Do you love your car? Do you hate it? Has it been there for you through good times and bad, or has it left you in the dust - or worse, in a ditch?

We’re holding a Blog Blast today to publicize AskPatty’s newest initiative - CarBlabber.

AskPatty is a fantastic website providing automotive advice for women. It was highlighted on Cool Mom Picks last fall, and the AskPatty staff has recently launched CarBlabber, a place for women to write about their cars - the good, bad, and ugly - and to learn what other women think of their own cars.

Which leads us to the topic of the CarBlabber Blog Blast:

Write an open letter to your car. Shower it with virtual hugs and kisses, reminisce about the day you first met, or give it a piece of your mind!

How it works:

1) Write your post anytime before midnight PST tonight, Friday, August 24.

2) Make sure your title identifies something about your car (such as make/model) - and make it eye-catching, as that’s how we’ll be listing them here at the bottom of this post.

3) Somewhere in the context of your post, link to the following URL: http://www.askpatty.com/click.php?ID=46

**Be sure to link to this URL exactly - it’s a tracking URL that will monitor click-throughs. We loooove click-throughs.**

4) Send the link to your post to us here (parentbloggers@gmail.com) and you’ll be entered to win a Circle Bag, made from recycled tire inner tubes (which would have otherwise been headed for the landfill) and trimmed in pink or red. (Each bag valued at $160.)

5) We’ll link all the posts on our site Friday and pick FIVE winners at random.

PLUS - CarBlabber is holding their own giveaway among those who sign up and complete a profile on the site. They’ll be giving away twelve CarMD diagnostic tools (valued at $90 each), along with a grand prize - an original Seat Belt Bag from Harveys, valued at more than $200. So click through, sign up, and blab about your car!

We hope you’ll play along and encourage your readers to participate! The more the merrier, as you are not only entered to win a prize, but you might have some new readers and traffic sent your way. And don’t forget that if you sign up at CarBlabber and complete a profile, you’re entered in their giveaway too.

In the meantime, check out the posts below - lots of bloggers blabbing about their cars!

2003 Volvo Station Wagon V70

Ah, My Dearest ‘98 Pontiac Transport

A Letter…To My Van?

Always Amazingly Awesome Montero

An Open Letter To My Ford Explorer

An Open Letter To My 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer

Dear 2005 Pontiac Montana

Farewell, My 1990 Volvo Station Wagon

Flirty Ford Focus To Enter Rehab

Hop In My Chrysler, It’s As Big As A Whale

If Lovin’ You Is Wrong, I Don’t Wanna Be Right

It’s Not ME, It’s YOU - Honda CRV

Jokers, Cake Stains, and The Brown Vulva (Ahem…’84 Volvo 240DL)

Just Another Four-Boy Moment

Minivan Driving Momma

My “B.M.W.” Love - Not Your Typical BMW

My Honda Odyssey - Mom-Mobile Extraordinaire

My Hot German Hard-Body (AKA VW Passat)

My Malibu Maxx Will Blow The Doors Off Your Minivan, I Promise

My Nissan Pickup

My Super Duper Family Friendly Subaru

My Undying Love For A 2003 Nissan Pathfinder

My X-Terra and X-Treme Lengths To Win A Contest

Ode To A 2000 Toyota Sienna

Open Letter To My 1999 Gold Jeep Cherokee

So Your Girlfriend Drives A Honda…

The Cadillac That Sometimes Could

The Hybrid Rolls Through Texas

The Little Ford

There Are No Pine Trees On Saturn - Not The Planet, Nor My LS1

There’s Still Thunder In This ‘Bird

Will You Ever Forgive Me, Poor Dented Station Wagon?