Pimp My Ride Was Cringier Than I Remember..

[@princelorian]

*i used to buy cocaine from a guy in a Scion Cube*

[@ORIGINALFBI]

Cool. What's his name and address?

[@Jherick5954]

@@ORIGINALFBI If his name is Keith it might be my dad, I haven't seen him in a while 😂

[@ninjaswordtothehead]

Apparently this does not apply to *every* driver of a Scion Cube. Man, that dude got really mad.

[@DeadVoidzzz999]

@@ORIGINALFBI Thanks for the laugh i almost pissed myself reading this lmao

[@kameshimayama2195]

If this guy's new scion didn't look like he sold crack BEFORE they fucked with it, it certainly does now. 🤣

[@principalmcvicker6530]

Xzibit's hosting is the best/worst part of this show

[@Empty_Roar]

Yeah, its the main thing the reboot is missing. The new girl doesn't add enough

[@Empty_Roar]

@RunningOnEmpty yes there is a reboot. Free on KZbin

[@DogFish-NZ]

Like how Chris's lashes are more fire than the wrap

[@DogFish-NZ]

@@Empty_Roar 🤯

[@benholroyd5221]

Pimp my ride UK had Tim Westwood. Which is better/worser than xzibit

[@johnpatz8395]

Saw a few videos about the program, one guy even tracked down, bought and repaired one of the cars from it, and it was said that not only didn’t they fix anything, but often parts that were shown on the show were removed before turning the vehicle back over to the owner, some parts were complete nonfunctional and in general any wiring done was a complete nightmare.

[@chriscarpenter3370]

was this the minivan

[@johnpatz8395]

@@chriscarpenter3370 I saw that one as well, but this is the one I was referring to, as they actually bought one of the cars that had been redone on Pimp My Ride, and worked to fix it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYmaanx_gbF3oqcsi=PzouAt47yPefhYVN

[@TheHipisterDeer]

That's because the parts they use are extremely expensive, if they just gave all these parts for free they wouldn't afford to keep the show alive.

[@nicatnite]

the pressure of trying to maintain the same insane level of excitement with every single feature they point out is crazy

[@kylesaunders8436]

A floating speaker in the back is going to be great for piling in groceries lol

[@AutoYoung]

First of all, that was an amp and secondly, yes it is great because you can put things UNDER it!!!

[@HoneyCat_Comb]

​@@AutoYoungthat doesn't change the fact that it takes up a fuck ton of space, can fit two bags in there max....

[@donaldmccullough38]

In school, this was so popular. My friends and I had a camcorder (tiny bit before all kids had cells) and filmed a few episodes of "Pimp My Cookie" for school. We had Maximum Mike on dough and fabrication, Alex on taste consultation, and of course, our man Dave on sprinkles and toppings. We asked other students to bring in cookies from home and bring them to our study hall so we could assess their saccharine situation and hook them the fuck UP, dawg.

[@picahudsoniaunflocked5426]

I'd watch that on KZbin for sure!

[@babygravey]

Release the tapes

[@supershmueli]

Release the series!

[@shuruff904]

We had Boost Mobile 2 ways back then bro...

[@kolonarulez5222]

This put such a smile on my face to imagine lol

[@VerityFraser]

That guy demanded that kid do a dance for them, outstanding.

[@owie4070]

And what a dance it was 🤣

[@shuruff904]

Tropic Thunder "Simple Jack" vibes... "You perform or you die!!!!"

[@ixyzyxi]

Can ride a car but cannot ride a dick America

[@thatsadogshittheory8485]

Can't remember if it was that guy but someone mentioned in an interview one of those big motherfuckers basically pulled him aside after filming the first reveal of his pimped car to say that he wasn't excited enough

[@stephen3164]

“You should do a dance!“ 😃 “Yeah.” “No, I mean it - you should do a dance.” “Yeah, yeah. Ok.” “Seriously - dance white boy. Right now.” 😡 “Oh! Uh…” (hops up and down)

[@Flo936723]

"She is sitting is the other car"(the 5 year old sister) got me genuinely laughing 😂😅

[@tacticaljuggernaut4866]

One of those workers looked like Snoop if he smoked crack instead😂😂

[@BinWylin]

@@tacticaljuggernaut4866lmaooooo white snoop

[@baphometsfire3838]

2005 was one hell of a drug

[@Vollification]

Good times :)

[@torstenscholz6243]

And that's a compliment - 2005 was one of the last years of 90s/00s quirkiness, before entertainment became as dull, uncreative and overly politically correct as it is today.

[@Vollification]

@@torstenscholz6243 Hear hear

[@Computernet-xz8fu]

@@torstenscholz6243oooh shooouuuuut uuuup

[@tim3172]

@@torstenscholz6243 I know, right? How can something be fun if it's not openly-racist and punching down?

[@raeishimura]

The thing about this show that irked me growing up around mechanics was that they never did mechanical work on the car. Some of these cars needed serious work, and none of that stuff got actually done. Ever. And I've heard that some of the really expensive things that they added to the cars got removed. As in, they didn't even get to keep the super expensive junk they put on the car.

[@fosty.]

A lot of it probably fucked the car even more because of the drain on the battery.

[@csrocker101]

Yea having researched a lot on this show, it was often the case that’d it take super long wait time to get there car back. Pretty clear that pimp my ride cars were super low on the priority list at West coast customs (WCC). Sounds like the WCC crew was overworked and underpaid due to all the labor penalties they got hit with and I’m sure just wanted to get it out the door.

[@briansmith48]

​@@fosty.. That's why you get a separate battery. One for the engine and one for the electronics that they would have put in the trunk.

[@fosty.]

@@briansmith48 Did they ever do that though? I mean I guess they might have, but I've heard they just made stuff look nice on the outside but never really made it to last.

[@briansmith48]

@@fosty. . Even just for the demonstration to the owner of the car and then the car ride back home to show the folks, they would have to install two batteries. If they then removed most of the electronics then yes, the extra battery wouldn't be needed.

[@HarleySLA]

As an automotive technician, more cars get welded together than you think. Shady body shops do it all the time, taking two wrecked cars and creating a "good" more expensive car with a good title. It's dangerous for sure, but far from unheard of. Stay safe folks, be careful of what you buy.

[@MsAngrybutterfly]

Thanks for pointing this out, most people who don't work with cars have no idea how shady some shops can be.

[@thegadflygang5381]

For the amount of time and effort it takes to weld together and a suspension and corollary fittings how can that be possible? Not to mention if you bring it to any random mechanic they are going to be like "I was looking for your VIN # and uh.. yeah this is actually two cars welded together".. i just dont see it

[@tigerchillyable]

I've welded 2 cars together...not to sell🤣

[@MrSilnev]

​@@thegadflygang5381 I mean it's actually a quite well known phenomenon in the automotive community. They're typically called "Cut and Shuts". In regards to your mechanic scenario, these were made to be sold to unsuspecting customers, so no a mechanic would probably not be involved in the transaction.

[@Jmonkeh]

Fucking RIP to anyone who gets into anything more than a low speed parking lot crash in a car with a welded frame. Holy shit...

[@jkephart4624]

Combing your hair down and spiking it in the front is the most late 90s -early 2000 haircut ever lol

[@dasmuss6174]

Fuck, I still do that now, is that wrong?

[@therealityofitall4819]

Sure is! 😂😂😂😂

[@therealityofitall4819]

@@dasmuss6174 You still have hair??

[@dasmuss6174]

@@therealityofitall4819 yeah, I do it with my taint hair too

[@bdel80]

Simon from inbetweeners had that style

[@heavenly2k]

I feel bad that Xzibit struggles with platonic affection

[@CodeeXD]

Me too no homo

[@oranebrown2169]

🤔😄

[@em84c]

He's not gay you know!!! 😆

[@ThePrimeMinisterOfTheBlock]

I feel bad that Exhibit does not know how to spell his own name.

[@RyanPancakes]

Lmao right? Nothing says “I’m comfortable with my heterosexuality” like acting like you are going to “catch the gay” if you hug another dude

[@ChadAV69]

As a little kid I used to actually believe that if I destroyed my dad's camaro, I could get on pimp my ride and get it pimped.

[@ansonilam1234]

glad u didn’t sabotage that piece of art

[@lyssagames4311]

Honestly I would just sell everything they put on my car that wasn’t welded down 😂

[@Thor-Orion]

That would be the intelligent thing to do.

[@kylemendoza8860]

I heard they took it back because it wasn't street legal.

[@bdel80]

You would need to for the insurance

[@RustyNips]

Or bring it in the house to use normally lol

[@BackwoodsGarageLLC.]

If they welded anything to my car then I wouldn’t want the car. It’s a brand new car why would they need to weld lmao

[@Skvalpenotta]

On the show, they actually would often replace the car with a matching model that was in better mechanical shape than the one brought in by the owner. This saved them a lot of time as they didn't have to solve any mechanical problems etc., and the car was often stripped down before the owner's car came in

[@torstenscholz6243]

That would make sense as the old clunkers they got were most of the times beyond salvageable and could and should have been put on the junkyard straight away. It would also explain how these clunkers would have managed to carry all that new, more heavy and more energy-consuming stuff.

[@chriscarpenter3370]

makes sense to me.

[@winterkill1764]

You gotta admit one thing about Xzibit His laugh is amazing 😭

[@marcen12]

I want him and Seth Rogan to have a laugh off.

[@dontayecason7137]

@@marcen12 reboot? Jesus

[@CL3V3Rtrevor]

A guy walking down the street hearing the kid say "Thank you MTV for pimping my new ride" is saying to himself "Thank you MTV, for giving me a new ride to chop as soon as this guy is asleep."

[@CodeeXD]

*is disappointed when he shows up that night to see MTV already chopped it*

[@xevious21]

The fact that the car didn't fall apart with the frame being welded together is a nothing short of a miracle.

[@sammy13ificationable]

Nah that's fine. It's done all the time. But the fact that the car didnt fall apart with THOSE welds, is the problem

[@dasmuss6174]

What they didn’t show was the duct tape underneath the car, that’s why she held together all that time

[@davidpeters6743]

I mean welds are not weak dude. I've spent a lot of time walking on something with a two inch tack weld being the only holding it. Like a two inch tack weld will hold a dude working for hours. A weld, even a fairly shoddy one, will probably hold the car forever.

[@OldsmobileCutlass1969Va]

The welds are stronger that the metal it was connecting... The quality of the welds... That's a different story!

[@BadgerOff32]

@@davidpeters6743 Yeah, until it's involved in a crash. The forces involved in car crashes would fold that thing like a lawn chair. Cut and shut cars are illegal in England because they are literally death traps waiting to happen

[@Thejordanenthusiast]

The 11-14 year old me was very into the show, but the older me realized how much of a pain in the ass it is/would be to update all the electronics in the car as time has passed. When I watched Tavarish pick up that Plymouth minivan that was featured in the later seasons, I imagined how many, or all the cars in the show must be sitting in a scrapyard.

[@TisTheoCapable]

I am one of seven aforementioned guys here to say that the Scion xB was super fun to drive and had a shocking tow capacity and overall was a blast to drive and a reliable car

[@Dan-cj9yg]

...it's still lame lol. But a new free car is still a new free car, so I'd be happy to drive it of I didn't pay a dime. Otherwise...I wouldn't pay a more than a dime for that "car"

[@daltonderrick16]

@@Dan-cj9yg it’s a toyota product, i had one that made it to 360k miles before i parked it because i got a new truck

[@18nakedcowboys69]

@@Dan-cj9yg lame? This car is so cool looking ya’ll are HATERS.

[@sorrenblitz805]

@@Dan-cj9yg practical doesn't always translate well to Aesthetics. I'd rather have a lame looking car that works for whatever I need it for rather than some shit sports car that can't go up an incline.

[@mikehawks4741]

I hated the look of the xB from the moment I saw the first release, 2nd ugliest car ever after the Pontiac Aztec. 2 years later I had to get something to get me from A to B and haul my son around. I drove that damn xB for12 years and it became his first car when he was 16. It looks so stupid but so amazing at the same time. I miss that car.

[@JacquesLeChat]

one reason why that scion box car did so well is that older folk could get in and out of it really easily because of the seating position

[@jordancambridge4106]

Also it was big enough space for fat people and it was great for taking on camping trips. Hell my step mom had one that she gave to her oldest daughter before it got given to her second oldest daughter. Also the back seat had an actual outlet and it was actually easy to put a small TV in back seat and hook up a Play Station 2 and not have anyone have any issues with cords at all because of the spacious room. Personal experiences. Hell they also got extremely great gas milage. They also required very little maintenance. They were actually a legit vehicle.

[@orf1011]

"It looks like hip hop" is hands down the funniest thing I've ever heard.

[@p.d.l7023]

I have an important event to go to later today. I'm making it my mission to crowbar that quote in at some point during the day.

[@125henni]

I didn't realize how insane this show was until now. Jist give that kid the damn car as is lmao

[@johnnychase2629]

I love all these videos on classic shows we grew up on. I’ve watched em all at least twice. Keep em coming Chris.

[@sasuke1243]

I cried laughing when you pointed out the DMV probs didn't know that car exists. XD

[@OldsmobileCutlass1969Va]

As long as the front part of the car had a legal title, I'm sure the DMV was fine with it. If they used a different VIN from either car... That would be shady af.

[@p.d.l7023]

An old friend used to turn coffins (real ones) into like a car/motorcycle hybrid. Because the motors were VW Bugs that's how they were registered with the dmv.

[@chriscarpenter3370]

​@@p.d.l7023tldr a coffin is a Volkswagen

[@tj-8422]

Not Xzibit calling another grown man "daddy" yet refusing a hug...

[@MarioMadness1]

There's lots of interesting facts about this show.. like most of the upgrades they ended up removing after the episode

[@Travis_Does_It_All]

Ahhh, watching Xzibit being wasted every episode brings back good childhood memories!!

[@breakingames7772]

Yup that was his big coke days....he's got stories about his addiction

[@CodeeXD]

Of course he was he was getting that mtv money

[@Beairstoboy]

Feels like he shared some with Kerry too, that kid was just so excited to see his brand new car's every feature lol

[@MikeJr9284]

Man, the 2000s were an interesting time. This was the era I grew up in.

[@therealityofitall4819]

My era too.. late 1990s early 2000s was my era..

[@velvetrooster5569]

So one of the most important things to know about my Pimp My Ride is that a lot of the cosmetic changes would be taken off after the show periof course they would still leave the paint job but I'm talking about all the TV screens that they put in the cars during the early seasons of the show. They would also take the rims off the car and put the original rims on the car. There was a minivan with a waterfall installed inside of it and they took the whole waterfall mechanism out of the car after the they gave the car back to the guy. You have to remember that this is the show that literally made a car with TV screens in the mud flaps. By the way they don't do any mechanical stuff so they don't fix your engine they don't fix your suspension they don't fix your diffecentral which means you're piece of s*** car is now a shiny piece of s*** car except for like the 1 or 2 times I can think of that they just straight up replace the entire car

[@mmurphy2021]

Hi, I'm the rabid scion enthusiast. I have a 2013 XB, and its the best. The paint is peeling, the AUX port is broken, the speakers crackle, my dog shit in the back seat multiple times when she was a puppy and we were car training her, and I used to smoke cigarettes so there's a permanent aroma of stale smoke in it. But i bought it for $8,000 over 7 years ago and the only maintenance I've had to do is changing the a few of the tires, replacing the air filter, and changing a tail light. I can fill my gas tank for about $30 from empty. It is the most reliable and durable car I've ever owned and I will never stop screaming its praises.

[@Egryn]

I loved how West Coast Customs was basically just a chop shop. You know every one of those guys committed at least a felony or two.

[@simsatvrepair1255]

The actual west coast custom shop was a true custom shop this is just a scripted reality show lmao

[@Egryn]

@@simsatvrepair1255 I dunno they look like felons to me.

[@GojiGetsDown]

how was it a chop shop?😂😂 they literally put 9x more money into the cars than what they are worth .

[@Egryn]

@@GojiGetsDown then the car is stolen it’s considered free. If you put $9 into the car you e put 9 times as much money as it is worth; since you got it for free.

[@GojiGetsDown]

@@Egryn when did west coast customs steal someones car?? lmao what are u even trying to say

[@UnclePhil73]

I’d love to hear anyone talk about their follow up to having their car pimped. Honestly I’d probably sell it right away and use part of the money to buy a modest used car and still have money in my account.

[@Brainshatterer]

I've got lots of info up. But KZbin is hiding my stuff. I got my wife on the show and we still have her car. It's fantastic.

[@Birdbandb]

I’ve seen videos where they update u.

[@Birdbandb]

I wanted a Scion TC (the coupe) so freaking bad back then… don’t see those anymore. Still see the cubes tho. Guess there’s something to be said for that..

[@J233-4]

There was one participant who did a reddit AMA a while back

[@CqThatdude]

Awesome! I just found this channel recently and have been binge watching these videos. I remember 99% of these shows and they are all cringe lol. Looking back on them especially

[@bigrudd9346]

Agreed!

[@KaNgUrUhBR]

I did the same about 4 months ago! His videos are HELLA addictive.

[@angel.red69]

Did the same, he's so funny

[@ReptileK041]

I remember watching most of these shows and loved it before I recognised how cringe it all was.... Chris Angel for example, loved watching the cringe mfkr

[@CqThatdude]

@@ReptileK041 Oh same here! I used to think Chris Angel was bad azz but now i cringe at the stuff i used to think was cool lol

[@cameronrich2536]

Love how xhibit knew so little about cars he would literally call windshield cement roofing tar and really think he knew what he was saying

[@beepbeeplettuce5890]

Youd think hed learn some stuff being around car guys all the time, supposedly

[@Thejordanenthusiast]

Xzibit is actually quite the car enthusiast; he’s done multiple Gumball rallies and has a nice selection of lowriders. And honestly I would think at first that would be roofing tar on the windshield as well with the shitty way it’s been applied.

[@AnAverageGoblin]

@@Thejordanenthusiast owning cars doesn't mean you know every inch of their repair process. I love computers but that doesn't mean I know what the fuck they're made of.

[@Thejordanenthusiast]

@@AnAverageGoblin While what you said is true, that doesn’t mean it’s cool to make an assumption that he doesn’t know much about cars.

[@TooMuchT.V]

I'm so glad this episode wasn't a fever dream. Cuz they NEVER gave anyone else a new car and I only saw this episode once

[@jaylancaster8125]

14:51 wont give a guy a hug but calls him daddy lol

[@BluberryBunny89]

I had an 89 escort, manufactured same year and month as my birth. We were meant to ride together haha It was so much work to get it fixed nice, and even tho this kid's car wasn't safe to drive, I would have loved to see them at least try to help it lol

[@ralphharrison6622]

i always wanted an escort gt, never found one worth buying tho. instead, i picked up a chevy x 11.

[@Deadhead-kq4hr]

Shits would fall apart from all that weight looks like the welding was starting to rust

[@hoss70711]

That thing is a metal cube sitting in a landfill by now. Kerry is like 36 and is probably in therapy to deal with the cringe.... "They made me dance.... THEY MADE ME DAAAAANCE!"

[@SchruteFarms]

Chris you could make a 45 minute video on the different types of socks you can buy and I’d watch it. Almost at that 100k man you deserve it!

[@alexnatal7052]

10:29 BRO THAT IS SNOOP DOG WITH THE MICHEAL JACKSON EFFECT WTHHHHH 🤣🤣🤣🔥

[@noobslayer7564]

you have such a good vibe and your bits always make me laugh. Thanks for the content

[@koDaffi]

You totally missed a golden opportunity to say that Hello Fresh is here to Pimp Your Plate.

[@4hoost]

Dude you're so close to 100k! You should celebrate by watching Babe (for the first time) while eating a Hungry Man dinner. You know, for the memories and shit.

[@johnclaudetaylor5224]

I exhaled out of my nose humorously at the “can’t wait to play Green Day on this” 😂

[@p.d.l7023]

Even now, Green Day = Baby's first punk band. 😅

[@jakebiebel8609]

You’re about to hit 100k!! You deserve it You are hilarious. You’ll be up there with drew and Danny in no time

[@dizzy1369]

Who are they?

[@b00biejingles]

@@dizzy1369 Danny Gonzalez and Drew Gooden

[@AlexanderHintz-r7d]

9:23 I just realized something he bought a brand new car and completely took it apart and gave it to the dude voiding the warranty so if anything goes wrong after they take their stuff back out of the car cuz they do that he's f***** because if that thing breaks down there's no warranty on it anymore

[@docmadi96]

Kerry really made my day. IDKY I'm crying but I'm just happy at his excitement

[@jonathanbethards3689]

why did your pronunciation of 'Green Day' make me laugh so hard

[@myishenhaines1706]

I needed this! Thanks! Needed a mind break for a bit and just watch something lighthearted. I’m going through difficulty with a new roommate not trying to understand my autism. So I have been overwhelmed a lot the last couple of days.

[@DoctorDerpman]

Hang in there, my friend. Things will get easier, I guarantee.

[@JeremysYT]

In what ways would you like your roommate to accommodate you?

[@YOUAPUTA]

Smoke some weed buddy

[@MagicCookieGaming]

You've got this! If you need some advice or someone to talk to lmk and we can talk privately anytime just hmu :)

[@connorhart7597]

Hiya I don't have autism but I have a tbi so I understand what you're dealing with, and it is one of the hardest things to do to just function while nobody is even making an attempt at understanding you. Anyway I hope tomorrow goes better for you, and I hope you can push and find the strength to keep going. If nobody else believes in you I will :)

[@STSGuitar16]

Bro you gotta cover more old MTV shows. Next and Parental Control were both fucking PRIME mid-2000s television. Absolutely savage stuff lol.

[@Big5mokE719]

The thought of him at the wrong house talking shit on a car and the owner coming out is effin hilarious! That's all I can think about now LMAO

[@weswarford8494]

Here I am, for the third time, requesting an hour-long video of Chris watching various episodes from our favorite shows.

[@Gemgang]

YEEEEES‼️‼️

[@tombuck]

I want a 2022 follow up on Kerry. He’s fantastic.

[@joshskowron]

Wonder if he’s still driving it today 🤔

[@JDMHaze]

4:45 The smoothest sponsor transition I’ve ever seen on KZbin, dude you are a legend😂 im subbing +thumbs up🎉

[@DomMazz]

Dare ya to buy a box of factor

[@djtoxicdhg]

I can never get old of your videos of Pimp My Ride you can make 200 of them and I'd still be wanting more keep up the great work dude.

[@robertgreen6331]

Genuinely love your sense of humor, I just found this channel but its all gold, even the spirit Halloween video was great. Awesome content cant wait to see more!

[@Joemomma475]

As a car guy, you're good to flame that Scion Xb. That cube model was horrible

[@Brainshatterer]

For those who are interested I am doing a full where are they now follow up series on the cars of the show. I got my wife on the show and we still have her car. Lots of stuff up at my nook of the internet.

[@principalmcvicker6530]

I'm sure Hello Fresh loves the "Hello Fresh ad end" chapter lol

[@matts4450]

I remember this episode when it aired. Was always a car guy but even my 8th grade self was like (bro he shouldn't be driving a seam welded car). This guy honestly got the best deal on the show and a free (or at least maybe tax only) new Scion box- and those were fun back then haha

[@OldsmobileCutlass1969Va]

Who knows if he had to make car payments... But insurance and personal property taxes definitely went way up!

[@collgate85]

I remember my dad telling me that back in the 90s the whole combining 2 cars into one is more common than we thought. However they were done more seamlessly an the car would get a new paint job to hide it. It's illegal of course, these was done without the buyer's knowledge and most of them usually only finds out about it when they tried to sell their cars and they end up only being able to sell it for scraps.

[@siamesedreamsx]

15:03 _"fuckin' sick, I can't wait to play Green Day on this"_ 💀 + the way you said "Green Day" like an AI bot 😂

[@katsif]

Still don't understand how you haven't blown up yet. Genuinely one of the funniest. Keep up the great content bro

[@Dynemanti]

I mean you say that his car is going to get stolen from but what you don't know is that actually every piece of sound equipment and all the playstations and DVD players and even the screens themselves are all removed from the vehicle as soon as they're done shooting. Sometimes the modifications made to the body to assist in the placement of these devices is so superficial that it actually makes them undrivable. So not only do you not get any of the cool shit but often they would leave these vehicles as illegal to operate under normal circumstances. Basically they take someone's car that looks a little shitty and turn it into a literal piece of garbage that they then have to have hauled away. It was pretty fucked up.

[@jackl6121]

They actually replaced multiple cars on the show with one similar, but not tell the audience.

[@odlawgames5073]

"Hey man what happened to my sister's car seat?" "Yeah you should stop at Walmart on the way home."

[@tylerh.1615]

shoutout to the White Snoop Dogg at 9:47

[@CU.SpaceCowboy]

i was literally about to comment the same thing. Aren and snoop dog are interracial doppelgängers

[@davidpeters6743]

"I don't know how it's held together" -while looking straight at the welds holding it together.

[@RandomRoger]

I wonder what happened to that particular car. From watching a few videos, it seems like every vehicle that was on PMR ended up having a wild ass story to go with them after the show

[@michaelhammond9923]

i know about it and will be doing a video soon on it on my channel ELEVATE WITHOUT LIMITS

[@mrmoosecreature]

That guy doing the wrap looked like a dollar store Snoop Dogg

[@nsaspynetwork3196]

I can only think about how much his insurance skyrocketed over having to make this brand new car street legal

[@slicingonions4398]

These people don't live in the best neighborhoods and usually had their cars stolen or stripped in a few weeks. I remember reading that a few years ago

[@vagranthippopotamus2738]

The "before and after" transitions were almost as amusing as the circus they turned that toaster on wheels into

[@victoriaevelyn3953]

usually when there's 2 cars welded together into 1 its either stolen or the front of one and the back of another was totalled and they do a cut and shut job on it by the looks that was 2 stolen cars i bet it dosent have a VN number

[@jengatowerrs]

*Watches this instead of doing my homework at the library*

[@Andy.Jeffrey]

Same....

[@thomasnieswandt8805]

It was fun for a while, but once you realized that.... they rented or used studio owned houses because the didnt want X running down public roads. they never fixed any of the cars problems .... always makes the cars and their owners look like complete trash .... and worst of all, after they turned of the camera, they ripped everything out of the car that was of any value..... so basically, the episode finished and they you had the same old shi**y car, but now in pink or green .... one of the worst fake shows

[@IsaoSoichiro]

I watched some of this show as a kid, and I remember being mad that they didn't just fix the car. I was so genuinely worried the client would hate their car bc they didn't ask for all of the cosmetic stuff. What if they didn't like the screens and colors? 🤣

[@mrtalos]

That first car is 100% illegal in the UK. Two cars welded together is classed as not only unsafe, but actively dangerous. Does the US even have checks on the cars road worthiness?

[@mechanomics2649]

Depends on the state, and even then not all states that check "road worthiness" are the same. For some, checking whether or not they're road worthy amounts to making sure the tail lights, head lights, and turn signals functioned, and that there is a certain amount of tread on the tire.

[@FingersHS]

Back at it again with the boy Chris James... On a side note, the white dude at the shop looks like a mix of Steve-O and Jordan Belfort

[@01kilik10]

No idea why I laughed so hard when he cut to the editor.

[@stefangreen3770]

"Overhaulin" was a show that came on around the same time as "Pimp My Ride" but on TLC, me and my dad love that show the most because the upgrades that they did were tasteful and they actually worked on the car's internals

[@Koncs86]

It’s actually pretty common to cut a car in half, ship it, and weld the body back together… Depending on the skill of the welder, the new frame can be as strong or stronger than the original!

[@jxw457]

How many people just sold the car and bought a different car after they were given back the original car? I have to imagine most.

[@newtman1632]

Fun fact most of the “pimped” rides would have the modifications removed, as well as significant mechanical damage from said modifications making nearly every car on the show undrivable not long after the episodes ended. All in all most people on the show were worse off afterwards.

[@Brainshatterer]

Nope, not fact. I'm working on a where are they now follow up series on the cars. But I got my wife on the show and we still have her car. Overall fantastic experiences.

[@sirlothric6357]

Wildly enough that Frankencar is completely street legal

[@alechenderson5276]

I swear Chris’s hair grows at three times the rate of an average person, you got hella keratin in yo body son

[@nikkinoodlesoup]

That man had a Ford Fusion 😂 Two Fords Fused together

[@thekatieverse]

Cannot believe I haven’t found you before. One of my favorites now ❤️

[@keithflores816]

Love these keep them coming

[@LordoftheThings327]

Been binging through your videos because they're hilarious but also my internet crapped out at the exact moment after the guy did the chicken noise at 10:32 and it took me an Embarrassingly long time to realize the vid had stopped and it wasn't a long stare into the camera pause

[@gianiiloayza5003]

I remember watching an episode where this guy who was a mechanic or wanted to be a mechanic, brought in his beat up pick up truck, and they literally did nothing to it and presented it to him still the exact same way he gave it to them as a joke but ended up getting him a brand new Ford pick up or something

[@adamcarr8120]

Yo they promoted the hell out of that episode. Commercials for days they teased that finish

[@SoCalCinema]

"It looks like hip hop". DEAD.

[@CerotheDemon]

They actually did something good for the kid. I bet he sold it soon after.

[@Thor-Orion]

He should have stripped it for parts the second the crew left.

[@karenstarr]

I love how dated that computer they put in is. Like all that stuff they were so proud of is now this little phone I’m typing this comment on. 😂

[@ericmoody3944]

Dude.... the Scion is actually a pretty sick car!!!!

[@stevesitz]

I drove a Scion xB for years. Yes, it is a refrigerator on wheels, but I sure do miss the thing. The mileage was insane, it was comfortable, very safe, mechanically the cheapest car to maintain I have ever owned, roomy and so on. RIP Purple Toaster

[@crazeywayne5219]

You should try and find the people in the video and see how things went after the cameras were gone. Like how long he kept the vehicle, what issues he had with it.

[@Kari2025]

This kid actually got the best deal because he got a new car lmao. The other people just had their cars souped up, but didn’t actually fix the mechanical issues, so they still had a POS