Mag wheels, ae you a gangsta?
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So I am R1,600 poorer as of twenty minutes ago. Just got four brand new tyres fitted to my car (went up from 155/70R13s to 175/70R13s, and I already have nice mags.) Anyway so while they were fitting the tyres a bog standard grey Toyota Corolla* rocks up with 19" wheels, tyres with less rubber than a Durex and about a foot wide. These things filled the wheel arches to bursting and I am sure if you swung the wheel too fast, the front tyres would hit the arches! Frankly I thought it was disgusting, it looked totally inapropriate and it is what us Seuthhhh Efrikins call a "gangsta car", because only a gangster would drive a car like that. It just shouts "drugs, chicks and guns." So I was just wondering if there are any gangstas** on CP :-D * don't get me wrong, good car but it is not a Ferrari you know ** I like mags, no doubt about it. But they have to be tasteful and subtle. The worst is fancy mags on a boring car, especially when the car is actually hampered by such huge rubber. If your car looks fast, it must go fast. Otherwise don't make it look fast, you will be shown up for the chump you are at any interesection.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaNot a gansta but last week I fitted some nice new alloys to my car. There's a link to a pic of my car below. And before you smart arses say anything, I know it's a girls car or a hairdressers car or whatever but I absolutely love it. It's my first car and driving it this past summer has been absolutely fantastic. My Gay Car Cheers James
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Often see Merc 190s or 3-series BMWs with 'tasteful' wheels like that around here - often with the blacked out windows as well...mmm, nice! My pet hates in the 'car decoration' stakes are 3-spoke alloysespecially when the back wheels give you a nice view of the tiny little brake drums, again giving the game away that the car's not going to be able to pull the skin off a rice pudding! BTW - what do you drive to have 13" wheels on? My Alfa's not that hot & it's got 15" wheels. Don't Minis have wheels about that size :-D Stuart Dootson 'Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p'
Stuart Dootson wrote: what do you drive to have 13" wheels on? My Alfa's not that hot & it's got 15" wheels. Don't Minis have wheels about that size LOL. It is my first car and it is a Toyota Tazz. I could go for 14" wheels but then I have to get new mags and that costs a packet (easily R2500 plus another R2000 then for four new tyres. Seeing as my car is only worth R35000 it is not really worth it.) 15" would be a bit big on my car, make me look like a gangsta ;) Stuart Dootson wrote: again giving the game away that the car's not going to be able to pull the skin off a rice pudding! LMAO! Good saying, must remember that. The best is we get gangstas here driving Fiat Unos. They drop the ride height, put on the biggest, lowest-profile wheels and tyres. Then they put a massive spoiler on the back, tint the windows, put neon lights underneath the car and redo the front-grille. Now most of these Unos are 1litre cars and when going around a corner you can see the bodywork flex out of line! But no, the gangstas think they are cool. I love Q cars, the kind that looks tame but kicks super car arse.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa -
Not a gansta but last week I fitted some nice new alloys to my car. There's a link to a pic of my car below. And before you smart arses say anything, I know it's a girls car or a hairdressers car or whatever but I absolutely love it. It's my first car and driving it this past summer has been absolutely fantastic. My Gay Car Cheers James
James Spibey wrote: My Gay Car Are you out of your tree? What daft buggers think your great car is gay? That is a damned nice car James, you are very lucky to have it (and your first car? Wow, your parents rich? ;P ) It is a real classic. Sure you see a lot of woman driving them, but that is only because they are fine cars. Think about it this way: Woman are hard to please, very hard. But that car pleases them, so it must be doing something right. Hell, I would drive a pink one if someone gave it to me :-D And nice alloys man :)
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa -
James Spibey wrote: My Gay Car Are you out of your tree? What daft buggers think your great car is gay? That is a damned nice car James, you are very lucky to have it (and your first car? Wow, your parents rich? ;P ) It is a real classic. Sure you see a lot of woman driving them, but that is only because they are fine cars. Think about it this way: Woman are hard to please, very hard. But that car pleases them, so it must be doing something right. Hell, I would drive a pink one if someone gave it to me :-D And nice alloys man :)
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaPaul Watson wrote: (and your first car? Wow, your parents rich? No, the perks of being a well paid software engineer :) Cheers James
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Stuart Dootson wrote: what do you drive to have 13" wheels on? My Alfa's not that hot & it's got 15" wheels. Don't Minis have wheels about that size LOL. It is my first car and it is a Toyota Tazz. I could go for 14" wheels but then I have to get new mags and that costs a packet (easily R2500 plus another R2000 then for four new tyres. Seeing as my car is only worth R35000 it is not really worth it.) 15" would be a bit big on my car, make me look like a gangsta ;) Stuart Dootson wrote: again giving the game away that the car's not going to be able to pull the skin off a rice pudding! LMAO! Good saying, must remember that. The best is we get gangstas here driving Fiat Unos. They drop the ride height, put on the biggest, lowest-profile wheels and tyres. Then they put a massive spoiler on the back, tint the windows, put neon lights underneath the car and redo the front-grille. Now most of these Unos are 1litre cars and when going around a corner you can see the bodywork flex out of line! But no, the gangstas think they are cool. I love Q cars, the kind that looks tame but kicks super car arse.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaPaul Watson wrote: The best is we get gangstas here driving Fiat Unos Maybe there is hope for my little Seicento then? :-D Of course it's already got all the "extras" I actually want - a full length electric canvas sunroof (which was the main selling point for me) and a CD Player And having owned it for a year, I've still not seen a single other Seicento with the same sunroof, which strikes me as very bizarre -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
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So I am R1,600 poorer as of twenty minutes ago. Just got four brand new tyres fitted to my car (went up from 155/70R13s to 175/70R13s, and I already have nice mags.) Anyway so while they were fitting the tyres a bog standard grey Toyota Corolla* rocks up with 19" wheels, tyres with less rubber than a Durex and about a foot wide. These things filled the wheel arches to bursting and I am sure if you swung the wheel too fast, the front tyres would hit the arches! Frankly I thought it was disgusting, it looked totally inapropriate and it is what us Seuthhhh Efrikins call a "gangsta car", because only a gangster would drive a car like that. It just shouts "drugs, chicks and guns." So I was just wondering if there are any gangstas** on CP :-D * don't get me wrong, good car but it is not a Ferrari you know ** I like mags, no doubt about it. But they have to be tasteful and subtle. The worst is fancy mags on a boring car, especially when the car is actually hampered by such huge rubber. If your car looks fast, it must go fast. Otherwise don't make it look fast, you will be shown up for the chump you are at any interesection.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa -
Stuart Dootson wrote: what do you drive to have 13" wheels on? My Alfa's not that hot & it's got 15" wheels. Don't Minis have wheels about that size LOL. It is my first car and it is a Toyota Tazz. I could go for 14" wheels but then I have to get new mags and that costs a packet (easily R2500 plus another R2000 then for four new tyres. Seeing as my car is only worth R35000 it is not really worth it.) 15" would be a bit big on my car, make me look like a gangsta ;) Stuart Dootson wrote: again giving the game away that the car's not going to be able to pull the skin off a rice pudding! LMAO! Good saying, must remember that. The best is we get gangstas here driving Fiat Unos. They drop the ride height, put on the biggest, lowest-profile wheels and tyres. Then they put a massive spoiler on the back, tint the windows, put neon lights underneath the car and redo the front-grille. Now most of these Unos are 1litre cars and when going around a corner you can see the bodywork flex out of line! But no, the gangstas think they are cool. I love Q cars, the kind that looks tame but kicks super car arse.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaPaul Watson wrote: They drop the ride height, put on the biggest, lowest-profile wheels and tyres. Then they put a massive spoiler on the back, tint the windows, put neon lights underneath the car and redo the front-grille. don't forget the modded exhaust, to make that high strung Honda engine sound like a big beefy Harley. in my part of the world, if you see a car like this, you can guess the age, sex and nationality of the driver with 80% accuracy: 22, male, hispanic. the other 20% are the white kids who didn't get the memo. :) no offense to hispanics, of course. -c
"Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important." -- TS Elliot
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Paul Watson wrote: They drop the ride height, put on the biggest, lowest-profile wheels and tyres. Then they put a massive spoiler on the back, tint the windows, put neon lights underneath the car and redo the front-grille. don't forget the modded exhaust, to make that high strung Honda engine sound like a big beefy Harley. in my part of the world, if you see a car like this, you can guess the age, sex and nationality of the driver with 80% accuracy: 22, male, hispanic. the other 20% are the white kids who didn't get the memo. :) no offense to hispanics, of course. -c
"Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important." -- TS Elliot
Chris Losinger wrote: are the white kids who didn't get the memo :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh: We have those to. They try to be gangstas and unfortunatley and not so funnily normally end up dead.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa -
So I am R1,600 poorer as of twenty minutes ago. Just got four brand new tyres fitted to my car (went up from 155/70R13s to 175/70R13s, and I already have nice mags.) Anyway so while they were fitting the tyres a bog standard grey Toyota Corolla* rocks up with 19" wheels, tyres with less rubber than a Durex and about a foot wide. These things filled the wheel arches to bursting and I am sure if you swung the wheel too fast, the front tyres would hit the arches! Frankly I thought it was disgusting, it looked totally inapropriate and it is what us Seuthhhh Efrikins call a "gangsta car", because only a gangster would drive a car like that. It just shouts "drugs, chicks and guns." So I was just wondering if there are any gangstas** on CP :-D * don't get me wrong, good car but it is not a Ferrari you know ** I like mags, no doubt about it. But they have to be tasteful and subtle. The worst is fancy mags on a boring car, especially when the car is actually hampered by such huge rubber. If your car looks fast, it must go fast. Otherwise don't make it look fast, you will be shown up for the chump you are at any interesection.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaConsidering that I hate driving (and cars), I think I can´t qualify to the CP gangstas** comunity. Mauricio Ritter - Brazil Sonorking now: 100.13560 MRitter :jig: I've gone sending to outer space, to find another race :jig:
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Considering that I hate driving (and cars), I think I can´t qualify to the CP gangstas** comunity. Mauricio Ritter - Brazil Sonorking now: 100.13560 MRitter :jig: I've gone sending to outer space, to find another race :jig:
Mauricio Ritter wrote: Considering that I hate driving (and cars), I think I can´t qualify to the CP gangstas** comunity. Do you like shoes?
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa -
Mauricio Ritter wrote: Considering that I hate driving (and cars), I think I can´t qualify to the CP gangstas** comunity. Do you like shoes?
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaPaul Watson wrote: Do you like shoes? :confused: Mauricio Ritter - Brazil Sonorking now: 100.13560 MRitter :jig: I've gone sending to outer space, to find another race :jig:
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Paul Watson wrote: Do you like shoes? :confused: Mauricio Ritter - Brazil Sonorking now: 100.13560 MRitter :jig: I've gone sending to outer space, to find another race :jig:
Mauricio Ritter wrote: :confused: Well you don't like cars, so you must like shoes. It is either one or the other, no inbetween. Read this post to see what I mean :-D * Don't take it seriously of course, just joking around
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa -
Mauricio Ritter wrote: :confused: Well you don't like cars, so you must like shoes. It is either one or the other, no inbetween. Read this post to see what I mean :-D * Don't take it seriously of course, just joking around
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaPaul Watson wrote: Read this post to see what I mean Hmm... I prefer bare feet... ;P ;P ;P ;P :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Mauricio Ritter - Brazil Sonorking now: 100.13560 MRitter :jig: I've gone sending to outer space, to find another race :jig:
