This is part 2 of What Your Car Says about You. Hit the link and you can go back to What Your Car Says About You (Part 1). In part 1, we talked about what your car color says about you. In this part, we are going to talk about what your car brand says about you. Audi, BMW, Toyota, Honda, Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Mercedes-Benz, MINI, Volvo and Jeep, what is your favorite car brand? (more…)
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What Your Car Says About You
You will know what your car says about you according to the car color, car brand, car size, safety features, interior car accessories and every little thing you chose for your car. It clearly says a lot about your personality and the attitude you treat your life. Of course, it might not be 100% accurate but it is definitely a psychological shortcut to express your personality and character to the opposite gender or to anyone who might sit in your car. Let’s check out the quiz and questions & answers here to see if the result is right about you. Whether you own a car or buying one, you can’t miss the ultimate Car Buying Guide.
What Your Car Color Says About You
White Car: White car represent young, energetic and modern. People who select white car are those who love elegance. White is also means purity and sincerity. On the other hand, people who choose white car also mean they want their car to be able to beat the summer heat. Lastly, white is hard to keep clean all the time and it could means that you are a hardworking person?
Black Car: Without doubt, there is a huge group of black car enthusiasts on the road. People who buy black car are those who love luxurious life, who love to be mysterious and of course, who love power. That’s one reason why almost all the diplomat cars are in black. See also: Things to consider when choosing the right car.Silver Car: Silver is often the third most popular car color after white and black. It is a color that shows modernism. It is a color that shows you are a high-class person.
Gray Car: Gray or grey, they are the same color. But gray and silver, they are different. Those who choose gray color car don’t want to look outstanding. They want to be part of the crowd and no one else can recognize them.
Red Car: Why does a Ferrari always has to be red? Why the best low-cost airline AirAsia has to be red? Red projects masculinity, power, and fervor. Red car also represent great status in this society but that’s mostly for men. Red for women? Confidence, attractive and sexy! See also: Buying a new car.
Blue Car: Blue represents ocean and sky and that represents you are someone love the natural. Blue is for happy man and it is a color that projects honesty, peacefulness and constancy. Take a look around you, there must be a lot of MPV in blue.Brown Car: Brown or beige car, they are similar. If you are driving one, it means you don’t really care about the latest car. You don’t really admire your neighbor buy a brand new Lamborghini. All you want is to drive the car until the engine drops.
Yellow Car: If you are driving a yellow car, congratulations! There are only 1-2% of yellow cars on the road in America. Yellow projects happiness and positive thinking. Often, people who don’t think much in their life will go for yellow cars especially drivers in their 20s. See also: Questions to ask when buying a used car.Green Car: Green has been a popular car color before World War II. Dark green, British Racing Green, light green and etc. Green is for those who love natural and care the world. You must be a person who always support 3R – Recycle, Reuse and Reduce.
Orange Car: Apple and Orange are those fruits you will take in your daily life. When it comes to orange car, it projects you are a savvy buyer. Most of the orange car owner will not spend extra money on car accessories that doesn’t really matter to the car, for example, car decals, stickers or changing a new car audio player. As orange represents savvy, orange car is the least on the street because savvy consumers prefer to take public transport rather than serving a monthly car payment.Read Next: What Your Car Says about You (Part 2)
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Top 10 Best Selling Cars in China 2014-2015
This is the list of top 10 best selling cars in China from 2014 to 2015. The ranking is based on search index provided by China’s leading search engine, Baidu. Therefore, the list of best selling cars in China is 99.99% accurate as Baidu is used by millions of Chinese car buyers almost every day. Among the top 10 highest searched car brands, we don’t see any Chinese car brands although there are about 48 Chinese car makers in today’s China. Also, we don’t see any British car manufacturers in the list too. So, what’s in the list? Are there any car brands Americans love? Yes, there are some and let’s take a look at the list here.
Best Selling Cars in China
1. Volkswagen
If you happen to travel to China, especially big cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, you can see Volkswagen almost everywhere. Volkswagen is known as ??, pronounce as Da 4 Zhong 4 in Chinese, which literally means “Public”. No surprise! It is really used by public.
2. Kia
Kia is ranked number 2 for 2015 with 722,902 searches. It is the earliest known Korean car brand founded in 2000. Thanks to the fuel saving technology on all Kia cars, this brand is growing very fast over the years.
3. Toyota
It is Toyota, still need further explanation?
4. Audi
With 538,359 searches, the Audi comes in number four. For sedan, the Audi A4L, A6L, A3, and A8 are most popular. For SUV, the Audi Q5, Q3 and Q7 are popular in China. As for Audi sports cars, the Audi R8, Audi TT and TTS top the list.
5. Ford
One of the longest American car brands Ford comes in number 5 with 528,338 searches. Ford Motor Company is one of the biggest car makers in the world and it is not surprise to see the people in China love Ford.
6. BMW
The German car maker BMW has 507,004 searches in first and second quarter in 2015. BMW fans in China mostly buy BMW 3 Series, 5 Series and 7 Series for sedan cars. BMW X1, X5, X3 and X6 are made for SUV lovers. As for sports cars lovers, the BMW i8, BMW Z4 and BMW 1 Series are quite popular in China.
7. Peugeot
Peugeot is the only French automaker appears in the list of top 10 best selling cars in China. Peugeot logo is a standing lion and it was founded in 1858 as a bicycle manufacturer. Peugeot 408, 508, 308S, 2008, 3008, 4008 and the RCZ are a few most wanted Peugeot cars in China. See also: List of car brands.
8. Honda
Honda is one of the longest car brands in Japan and it is not surprise to see many of them on the road in China. Honda Accord, Honda Civic, Honda CR-V, Honda XR-V, Honda HR-V and Honda Civic Type R are those common Honda cars you can see in China. The Honda Civic Type R is loved by younger generation who would bring the car to racing track.
9. Hyundai
Other than Kia, Hyundai is another Korean car maker that enters the China market. The Hyundai ix25 and ix35 are two very popular SUV in China.
10. Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz, the pioneer in automobile history has 417,338 searches in Baidu. There are A to Z of Mercedes-Benz models available in China and people definitely love it due to the safety features. Mecedes-Benz A class, Mecedes-Benz C class, E class, GLA class, GL class, M class, R class and the special Mercedes-Benz SLS, you name it.
- Chevrolet
- Buick
- Changan
- ChangCheng (Great Wall Motors)
- Nissan
- Mazda
- BYD
- Porsche
- Chery
- Land Rover
Buying a car? No experience? Don’t know what car to buy? Check out our Complete Car Buying Guide for free.
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Funny Car License Plate Frames
The car you drive usually reflects your personality. Anyone can buy a Honda Civic but not everyone will customize the car in the same way. Among all sorts of customizations and modifications you can do to a car, one very inexpensive thing you can modify is a pair of funny car license plate frames. There are so many types of funny car license plate frames that can give you a good laugh. It takes only five minutes to customize your own car with a pair of affordable license plate frame. Laughter is the best medicine. Let’s see what the choices you have to give the best medicine to anyone who sees your car license plate.
License Plate with Expression
Right words on the license plate help you to express how you feel about your driving skills. Try some of this if you are about to…
- Buckle Up I Wanna Try Something: This license plate frame is made in the US according to standard US and Canada license plate frame size. The lettering will not fade and it is great to tell other drivers that you are about to try something different. For example, you are about to … Drift?
- I Speed Because I HAVE TO POOP: Do you always drive a fast car? If so, this license plate frame might be funny yet meaningful for you.
- Yours may be fast BUT MINE CAN GO ANYWHERE: This is good yet functional license plate frame especially if you are learning to drive a car or learning to drive a manual car.
Funny License Plate for Other Drivers
Besides those car license plate frames with words that express what do you think, you can also go for some of these to tell other drivers what you think on the road.
- The Closer You Get THE SLOWER I DRIVE: This license plate is great for those who owned supercars. You will be worried if some bad drivers following you too close. Tell them you will driver slower if they get closer.
- BUY A HYBRID I NEED THE GAS: If everyone else drives hybrid cars, the gas is yours and the gas price will be cheap for sure.
- Women Make Great Leaders YOU’RE FOLLOWING ONE: Obviously, this is a pink color girl power steel metal license plate frame tag that made for girls driver. It is rust free, corrode free and the words are fade free with up to 10 years life time.
Are you finding the best pranks to pull on cars? Try these funny car pranks and harmless car pranks. They would be the best car pranks you ever had.
Personalized Car License Plate Tag Frame
If you have something to say on your own, why not get a personalized car license plate tag frame? You can put any words you want on the license plate frame either on the top, bottom or both. Get two different license plate frames and install it to the front and rear of your car. One Bugatti Veyron owner from Monterey California has a very funny car license plate frames, it reads ZR-1 For Lunch, Ferrari FOR DINNER.Just in case if you are wondering how to find out who owns a car by the license plate number.
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Types of Car Window Tinting
From dark to silver to gold, there are hundreds of different types of car window tinting films available in the market today. Tinting your car windows can protect you and any passenger inside the car from too much sun exposure. On the other hand, tinted windows are able to protect your car interior such as dashboard, stereo player, gauges and seats from sun damage. Other than practical usage, tinting your car windows is also one main thing when it comes to customize your own car. Let’s understand the choices you have before you select the best car window tinting that suits your requirements.
Dyed Tinting Film
Dyed tinting film is one of the most common tinting films used in car industry. This type of window film is made by adding a layer of dyed polyester film in between mounting adhesive and scratch resistant hardcoat. The main function of dyed polyester film is to absorb heat and transfer it to the glass. This type of car window tinting film can block up to 50% of the light from coming into your car and it gives you the darkest look as it doesn’t contain any metal. It is non-reflective; it doesn’t block radio waves; it would not interfere with an in-glass antenna; and it is cheap in terms of cost. Overall, it blocks the unwanted sunlight entering to your car as well as absorbing all the unnecessary heat from the sun. Over time, the dye can be broken by the UV rays of the sun. The tinting film will turn to purple from deep black. That’s the time when you need to replace your tinting film.
Metalized Tinting Film
Metalized tinting film consists of several layers. First layer is the mounting adhesive that bounds the tinting film to your car windows. Second layer is UV treated film that blocks all kinds of ultraviolet radiation. Third layer is laminating adhesive which darkens the windows as well as reflecting the heat. This layer helps a lot in blocking heat from entering to your vehicle. It is good for people who live in tropical country that has sunlight 365 days. Fourth layer is a metalized film and the last layer is a layer of scratch resistant hardcoat. This type of tinting film usually prevent any unwanted things from entering your car but the maximum light blocking is up to 40%.
Thanks to the metalized material within the layers, this type of tinting film does not fade over time like dyed film. Therefore it can be used until your car becomes a junk. Speaking about the disadvantages, the appearance of metalized tinting film is very shiny and it might not be allowed in the state you are living. Besides, it is most costly than dyed film because it is more durable.
Carbon Tinting Film
Carbon tinting film looks like dyed tinting film but it has the performance of hybrid tinting film. It is black in color and able to block 40% of infra red heat that enters your car through your car windows. This type of tinting film is added with metal thus it is durable. However, the only drawback is that it blocks radio waves due to the metal material. You car audio may not function as it is suppose to if you would like to listen to the radio.
Hybird Window Tinting Film
Hybrid window tinting film combined the positive characteristics of both dyed and metalized film. There will be a layer of dyed polyester film, a layer of laminating adhesive, and a layer of metalized film in between mounting adhesive and scratch resistang hardcoat. Hybrid tinting film is the best car window tinting film compared to dyed and metalized film because it has both of their ingredients together. Money wise, it cost less than metalized film but cost a little bit more than dyed flim. Performance wise, it blocks heat, glare and UV rays very effectively. On top of that, it doesn’t block radio waves and the durability is very good. In a nutshell, hybrid tinting film is the best for any cars if you are looking for the ultimate automotive window film.
A tinted car with hybrid window tinting filmConclusion for Car Window Tinting
Selecting the right type of car window tinting film is always about the cost, usage, and how long you going to own the car. It is no point to go for a super durable tinting film if you just plan to use the car for a year. On the other hand, it will be troublesome if you need to tint your car every 3 years once the tinting film is faded. Well, the choice is in your hand. Other than selecting the right type of car window tinting film, choosing the right window tint installer is indeed important. It is advisable to go for a good tint shop that has been in the business for at least 5 years or more. Lastly, you should bring your car to a few tint shops to see the sample of their work. Compare the types of window tinting film they carry and the price they offer. No one wants a tinted car with bubbles on the windscreen or windows. Visit at least 3 shops and compile all the information you need in order to select the best tint shop.