# Great Gift Ideas **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [July 6, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/great-gift-ideas/80184 "2013-07-06T00:05:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/great-gift-ideas/80184/1 "2013-07-06T00:05:26Z")
Check these marvels of American ingenuity out: > **[Auto Loan Resources - Tips and Advice on Taking Out Auto Loans | Bankrate.com](https://www.bankrate.com/loans/auto-loans/)** > > Get expert advice on saving money on your auto loan I need the license plate spray. How 'bout you? I toyed with the idea of putting this post in the Distracted Driving category, but few read it. If you find a gadget you’ve wanted for, like, forever, tell your Significant Other! Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2013, 12:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/great-gift-ideas/80184/2 "2013-07-06T00:25:56Z")
I’m thinking hello kitty exhaust pipe covers, eyelashes and a water bowl for critters that fits into a cup holder. ps I prefer eccentric to senile! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2013, 1:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/great-gift-ideas/80184/3 "2013-07-06T01:33:28Z")
Well that face light is likely to get you shot in some locations so I’d avoid that. The photo spray is interesting but for $49? Incidently in Columbus, OH there was an article in the paper a few days ago on how much money was made from red light tickets. Several million. So tell me its a safety device again? Huh? Yeah right. I like the expanding towels though. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2013, 3:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/great-gift-ideas/80184/4 "2013-07-06T03:13:46Z")
I’ll show my daughters the Hello Kitty tips. Maybe they’ll be interested. But if they express interest, they better watch out for a birthday or Christmas present. ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2013, 7:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/great-gift-ideas/80184/5 "2013-07-06T07:44:01Z")
I couldn’t get any further than the Hello Kitty exhaust tips.Nausea took over. 🙂 A look at eBay shows a number of sellers for those things and apparently there’s a market for them as a number have been sold. Dual exhausts and split tips would get kind of pricy… ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/great-gift-ideas/80184/6 "2013-07-06T21:52:50Z")
@Bing, the red light cameras safely protect your town’s bond rating by providing lots of money without raising taxes. ---
**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 1:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/great-gift-ideas/80184/7 "2013-07-07T01:00:13Z")
“the red light cameras safely protect your town’s bond rating by providing lots of money without raising taxes.” @jtsanders…this sounds like a spiel from the Mafiso trying to get you to pay “protection” money. I think that most “red light” cameras are crooked. The companies that run them are for profit and worst of all they are mostly unregulated. ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 1:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/great-gift-ideas/80184/8 "2013-07-07T01:17:37Z")
@missileman It is true it is a revenue source. I am having trouble with this outsourcing, tickets and fines used to be paid to the city, but are now outsourced and the company running the program has a 50% collection rate on all tickets. The big push has been to privatize but facts show it is less cost effective. [http://www.inthepublicinterest.org/node/457](http://www.inthepublicinterest.org/node/457) ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 1:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/great-gift-ideas/80184/9 "2013-07-07T01:36:21Z")
Not my city. Just visiting. They’re illegal in Minnesota now. Then a guy hit me up in the parking lot for money to get back to Dayton. Guess out of state plates draw them in. Happy to be back home. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 4:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/great-gift-ideas/80184/10 "2013-07-07T04:56:57Z")
@missileman, you couldn’t see my grin as I posted the response. It was more satire than serious. ---
**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/great-gift-ideas/80184/11 "2013-07-07T17:26:05Z")
@jtsanders…I assumed so since I rarely, if ever, disagree with you on any topic. Red light cameras raise my hackles and satire is not my strong suit.