Yeah, I usually say I'm not about rice....but I went to an old auto show and people who were showing off their cars. They had everything there from old "Dick Tracy" Fords and old Cobras, to brand new PT Cruisers and Scions (including three xBs parked next to me).
I had gotten tons of people looking at my car during the day, asking all sorts of questions and once it got a little dark, everyone switched their lights on...even the xBs next to me... My poor Flint MIca was dark, and unloved.
It's illegal to drive with them on in my state, so that wouldn't be my point for getting them.....I'd just have them for when I'm sitting around with my car shooting the breeze with people or something like that.
I don't know...maybe it's a waste of money...but I just want to do something different with my car that is "temporary". You can turn off the lights....you can't turn off decals or pinstriping or wing spoilers or anything like that.
Granted, I don't know much about adding things to cars, so if someone can recommend a "personal touch" to the car that doesn't involve lights/rice then I'll certainly appreciate it.
**Edit: Oh yeah, and about the stuff getting old and turning ugly... They'll hardly be used, so I'm pretty sure they'll last a long while. By the time they die, I'm sure I'll be more than ready to take them out of the car.