I was driving down the road the other day and I had to get a pic of this one
an older white male driving down the road in what looked to be a nice Buick Grand National

Now keep in mind I love custom cars of all kinds but some styles I just don't get. like this one for example, I never understood why you would want to lift a car to put big wheels on it.
but to each their own, I just beg you to not do it to a car like this one. next we will see Corvettes with this done to them.



what have you seen that made you wounder what they where thinking?

quote Originally posted by whodeanie: what have you seen that made you wounder what they where thinking?

Drivers putting on makeup; women are the worst, since they can't drive when they are concentrating on the process.

Lifted vehicles don't make any sense unless they go in the woods. Even then, they should be driven straight home, not anywhere else.

Not too far from you in East Cobb I saw a C6 corvette with HUGE wheels. Not sure what size. THe car did not seem to be lifted, but the wheel wells were cut all around to accommodate the huge wheels. I just wonder how the front wheels could even turn.

Not my thing either. I used to think that at least these cars were being "saved." But when I was in grad school a few years ago, people would bring this style of car in all the time. I have seen frames CUT not notched to clear turning wheels. We even had one that the doors would bind when on a lift as a result of the frame bending at the cuts! We had what appeared to be a nice Camaro that as soon as we lifted it on the rack, the brake hose snapped; he was driving with it under tension!

Around here we have several cars that have 20-22 inch rims and are painted up like rolling ads!!!

One is a Grand Prix painted in the Crown Royal colors and says Crown Royal on several surfaces, another is yellow and has M&M's all over it and yet another is an orange Miata with Reeses Peanut Butter Cups logos on it.

WTF?!?!?!?!? I like Reeses as much as the next guy but come on!!

quote Originally posted by 8Ball: Around here we have several cars that have 20-22 inch rims and are painted up like rolling ads!!! One is a Grand Prix painted in the Crown Royal colors and says Crown Royal on several surfaces, another is yellow and has M&M's all over it and yet another is an orange Miata with Reeses Peanut Butter Cups logos on it. WTF?!?!?!?!? I like Reeses as much as the next guy but come on!!

There's an old Caprice around here painted lime green with the "Applejacks" cereal logo painted on the side doors.. Makes me gag on my own puke when I see it.

quote Originally posted by 8Ball: One is a Grand Prix painted in the Crown Royal colors and says Crown Royal on several surfaces, .... WTF?!?!?!?!? I like Reeses as much as the next guy but come on!!

I like Crown Royal as much as the next guy. What year Grand Prix ? Pics, ?

I had to take this picture on the sly because the owner's girlfriend was giving me the evil eye.

I've seen a few Caprices here is Orlando that had the "wagon" wheels on them.

quote Originally posted by avengador1: I've seen a few Caprices here is Orlando that had the "wagon" wheels on them.

it is one thing to trash a Caprices or Grandma's car but a Grand National? that was what upset me.

I see them on anything around here. Lots of Caprices, Cutlasses, Chargers....even seen them on a Jaguar and Range Rover. Theres a Sebring like mine in the junkyard with 20" hit head on. Ive seen them driving on the street and in a sudden stop there all over the place out of control. If I see one, I nail the gas and get the hell away from them.

the "grand national" style car is the PRIME candidate for 20+ rims in this town.

The proper term is "donk".

quote Originally posted by darkhorizon: the "grand national" style car is the PRIME candidate for 20+ rims in this town. The proper term is "donk".

A "donk" refers to an early 70's era Caprice or Impala.
A "box" is the 80's era boxy body style Caprice.
A "bubble" is the large Caprice body of the 90's that looked like Shamu the whale.

Donk has been used to describe any car lifted with oversize wheels, but it's not the "proper" term unless you're referring to a 70's Caprice or Impala.

I just go with dumb....covers all makes and models, lol. People have the right if they like em I guess, so I could go with UNSAFE too.

Haha yea we have a couple of them rolling around here too, they can barely make a normal turn since the tires run when they try. I do have to ask is that Curb feelers and the GN? If so that just really does it for me.lol

I wonder if any of those people have ever heard of or considered the term "rotational torque?" Betchya their braking distance has increased.

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There are a few of those Hot Wheels types out here. I think the dumbest thing I ever saw in person was a Beretta with a towel rack bolted on the decklid for a spoiler, a line of port holes down the front fender and two large ones on the lower panel between the door and rear wheel. It also had a slanted radio antenna on each rear fender. I understand the racing radio antennas, sometimes called Tennessee Go-fasters, and the port holes. It's rumored that each stick on exhaust port hole adds 3 MPH to your top speed and 2 miles per gallon. But the towel rack? Maybe to dry his rebel flag.

quote Originally posted by Formula88: A "donk" refers to an early 70's era Caprice or Impala. A "box" is the 80's era boxy body style Caprice. A "bubble" is the large Caprice body of the 90's that looked like Shamu the whale. Donk has been used to describe any car lifted with oversize wheels, but it's not the "proper" term unless you're referring to a 70's Caprice or Impala.

I just call 'em all "hoopties". Probably not accurate either, but I don't care.

One of my favorites was a Nissan Quest van, going down I-20 one morning, had little bitty (stock 14's?) wheels with Pep Boys spinners. Looked like they were made out of plastic, and ready to fly apart.

The other was the '80s Monte Carlo with nice wheels, and an absolutely flawless red paint job...
...and a Fiero wing, mounted dead center (front to rear) of the decklid, pointed skyward. Completely ruined the look of the car.

Out here we like to laugh and point at em as they drive by.
I often make fun of them in person with lines like
"doesn't wearing your pants around your ankles make it hard to jump up into your Conestoga wagon?"

I have had a fellow drive up in a old 200 dollar caprice and 2000 dollars of 22" wagon wheels. He came out to pick up an order of hydroponics supplies. I sent him on his way. I told him he was an idiot and gave the business a bad name.

I posted this 2 1/2 years ago:

quote Originally posted by pokeyfiero: I sent him on his way. I told him he was an idiot and gave the business a bad name.

Good!

quote Originally posted by whodeanie: what have you seen that made you wounder what they where thinking?

I happen to like waffle house.. oh wait.... nevermind

Thats one of my favorite cars Whhyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

i call them Retarded

About a year or so ago I was driving through center city Allentown and came across the same phenomenon...Someone took a dark red Dodge Magnum (the big long friggin' station wagon things) and slapped giant 24 inch crome wheels on it...First impression was

After a second look though, it wasn't terribly bad...although giant rims on a car are not my style...20"+ rims belong on a 3/4 ton truck, not a 2500lb car...