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Old 11-18-2015, 11:52 AM
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TL;DR - I am not putting stickers on my car. It's a hypothetical conversation... and I wondered if anyone else has put on stickers, static, wraps, decals, etc?
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So, my Wrangler is covered in National Park Oval stickers, Yos, GNP, GTNP, RMNP, etc. Buoux, Luberon, France and Hana, and Sayulita.... some others. Places I've been in the truck, and places I love.

I live in Tiburon and love my town, and have an oval sticker of that.

I also have a Pacific Coast Highway 1 blue oval with a poppy, that I love.

But the one that I really considered putting on is a one inch by five inch black sticker with small white letters that say "You are not what you own".

THEN, my friend said he would pay me $100 to put on a Bernie Sanders sticker throughout his campaign. I thought that would be hilarious.

I also see people adding their yacht club stickers (I know I know, really they're just kindly drunks)....

Has anyone added any? Is that sacrilege to talk about?

I believe I hear people hyperventilating.
 
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Old 11-18-2015, 12:02 PM
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I don't have an issue with putting magnetic or static-cling style stickers on my vehicles, since they can be removed without marring the surface, but I don't think I'd consider putting any adhesive-based stickers on my cars. Other than on the license plate of course.
 
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Old 11-18-2015, 12:33 PM
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We do have a sticker fan on this forum, but I wouldn't put any on my F-Type.

I do have a magnetic version of my current favorite on my Jeep, but there's no place to put it on an aluminum and plastic body.

 
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No - sacrilege! I even had to deal with tears when my daughter brought home one of those "My child is on the honor roll at XXX". I told her we don't put those things on our cars but would happy display it prominently in the house.
 
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No - sacrilege! I even had to deal with tears when my daughter brought home one of those "My child is on the honor roll at XXX". I told her we don't put those things on our cars but would happy display it prominently in the house.
Wow, that's a tough one. Fortunately, my daughter never put me in that position, but that would have been quite a dilemma for me. I'm not quite sure what I would have done. I suspect if it had happened and tears became involved, it would have found it's way on to one of my car's back windows.
 
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I made sure the dealer didn't stick on one of their labels, and there's nothing else on the car. Not even protection film.


Love the Maryland crab, Foosh.
 
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Old 11-18-2015, 02:36 PM
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I say "no way" although I did have an "Eric Jones Motorsports" sticker on the back of my 996 turbo to promote the shop where I had my car wrenched on.
 
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Gratuitous advice:
Do what you want. It's your car.
But please don't post pics, ad nauseam (or any at all for that matter). A person can only take so much.
 
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Gratuitous advice:
Do what you want. It's your car.
But please don't post pics, ad nauseam (or any at all for that matter). A person can only take so much.
Why not--could be entertaining? But, because you felt so strongly about it, here's my magnet.

 
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Originally Posted by Foosh
Why not--could be entertaining? But, because you felt so strongly about it, here's my magnet.
Have you noticed, the crabbiest people on this forum are all from Maryland?
 

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Have you noticed, the crabbiest people on this forum are all from Maryland?
No, I haven't noticed that, but I did notice that there is at least one MD member who loves to debate for fun, particularly when whining about first-world problems is involved.
 
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No, I haven't noticed that, but I did notice that there is at least one MD member who loves to debate for fun, particularly when whining about first-world problems is involved.
In your presence I feel comfortable doing so.

"You won’t kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righteousness. And I won’t kill you because you’re just too much fun. I think you and I are destined to do this forever."
 
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I have "stickers" (vinyl accents). It's fairly subtle, IMO:

https://www.instagram.com/p/9Pitkfv8Ux/

But no full blown stickers for me, unless it's something very temporary like for a car event/rally.

I did have a "puppy on board" thing on my window for a few months...
 
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I only put window stickers on my murano which is what I use to cart the dog around in. On the Jaguar I have the Union Jack dealer emblem because I like the way it looks. Otherwise it would not put anything on the car.
 
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Originally Posted by Foosh
Wow, that's a tough one. Fortunately, my daughter never put me in that position, but that would have been quite a dilemma for me. I'm not quite sure what I would have done. I suspect if it had happened and tears became involved, it would have found it's way on to one of my car's back windows.
I am 39, my wife is 35 in a few days. We've been together 7 years, married 6. My sis has 2 kids. We don't have any yet.

When I said I was getting one, everyone was confused why I was getting some old man's sedan. When I finally showed them a picture, my mom, my dad, and my sister, basically all at the same time, said "Where does the carseat go?"
 
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Originally Posted by Uncle Fishbits
I am 39, my wife is 35 in a few days. We've been together 7 years, married 6. My sis has 2 kids. We don't have any yet.

When I said I was getting one, everyone was confused why I was getting some old man's sedan. When I finally showed them a picture, my mom, my dad, and my sister, basically all at the same time, said "Where does the carseat go?"
You're doing the right thing by establishing the mental health necessity of a fun 2-seater prior to having children. Right before my first was born, I purchased a first year Miata, and we had a 325 for the car seat. The Miata was our date car, and it later became a great bonding experience with my daughter once we were able to throw away the car seat. It worked so well that I replaced the Miata with an M-Roadster a few years later and have had at least one two-seat convertible ever since.
 
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Originally Posted by Foosh
You're doing the right thing by establishing the mental health necessity of a fun 2-seater prior to having children. Right before my first was born, I purchased a first year Miata, and we had a 325 for the car seat. The Miata was our date car, and it later became a great bonding experience with my daughter once we were able to throw away the car seat. It worked so well that I replaced the Miata with an M-Roadster a few years later and have had at least one two-seat convertible ever since.
This was a completely enjoyable way to start my day. Cheers.
 
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My Land Rover is covered in stickers including a metal Jaguar Leaper on the back. But it is so heavily modified anyway and also bush striped from driving down narrow overgrown bush tracks that the stickers make no difference.

My f-type has none and will never have any ever.
 
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