Trailer hitch covers
- Available at: Princess Auto, Amazon.ca, auto accessory stores
- Price: Varies with detail
It was bad enough when the family of stick men appeared on minivan rear windshields to let you know there was a soccer mom or ski family on board. But there's another place to entertain people following your fender. The trailer hitch mount is increasingly used as four square inches of humour or insults.
You don't have to see the licence to tell where the owner is from, the hitch will tell you. A boat propeller may be someone from the coast. A Maple Leafs emblem is likely a diehard fan from Toronto, and the deer with the bulls-eye is probably a truck from the prairies.
Be careful of what you put on the hitch though. In South Carolina, drivers were fined for "obscene objects" dangling from their hitches. Those, of course, being plastic bull testicles that sway with the truck as it stops for red lights. (You can even get glowing bull balls for you bicycle from a Toronto company at balls.bike)
So, what will you fill the hitch mount with this year? A glowing Stormtrooper? A tiny tribute to your auto maker or something to amuse the masses?
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