Was "Pimp My Ride" Totally FAKE??? | Looking Back

Today we'll be discussing the popular MTV series "Pimp My Ride", and diving into the various controversies that arose after the show ended.
"Pimp My Ride" was hosted by Xzibit, and focused on overhauling contestant vehicles. The show quickly gained a massive following, and was eventually aired in over 180 countries around the world. The series ran during the mid-2000s alongside hit shows like "Rob and Big", "Viva La Bam", and "Punk'd".
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Video Chapters:
Intro - 0:00
Street Racing / Vehicle Modification Culture in the 2000s - 0:45
Pimp My Ride Premiere / Episode Format - 2:08
Popularity of "Pimp My Ride" / Spin-offs and International Versions - 7:18
The Cancellation of "Pimp My Ride" US - 9:25
Contestants Reveal Behind-The-Scenes Stories - 14:17
Was "Pimp My Ride" Fake? - 15:48
Outro - 21:06
#lookingback #pimpmyride #mtv

[@MediaPastimes]

The History and Fakery of MTV CRIBS: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aX7FgXprq8ulqcU

[@ElIconico]

Good content on this channel bro, I have subscribed and can't wait for more

[@maggiecallahan805]

Instead of rambling on for 20 minutes DA, you could have just made a 2 min video saying it was fake, obviously it was fake it's MTV and it's TV. Get a life Dbag!

[@aparidaewithaclue3267]

I know everything what you told about the "enthusiastic" pimp my ride remembrance. I've watched it. Thanks for that clear look of yours to don't diss or disrespect any person, deal or programm, crew an whatsoever. This skill was nice to see. Cya

[@Tosmasta00]

There also was a show called Pimp my Whatever

[@madarawestman4014]

Yh bars of 🧼

[@lazzy2012]

“We noticed you have Kidney failure… So we installed an entire dialysis machine in the back seat.”

[@jarviswhitaker8207]

😂

[@timothypalmer1982]

🤣🤣🤣

[@oscaralegre3683]

bro hahaha

[@magneticallah1057]

Ctfu

[@fionahamilton7231]

🤣🤣🤣

[@streetmelts]

Just one of those shows where I don't care how fake or scripted it was... purely entertaining

[@inspectregadget3561]

Honestly the most shocking part was that it took them 5-7 months. Can you imagine being without your car for that long? It would be a nightmare.

[@MediaPastimes]

The contestants had to rent cars which MTV offered to reimburse but apparently they had to fight with the network to get paid...

[@moldy_burrito_]

Shit, half the cars barely ran to begin with and just took up space. Im sure they didn't miss their roach infested car too much.

[@fm6660]

Wenn man die Teile aus China bestellt und alles schritt für Schritt macht ist das klar

[@calebwany8422]

@@moldy_burrito_ You kiss your mother with that mouth?!

[@maszkalman3676]

And get back a ridicolous lookung still trashed shit underneth that msot fo them doesn't worked properly or some of those caught fire ...

[@famouscriminals18]

Telling the contestants that it might be a production member telling them no knocking on the door to get a genuine reaction is genius. The actual excitement was a big part of the show.

[@abq4565]

yea... most producers and TV Host fucks with contestants and/or humiliate them on National TV for drama and entertainment.cough cough American Idol cough.

[@RichM3000]

True. In fact, the show itself was actually more "real" than I thought it was.

[@lakibody]

I feel bad for the wcc employees but their comedic npc like attituede lines are funny😄

[@PVRGE7]

I actually used a lot of time out of my days to watch this show when i was younger cause you'd have to catch it on TV at certain times. I loved it, fake or not , it was definitely enjoyable and a part of my childhood growing up. No complaints here lol.

[@waynedonoghue4071]

Same. I'm from Dublin, Ireland and this show was big over here too. It used to be on MTV every Saturday night when I was a kid. I loved it. My parents would go out for drinks every Saturday and I would chill on my parents bed and watch this while my babysitter was downstairs lol! Good times.

[@PVRGE7]

@@waynedonoghue4071 the good old days man. Miss it dearly when we had no worries. I find regular TV to be far better, at least for me at one point because there were commercials we couldn't skip lol and it just built anticipation for a good family night. Like okay this movie or TV show is coming on at such and such time let's do our homework before it comes on or let's do the chores mom told us to do before this comes. You'd have to catch certain things at certain times, other wise you'd have to wait til they replay it lol. I miss that feeling of planning out a day based on what was coming on the TV

[@vdthbykris8247]

Yes true..

[@waynedonoghue4071]

@@PVRGE7 I agree bro. I miss the times of waiting in anticipation for my favourite show or movie to be on TV at a certain day and time. I remember watching Breaking Bad and it used to air once a week with a new episode. Netflix and stuff is cool.. But to me, nothing beats the anticipation of waiting for that next episode and talking about it all week. Good memories

[@AmericaUnleashed9327]

Absolutely.

[@scalzmoney]

The house thing was to preserve the contestant's privacy. Production couldn't shoot the openings of the show outside someone's actual house with the address and surrounding neighborhood shown. They were protecting themselves against any liability from people stalking the contestants by weirdos who would think they'd won cash instead of cheesy car upgrades.

[@txcforever]

Was it though? I mean what's easier to dox someone with? A generic looking suburbia house, or a pimped out car that is visible from space?

[@MiniKodjo]

more like contestant shitty houses and appartements wasnt good enough for cameras....

[@lammy9733]

​@@txcforeveris doxing a real thing? Everybodys name and adress was in the phone book at one point.

[@RaniaIsAwesome]

@@lammy9733 Unless you're a leading politician or Michael Jackson type famous, nobody gives a flying fk.

[@jacobjackson5062]

There was one episode where the round table was totally unscripted where they had to pimp a guys ride who was into bowling, the entire team broke out in laughter after one of them said they were installing a bowling ball cleaner in the trunk and one of them said "You gotta have clean balls".

[@MediaPastimes]

Homeboy wasn't wrong.

[@MansterBear]

I used to always say that if I was on Pimp My Ride, I would never tell them any of my hobbies or interest because they always ended up doing something crazy to it. "You like bubbles? We put a bubble machine in your exhuast!" "You like going to the park? We put a fold out badmitten set in your trunk!" I would just tell them I like cars that are fast with good sound systems and nice rims lol

[@jamesandemmasanders2425]

Exactly this - many times recounted this exact thing with friends and family

[@alegomanYTPs]

ny car wouldn't even be driveable for my hobby.........

[@ashleymufasa]

I loved this show as a kid but as an adult I realize the stuff they put in these cars was absolutely ridiculous!

[@tangodman]

True Same for me. Now it looks stupid. Back then it was a cool thing.

[@sorrenblitz805]

I always thought they looked ridiculous. I honestly watched it cause it made me laugh

[@shasho44]

It took you a while 🤣🤣🤣🤣 to realise it.

[@funkdoktor9099]

Thats what made it fun.

[@slashholt23]

The donut dispenser was pretty dope

[@eugenesis8188]

Everything about the 2000's seems like a fever dream.

[@japlunkett6789]

LMAO yes.

[@Johnny2Feathers]

@@japlunkett6789 and fake but not as fake as now

[@jamk2668]

The 2000's feel like the more normal version of reality compared to now. 2020 is the most absurd time since the 80's.

[@HereComeTheTrainComingBlues]

Well, we are still in the 2000's now.

[@Prince_Oli]

@@HereComeTheTrainComingBlues nah dude when people say 2000s they mean the early 2000s. It’s the 20s now dawg. Let that sink in.

[@LordDarthSmyth]

Even back in the day, when I watched episodes as they were new, I always thought the customizations were extremely impractical and many made the cars practically undriveable.

[@Surannhealz]

For me, by far the most memorable thing to come out of this phase of society was the VW “Unpimp ze auto” ad campaign. I still regularly say “oh snap” in a German accent under my breathe.

[@Legenda20SLO]

No one could replace Xzibit in this show. He was too charismatic, funny and despite being one of the biggest mainstream rappers back then he was so down to earth it was insane.

[@MediaPastimes]

I know that his experience as a performer helped him transition to TV hosting, but the dude was a natural.

[@Legenda20SLO]

@@MediaPastimes I don't know him in real life but sometimes you can just tell someone is a good person. I see him the same way I see actor Michael J Fox, you just know he's a great guy :D

[@ZeroCool-vn9bd]

I met Xzibit on his birthday at a car show in Washington, he took the time to sign autographs and talk to all the fans. I have the deepest respect for him. The concert was awesome, and he was very down to earth. Not that many artists exhibit his class and rhetoric. If anyone actually thinks these cars were fully restored, they clearly have never turned a wrench. It's supposed to be light humor and fun.

[@sh4nX2k10]

I was today days old when I realized that Xzibit was actually a reference to exhibit. Jesus lord.

[@ZeroCool-vn9bd]

@@sh4nX2k10 It takes time, to get your walk on. :p

[@briansmith48]

The whole show was showing how to put lipstick on a pig. Or the whole slapping expensive rims on a Whoumpty fad of that era.😂🤣

[@garylove2836]

I wonder if the owners of these cars still have them or they sold them.

[@tamrix]

To order parts to fix the engine can take months to even deliver. If your lucky to even get them in these old cars. Not to mention the liability of the car breaking.

[@casualgamers4447]

The production and voice narration on this is world class ❤ def subbing

[@user-dz5ne5vx7l]

LOLOL i loooved xibit saying "this season"when talking about the engines

[@thatonemovieguy99]

Spoilers: All "Reality" tv shows are scripted to a point. Some WAY more than others. "You mustn't forget the importance of Entertainment!"

[@lwrncjms]

Facts. One of the contestants was a cast member on a BET reality show called College Hill

[@voidremoved]

spoiler: reality isnt a thing

[@thatonemovieguy99]

@@voidremoved Reality very much is a thing. But within Reality, Mankind has created many Constructs to maintain an order within the world. Things like Time. Are all created to maintain that order and balance within the world. Because no of us really know what's going on.

[@chocho6766]

@@thatonemovieguy99 wdym ? We're obviously live in a matrix

[@reneperez2126]

Besides any reality tv show worth is name gotta be somewhat fake for it to work out, I mean everytime a camera is around the whole thing became staged , reality tv is a contradiction in terms everyone knows it ,the movie Ed Tv (1999) summed up this thing perfectly, even the so called scientific questionnaries , polls are not entirely real , when people got asked about their lives, priorities etc they take on a certain stance , either they straight lie or they sugarcoated their replies

[@elijaharvinger1178]

A fake reality show??? I'm shocked and appalled.

[@MediaPastimes]

I was too, Elijah.

[@MeneTekelUpharsin]

@@jari2018 r u sure?

[@omalone1169]

@@jari2018 explain

[@digitalfootballer9032]

I would like to see a real fakeality show.

[@nmonye01]

😂🤣😁

[@datguy1569]

The game Midnight Club was like pimp my ride it was one of my favorites I wish they came out with a new version.

[@testhekid]

back when mtv was in my tv, i would watch pimp my ride with my brothers every day with excitement and awe for the crazy modifications that they were doing to the cars, fake or not.. it was an awesome show and truly perfect for its time

[@newbutthunt]

MTV's best shows: 1. Rob & Big 2. MTV CRIBS 3. Pimp My Ride I hate to admit MTV had some great shows.

[@agentsaucyy]

Jackass and Wildboyz also

[@risraid9324]

Viva la Bam too.. :)

[@Gigabarto]

dafuq is rob & big? never heard of it

[@mikeschmidt4800]

@@Gigabarto the best show in MTV history.

[@andrebrown10101]

Hard pass on Rob & Big.

[@ROCKSTAR3291]

Love your videos man, can tell you miss the early 2000's just like me lol

[@MediaPastimes]

Thank you! It was definitely a rough time for America, but our entertainment kept us distracted at least.

[@RedSkylinex60]

I was a kid in the early mid 00s 2Fast 2Furious and Need For Speed Underground came out when I was 6 and they got me into cars. I still remember watching pimp my ride on MTV 2? IIRC with my family in 2005 I still remember the old MTV2 two headed dog logo. I miss the 00s except for the bad stuff that I was too young to know about.

[@angelacevedo3696]

@@MediaPastimes 💯💯💯💯💯 real talk

[@86byrdman]

@@MediaPastimes The early 2000's wasn't really that bad, at least compared to now..... Yes, we had 9/11 and that was tough to deal with late in 2001 and the aftermath of it in 2002 and 2003 to some extent from a travel standpoint, but these past two years with the pandemic have arguably been tougher than 9/11. Yes, entertainment did keep us distracted from 9/11 and the threat of war and then the Iraq war back in the early to mid- 2000's, but I still have fonder memories of the early 2000's. You can make a case nothing has kept us distracted from the pandemic. Yes, things are getting back to normal, but everything we enjoy from an entertainment standpoint, has been affected by the pandemic one way or another or we're reminded we're still in a pandemic. One day down the line if we look back at this era the pandemic era and compare it to the early 2000's, I think most people would take the early 2000's in a heartbeat.

[@aayonce4]

@@86byrdman yesss everything about the '00s were superior to now. Just going to the beach was so much more fun people weren't weary of one another we came together for fun.

[@BigMuff75]

Great video my man! Xzibit was the shit. I loved that show. Btw. I am from Germany and I think it is safe to say that this show established the use of "to pimp something" in the everyday language.

[@BassLove91]

That was a great video! Very well made and produced

[@OfentseMwaseFilms]

I always knew the houses aren't theirs, and the contestants were always in on it. I was just wondering how they got those genuine looking reactions from them. Really clever how they did it. Well done there PMR.

[@djblur]

well imean they really did pimp their car....just not as functional or long lasting as they make it seem probably

[@legionandsons8763]

It's called they were paid actors lol

[@greatdane331]

LOL what?! They scammed poor people, ruined their cars, destroyed them financially, made them sign horrific contracts not to disclose the scam, and the show producer was a murderer who’s now in jail. Lol. The biggest scam in TV history.

[@allothernamesbutthis]

17:08

[@TBKSSS]

@@greatdane331 scammed how? cars were already in a bad shape, they just made it LOOK a bit worse, then they re-did the exteriors, you saying that if they didn't redo the painting and install pretty useless gadgets the run down engine wouldn't fail down the line?

[@savagex9000]

I heard about pimp my ride from my classmates in elementary I never really saw one episode we did not have money to buy a tv. But seeing this now I am really happy it reminded me that I am still poor.

[@chabbab6698]

Comedic genius.

[@noone3367]

At least now you have a phone/computer

[@h3cz_]

GOT EEEMMMM

[@WatchMeCreateHD]

Has us in the first half

[@Sebastianx007]

Hey great job on this ... you got yourself a new subscriber!

[@boredstudent]

Pimp My Ride was a fun show and one of my reasons why I ever saw MTV. Xzibit was the face of the show but he was clearly best thing about it. I didn't know Chamillionaire was a guest host.

[@RageAgainstRustyCage]

Someday, we all realize, the whole "fakeness of TV" runs across the board.

[@denisejackson776]

Exactly!!

[@Johnny2Feathers]

When everyone on reality tv knows they’re being recorded .. it’s fake tv.

[@internetstress]

Yep Just like santa!

[@omalone1169]

@@internetstress society of the spectacle

[@martymcintosh5026]

nah brah, thers a war in ukraine and covid real

[@edntz]

The show is more real than i imagined. Especially compared to modern day reality tv / youtube reaction videos.

[@omalone1169]

08:00

[@dying101666]

youtube reaction videos are the worst.

[@JishinimaTidehoshi]

Yeah I was surprised to hear these cars actually belonged to actual "contestants".

[@RaniaIsAwesome]

@@JishinimaTidehoshi The bar needs to be higher. It should be illegal to lie to the viewer or hugely mislead them about anything. Redoing reactions is indefensible.

[@KyokujiFGC]

The timeframe actually was a huge problem because a lot of contestants needed their car to get to work and ended up having to find some other means of transportation.

[@MediaPastimes]

MTV did reimburse contestants for rental cars, but apparently they were super slow about doing so.

[@DeathbeforeSumo]

Bro this Is on point ! Good journalism here.

[@olahnzaft2311]

My main gripe about some of the cars was that they made some of them so much heavier when they already lacked engine power.... so the cars would struggle take off and strain the engine so it dies quicker.

[@omalone1169]

I'm thinking about the boondocks episode

[@roselewis2312]

Lols I was watching that same episode the same day you made this comment and I'm only seeing today 😂

[@Brainshatterer]

Thanks for the mention! To anyone who wants to know more. I am working on a where are they now. I'm a big nerd and have tried to pay attention when the other cars have popped up later. I have 3 episodes up so far.

[@MediaPastimes]

No problem at all, the information you provided was invaluable!

[@tylerp1019]

I remember the follow up episode they did years ago. Can't believe the guy with the Chevelle totalled it right after getting it. Probably showing off.

[@Brainshatterer]

@@tylerp1019 May have been some issue with the car. As I heard somewhere he lost control getting off the freeway and it slid down an embankment and hit a tree. Funny that he has never made a statement. Possibly mtv gave him a check and said shhhhh. I hope to find out some day and have a conversation with him.

[@Miltypooh2001]

I remember watching this show as a kid mainly because of how the people in the show customize cars, at first I thought it was cool but now it's way too ricy but regardless I love how Xzibit roasts them at the beginning also the crazy thing is that I remember watching a live event where Xzibit talked about the show and how the idea of putting certain parts of the cars were added he said they never touch the performance parts just the visuals 😂

[@EmeraldAquarium]

Great video. Didn't change my opinion on the show (thankfully). Loved it as a kid, now I know of course it's all for entertainment. Barely anything on TV/social media is real. Just gotta take it as it is: a fun show. Awesome video, thank you! Gonna go watch it again now for nostalgia.

[@OfentseMwaseFilms]

Pimp my Ride was the Best show on MTV!

[@JJMomoida]

I remember enjoying that show. As a kid, I thought the idea of having a video game console setup in your car was dope as hell. Then again, as a kid I thought having a video game console would be dope... lol. In retrospect, I ain't into the idea quite as much as I used to.

[@MediaPastimes]

The show was installing Xbox 360s into cars for a very brief period of time, but eventually went back to installing PS2 slims instead. As a kid, that confused me, but now I know it was probably because of the red ring of death issue that the 360 had. I can’t even imagine how hot the 360 must have gotten in a car trunk…

[@JJMomoida]

@@MediaPastimes Yeah I never considered the logistics of having a console just BE in your car all the time so I was just like "yooo that's cool" but yeah not the best idea, imo

[@Silver_wind_1987_]

@@JJMomoida honestly those systems would of been cooked....especially if the weather got hot or water got in the car somehow. Plus it's silly! I want Trunk space for my groceries etc. Not some stupid system

[@JJMomoida]

@@Silver_wind_1987_ Yeah that's true. As I said, not really something I thought much about... lol. Back then, the idea of having a console AT ALL, be it bolted to your car or existing in your living room, was enough for me.

[@Silver_wind_1987_]

@@JJMomoida I got an old Ps2...that survived many years till it broke lol

[@SpacedOutDoonie]

I still remember seeing the commercial at a friends house for the debut episode of the show. The show was so good.

[@rodrigofilho1996]

How to fail at modifying cars: 1) Do all kinds of external and interior colorful modifications. 2) Make the car look faster then it actually is. 3) Don't do any performance driven modifications. 4) Put a bunch of non car parts in the car (like TV, video game, freezers etc...) 5) Don't fix the car mechanical problems.

[@FonZ4590]

Its even worse than that, most of the mods that are being done are even taken out when the car is handed back over to the customer..

[@CarsofGlasgow]

@@FonZ4590 I know I thought that was a joke

[@jakeofalltradesj.o.a.t.6197]

This was a well detailed, knowledgeable, and entertaining video about a show I really loved.

[@ansasmatti]

When you mentioned NFS Underground, "Riders on the Storm" instantly started playing on the back of my mind. Golden memories ♥️

[@Der_Kleine_Mann]

Great show, great times❤️

[@zayxoxo]

i’m not even finished the video but just want to say you’re touching on my childhood with need for speed underground and def jam

[@deadpoolnerd]

I remember even when I was a kid watching this I found it so funny nearly all the pimped cars the solution was always add more screens. Put some in the back of the head rests put some in the edges of the door interior, big one in the trunk one that descends in. Hell well put little screens on top of the big screen we just installed.

[@hisholiness4537]

@@darthXreven so you watch while you watch and drive

[@abirachman]

Well in their defense, having more screens is the way to go back in the day :D

[@zoltanlakatos6623]

@@abirachman yeah but then who is watching the road? 😶

[@MrMJmusicLover]

@@zoltanlakatos6623I have never been heads up from a KZbinr before having to leave a comment on "Their comment" 🤔

[@MrMJmusicLover]

@@zoltanlakatos6623 My touchscreen in my 2015 Jetta can only play movies when parked, but not when driving.

[@Arjay404]

NFS Underground really deserves a reboot. Yeah sure car culture is nowhere near the same, but I think most of us would still enjoy playing around with all the crazy stuff in a video game, even though we wouldn't do any of those crazy things in real life anymore.

[@pogtuber5146]

Can't do it anymore without microtransactions and some bullshit story shoved in. EA Games has no idea what to do with NFS anymore. Forza Horizon and Grid is the closest we'll ever get again I'm afraid.

[@MrMJmusicLover]

I'm 50 and would still customize a car to fast and the furious standards. I'm not a fan of the dodge charger and Challenger hype. Big engine don't mean nothing without proper ignition timing adjustment. Top speed doesn't win races, quick response and rapid acceleration win races.

[@lko990mtapod]

Pimp My Ride Brazil also existed, but as a response to other show in the most popular network in Brazil, Globo. you can search about "Lata Velha" as a segment on the show "Caldeirão do Huck" that had other tone aside tunning/pimping cars, giving them a purpose related to the contestant profession. Pimp My Ride Brazil was a "rock" version of the show, with a hardcore singer/songwriter as the head of the show

[@knightofthenine3121]

and you and me know that the "lata velha" was a ruse, none of the cars were ever fixed at all, the host was a asshole who hated its contestants and gave them the most humiliating situations live on tv and the cars ended up in a scrapyard or sold some time after it.

[@nicolasclermont893]

Great video man. Taking me down memory lane. I dont know if tv was better before or we are oversaturated now or what 🤔🤔 But anyhow, this was primo tv.

[@donavonseibert507]

"Pedophiles, start your engines."...😂😂😂 The early 2000s were wild. What a time to be alive.

[@andrewmelton2686]

Where does he say that

[@donavonseibert507]

@@andrewmelton2686 4:08, my dude.

[@andrewmelton2686]

@@donavonseibert507 Ty 😄

[@jmeeksjr.7318]

I do

[@AbrahamG.99]

@Jason Fitch you weirdo bro

[@tornicade]

Cracked me up when they showed the clip of the motor being replaced and the mechanic says we do this and xzibit quickly said this season.

[@raoulduke5405]

DAMN this was nicely done!

[@mesadrums375]

I loved it purely cause that one guy would add like 30 monitors that were completely unnecessary just cause. “We heard he was a TV and movie guy, so we decked it out with 200 monitors playing all his favourite movies at once”

[@joemills8172]

Contestant: My car smokes and barely runs. Exhibit: AYE WE PUT MONITORS IN YOUR MUD FLAPS!

[@05gtdriver]

I saw the '67 Mustang from season 1 in person back in 2004. I was on duty at work in the Venice/Mar Vista section of Los Angeles and saw this teal blue Mustang on huge wheels scoot passed me with a blonde girl behind the wheel. The Mustang looked fine to me, I didn't see anything different from how it looked on the show. No flame throwers though LOL

[@luckynhlanhlatshabalala2475]

Thanks for the works behind this video.

[@MediaPastimes]

Thanks for watching 🤙

[@bartdegryse9345]

Even me being a naive kid 16 years ago knew it was mostly fake. But it was surely entertaining to watch to have a good laugh about the broken cars. Starting it with a screwdriver, etc. Fun times in my early teenage years

[@elknackebroto7447]

did u listened to what was said or read what was shown in the video

[@bartdegryse9345]

@@elknackebroto7447 just watched pieces ... bit my genuine thought about the show.

[@guitarcheology]

I was in the television industry at the time this was around. The fact that the person and the car they owned was real was a product of the time. It was fully understood true reality was too boring and unpredictable on its own, but there was this idea there had to be an element of reality maintained. Exaggeration was fine, but the envelope kept getting pushed further and further. To add to the situation, production companies absolutely loved how cheap these were to make. And because there were no writers getting credit, or residuals to pay the non-union people appearing on them, they kept every penny generated by DVD sales and reruns. So, the whole thing morphed into the Pawn Stars style show that is completely fictional, but maintains the reality cheap production value. PS- another fact about this show you skipped is the fact that winners had to pay all of the taxes for the work and items installed into their cars. That is likely the real reason a lot of high dollar stuff was removed after the episode filmed. How many of these people had the $20-30K to spend on the taxes? They probably had items removed to lower their tax burden.

[@pimplepickerton]

$20-30k? For taxes?? Idk what country you live in but that's not how things are in the US. They most likely stripped the high value stuff off of the car because it was the only part that was worth anything. They probably sold it or just used it in a more convenient way.

[@taotao98103]

@@pimplepickerton I'm not surprised the taxes for the stuff they put into the cars including labor could be as much as $10,000.

[@pimplepickerton]

@@taotao98103 do you live in Europe somewhere? Because there is no way the taxes are that high in America. I have a $57k car and I pay like $300 in taxes on it a year. So idk where you guys are getting these numbers from, a couple of speakers, TV's, and a popcorn machine(or whatever other corny stuff they put in the car) wouldn't cost anywhere near $20k in taxes.

[@taotao98103]

@@pimplepickerton You're talking about the registration tax for your car. I'm talking about sales tax for the cost of making the custom car modifications. This is no Mexican custom car shops. These are well known respectable expensive car shops. The labor can get really expensive too because there's redesigning work involved here. Have you seen the designing cost of remodeling a condo? the design cost itself could go as high as $60k. I wouldn't be surprised if the total cost of making all the modifications can go as high as $100k. 10k for the sales tax is possible.

[@pimplepickerton]

@@taotao98103 sure, but OP isn't talking about the sales tax. The sales tax is covered by MTV, just like the rest of the purchases are.

[@BeachLookingGuy]

yooo that part where he says "we change motors here *this season*" was funnyy.. xizbit really has a great energy and humor

[@lauriea2971]

Damn, I remember watching all the season, I loved that show, still watch it online time to time. Great love from Canada 🇨🇦

[@ITSAHARDNUGLIFE]

I forgot when I watched this video but had to come back. It made me think of what I read about in that other show, Extreme Makeover Home Edition. Pretty much the same thing there.

[@masterfamclothingco]

Growing up in north Long Beach I remember always seeing the blue and white ice cream truck drive around wit ice cream. What sucked was that the robot arm wasn’t used , the guy said it didn’t work. Makes me think that the production crew removed it before they gave it to him. But it was always dope to see it regardless.

[@nikkinicole5435]

Lmaooo He was on the show &Indeed confirmed it was staged lol.

[@nickeyg8948]

Thanks for sharing. I like watching "reality" shows that involve being creative, and stuff like that. like the house fixing stuff, and so on, but it always makes me sad to know that the so called lucky contestants end up getting the short end of the deal.

[@keithseeberan]

Great pimping ! Watched loads of the series...loved them all

[@taotao98103]

About nothing's being done to the engines of the cars, I'm not too surprised. I did see in some episodes, the crew did nothing to save or replace the engines for a lot of the cars.

[@alexsilverkush6182]

Great channel man, this nostalgia content is the one that makes me feel good, greetings from Mexico :)

[@gen2886]

OMG PLEASE do more of these nostalgic shows!!! PLEASE!!! GREAT WORK

[@WhiteError37]

Great video, that click bait story line would have been a deal sealer. Thanks for taking the time and doing research

[@beyondquestion]

17:43... Now THIS was the biggest thing for me, and I'm glad to know the meetings were, "authentic"!^^ \O>

[@Arjay404]

I think the homes not being the contestants homes is alright, helps them with privacy. (Though I have to admit that them having such a iconic car parked on their driveway would give away who they are so they don't gain much privacy after all, but in either case, the show was about the cars not about the homes so who cares if the homes were "fake" as long a the cars were real.) When it comes to the reaction, when I watched this originally, I also felt that as the season went further along that the contestants themself got more into the show, By that point they had seen how other contestants reacted and had an idea of what was expected of them. This was easy to tell because the reactions got more crazy the further the show went along. So if that part was put on to make it more fun, I think that's acceptable too. Honestly as long as the people actually owned those cars and they got to have the cars that was shown at the end, then I think everything else is fine, sucks that the show removed some of the parts that they put on before giving it to the contestants though.

[@deinonychus1948]

I mean, you can't have a car that fires playing cards out the exhaust or silly stuff like that, you'd at best get littering tickets or at worst you'd get put in jail lol

[@artist3gaming897]

I thought when ppl saw Tiffany haddish they knew for sure this was all fake... Guess not

[@gangsterghost6943]

They never owned the cars they had to find a car and say it was the contestants car

[@Fonthandler]

Good comment. I don't need to watch now.

[@w0lfm4n43]

@@gangsterghost6943 ummm OP meant aslong as contestant owned the cars. So ur comment just shows u never watched proper 🤦‍♂️🤭

[@edmundkempersdartboard173]

It's a shame X is known primarily for this show. The dude's got bars.

[@MediaPastimes]

The show did help his career immensely, because a lot of people discovered his music as a result of it. But the trade off was that everyone knew him as “that rapper who fixes cars”.

[@roberthorry621]

@@MediaPastimes nah x from the chronic 2001

[@DamnMixes]

@@darthXreven ICP is one of the worst acts in Hip Hop history. Juggalo are some cool people but my Gosh their music is horrible. Xzibit had one of the greatest vocals in Hip Hop history, that alone makes him an artist who can draw listeners. Plus he's been rapping since the 90s, At the Speed of Life, 40 Dayz 40 Nightz + his work with Tha Alkaholiks. Even rapping over beats made by producers like Easy Mo Bee or Madlib, if you wanna go very Hip Hop purist.

[@DamnMixes]

@@darthXreven Lol you can't say rap went to complete shit after those two died. That's an ignorant generalized take. It started declining but it did not die. There is a difference. Saying everything was shit is a disrespect to rappers like Big Pun or Mos Def who did music in late 90s. Or rappers like Busta Rhymes or Redman and many others still making great music in late 90s. The average quality of albums went downhill from the year 96, meaning the music started regressing, not going to complete shit like you just said.

[@LunaWaves]

one of my favs

[@bigsleep7242]

My dad used to watch a show back in the day called Monster Garage. Hosted by Jessie James. I remember this one episode where they tricked out a special Ed bus.

[@soroushsafarzade5770]

I live in Iran. I remember watching this TV show on satellite television when I was a kid. I loved this show so much that I used to argue with my sisters and my parents on watching this show. This video brought back so many memories.

[@sentientcardboarddumpster7900]

Trick My Truck sounds like the most unwatchable show ever

[@BienAimee868]

I have such good memories of watching PMR with my siblings after school. I was a fan of makeover shows, which this one was. Every car brought in was "by far the worst" they've seen 🤣🤣. I always wondered how practical the customizations were, but it was fun to see what they came up with

[@terroristiga]

Yo neaguss!! Thanks for the show! ❤️

[@WeDubzHD]

This dude is hella underrated. Unbelievable intelligent guy should me more appreciated. Thanks my guy!

[@Matt-rw9py]

I completely forgot about PMR many years ago. Now I remember watching it with my cousin when we were growing up. What a great show it was and it was a big show in Poland. All my friends watched it. I was born in ‘91 and my cousin in ‘90. We were like brothers, always together, doing fun things every day, playing NFS underground and other great games, inspired by mtv, extreme sports and other American productions. What a time it was to be a teenager, everything was so much simpler. I got tears in my eyes. Thanks a lot for this video!

[@xanperia]

We were lucky to witness these simpler times. My heart goes out for younger generations who have never experienced that.

[@Widestone001]

It seems that one of my all time favorite TV shows was significantly more real than I assumed! Namely, they worked on real cars from real people. The rest is TV and selling the product, and even that had bits of reality which I did not expect. 🙂

[@omalone1169]

08:30 imagine that

[@ARWINGx1]

1:43 same as me, NFSU was the first game where I found out about Street Racing in general. As for F&F, because my family and I were not yet using the internet at that time, the movie slipped under my radar.

[@MediaPastimes]

We pretty much had the same experience. My first F&F movie was Tokyo drift, which is still my favorite (it’s corniness only makes it better).

[@breezysk8boarder]

You forgot to mention the walk up to the “home”. Those were classic lol

[@TheCheat420]

Another great video man. Super informative and well done. I'm still looking forward to your Fantasy Factory video!

[@MediaPastimes]

Thank you! I'll get to that one, for sure. It won't be my next one, but it'll happen eventually.

[@TheCheat420]

@@MediaPastimes Don't rush it, put the work you need to into it. I'm subbed and will be here for it when it's posted and whatever comes in the meantime.

[@blerdrotic]

When I first heard this I wasn’t surprised. I was at the MTV beach house when it was in Seaside Heights, and it was so fake and produced. Young 20 year old me was so let down by reality lol. I also hear it’s almost the same for those HGTV dream home giveaways. Many of the winners sell the home. They can’t afford the taxes. Even for shows like Love It or List It, it would be interesting to see how many love it’s stay, because that added value also adds to your tax bill.

[@cailin5309]

I’ve heard “house hunters” was also completely staged. That the prospective home buyers already chose their new house prior to filming. They were filmed touring a bunch of “options” & made to choose one when They already had one of the houses.

[@Ms666slayer]

Yeah a lot of those shows that give gifts actually gift cars, and houses because they know that most of the people isn't goign to be able to pay the tax on them so the winner needed to return the prize, with money prizes that doesn't happen you just need to pay income tax no that money.

[@blerdrotic]

@@cailin5309 I’m sure some of them are actors, because you’re showing where someone is living. It’s like, “Hey I’m an attractive single woman in this large house all by myself. Come and stalk me.”

[@haroldbatesjr3260]

Yeah right.🤔

[@blerdrotic]

@@haroldbatesjr3260 Yeah right what?

[@justinmiller5280]

What really was amazing (and I’m sure unexpected to the creators) was the range this show had in terms of demographics. My dad loved it, I loved it as a middle schooler, I remember my 10th grade bio teacher talking about loving this show… It was made to be entertainment and they let the people on the show entertain. Even if they exaggerated numerous parts of the show, they let people be them. It was believable and it worked.

[@MediaPastimes]

One of the best comments I’ve received on this vid, because it’s so damn true. I always watched this with my mom back in the mid-2000s, when I was like 11 years old and she was almost 50.

[@michaelhammond9923]

yes totally im one of the biggest fans at 20 and my dad and my older friends 40+ love it

[@Valenzx718]

your intro got me lol.

[@Kylekashi]

Xzibit really was the star of the show, no doubt. His bits were always super funny and idk, he generally seemed like a fun dude to hang out with. He is irreplaceable I don't care if any or even all of it is fake either. For me it was entertainment. Xzibit + the crazy car concepts was one hell of a time even as someone who isn't into cars. So if they added and changed stuff for the purpose of making it more fun I can only say: they succeeded!

[@Dirtcake71]

This was a great video. I loved Pimp my Ride and I agree that it couldn't have worked if Xzibit had been replaced. He was perfect in his role.

[@MediaPastimes]

The man was irreplaceable.

[@Tigermoto]

Pimp my ride UK was made with this skinny white guy who acted all gangsta, oh God it was awful. That thought dredged back some horrible memories.

[@Dirtcake71]

@@Tigermoto 😂

[@hotcrazycatladyme168]

He was replaced... by Chamillionare.

[@wfemp_4730]

Actually no one can say that with any certainty the show would not have worked with another host.

[@_SYDGAMING_]

8:40 Ya can't forget about the Irish one off spin off skanger me banger with damo

[@fadedLotuz]

Just a bit late to the party, but there was also a latin American (Mexican actually) version of Pimp my ride called "Tuneame la nave", It was made in 2009 and it wasn't on an MTV platform but an open channel from a big mexican TV broadcast company.

[@d.j.avalon8963]

Wow I truly appreciate this video because as a a fan of the show I thought everything was fake when the articles came out. You did excellent research and broke it down for us, I hope they bring this show back

[@captainobvious7033]

The intentional damages were too obvious but removing something they added later on was a letdown.

[@Zapzzable100]

04:46 A Great Classic!

[@chelseashaffer7727]

Yooo was that the movie taxi 😂❤

[@wolathomas]

Wow. This was thoroughly enjoyable. Nice work here!

[@DBLCreations]

I completely agree! XZIBIT was absolutely the perfect fit as a host! No doubt on that level!

[@lords1969]

Excellent video

[@flpdragonslayersmith8]

No bs, I didn't know who Xzibit was until this show. Then like you said, after he was everywhere, M&M movies, tv shows, movies, everywhere.

[@zackschilling4376]

I remember that one guy had an old Ford Escort that was 2 Escorts welded together down the middle of the car. They ended up getting him a Scion TC (EDIT: It was a Xb) I believe cuz it was unsafe. Never hear anyone talk about that one. I would like to think it had to be fake, but my brothers friend worked at a junkyard and pulled stuff like that all the time - his specialty was the homemade convertible, and it was good as you think it would be.

[@derPetunientopf]

I always felt a bit bumped down that they dident fixed this wreck but of course this would have needed a lot of actual car work and less pimp work. Its understandable in the end that they didnt.

[@basharic3162]

Let's be honest. The producers probably knew that car was borked before they picked the person and used it as a plug for Scion.

[@WasKammer]

We had it also in Italy, it was called: "Pimp My Wheels"... They were working only on 2 wheels vehicles, like motorbikes and scooters. Once they put a PS2 on a Vespa and my brain exploded into a walhalla trip...

[@homogenicmp3]

Here in Mexico we had our own Pimp My Ride called Tuneame La Nave which aired on one of the most popular free to air channels, it was hosted by Daddy Yankee from 2009 to 2012.