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... another episode of "pimp my ride"

Don't know if this has been answered yet, but here's my question to all US people. Are you really allowed to drive those cars (BEFORE they are "pimped") on the streets? I mean they are an imminent danger for all other road users - arent there any specific regulations for a yearly inspection or something?

or is everything just a big hoax? :E
 
I don't know what they look like (I don't get cable), but yes, your ride can be pretty shitty before they won't let you drive.
 
I was thinking the exact same thing and I asked my brother and he said they don't have MOT's in America. Not sure if its true. If it is, thats ****ed.
 
Harryz said:
I was thinking the exact same thing and I asked my brother and he said they don't have MOT's in America. Not sure if its true. If it is, thats ****ed.
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Yes... And we ALL know what a MOT is.... :dozey:
 
Pretty much if it can pass a smog check its legal to use :-/
 
Mother of Toilet Seat?
Member of Tribe?
Military Ocean Terminal?
Musculoskeletal Overload Trainer?
Mothers on Toilets?
 
Ikerous said:
Pretty much if it can pass a smog check its legal to use :-/
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Smog check? All that matters is that nothing is hanging off the car and onto the group.
 
Yea there was that car that was like half of two cars, and West Coast Customs wer like "F*** that, just get him a new car to pimp". I was pretty shocked that you might drive past that sort of thing.
 
LittleB said:
Yes... And we ALL know what a MOT is.... :dozey:
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MOT is basically a procedure that you have to go through every year to make sure that car is safe enough to be on the road, whitout the sense of dangering other peoples lives. Simple checks such as changing the tyres etc. Can't remember what it stands for now, something like "Motor of .....".

What I don't understand is, why do West Coast Customs put flat screens in the boot? Who the **** is going to watch TV in the boot?

"Is X making up words again?"
 
yeah, they put the best stuff in the boot, imagine some dude standing outside, freezing, playing halo on his x-box lol.....
anyway has anyone ever noticed how all the white dudes after 3 seconds try to talk like xzibit?
 
Ikerous said:
Wtf is a boot?
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Lol, I speak in foreign to you guys.

[American Accent] A boot is known in American as a 'Trunk'.[/American accent]
 
XD You crazy foreingers making up words all the time

Its prolly in there for tailgating
Thatd be pretty neat
 
SupremePain said:
lame tailgater party if theres only a x-box though lol
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Lol, if anything thatd make for a kewler tailgating party!
XBox > Throwing footballs at each other

Plus you'll have alcohol either way, so its all good
 
I think the program has to be somewhat fake, for example, its allways the right person who answers the door. And for some reason, 90 % of the pimped cars are black.
 
Alot of it is fake, to try and retain the element of suprise. They wouldn't let someone play with their car outside for 10 minutes without noticing, nor would they make a 'Please pimp my ride MTV' video, with the same high-quality camera used throughout the rest of the program. Also its quite weird how their current hobbies all seem to be stored in the trunk/boot.

Saying that, its one of my fav programs :D:D
 
are they allowed to sell the car afterwards? (ebay or something). I personally would let my car be pimped and then sell it in order to get a real car and having some cash besides.

ps: anyone saw the mechanics student who got a TV in the underbody (<- word?) so he could watch when lying under the car? this is nuts!
 
OMG no, that sounds a bit stupid if you think about it. I mean, there was some girls truck (OMG SHE WAS SO FRIGGIN HOT!!!11 jumps around and does the g-man dance) and they put 10 LCD's in the back of her car. Yes Yes, thanks alot, i would always like somethin like that, but i would prefer one or two big lcds. Wouldn't you?

BTW she was superhot.


And she was a brunette *dribbles*

Hot... hot... *slowly fades*
 
who needs a tv in the car - and a dvd player + screens for the back seats? unless you are have time to drive around with 3 people for 7 hours each day ...
:afro:
 
MOT stands for Ministry of Transport, the part of the UK government who were once responsible for the car test...bit of an outdated acronym as the test is now the juristiction of the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency.... according to Wikipedia at least!
 
This programme makes me laugh as well. the xbox thing had be laughing.

The last episode i saw a woman got a makeup thing put in her boot/trunk with a steamer and a hanger for her clothes. like WTF? is she gonna put her make up and get dressed behind her ****ing car! NO, why do it!?

'what you doing back there?'
'steaming my skirt and putting my make up while playing my xbox'

She got a sink in her car as well (WHY?) and a floor of t.v. screens in the back...pointless. I'd rather they'd give me a fast car with big wheels, or just a monster truck so i can run them all over for pretending they are all 'bois from da hood/ghetto'
 
Here in California, as long as your car passes the smog test, you can put it on the road. Safety is up to you.
 
Harryz said:
I was thinking the exact same thing and I asked my brother and he said they don't have MOT's in America. Not sure if its true. If it is, thats ****ed.
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Car safety/smog inspections vary from state to state. Some are more strict than others. I live in Idaho myself where there aren't any whatsoever.
 
Hectic Glenn said:
This programme makes me laugh as well. the xbox thing had be laughing.

The last episode i saw a woman got a makeup thing put in her boot/trunk with a steamer and a hanger for her clothes. like WTF? is she gonna put her make up and get dressed behind her ****ing car! NO, why do it!?

'what you doing back there?'
'steaming my skirt and putting my make up while playing my xbox'

She got a sink in her car as well (WHY?) and a floor of t.v. screens in the back...pointless. I'd rather they'd give me a fast car with big wheels, or just a monster truck so i can run them all over for pretending they are all 'bois from da hood/ghetto'
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OMG thats the episode with the HOTASS girl :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D they put 6 5" LCDs under clear plexiglass on the floor so they cud watch tv or whatever on the floor. I mean, as i said, isnt that a but useless compared to one big LCD?

alot of the stuff there is useless, but otherthings are downright cool. You would prefer it to be there, than none at all. Dont lie.
 
PMR should not bother with dvd/lcd etc. as this is now standard stock equipment - a crappy Toyota Verso comes with that these days!!

What they should do is stick european engines in their yankmobiles a 2 litre car over here has more power than a 4 litre car over there with the weight saving it would make cars fast as. Also you would not have use an entire countries oil supplies to fill it up.

Get an old skool Skoda (pre-VW) and stick a red-top in it and add a turbo - standard trim, wheels etc. Then show it as people pull up to it at the lights and laugh before it rinces their crappy SUV or whatever. Even better if it could be made to cane EVOs and STIs etc.
 
£50 Scent said:
PMR should not bother with dvd/lcd etc. as this is now standard stock equipment - a crappy Toyota Verso comes with that these days!!

What they should do is stick european engines in their yankmobiles a 2 litre car over here has more power than a 4 litre car over there with the weight saving it would make cars fast as. Also you would not have use an entire countries oil supplies to fill it up.

Get an old skool Skoda (pre-VW) and stick a red-top in it and add a turbo - standard trim, wheels etc. Then show it as people pull up to it at the lights and laugh before it rinces their crappy SUV or whatever. Even better if it could be made to cane EVOs and STIs etc.
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I'd love to do that!!! I've allways wanted a car that looks well shit. Like an old ford cortina or something souped up to the nuts under the bonnet. (Americans I hope you know what a bonnet is.. No not a kiddys hat. heh we could confuse them all day. Funny how we know their wierd words that they have changed and not the other way round.) With fake rust and mismatched body panels. Pull up next to Kev in his Nova SR and rinse that chavy get. Sad thing is you wouldnt get to see his face.

:eek:
 
WySiWyG said:
I'd love to do that!!! I've allways wanted a car that looks well shit. Like an old ford cortina or something souped up to the nuts under the bonnet. (Americans I hope you know what a bonnet is.. No not a kiddys hat. heh we could confuse them all day. Funny how we know their wierd words that they have changed and not the other way round.) With fake rust and mismatched body panels. Pull up next to Kev in his Nova SR and rinse that chavy get. Sad thing is you wouldnt get to see his face.

:eek:
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Pip pip cheerio and whatnot sirrah! Ripping good laugh.
 
We don't need complete car checkups here, because most deaths are results from morons who like to get drunk, not the cars themselves.

****ing drunks.
 
I personally prefer "Overhaulin'" They tend to do a much more tasteful and classic job on the cars, and are absolute completists. They're upgrades are far more than just cosmetic "pimping".
 
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