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The Bumper Stickers of Haight-Ashbury

San Francisco · 2023–

The art of the bumper sticker is alive and well in Haight-Ashbury. Here are some of my favorites that I have caught gracing the neighborhood in recent years, digitally recreated for your viewing pleasure.

Have you seen a good one? Kindly forward your submissions to the webmaster.

Boycott media · Explore emptiness — Honda CR-V (third generation), 2007–2011

I BRAKE FOR · WILDFLOWERS — Subaru XV Crosstrek (first generation), 2013–2017

VIP · very into pelicans! — Subaru XV Crosstrek (first generation), 2013–2017

IF YOU HONK AT ME · I WILL KILL MYSELF — Toyota Truck (sixth generation), 1989–1995

I'd rather be browsing · craigslist free — Unknown vehicle

HOW AM I DRIVING? · HOW DOES AN ENGINE EVEN WORK? · HOW CAN A LOVING GOD CAUSE SUCH AGONY — MINI Clubman (R55), 2008–2014

LIFE'S A BRIDGE · AND THEN YOU DIE — Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen, approximately 2009–2014

POLYAMORY · RUINED MY LIFE — Honda CR-V (second generation), 2002–2006

I'd rather be · GRIEVING — Honda CR-V (second generation), 2002–2006

Shakespeare, Whitman... · Townes Van Zandt — Subaru Outback 3.6R Limited (fourth generation), 2010–2014

LEGALIZE · LSD — Subaru Forester (third generation), 2009–2013

I ♥ URANUS — Lexus RX 350 (fourth generation), 2016–2022

Where the hell · are you going? · + I'm going home to · hang out with my cat — Toyota RAV4 (third generation), 2006–2012

I Break For · McDonald's — Toyota Truck (sixth generation), 1989–1995

I brake for goth girls — Toyota RAV4 (third generation), 2006–2012

I'D RATHER BE · ANYWHERE ELSE · innerdecay.com — Toyota RAV4 (third generation), 2006–2012

my driving · scares me too — Toyota RAV4 (third generation), 2006–2012

DON'T PUSH ME 'CAUSE I'M · Close to the Edge — Saturn VUE (second generation), 2008–2010

MY OTHER CAR IS A RAM — Saturn VUE (second generation), 2008–2010

HONK IF YOU'RE · HUNGRY — Toyota Truck (sixth generation), 1989–1995

reversal of man — Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen, approximately 2009–2014

WIZARD · ON BOARD — Toyota Truck (sixth generation), 1989–1995

I BRAKE · FOR · NUDIBRANCH — Toyota RAV4 (third generation), 2006–2012

“MUSIC, IT'S LIKE” · MUSIC TO MY EARS. — Toyota RAV4 (third generation), 2006–2012

BEING AN OTTER · IS NOT A CRIME — Toyota RAV4 (third generation), 2006–2012

Peace · was never · an option. — Mazda CX-7, 2007–2012

I exist without · my consent — Mazda CX-7, 2007–2012

PLEASE BE PATIENT · I AM 9 YEARS OLD — Subaru Crosstrek (second generation), 2018–2023

Mary-Kate & Ashley · for President — Toyota Prius (second generation), 2004–2009

SCIENCE IS NOT A CRIME — Toyota Corolla Hybrid (12th-generation sedan), 2020–2025 observed range

WOULDN'T YOU RATHER · BE BEHIND A BOOK? · PEGASUS BOOKS · BERKELEY OAKLAND — Toyota Highlander Hybrid (second generation), 2008–2013

LOVE OUR · MOTHER · peaceproject.com · 888-822-7675 · [illegible parenthetical] — Subaru XV Crosstrek (first generation), 2013–2017

SOMETIMES I WRESTLE · WITH MY DEMONS · SOMETIMES WE · JUST SNUGGLE — Unknown vehicle

SAAB-REANIMATOR — Nissan Sentra GXE (B13), approximately 1991–1994

KERMIT · IS MY GOD — Toyota Matrix (first generation), 2003–2008

COSMIC · CONSCIOUSNESS — Honda Element, 2003–2011

I'D RATHER · BE HERE NOW — Honda Element, 2003–2011

WARNING · This vehicle is driven · by 700 rats — Toyota Prius (fourth generation), 2016–2022

Visual proof (read: blurry photos courtesy of a broken iPhone camera) can be provided upon request.