Thanks very much for the advice. Meir, thanks for the links. I guess I need to do some more research. Frankly I don't know much about cars and this is actually my first vehicle at 50 years old (I've been living over seas for too long
.... I have no idea what wrapping is but I'll look into it. I'm really enjoying this as a new hobby.
My mechanic actually specializes in painting cars and he's afraid I'll devalue the car by painting it something unique. But I'm not sure I'm worried about resale value. I just want to keep maintaining thing thing and enjoying my daily mountain drive into the city!