Easter is tomorrow and to celebrate I've combed the inter webs looking for the best Easter themed automobiles.  Generally speaking, the most girly cars are typically the ones transformed into the lovable Easter bunny, but the amount of dedication on some of these mods will surprise you.

Enjoy and Happy Easter from The-Grayline.com Automotive Blog!

Yeah, yeah, I know one of those cars is a Pikachu or whatever, but still, reminds me of the Easter Bunny so it was included.  Also, I suppose you could substitute any one of these Egg carrying cars with a pink or pastel paint job automobile...but that's just too easy.  Good luck finding the Easter Eggs!

Teens Buying Cars

When you were younger and you became old enough to drive did your parents give you a car? Chances are they did not. I see and hear teens talking today on how they can't wait to turn 16 as their parents are going to buy them a car so they can drive. At just 15.5 years old in a lot of states a teen can legally drive by themselves from sun up to sun down. Considering they can get the permit at 15 that means they only have 5 months experience. Some teens can drive fine at that age but most should not even be driving alone for sure.

But lets not rant on that. Kids today get everything handed to them. Once they get a drivers license they get a car and their insurance and probably their gas is also payed by the parents. All they might have to do is help around the house a couple of hours a week or in some cases they don't have to do anything extra. This is the wrong thing for parents to do. Kids today just don't seem to treasure stuff they get like the previous generation did. I think kids should be taught to be responsible and to earn what they get.

When I turned 17 I bought my first car. Well I took out a loan or my mom did and I started paying for my car. I also payed for my own insurance,tires,repairs and maintenance and anything else the car needed. I did not go out and by a brand new car either. I was smarter than that but I did get a nice 2001 Honda civic ex. It gets great fuel economy and is perfect for a starter car.

I bet that if you made your child pay for his or her car they would think more of it. They might not drive it as hard or as crazy if they were the ones paying the repair bills either. If they had to work 20 hours a week to drive they might just take care of the car,what a thought! After all they earned it with their own money and it was not some handout. I think teaching this life lesson early can really help you kid later in life. Being responsible with bills and such can pay off big time when they go out and get their first house. I know I learned a lot about bill paying and budgets.

It's Friday, I have zero motivation.   This usually lends itself to me cruising the interwebs for interesting articles or pictures to comment on.  This day shall be no different.

Today I bring you 4 dirty car messages, scribed by geniuses.  I mean, its not enough that a person lives on a dirt road, but they also have to put up with smart remarks.  Consider the first picture, the obligatory 'Wash Me' message, yeah, it doesn't hold a candle to the other 3.

Dirty Message

Dirty Message

Dirty Message

Dirty Message

Scott Wade is the man responsible for the awesome art drawn onto dirty car windows, like Einstein picture above.  He really does some phenomenal work and it's worth a look at his galleries.  Dirty.

Of course tomorrow is our Independence Day and in celebration I have crawled the web for the most patriotic cars and trucks around.  Fot his post I give you the 16 most patriotic cars and trucks in the USA.

Happy July 4th tomorrow and God Bless America!

According to Toyota they will start manufacturing a Toyota Camry Hybrid in China by 2010.  They are hopiong to ramp up production as they see a demand for hybrid vehicles increase, obviously in line with increasing fuel prices.  Seems to be a smart move, especially considering the Chinese government recently increased gas prices, the potential for demand on an Electric-Gas Hybrid vehicle is good.

This isn't the first Hybrid car Toyota has manufactured in China, but the Toyota Prius was only made in very short supply.  It's reported that there were over 430,000 Hybrid's made, less than 400 were built in the China manufacturing plant.  However, keeping inventory close to home may be in the minds of Toyota higher ups.

Currently Toyota has plans to produce the Camry Hybrid in Thailand and Australia until 2010.

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It looks like Saturn is trying to make a publicity push by having the Astra appear in the live action movie Transformers 2. There is not a whole lot of information available about the new Transformer movie, let alone the Saturn Astra, that's been seen with Shia LaBeouf behind the wheel.

No, we do not know if the Saturn Astra will be a Transformer or not, but it's still good advertising to a younger crowd for Saturn.

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The Honda FCX Clarity is starting to get some bad publicity, considering it's not as green as it seems.  According to industry analysts the Honda Hydrogen-Powered small size car is not the answer to our fuel problems and may be more disaster than relief.  First thing that comes to my mind is the famous fire ball known as The Hindenburg.

Furthermore it appears that Honda may be producing the FCX Clarity as nothing more than a publicity stunt.  Honda is planning to produce a very limited number of the Clarity, meaning 200, all pre-sold to actors and other big wigs.  Smells like they are looking cook up some advertising, but actually solve our addiction to gasoline...no.

After some closer inspection of the technologically advanced hydrogen-powered FCX Clarity, you realize your not really saving fossil fuels.  Electricity is still required to produce hydrogen and as we all know the majority of our electricity is still coming from burning fossil fuels.  Industry experts call this a displacement of pollution, not actually making it green at all.

Obviously none of this sounds nearly as good as just saying that the Honda FCX Clarity emits water from it's tail pipe instead of carbon dioxide.  Like most minorities, the cuter ones always get the most attention.