When carlyn challgren moved to Los Angeles, she quickly fell into the Califor-nia lifestyle—rock climbing, mountain biking, Rollerblad-ing. But the one thing she lacked was a cool car. "I used to park as far away as possible so people wouldn't see what I drove," says the 35-year-old paralegal, who cruised L.A. in a rusty 1976 Oldsmobile. But after buying a cherry-red Volkswagen Jetta last fall, she is no longer ashamed to use the valet. An added benefit: "Now cute guys check me out."
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