Auto Trends

Advice given today to help folks save gas with the ultra high prices, is like, well… like pot holes. Everybody’s got at least one to contend with during a typical day.

Well, there is a way to get paid for your gas, plus a little extra on top, and all you’ve got to do is qualify by driving a certain number of miles per week, visit various restaurants and other various popular hang-outs, and have a popular and well kept car. It is called car advertising, or car wraps.

This is nothing new by any means, being that it actually came into existence in the early nineties when gas was just a buck twenty a gallon. Today, with gas prices well over four bucks, this idea has been gradually catching on and gaining more popularity. Such advertisement can mean big relief to an otherwise heavy drain on our checkbook!

If you like attention, enjoying getting out and talking to folks, and don’t mind a vehicle with a toilet on the roof, screaming something like, “Need to use the toilet… how about one of ours, at your local Home Depot hardware center!”,

Then a car wrap may be just the thing for you!

There are a variety of levels from which you can do this. There is the simple bumper sticker, that will get you a dollar or so per month, on up to the full decal wraps (advertisement covering your vehicle from roof to rim), which has been noted to go as high as $3,800 a month, for the right set-up.

FreeGasHelp.com is one such company who offers gas cards in exchange for advertising various products and services with everything from bumper stickers, magnetic signs, to window decals. But if you are looking to get even more involved, companies like Autowrapped.com offer entire vinyl vehicle kits for more cash-in-hand.

There is a waiting list mind you, but if you have certain qualifications, you might get ushered to the beginning of the line quicker than others. They like people who are energetic, friendly, won’t mind learning about the product (if people ask, you are expected to tell them about it), visit several restaurants and stores per month, drive at least 1,000 miles per month, and have an eye catching vehicle.

Such preferred vehicles are the Volkswagen bug, Hummer, Hybrid, Scion, Honda Element, Smart Car, and heck, if you’re willing to have your Lamborghini or Ferrari pasted over in commercial artistry, that would probably be worth some big bucks in the right area! Other vehicles are accepted, and some programs even offer the driver a “free vehicle” to use during the duration of their advertisement period.

After you get your vehicle tattooed over in advertisements, you can start on your own body with advertising tattoos. What we don’t get, is while you can get paid to tattoo your vehicle and body, tattooed clothing costs YOU. Just to prance around in a $10 t-shirt that says “GUCCI,” is $172… on sale!

How much would you pay to wear a Preparation H body suit???