Jologizing Your Ride

Personalizing one's ride is as old as the automobile itself. Ever since the first jalopies rolled out of factories, people have wanted to imprint their own identity on their vehicles, to have them stand out from the rest of the vox populi. While some have become experts at it, others have, well, for lack of subtler words, sucked. Take this car for example: http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2572937Yes, I have used this car as an example before, and I have used it again because it embodies everything that can go wrong with trying to stand out. No offense to the owner who might be reading this, but COME ON!!! I get the impression that you are eccentric enough to actually SPEND MONEY to have your car ridiculed. I mean, how can you go wrong with a 'Boxie? This car is so darn easy to set-up, my 4 year old kid could do it. Back to topic though. Whether it be a huge ass rear wing, to practically covering your car with stickers, to over-accessorizing your car to the point that "patok" jeepneys actually look tame next to yours, butchering is a sin committed all too often by a lot of people. We can blame a lot of factors for this. Lack of knowledge. Falling victims to fads. Over eagerness to be noticed. The list goes on and on. What's sad is that it is not easy to cure this malady. Some people are actually born tasteless, and believe me more will eventually be born. And as long as they go on butchering their cars, I, at least, will have something to laugh at on the roads, and something to rant about in blogs like this...