# Would you drive the Weinermobile? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 9, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-the-weinermobile/995850 "2024-01-09T19:49:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![gnarator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gnarator/32/8266_2.png) [@gnarator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarator)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-the-weinermobile/995850/61 "2024-01-31T23:36:16Z")
Just saw the WienerMobile leaving work: [![](https://i.imgur.com/e0xO93f.jpg?1) ](https://i.imgur.com/e0xO93f.jpg?1) Mixing it up with rush hour traffic on Washington Avenue. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-the-weinermobile/995850/62 "2024-02-01T02:13:33Z")
In which city? Washington Ave’s are a dime a dozen in the USA. I bet it’s in Wisconsin or an adjacent state, but after that I have no clue. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-the-weinermobile/995850/63 "2024-02-01T02:24:59Z")
Looks like St. Paul after Googling 3B Union Depot. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-the-weinermobile/995850/64 "2024-02-01T02:31:10Z")
Googling is cheating. If you can’t figure it out from personal knowledge, plus the clues in the scene, well, go back to the 20th century before Google. 😁 I was working off the billboard. A quick look at the license plates (not those on the wienermobile) says they’re MN too. I bet you’re right. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-the-weinermobile/995850/65 "2024-02-01T02:32:47Z")
It’s Washington and 11th Ave. in St. Paul. I play Geoguesser a lot. I know how to track these things down, but not as good as some of the pros who play the game. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gnarator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gnarator/32/8266_2.png) [@gnarator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarator)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-the-weinermobile/995850/66 "2024-02-01T06:02:46Z")
Washington and 11th in **Minneapolis**. I work next door. Cedar Square West in the background is a dead giveaway. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-the-weinermobile/995850/67 "2024-02-01T09:48:31Z")
Hey they’re Twin Cities! I can’t tell them apart! Like I said, I’m not as good as the pros. 🙂 (It’s Union Depot that is in St. Paul and screwed me up.) ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-the-weinermobile/995850/68 "2024-07-23T01:17:26Z")
Some unfortunate doings afoot in suburban Chicago today. Musta been those white out blizzard conditions. > **[https://preview.redd.it/wu6gcplhz4ed1.jpg?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=we...](https://preview.redd.it/wu6gcplhz4ed1.jpg?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4f5c50d4a1146ffa32f95c6d6754c2376cc4c3d7)** Source and additional pit of recovery here: [https://old.reddit.com/r/ChicagoSuburbs/comments/1e9ppmp/wienermobile\_crash\_on\_i94/](https://old.reddit.com/r/ChicagoSuburbs/comments/1e9ppmp/wienermobile_crash_on_i94/) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-the-weinermobile/995850/69 "2024-07-23T01:38:08Z")
That’s not gonna buff out. Fixing custom sorta-one off vehicles is not cheap. Good thing OM is a big company. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-the-weinermobile/995850/70 "2024-07-23T01:56:44Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > Some unfortunate doings afoot in suburban Chicago today. Musta been those white out blizzard conditions. That happened on the Tri-State Tollway, about 3 miles from me. That part of the Tri-State is under a major reconstruction project (and has been for several years), and it’s difficult enough to navigate the narrow, weaving lanes through the construction zone in a regular car. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-the-weinermobile/995850/71 "2024-07-23T09:30:50Z")
Heh heh buffing your Weiner(mobile). ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-the-weinermobile/995850/72 "2024-07-23T17:55:46Z")
Only if there’s a toilet in the back of that thing. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-the-weinermobile/995850/73 "2024-07-23T18:06:15Z")
Poor Weenie. I put a weiner on my bun on its side tho’, don’t want the hump getting outta hand and flop out. That’s always disappointing! 🤭 ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-the-weinermobile/995850/74 "2024-07-23T18:15:57Z")
No. I had a job once that was 80% travel. It was fun for about six months, and there were perks, but it did me in. I was a lot younger then, I really cannot see surviving it now. Plus which, the arthritis in my back does NOT like long car trips. I might try to do it for $5 million, but even then I’m not sure I would physically make it through a whole year. For $35k? Not even a week. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-the-weinermobile/995850/75 "2024-07-23T18:26:50Z")
The Wiener mobile used to come into my shop for service occasionally, all the mechanics wanted to get their picture taken in it. I never really looked at it that closely I was always busy when it came in. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-the-weinermobile/995850/76 "2024-07-23T20:30:24Z")
![](https://i.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExeTc3ZWN5M3p0N2IxeDBpZnNhbDV3Zjk1MHMwdXZ0NHNqNG94YXdyYyZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/7Eipor01ypMm3LeG4v/giphy.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-the-weinermobile/995850/77 "2024-07-23T20:44:20Z")
Their website says Penske services the Weiner mobile and the Nut mobile. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-the-weinermobile/995850/78 "2024-07-23T21:04:01Z")
According to Wikipedia, since 2008 the Weinermobile chassis is a Mini Cooper S Hardtop. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-the-weinermobile/995850/79 "2024-07-23T21:36:17Z")
That is very true, and I ran a Penske shop until I retired in 2012. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-the-weinermobile/995850/80 "2024-07-23T23:08:41Z")
The MINI based one was added to the existing fleet; it wasn’t a replacement. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-the-weinermobile/995850.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-drive-the-weinermobile/995850.md?page=5)