I had more than half a dozen cars before the age of 21. They were all clunkers. And I loved each and every one of them for as long as they would keep on getting me to and from the places where I wanted to spend my time.

One of the things that I really loved to do was to personalize these cars. I wanted to feel like they were all mine. Here are some of the things that I did to make my cars cute despite the fact that they were all lemons:

• Added bumper stickers. It’s the most obvious way to personalize a car. Many of the personalized birthday gifts that I got over the years were unique personalized gifts of bumper stickers with inside jokes on them from my friends.
• Covered the seats with personalized blankets. The upholstery in many of these cars was gross but that didn’t mean people had to know about it!
• Hung necklaces and trinkets from the rearview mirror. I changed these out just about every other week for awhile!

Your car is a really personal thing that you spend a lot of time in. Why not do what you can to make it cute even if you don’t have a lot of money for fancy paint jobs and custom wheels?

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