[Closed] Family car stickers

Yes! Yes, they certainly have!!

I thought it was just me & my miserable old ways that found them annoying......

Can't quite decide on these:

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I quite like the principle, it's just something about the drivers, ...

And, increasingly, the fish with feet - again, it's the drivers that let down the sticker

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and taking over from these ones
and this one for
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meaning give me some room I'm only paying about 25% of my attention to driving and I'm likely to do something quite erratic soon

If I'm not mistaken, I used to see these in Germany. Now, just you wait till the name stickers appear ie in nice squiggly writing...one on each bottom corner of the rear windscreen. It'll give one a whole new social strata at which to sneer.

EDIT: tbh, if they wind up the childhaters brigade members, then bring 'em on. 😀

a stratUM, DD <sneers>

^^ family of Christians?

Quite like the Darwin fish.

There is a trend in Germany for putting the name of your children on the rear window, often accompanied with little stick men drawings.
Toyed with the idea of putting "die namen deine kinder Interessiert mich nicht" ("the name of your child does not interest me") but it's a bit of a mouthful.

I'd have expected nothing less from you scaredy. 😛

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Stickers of any sort have no place on a car.

My particular brand of car sticker hell are the ones that car dealerships stick on every car they sell.
They seem to think that because they were good enough to take your money in exchange for a car then that gives them the automatic right to use you as a mobile advertising hoarding for all eternity thereafter.
Even more astonishing is that most people are complicit in this and will happily drive around for years proclaiming that they've been shafted by whichever dealership.

In particular these little yellow ****ers REALLY grind my gears....

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I will actively seek these out and request permission from the vehicle owners to remove them.

I once bought a car from Arnold Clark and whilst doing the deal and sorting out the paperwork explicitly stated that I wanted no stickers on the car. Made the salesman write it on the order.
Went to pick the car up a week later and it had two stickers in the back window. Point blank refused to accept the car until they had the stickers removed.

At least the "fairy dust" brigade et al have made a conscious choice to display their bell-endery.
It's the stealth tactics of the weapons grade tadgers who masquerade as car salesman who dupe the innocent that truly boils my pish.

Next time you buy a car insist on sticking a poster in their showroom window advertising YOUR business and see how you get on.....

I'm feeling guilty about putting Kinetics badges on bikes I sell now.

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Stickers of any sort have no place on a car.
My particular brand of car sticker hell are the ones that car dealerships stick on every car they sell.
They seem to think that because they were good enough to take your money in exchange for a car then that gives them the automatic right to use you as a mobile advertising hoarding for all eternity thereafter.
Even more astonishing is that most people are complicit in this and will happily drive around for years proclaiming that they've been shafted by whichever dealership.
In particular these little yellow ****ers REALLY grind my gears....
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I will actively seek these out and request permission from the vehicle owners to remove them.
I once bought a car from Arnold Clark and whilst doing the deal and sorting out the paperwork explicitly stated that I wanted no stickers on the car. Made the salesman write it on the order.
Went to pick the car up a week later and it had two stickers in the back window. Point blank refused to accept the car until they had the stickers removed.
At least the "fairy dust" brigade et al have made a conscious choice to display their bell-endery.
It's the stealth tactics of the weapons grade tadgers who masquerade as car salesman who dupe the innocent that truly boils my pish.
Next time you buy a car insist on sticking a poster in their showroom window advertising YOUR business and see how you get on.....

I have this:

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and this:

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and one that allows me in here:

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And would like to add the fish one too, where would I get one from?..

I am sorry, but the single most sanctimonious load of shit anyone could possibly put on a car - or even conceive of - has to be this:

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In an ironic twist the car with the totally obscured windows that ran into me this morning had a "Watch for cyclists" sticker on it. I noticed it when i was about an inch away from it. Those family ones irritate the sh1t into me as well.

If you can read any rear view stickers whilst driving you are :

a. Too close
b. Not concentrating on the road

Of all the things to get worked up about, really?

Some folk need to get out more. Or have a ****. One of the two.

Round here it's the black hacks that have the family names across the back window, been doing it for years...

This one annoys me quite a lot:

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Usually stuck on old Rovers or Hondas driven by old blokes.

If you can read any rear view stickers whilst driving you are :

a. Too close
b. Not concentrating on the road

deadlydarcy - Member

EDIT: tbh, if they wind up the childhaters brigade members, then bring 'em on

I saw one yesterday that was just 'man - woman - dog' and that wound me up just as much, so I don't think it's related to the 'I've got kids' aspect of it.

perchypanther - Member

My particular brand of car sticker hell are the ones that car dealerships stick on every car they sell.

Yes! This too. I have always said that any car I bought from a dealer would not be driven off the forecourt until they had removed all advertising for their dealership that they had stuck or attached to it.
You see quite a few Audi's (and possible VW's) round our with a Vindis sticker actually attached to the paintwork on the boot. I'd want it removed before accepting the car.

dantsw13 - Member

If you can read any rear view stickers whilst driving you are :

a. Too close
b. Not concentrating on the road

How about if you are overtaking them, or they overtaking you? Or you are stopped behind them at a roundabout/junction/traffic lights? Or if you see it in a car park?

Anyway - that's nonsense. I notice lots of things while driving that aren't specific to the actual act of driving that have no impact on my ability to 'concentrate on the road'.

A former neighbour of mine had this stuck across his rear window.

[b][u]Miniature Schnauzer On Board![/b][/u]

I hope it shat in his boot.

Why do horse transporters have the word HORSES written on them when vans that freight about other items get by without having GARDEN FURNITURE, BEANS or SHOWER UNITS emblazoned on the back?

Car dealerships have started putting branded reg plates on as well now, bastards!

Although i hate car stickers and remove any from any car I buy, i don't understand the animosity towards baby on board signs. There lots of tossers driving far to close to peoples rear ends and if a signs gets them to think about there driving a little bit then surely this has to be a good thing. In a perfect world everyone would give the correct amount of space so signs would not be needed, but this is NOT a perfect world when it comes to cars and drivers.

We have this on our camper 🙂
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Here you go alpin

http://m.ebay.de/itm/Kein-Balg-mit-SCHEISS-NAMEN-an-Bord-Auto-Aufkleber-/180814168862

The translated as " No brat with a shit name on board".
Here in Austria there's a few named stick figure stickers. Mainly on ageing cars with blacked out windows (home kit done badly)

I think the ones with the owner's children's names on them - JACK AND MOLLY ON BOARD - are a great idea.

Knowing the children's names makes it far less likely that I'll ram the car from behind and try to force it into a ravine. More personal.

There are a lot of children called Arnold Clark round here, I've noticed.

I'm feeling guilty about putting Kinetics badges on bikes I sell now.

I'd refuse to take a bike from a shop with a shop sticker on it.

Although i hate car stickers and remove any from any car I buy, i don't understand the animosity towards baby on board signs.

The named stickers make it so much easier for the paedophiles.

Stickers? Pah. If you really want to accessorize you need badges. [url= http://www.amazon.com/Cool-Turbo-Car-Decal-Badge/dp/B0071VKUT2 ]Cool car turbo decal badges. [/url]

My favorite had to be a diesel Zafira I spotted recently that had not one but two Turbo badges, including the one above. Along with a VXR and SRI badges. And a strip of LEDs along the back bumper. Awesome.

"Caution Show Whelks in Transit"

Not sure why, but those family stickers really annoy me, especially the ones with adults and dogs. Glad to see that it's not just me!

But I like stickers.... I have loads in a box in my garage, Fox, Hope, RS, eThirteen, Superstar, Kinesis, Juicy lubes, Specialized, Aztec and many more...

I have a Rockshox one on my car, and an RSPCA one, oh and a tax disc which ran out in May does that count 😆 (I know it winds up some people on here...)

These were the best - I had one in my Escort*! With added style points for a Garfield stuck in the side window...

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(*not mine in the pic - mine was blue with a little rubber spoiler. It was only a 1.3 though!)

Can I get one with each of my bikes to go across the back window? The kids can drive themselves around now.

I'm always amazed at how many BMW owners leave this sticker on
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Car dealerships have started putting branded reg plates on as well now, bastards!

Its compulsory for cars registered after a certain point (y2kish I think) to have markings on the number plates indicating who provided the plate. Given that the dealers register new cars this is not really a surprising move. Its much preferable to branded stickers everywhere.

Try this one 🙂

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I saw this in Sainsburys car park the other day. The woman in the drivers seat looked like Mary off Coronation Street - post menopausal, asexual spinster, lives alone, probably owns cats... Lots of cats...

I'm usually of a fairly mild mannered disposition, but I wanted to drag her out of the car, stab her in the neck, then strap her to the bonnet before driving round village rear-ending slow moving vehicles, then taking her back to her smelly little house and setting fire to her in front of her cats.

But apart from that, stickers don't really bother me...

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I hate dealership stickers too, especially ones bang in line with the rear view mirror, which seems a specialty.

Car dealerships have started putting branded reg plates on as well now, bastards!

I found out recently it's UK law that the number plate supplier puts their name and postcode on, along with the BS standard for number plates.

Annoying when their name is something like 'Crash Damage Repairers' as I found out when I got my front bumper replaced along with the reg plate...

We've had a few over the years with the Dick Lovett sticker. Tbh, I've left it there to give people a giggle. It might cheer them up on the motorway instead of getting so wound up about someone with a "Baby On Board" sticker as they drive home to to continue their empty lives ranting about it on a forum.

The sticker on the back of our van says "Just because we both ride bikes doesn't mean that we're friends".
I'm not sure if this is good, or not...

[quote=bencooper ]I'm feeling guilty about putting Kinetics badges on bikes I sell now.

Ahem, http://singletrackmag.com/terms-and-conditions/ "No Trade or business advertising" 😉

There lots of tossers driving far to close to peoples rear ends and if a signs gets them to think about there driving a little bit then surely this has to be a good thing

Fair point but I think a sticker saying "Get off my tailgate you arsehole" would be more appropriate.

I was in the states recently, the spiritual home of the bumper sticker.

Saw a worryingly large amount of these and variations on them whilst I was there.

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I generally don't like stickers on cars, especially those family ones and the collection that seems to adorn every ropey-looking T4 down south, but I'm a bit of a hypocrite since I've kept and added to the collection on my Merc.

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I also saw one recently about seeing overtakers at the undertakers or similar, which read more like a threat than the public safety announcement I imagine it was created in attempt to achieve.

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I had 'I brake for cake' on the bumper until the wife saw it.

I can understand the original reason for the Child On board stickers, as they were originally intended to notify the emergency services in an accident but it has got a bit out of hand*.

I might has slightly understated the case here.

Although I mostly hate charity stickers (eg. Dogs Trust), I like sports stickers (cycling and surfing decals in particular), and some travel stickers (the ones that show where a car has travelled).

This kind of thing:

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or this:

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nixie - Member
Car dealerships have started putting branded reg plates on as well now, bastards!
Its compulsory for cars registered after a certain point (y2kish I think) to have markings on the number plates indicating who provided the plate. Given that the dealers register new cars this is not really a surprising move. Its much preferable to branded stickers everywhere.

It should have their name and postcode, no issues with that although some are way beyond the legal requirement.

I do have a particular issue with the extra black strip a number of dealers are stating to add at the bottom with their dealership name on it, last car I bought the dealership did this and I requested they got plain plates for my car, they initially told me they didn't have anything else and claimed it was a legal requirement etc, but they did supply the car with standard plates on it in the end. (and no advertising stickers)

My fiancee put a 'baby on board' in our car. I don't like it. In fact he's not really a baby anymore so I might go and remove it.

Actually I did have quiet a nice collection of Mountain Mayhem stickers in the back window, why did they stop doing them? Not sure I ever saw another one though.

Saved them when I sold the car, got them stuck to the window in the garage now.

I can understand the original reason for the Child On board stickers, as they were originally intended to notify the emergency services in an accident but it has got a bit out of hand*.

Why do horse transporters have the word HORSES written on them

It's their lorry/box. They can write whatever they want on it.

Would it wind you up even more if it had SHEEP written on the side?

I can understand the original reason for the Child On board stickers, as they were originally intended to notify the emergency services in an accident but it has got a bit out of hand*.

They were just under the delusion that other people GAS about their brats.

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The stick-family stickers are massively popular in America (or at least, they were when I was over last, in the area I was in, just to avoid any rash generalisations). Like, something like one in five cars must've had one. They'd already reached the point of subversion; I particularly liked the one with a couple, a big gap where the kids would normally be, then a big bag of cash.

i don't understand the animosity towards baby on board signs. There lots of tossers driving far to close to peoples rear ends and if a signs gets them to think about there driving a little bit then surely this has to be a good thing.

Of course. I for one only drive right up the arse of cars who don't have window stickers.

I can understand the original reason for the Child On board stickers, as they were originally intended to notify the emergency services in an accident but it has got a bit out of hand*.

I don't believe this was ever the case. Rather, they were originally intended to sell car stickers, and they were incredibly effective.

I have this:

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and this:

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So you didn't get the full set, then?

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and

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And would like to add the fish one too, where would I get one from?..

Apparently, if you pray hard enough one turns up.

i never knew family stickers existed but will keep an eye out .. is this the same feeling people get when you see cars with no kids parking in parent bays or able persons in a disabled bay?

i never knew family stickers existed but will keep an eye out .. is this the same feeling people get when you see cars with no kids parking in parent bays or able persons in a disabled bay?

For those people I'm very tempted to have some large (a4/a3) stickers made up with strong glue and anti removal perforations made up informing them of the ****ishness. So many of them parking in the (nursery's) parent and child bays at the local David Lloyd. FFS your going to the gym but your to lazy to walk the extra 20 meters. Putting something like that directly in the drivers view should make them suitably late for work.

Its compulsory for cars registered after a certain point (y2kish I think) to have markings on the number plates indicating who provided the plate. Given that the dealers register new cars this is not really a surprising move. Its much preferable to branded stickers everywhere.

Only the one making the plate, the irritating ones are the dealers who stick a "not quite the same yellow" sticker over it.

Mine just has a couple of 661 stickers that came free with helmets, and a greasy, uncovered tow hitch :twisted:, passive revenge on anyone squeezing past it in the car park.

perchypanther - Member

Stickers of any sort have no place on a car.

This is not true.
I have such a massive penis that driving a Nissan Micra just wouldn't get the message across by itself, so I adorned it with flower stickers as well.
8)

I have such a massive penis that driving a Nissan Micra just wouldn't get the message across by itself, so I adorned it with flower stickers as well.

Really? well, mine is big enough to fill one of these.....

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No Stickers required. 🙂

"Baby on Board" Phew, I was going to crash into you and kill us both until I saw this.

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On the dealer stickers front, we had a hire car a while back that had a dealer sticker (about 7 inches by two inches) below the upper top brake light. This was fine for my girlfriend who's a midget but for anyone grown up size meant that a big chunk of your rear view was missing. I chuntered a lot but was too scared to remove it for fear of an obscene charge.

perchypanther - Member

Really?

Of course not, I'm pretty average.
It was a condition of buying the car from my other half that I left the stickers on.
The flowers fitted over the door and boot locks quite nicely, protecting the paint from the key when trying to find the lock in the dark.

Having strong opinions on car stickers is a cheap form of iconoclasm: "hey, is anyone else a wild free thinker who won't abide twee things?", safe in the knowledge that you can just watch the "+1" comments roll in.

Having strong opinions on [b]Arnold Clark[/b] car stickers is a cheap form of [s]iconoclasm[/s] iconoclarkism

FTFY - If that's the case then paint me an Iconoclark-ist.

I'm off to get a baby on board sign for the car. It should mean less hassle when I park in the parent/child bay at the supermarket. It's always a pita having to justify why I park there, now I can just point smugly at the sticker.

I don't believe this was ever the case. Rather, they were originally intended to sell car stickers, and they were incredibly effective.

None of them annoy me particularly. They are often a handy indicator of the drivers priorities.

M-Sport badges on a 318i, now they annoy me

The only sticker on my car:

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(and yes, the focus on my phone camera is broken, thanks for noticing).

Ahem, http://singletrackmag.com/terms-and-conditions/ "No Trade or business advertising"

😀

The Arnold Clark ones bother me, especially when they put them within the area cleared by the wiper so the wiper wipes the yellow off on part of it 🙄

Other than that I'm not really fussed. Anyone with a "Help For Heroes" sticker is usually a weapons grade knobcheese though, and usually drives like it.

I have a Royal Dirty Northern Bastards Yacht Club one on one of our cars. Both have a national trust sticker in the place of the tax disk, but it's better if you think of that as a parking permit.

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neighbours who are very blingy new car folk last week got 2 new white ones, a merc and a convertible BMW. They are debadged, so no stickers at all. Waiting for my chance when asked how i like them to ask what they are 🙂 Particularly the BMW, which may be a 1 or a 2....

I got this sticker in the pub last night for £5

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I'd like on that says "Just Out Of Jail - No Kids and No Insurance"

Had a friend make these up on marine grade sticker for the back of my vw camper van

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I'm fairly indifferent to them

They are a good indicator of whether I consider myself superior to the other driver, eg Christian fish thingy, help for heroes, fairydust etc
Recently saw a sticker with an arrow above the exhuast of a new range rover 'Prius repellent', predictably driven by a fat old middle aged middle lane chugger
Best of all on an old siera in huge letters on the rear window

'IF ITS GOT TITS OR WHEELS ITS GONNA COST YOU'.
Judging by the state of his car, no more than a tenner a year