# What would you rather drive a new car or a pimped car?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 6, 2005, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-rather-drive-a-new-car-or-a-pimped-car/293196 "2005-03-06T08:52:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-rather-drive-a-new-car-or-a-pimped-car/293196/41 "2005-03-08T10:12:25Z")

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That sound you hear is the wheel-bearings disintegrating, **Askia**.

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**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-rather-drive-a-new-car-or-a-pimped-car/293196/42 "2005-03-08T11:47:59Z")

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I’ll take the new car…

While I don’t mind restoring or having a restored car, cars I see that are “pimped” look stupid.

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