# What kind of car would a ghetto street dealer drive?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-would-a-ghetto-street-dealer-drive/584833>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 9, 2011, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-would-a-ghetto-street-dealer-drive/584833 "2011-06-09T05:26:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-would-a-ghetto-street-dealer-drive/584833/41 "2013-03-25T02:47:12Z")

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Anyone else a little freaked out to see this thread come up?

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**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-would-a-ghetto-street-dealer-drive/584833/42 "2013-03-25T02:49:15Z")

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> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#):
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> Anyone else a little freaked out to see this thread come up?

_raises hand_

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**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-would-a-ghetto-street-dealer-drive/584833/43 "2013-03-25T02:54:22Z")

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^^  
Heck no. I always wanted to know which car.

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**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-would-a-ghetto-street-dealer-drive/584833/44 "2013-03-25T03:05:51Z")

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> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#):
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> Anyone else a little freaked out to see this thread come up?

Yes. I guess this will happen from time to time, but right now it is a bit shocking.

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-would-a-ghetto-street-dealer-drive/584833/45 "2013-03-25T03:16:03Z")

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> [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](#):
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> Yes. I guess this will happen from time to time, but right now it is a bit shocking.

Yeah, as they say, thread is old, OP may not be around anymore. ☹

( ETA: **sixpac** , who just resurrected this thread, may not even realize what the last few posts are talking about. )

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**Author:** ![Glazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@Glazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glazer)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-would-a-ghetto-street-dealer-drive/584833/46 "2013-03-25T03:29:19Z")

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[Southern Style Gangster Shit](http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&sa=X&biw=960&bih=484&tbm=isch&tbnid=GI_fEoiJGRlXDM:&imgrefurl=http://www.impalassforum.com/vBulletin/showthread.php%3Fp%3D2196071&docid=UVWYlVQC7oVyRM&imgurl=http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n35/lildavid04/l_475a1149bd5b4c4ea32d81a884237b9a.jpg&w=575&h=431&ei=68BPUdOZJozW9QT3x4HQDA&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:27,s:0,i:176&iact=rc&dur=2609&page=3&tbnh=180&tbnw=216&start=18&ndsp=11&tx=103&ty=118)

[Looks right at home going down Cleveland Ave.](http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&biw=960&bih=484&tbm=isch&tbnid=6wRoYfF7ix_4AM:&imgrefurl=http://www.300cforums.com/forums/chrysler-300-picture-media-post/67528-photoshoot-22-inch-wheels-moved.html&docid=IzpnyJZXoF1z-M&imgurl=http://www.300cforums.com/forums/attachments/chrysler-300-picture-media-post/31994d1233630752-photoshoot-22-inch-wheels-moved-011.jpg&w=640&h=480&ei=zsJPUdnSHY_W9ASG4IDQBw&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:1,s:0,i:85&iact=rc&dur=1136&page=1&tbnh=173&tbnw=257&start=0&ndsp=7&tx=160&ty=66)

[Who de Whooo!!!](http://www.google.com/imgres?start=126&hl=en&biw=960&bih=484&tbm=isch&tbnid=dD5QSWtbH8lR5M:&imgrefurl=http://carshotwheel.com/u2-wheels-22-inch/&docid=AUFsdEs8HC47JM&imgurl=http://carshotwheel.com/images/u2-wheels-22-inch-large-1.jpg&w=1024&h=768&ei=xcNPUarBOI-Y8gTW_oH4Bg&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:36,s:100,i:112&iact=rc&dur=2110&page=12&tbnh=192&tbnw=258&ndsp=13&tx=103&ty=91)

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**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-would-a-ghetto-street-dealer-drive/584833/47 "2013-03-25T03:44:46Z")

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**Glazer,** the OP doesn’t need an answer anymore. ☹

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**Author:** ![Glazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@Glazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glazer)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-would-a-ghetto-street-dealer-drive/584833/48 "2013-03-25T04:11:44Z")

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But I love me some ghetto wagons.

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**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-would-a-ghetto-street-dealer-drive/584833/49 "2013-03-25T04:15:21Z")

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Now _this_ is what I call a “zombie thread”. :eek:

Too soon?

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**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-would-a-ghetto-street-dealer-drive/584833/50 "2013-03-25T05:09:54Z")

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I’ll be back tomorrow with some recent pics of street level dealers (sells to users) ‘rides’… 😉  
(Here in H-Town it varies, from ratty tennis shoes to semi-pimped, 5-10 year old, used cars.)

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**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-car-would-a-ghetto-street-dealer-drive/584833/51 "2013-03-25T18:35:42Z")

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> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#):
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> Anyone else a little freaked out to see this thread come up?

I joined after Opal had pretty much quit posting, but I had lurked for years so I was familiar with her, but it was a little disconcerting to see this thread pop up.

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