# What is the top speed of the Wienermobile?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 2, 2011, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-top-speed-of-the-wienermobile/604808 "2011-12-02T06:15:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-top-speed-of-the-wienermobile/604808/41 "2011-12-10T04:32:04Z")

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> [@EdwardLost](#):
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> Can the Weinermobiles do donuts? Maybe those would they be called bagel dogs.

Nope, in fact, they have a hard time turning a corner at speed. But for all its lack of performance, I just love the Weinermobile. I haven’t seen one since I used to volunteer at Trans-Am series races in downtown Des Moine in the 90s.

If I recall the story right, one of them crashed into the garage of a home in Wisconsin several years ago. I don’t know what got hurt worse, the wiener or the garage.

Ah, here it is. Link to [story with pic](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31975215/ns/us_news-weird_news/t/hot-dog-wienermobile-crashes-wis-home/).

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**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-top-speed-of-the-wienermobile/604808/42 "2011-12-10T05:22:54Z")

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I suspect the [Mini wienermobile](http://www.prototypesource.com/oscar-mayer-mini-wienermobile.htm) handles better.

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**Author:** ![Fish\_Cheer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fish_cheer/32/17179_2.png) [@Fish\_Cheer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish_Cheer)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-top-speed-of-the-wienermobile/604808/43 "2011-12-10T10:32:25Z")

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> [@scr4](#):
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> I suspect the [Mini wienermobile](http://www.prototypesource.com/oscar-mayer-mini-wienermobile.htm) handles better.

Awesome! They shoulda used those for _The Italian Job_.

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**Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-top-speed-of-the-wienermobile/604808/44 "2011-12-10T11:49:35Z")

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> [@Fish\_Cheer](#):
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> Awesome! They shoulda used those for _The Italian Job_.

And The Polish Job, and The German Job, and The Coney Island Job.

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**Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-top-speed-of-the-wienermobile/604808/45 "2011-12-10T11:52:28Z")

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> [@Fish\_Cheer](#):
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> Awesome! They shoulda used those for _The Italian Job_.

You better watch out. You drive that thing recklessly you’ll be in a pickle.

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**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-top-speed-of-the-wienermobile/604808/46 "2011-12-10T16:40:15Z")

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Driving the Wienermobile recklessly? I never sausage a thing.

This is just the sort of thing I’d expect to read about in the Onion.

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