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Old May 9, 2008 | 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by OogieBoogie
Wow!!! You guys are mean!!! It's definitely not my cup of tea, but I respect the right of the owner to his own expression. I see them all the time in Central Illinois. It's just something different.
you're a nice guy for saying that and i don't want to stir up a raucus. but the reason i feel "entitled" to diss these guys is that

1) they are DEFINATELY not "car guys". and it's annoying to be grouped in with them

2) it's supposed to be something unique and different, but it's NOT. they're not expressing anything except the fact that they are just sheep, following the lead of whatever all of their other homeboys do (do they still use that word, "homeboy"? probably not, but anyway). i don't personally love everything you guys do to your cars, but THAT is expressing yourself and therefore i appreciate and respect it. entirely different than donking, boxing, and bubbling. i mean, ****, talk about mainstream.... these guys think they are so cool but freakin' mattell is selling donked out cars to 6 year olds. i mean, if ever there were a clear cut pronunciation that a look has lost it's edge, that's it!
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Old May 9, 2008 | 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by ed1655
you're a nice guy for saying that and i don't want to stir up a raucus. but the reason i feel "entitled" to diss these guys is that

1) they are DEFINATELY not "car guys". and it's annoying to be grouped in with them

2) it's supposed to be something unique and different, but it's NOT. they're not expressing anything except the fact that they are just sheep, following the lead of whatever all of their other homeboys do (do they still use that word, "homeboy"? probably not, but anyway). i don't personally love everything you guys do to your cars, but THAT is expressing yourself and therefore i appreciate and respect it. entirely different than donking, boxing, and bubbling. i mean, ****, talk about mainstream.... these guys think they are so cool but freakin' mattell is selling donked out cars to 6 year olds. i mean, if ever there were a clear cut pronunciation that a look has lost it's edge, that's it!
Everyone is entiltled to their opinion. I don't like them at all. I just understand that everyone has the right to do what they want with their own car. It's a hot fad right now. Like all others, it will fade. I agree that the owners of these things are not original at all. They keep copying the same style. To each his own.
...and I never claimed that they were car guys.
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Old May 9, 2008 | 06:27 PM
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you're still probably a nicer person than i am

cheers!
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Old May 9, 2008 | 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by ed1655
you're still probably a nicer person than i am

cheers!
LOL!!

I'm sure you're a really cool guy. I understand that some folks have strong opinions. For the record, I would never be caught dead in one of those things.
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Old May 9, 2008 | 09:30 PM
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My 82 yr old grandmother has the same car, with normal sized wheels.
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Old May 9, 2008 | 09:57 PM
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Originally Posted by 1982CorvetteDude
It's funny, I got my ebay-ometer set to shoot me ads with certain year/make/model cars as they are listed in my area.....I got this last night

He said he put a 5" lift kit on it.......


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=230250031689



I don't know what's funnier about this car - the ridiculous looking rims, or imagining what the look on his face must have been when he got to the "A" in "Star" and realized that it wasn't going to be centered as he intended.

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