Just Say No To Car Antlers This Christmas!

It's Christmas day, I've recently finished breakfast (no my family aren't traditionalists) and I've just spotted something that troubled me deeply; I don't even think Jesus himself would hit 'Like' on Facebook for this...

Yup, just like Easter, football season and Red Nose Day, there will always be those who insist on plastering their cars with crap to be 'different'; it's not big and it certainly isn't clever, people. Not only does your car produce more drag (which is bad for your fuel economy), you've now succeeded in making an otherwise mighty fine car a laughing stock.

Speaking of the car in question, a quick mention is in order. The BMW E36 M3 pictured above was the first M3 model to feature a straight-six engine. In later 3.2-litre guise it produced 316bhp (European version), was good for 155mph (limited) and would batter 60mph in just 5.2sec. Not bad for 1995, right?

It's also much faster than a Ford Sierra Cosworth and Mercedes 190 Cosworth as the TG boys found out:

Which is why seeing a car of such greatness transformed into a cheap gimmick angers me so much. But it's not just antlers that are the plague of the motoring world. There are far, far worse things that I've spotted on unassuming vehicles. Eyelashes anyone?

Please, won't someone make the car abuse stop...?