New, since I automatically judge anyone driving a flashy pimped out vehicle as shallow and stupid and wouldn’t want to project that image myself.
Well, ya asked.
I wouldn’t go out and spend money on pimpery, but it wouldn’t really bother me to have it in the car, as long as I’m not paying for it. So I’d just get whichever one was cheaper in terms of gas, insurance, etc.
“Erotic encounter consultants” 
When I saw that you had replied Poly I was really hoping that I would find out you wanted a “pimped out” lowrider with some mackin’ hydraulics. 
If the $20,000 in improvements goes where I want it to go, then I’ll take that. Otherwise, new car.
The MTV cars manage to look ostentatious and trashy at the same time. The drivers are telling the world “$20,000 is more money than I know what to do with.”
If I could get a “pimped out” old style car from the early 1900s, with the big cushiony seats, the little rose vases? Yeah, that would be cool.
I wound up watching the show on MTV tonight, and they put a 40 inch TV in a VW bus along with a dryer. I liked how they fixed up the car itself but I found the add-ons to be surreal.
I remarked to my wife that this guy probably has a better TV in his car than he does as home. Not to mention that he has a dryer in his car but no washer.
If I could get a “pimped” out ride without the just silly shit like that I might go for it. It would be cool to have a fresh looking VW bus or a some older car with modern brakes, engine mods, etc. However, I would not want a TV or any other weird thing like that in my car.
I like most of the cars on “Pimp My Ride” but in my opinion if a car has good loud speakers, wide rims, nice paint job and nice interior and perhaps a couple of monitors then it’s pimped. I wouldn’t need extra stuff like a chandalier or turntables, btw I thought putting a chandalier in a car was stupid.
I never saw overhaulin and the link wouldn’t load so I can’t compare it to “Pimp My Ride”.
I always wonder if the people that get their rides pimped keep them pimped one year down the road or do they have a hard time affording the upkeep.
One more thing, I think on “Pimp My Ride” they pay 20 per cent of the pimping expenses.
You’ve obviously never seen the one and only Isaac Hayes in Escape From New York: of course, he had them on his ride.
The trouble with almost all of the pimped cars you see on MTV’s show is that underneath all the bling – and lately, all those tv/game screens – you still have the same old piece of shit car with 150,000 miles on it.
If the suspension’s shot, the engine leaks, the rings are gone, the cooling system and/or air conditioner has problems, all that stuff they do for show isn’t gonna count for much. You’ll wind up in fairly short order with a showboat car sitting in the driveway because something major is wrong with it, and its owner – who probably doesn’t have any money anyway or they wouldn’t have been driving a piece of shit car in the first place – can’t afford the upkeep on their gussied-up clunkmobile.
I don’t know about that SA. On the few that I’ve seen, if the car has any major engine or structural problems they are fixed. In one case the car had so many flaws that it was replaced and the new ride was pimped.
Personally, I’d go for the pimped car. I’m assuming it’d be done to personal tastes and I’d love to have an NHL/Red Wings themed truck.
Queen Tonya. What’s wrong with acting a little shallow and stupid sometimes?
A pimped out car might be fun. Of course some accessories are more out there than others.
There was one that i saw that was too wrecked to be pimped out, so the show (or who ever provides the cash) got the person a new car, and then pimped that out. i dont understand what the obsession is with having 10 tvs in a space smaller than a bedroom.
Well, I stand corrected. Thanks, guys. I must have missed the episode where they replaced the entire car. I’ve seen them on occasion beef up bad suspensions or replace oil pans, etc. but I’ve never seen them fix anything major that didn’t have to do with cosmetics.
I’ve always had a secret desire for a Rolls-Royce Corniche monster truck. No spinner rims, TVs in the headrests or crown air freshener in the rear deck, that would be just silly. …I wonder if I could get a Baja kit for an Auburn Speedster.
“Time-Managed Relationship Facilitators” has more of that corporatespeak ring to it: you could probably even put it on your business card without raising eyebrows. Mind you, Time-Managed Relationship Facilitate My Ride won’t do at all.
What’s the point of a tv in the freaking steering wheel? Aren’t you supposed to be watching, oh, I dunno-THE ROAD???
At least you’re still looking forward.
They have aftermarket radios that will play DVD’s on a retractable screen. I shudder at the thought that someone is driving along on the freeway while staring at a tiny 6" video screen located down near the air conditioning buttons :eek:
Nothing.
Acting all flashy just doesn’t impress me, like the girls with impossibly hard to maintain hair and nails that work a crap job just to pay for the hair and nail upkeep, it just seems impossibly shallow and sorta pathetic to me. Seeing a vehicle with $20K worth of pimping isn’t going to elicit a “wow, how cool!” response so much as a “Whatta dumbass waste of $20K” reaction.
If it rocks your world, good on ya, have a blast. I happily wear bowling shoes in public occasionally, to each their own.
What? I think kinda heard you saying, “doesn’t impress,” “impossibly shallow,” “impossibly hard” and “sorta pathetic” but it’s kinda hard to hear you over the squeals from the six shallow girls with the impossible hair and nails hanging all over me – plus ‘cuz the car is kicking some ground shaking’
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