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[durok]

Originally Posted by durok

I hear ya - and this is my other automotive pet-peeve - "Elbow" wire wheels:

Originally Posted by HumboldtEF

Huh, luckily I've never seen that before. Its like a new age curb feeler, lol I dont know who in their right mind would think those look anything but atrocious

I cant find a great picture of it at the moment but one of my favorites is when someone buys a big roll of chrome door protector (strip/U channel) and they absolutely go to town putting it on every sheet metal seam they can manage to fit it into, it breaks up the lines of the car a ton even if just used on the doors alone but my god when its on every edge of every panel it looks remarkably terrible. They must figure hey I've got 50' more of this I might as well use it all.

That's pretty ridiculous...

The "Elbows" wire wheel thing seems to have come out of Houston, they call it "SLAB" culture, and you'll see things like a Olds Intrigue (the fishy-looking one) with them and fake Continental kits, portholes, etc...

What really pisses me off about it is that it's dangerous to others - pedestrians and cyclists - and basically anyone parked next to one is gonna have to play hopscotch jumping over them to walk past the car - and I can only imagine the scrapes and gouges they could inflict on another car's sheetmetal!

Here's a another offender:

[high plains drifter]

Correct... I am indeed not ready. ^^^

[motakitty]

It's a mobile wire whisk

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[HumboldtEF]

I Sincerely hope those elbows aren't street legal, are they?

I found a Jalopnik article on the Elbows https://jalopnik.com/if-youre-wonder...are-1823893049

its apparently legal based on an overall width limitation, so semi trucks cant do it but regular cars can, lame!

Oh and slab is an acronym for either slow low and bangin or slow loud and bangin, funny stuff!

[Mike Flea]

Just another fad, unfortunately, given the examples stated, a possible dangerous fad. Remember wheel spinners, they lasted about a year, now you rarely see them.

[59sled]

Originally Posted by Mike Flea

Just another fad, unfortunately, given the examples stated, a possible dangerous fad. Remember wheel spinners, they lasted about a year, now you rarely see them.

Unfortunately its a fad that's been around since the 80's, mainly based in Houston.

[Mike Flea]

Really? This is the first time I've seen these

[59sled]

Originally Posted by Mike Flea

Really? This is the first time I've seen these

I think mainly because it's centralized to parts of Houston. Thankfully.

[DVS]

Originally Posted by 59sled

I think mainly because it's centralized to parts of Houston. Thankfully.

[durok]

I've seen plenty of them in Austin, too - but we aren't really that far away...

Usually the ones here are just the worst part - the wheels, on a somewhat beat-up '90s or '00s American sedan.

They aren't the full-on showboats like in most of the pics and videos you see online.

[wings_of_fire]

Putting Spartan charriot towers on car wheels is just stupid.

[Duuuuuuuude]

My best/most recent wth moment: my boss made the serious suggestion that the new uniform shirts for the service dept should be white. Because he wants us to look clean.









































Over the years I have become more and more convinced that he does not live on this planet.

[hpiguy]

I guess the wheels and tires were more important than that e brake cable was.

[2mtech]

Originally Posted by Duuuuuuuude

My best/most recent wth moment: my boss made the serious suggestion that the new uniform shirts for the service dept should be white. Because he wants us to look clean.

Over the years I have become more and more convinced that he does not live on this planet.

I feel ya. My company decided Engineering needed to wear white shirts last year. Now we ALWAYS look dirty. WTH indeed?

[Peaker]

"parts of Houston"


Was it just me or ? but i dident see a single Honky drive one of those.


Yes and i can say honky cuz i am white. ( if not i can cuz i am Danish and were not that PC )

[2mtech]

Originally Posted by Peaker

"parts of Houston"


Was it just me or ? but i dident see a single Honky drive one of those.


Yes and i can say honky cuz i am white. ( if not i can cuz i am Danish and were not that PC )

What's the ethnic slur for white Danish guys...pastry?

[wings_of_fire]

[wings_of_fire]

Self fulfilling prophecy at its best.

[2mtech]

Originally Posted by wings_of_fire

Like a couple people on this forum discussing a controversial (or not so controversial) topic from opposite perspectives.

[JatoTheRipper]

Originally Posted by wings_of_fire

Self fulfilling prophecy at its best.

That chick is a see you next Tuesday...


Checkout this video of getting caught in a tornado! Both awesome and WTF all at once!