Cars X Girl

Starry Night, Vincent Van Gogh

I’m sure everyone’s seen the above painting before. If you haven’t, I think you’ve been living under a rock.

Here’s another of my favorite paintings, that’s in a very different style:

The Persistence of Memory, Salvador Dali

And I’m going to tell you something odd — both of these paintings have one key trait in common… The artists put some heart and soul into their creations. These paintings were both infused with a bit of passion.

Heart & Soul?

Okay, okay, maybe it’s cheesy of me, but hear me out a bit.

You know how when you drive through an old neighborhood, all the houses are different and have character?

Then you drive through a new neighborhood, and every other house is the same?

Would you rather have a house with character or the house that everyone else has? If you say the one that everyone else has, my apologies. Your life really must suck.

Build Character.

In life, we shouldn’t strive to be just another number. You should just be true to yourself… We are all alike, but we are also all different. And that’s okay.

You know what makes ricers really boring? The fact that once you’ve seen one, it does a pretty good job of summing them all up. You can assume a lot of things about the other ricer cars just from seeing one example, and be fairly correct in those assumptions.

It’s one of my favorite things about the two communities I belong to — I’ve never seen two Miata’s or 240SX’s that were unintentionally identical. There’s just so much a person can do that there’s never a need to have them look exactly alike.

And then you have cars that are stock, mildly built, moderately built or completely modified.

A stock car is like a blank canvas — Those who have the urge to paint on it are free to do so, and the most recognition you can get comes from painting in a way that’s unique to you.

Do it for yourself, nobody else.

The happiest car people are the ones who have built a car they adore, for themselves, and ignore what anyone else thinks.

Can you see the pattern in what makes the most popular internet cars go viral?

They don’t fit into any one trend category. They’re an expression of their owner’s creative vision, built only for their liking and never to impress anyone else.

What makes these cars popular is the reactions they cause — usually either a “love it” or “hate it” type of dichotomy. Their impact is strong because they have character. They aren’t run of the mill. They’re extraordinary.

So quit following what everyone else does. Do things your own way.

Put a little heart, soul and personality into everything you do.

Be extraordinary.

Meg

In 2007, Meg began learning about cars. Two years later, she had a very modified '97 Miata and a '90 240SX project car, as well as the Rookie of the Year autocross title. Life now completely revolves around cars and she wouldn't have it any other way. CarsxGirl is her way to encourage others to get into racing (it's not horribly expensive!), to document & share her car builds, an outlet to share & improve her automotive photography skills and to show that real car girls do exist!

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