# Are boom boom cars just a American thing? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 2, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-boom-boom-cars-just-a-american-thing/694653 "2014-08-02T17:12:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![OffByOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@OffByOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OffByOne)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-boom-boom-cars-just-a-american-thing/694653/21 "2014-08-04T01:13:30Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > It has nothing to do with musical enjoyment, it’s all about showing the world how big your dick is. Actually, it’s all about how big you want the world to THINK your dick is! ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-boom-boom-cars-just-a-american-thing/694653/22 "2014-08-04T01:21:03Z")
> [@OffByOne](#): > > Actually, it’s all about how big you want the world to THINK your dick is! If you feel you have to compensate by having the world’s biggest boom boom car, the message you’re sending to the world is basically “my dick can only be seen through a microscope”. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-boom-boom-cars-just-a-american-thing/694653/23 "2014-08-04T05:07:45Z")
Certain cars make me want to put a bumpersticker on them that says ‘objects in mirror are smaller than they appear,’ but I don’t think they’d get it. ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-boom-boom-cars-just-a-american-thing/694653/24 "2014-08-04T06:34:55Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > You’ll find such cars everywhere there are cars - they’re a percentage of every country’s car scene. The difference with the US is that it crosses various genres - you’ll find it in imports, exotics, old Detroit iron, everything. Outside the US, it seems more related to the Japanese import scene, or whatever cars emulate them. I dunno about that. I’ve never seen one in Singapore, ever. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-boom-boom-cars-just-a-american-thing/694653/25 "2014-08-04T16:42:40Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > It cracks me up when it’s a POS car and you can hear the poorly fitting trunk lid rattle. Precious little musical enjoyment can possibly come from that. IME, it’s usually the license plate surround that is rattling. The standard size Florida license plate has screw holes lower down than the holes in standard plate surrounds, so they are normally only attached at the top. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-boom-boom-cars-just-a-american-thing/694653/26 "2014-08-04T23:07:52Z")
> [@Tabby\_Cat](#): > > I dunno about that. I’ve never seen one in Singapore, ever. The question then is “how much into the Singapore car scene are you?” Googling “Singapore custom stereo” turns up the usual LED-lit excesses as everywhere else, as does “Singapore custom cars.” ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-boom-boom-cars-just-a-american-thing/694653/27 "2014-08-05T11:20:19Z")
It may have started in America, but today it can be found wherever there are young men with cars. ---
**Author:** ![Aestivalis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Aestivalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aestivalis)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-boom-boom-cars-just-a-american-thing/694653/28 "2014-08-06T02:16:12Z")
Maybe the question should be whether they play the same bad music worldwide? ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-boom-boom-cars-just-a-american-thing/694653/29 "2014-08-07T13:22:05Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > Yes, basically American. It evolved from the post-war years, when only America had the economy to enable children to have their own cars, and outfit them according to their own taste, reflecting a pre-adult maturity of the car as a look-at-me toy, rather than a tool. The thousands of Norwegians (and Swedes, and that’s just what I’m personally acquainted with) who spend every Friday and Saturday night driving in circles in their podunk little towns showing off the shitty cars and oversized stereos will be surprised to hear it’s just an American thing. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-boom-boom-cars-just-a-american-thing/694653/30 "2014-08-07T15:10:35Z")
I’m thinking little RPV helicopters with paint ball guns. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-boom-boom-cars-just-a-american-thing/694653.md?page=1)