “my child is an honor student “,Who cares? I did see a good one on a beater once-“ex millionaire on board”.
Yeah, those pointless B.O.B. signs are incredibly lame. You mean you aren’t driving a minivan for its undeniable chick magnet appeal?!?! Who knew? They seem to be making a comeback unfortunately.
The stick families are equally lame. Except one i saw that depicted the family as Imperial stormtroopers. And another that was all zombies.
Sort of an art project — or maybe embarrassed she’s driving a Dodge. Found in the lot at Indianapolis Art Center. Favorite of the bunch? “Don’t make me spit on you!”
Late to the party as usual, but summer here is pretty nice. I have no stickers or plate frames on either of my cars. I like my cars to be as stock as possible, and to be as invisible as possible. A grey Acura is invisible, as is a silver Rio.
i appreciate humor (or what i take as humor) in bumper stickers. i was not much of a harry potter fan so the ‘republicans for voldemort’ sticker threw me for awhile.
on the other hand, ‘republicans go to work. democrats fantasize about it.’ i understood right away. i appreciated it’s directness.
in the mid-60s we were on vacation somewhere and toured an underground cavern. when we came out every car in the parking lot had a new attachment on the bumper with the name of the place in red letters on a white background. (note not stickers, these were attached with 2 wire loops around each bumper. i was amazed – every car! i asked my dad why and he said it was free advertising. i have never trusted bumper stickers ever since.
Bet that was Ruby Falls/Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga, TN. Yes, I know they were only wired on, but the gall pissed me off.
On cars I go for zero stickers.
However on our popup camper trailer we have a sticker of every place we’ve camped with it if we can get one. A bit of a childhood dream fulfilled since Dad would never let us put stickers on the trailer when we were kids.
The (not EV) Honda Fit wears this one on the rear bumper.
‘Bumper’ stickers…not so much. I have my one ‘Clutch’ sticker on the rear wondow of my truck…and Im good. My truck, like every other vehicle Ive owned has enough mods to stand out on its own.
‘My kid beat up your honor student ‘ was a funny one. But the best Ive ever seen was black and yellow caution stripes and “Road head in progress!” in the center. I gut laughed at that one!
My general view is one is too many. But one tops. I make an exception for magnet use during election cycles (like a lawn sign, to be immediately removed after said election and wisely removed in areas that don’t support your candidate). It’s hard to advocate this though, s today people disagree so vehemently that it often feels like the wrong sticker could cost you a job or good service, so discretion is the better part of valor. The other exception would be a period bumper sticker (hopefully a facsimile). I’ve long considered a “Support Nixon. Impeach America” sticker for my Watergate era Olds 98. But since no one has a sense of humor now, even that seems ill-advised. Thus the only signage I could really advocate is vintage dealership emblems.
I am also not a fan of the “destination” stickers commonly seen in the East (ACK, MV, OS, OBX, BI, LBI, etc). If you have a nice summer place, the classy thing to do is not to advertise it.
Spotted years ago on a telephone company truck in Vancouver, BC: “you can’t be first, but you could be next”.
I did have at one time a Mad Magazine bumper sticker on my VW which said “Bumper Sticker”.
I put this sticker on the back of my Custom Cruiser. It complements the D.A.R.E. sticker that’s been on the car since it was newish.
It has become customary for my cars to have, in the lower right of the rear window, the “block S” logo of the university from which I graduated and where I also worked for 10+ years. (NC State) That’s it though. Nothing on the bumper itself.
My first car had probably 9 or 10 window stickers, of bands I liked at the time, my high school, college, etc. I plead excuse for that indiscretion as the folly of youth..
Though, really, I don’t care what you have on your car as long as it’s not hateful. If you want to be tacky, go right ahead. Depending on the viewpoints expressed my general expectation of the driver’s intelligence may go down, but I take a dim view of humanity as a whole anyway, so it’s not a steep drop…
I keep it period correct on my Olds
Oh jeeze ~ I used to have a cactus with a cowboy hat and a tiny sticker like that on the pot it grew in….
Low time ago .
-Nate
The only stickers on any of my vehicles are for the local high school football team and The GEORGIA BULLDOGS!
Any number over 0 is too many, and this includes those applied by dealers. This is the back of my car which has the proper amount.
Bumper stickers, cats, or domains. More than 2 and you’re crazy.
I reckon I’m crazy. I have 4 cats on my farm. Helps keep the rodent population down.
I saw a truck once that had a Sunoco sticker paint job — legitimately every square inch of the truck was covered in the little rectangular Sunoco stickers. I was impressed… I was also impressed at the amount of frame flex this particular vehicle had when it was flat towed across the junk yard scale. It was an old shortbed F150 if I remember correctly.
My truck only carries one sticker, an IH Farmall sticker placed in the top center of the rear window. I’ve kicked around addind one or two more at the bottom, but that’s it.
No stickers should ever be added to any car.
Not even the dealer advertising ones.
I don’t want to read your political viewpoints or that you have a brat that made the honor roll. I don’t want to coexist with a religion that doesn’t coexist with anyone.
if you love dogs, keep it to yourself.
And if you are a Pittsburgh Rusty Nail fan, save the money from your big steel sticker and seek counseling for your mental issues.
The vintage ‘ Dan Gurney For President ‘ decal on the trunk of my avatar car finally gave up the ghost , I hope to find another one some where….
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It’s in magnetic rubber , the sun killed it after many years =8-( .
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-Nate