Your vote for the lamest automobile accessory or trick-out?

[bertha katzenengel]

Poll question: Your vote for the lamest automobile accessory or trick-out?

Bumper Nuts gets my vote. :eyes: Haven't seen them? Go here --> http://www.bumpernuts.com/

What -- that a man is driving the car isn't enough to say "this car belongs to a man" -- is that it? Or maybe the man who feels compelled to hang a pair of plastic testicles off his truck does so because he feels inadequate in some way? (Nah... that couldn't be it.)

If your vote is "other," do identify the accessory.

I'm not gonna be around much longer. I just posted this poll as a way of saying "How STUPID some of the crap is that people put on their cars!"

[Magrittes Pipe]

1. Neon ground effects.

:scared:

[terrya]

56. I agree.

:scared:

[JVS]

2. Are you sure those aren't a joke?

[bertha katzenengel]

8. You mean, sure that the guys who have them on their trucks

don't mean them as a joke?

No, I guess I'm not. But when they're on a truck that also carries a "Git-R-Done" sticker, a girlie sticker, a gun rack in the back window, and is driven by a guy who looks like he'd really enjoy it if his truck actually had nuts of its own, I have a good suspicion that they're not meant as a joke. :shrug:

[LeftyMom]

3. Rims worth more than the car

Car stereos designed to ruin hearing half a mile away by thumping the bass line but not playing the rest of a song in any recogniable way are a very close second.

[barb162]

10. I saw rims on a huge pickup yesterday that had to be worth a

thousand bucks each. ANd yes, when the bass on some of those stereos are going, I wonder how the driver keeps his/her hearing

[laheina]

37. They probably don't.

Twenty bucks says that they're all wearing hearing aids by forty.

Yah. That'll be cool.

[B3Nut]

66. Actually, bass frequencies

aren't nearly as damaging to hearing as loud midrange and treble frequencies, above 500Hz or so. However, another danger exists at those very low frequencies from too much amplitude, the danger of physical damage to internal organs as well as eardrums. But the ear can withstand a rather high volume at lower frequencies with no ill effects at all...it's just annoying as all hell to bystanders. Normal hearing-loss mechanisms come into play at midrage and treble frequencies.

But the screechy treble that often goes along with a boom car inside the vehicle is a potential hearing-loss cause, especially since it's often quite distorted.

I hate boom systems with a passion, but I am all over a well-done audiophile-grade car stereo, like a nice single 10" sub in a sealed box and nice component speakers up front with a good clean amplifier and solid source unit. The car can be a great intimate place to experience good music. :)

Todd in Beerbratistan

[bertha katzenengel]

13. huge booming stereos! i knew i forgot something significant in the

poll! dammit.

:hi: LM

[Starbucks Anarchist]

39. I hate the giant subwoofers, too.

The bass rattles the car so much, you can't hear anything else.

I'm no audiophile, but I would think bass should be reproduced in a round, full tone, not as if you took a hammer to it.

[B3Nut]

54. I had two 12" subwoofers in my old Thunderbird...

...but my system was tuned for fidelity, not boom. I hate those damn boom-cars, those systems couldn't reproduce real music if they had to. My 'bird sounded like a cathedral inside when I fired up Bach or Buxtehude! :D Small intimate club jazz? No problem. Front row at a Yes concert? No problem. Seventh row center at Symphony Hall? No probelm. Rattle neighbors' windows and annoy the public? Get away from me.

Todd in Beerbratistan

[Spike from MN]

60. Well, I'm an audiophile and I have to say

one-note bass is the WORST. I'd rather have no bass at all. The systems these idiots are using are generally designed for maximum power output at one frequency, to the detriment of all the other frequencies. They play one note REALLY loud and suck reproducing the entire rest of the audio spectrum. I can't stand them.

[bigwillq]

4. Are bumper nuts

the same as a bumper bra? :shrug:

[JVS]

5. Classic door knocker

[bertha katzenengel]

11. Gives a whole new meaning to "trick or treat," doesn't it?

*gasp* I didn't just say that, did I?

Poor kids on Halloween!

[barb162]

6. cupholderst hat are hard to reach or are made in such a way they

spill

[DS1]

7. 22" low-profile wheels on a Chevy Tahoe

bonus points for spinners

Bumpernuts at least have the potential for being used in a funny manner, like bumpernuts on a Saturn

[Maddy McCall]

29. LOL.

Bumper nuts on a Saturn... :spray: :rofl:

[uncle ray]

71. i've actually SEEN bumper nuts on a saturn!

and it wasn't a joke. it was one of those dorks who had his saturn all pimped out like the ricers, shopping car handlesque wing on back, 18" wheels, lots of stickers...and truck nuts.:eyes: i love to point and laugh at those people.

[LSK]

9. please tell me that is a joke

Unfortunately I know that people are stupid enough to buy them :(

[In_The_Wind]

12. Is undercarriage lighting lame or cool ?

[bertha katzenengel]

14. it's all a matter of taste...

i hadn't even thought of it when i made the poll.

one man's ceiling etc.

[In_The_Wind]

17. I won't be hanging any balls off my bumper, that's for sure.

[AirmensMom]

15. I hate the spinning hubcaps.

Sometimes it's hard to see if the vehicle is moving or not.

[Deja Q]

16. And when they fall off, it causes problems for the other drivers...

I should know... one such hub cap popped right off and I wish the damn thing caused the damn driver to crash and die. Let these thickheaded fools exterminate themselves. And not risk anyone else in the process. Damn IDIOTS.

[AirmensMom]

18. Wow, that's scary!

:scared: I hope you didn't get hurt! I have to agree with you. Sometimes I wonder what people are thinking. :banghead:

[AlCzervik]

19. Spinners and the muffler attachment that makes your car sound like it has

a lot more horsepower than it does.

[Whoa_Nelly]

20. Other!! Woofers are not necessary!

So many times, often in the late night or the wee hours of the morn, cars with bass woofers go by. STFU! I do NOT want to hear your beat! And it hurts my ears! Ouch! :cry:

[AirmensMom]

21. I sure do agree with you on that!

It's downright painful when you're stopped at a light and they're right behind you.

[no name no slogan]

22. Otro: TruckNutz

They're so damned stupid I don't know whether to laugh or cry:

[Telly Savalas]

25. Great.

I could have died a happy man not knowing of the existence of TruckNutz.

No more. :cry:

[laheina]

38. No kidding.

Whoever thought of that needs a good kick in the ass.

[CanuckAmok]

23. Other. PimpStar:

http://customwheel.com/custom_wheels/pimpstar.html

These are $12-20 GRAND a set.

[blondeatlast]

27. Oh, jeez. That definitely caps it for me.

"Hey baby, call me?!"

Onthe freepin' HUBS?!

Yeesh.

[CanuckAmok]

42. on the upside....

Chiropractors across the nation breath a sigh of relief, now that Spring Break bimbos are no longer damaging their vertebrae trying to copy guys' phone numbers as they spin at 60mph.

[CanuckAmok]

43. DOOOOP

Dupe. What are you doing here? Nothing to see here.... go away.

[Nicole]

32. Other: PimpStar

I was going to vote for the spinning hubcaps until I saw these.

[JVS]

35. A celestial vision came upon me when I clicked that link, and I must...

find a way to have them!

[laheina]

40. WTF!

That takes tacky up another notch.

Someone call Kevin Federline!

[seemunkee]

62. How to make them for a bicycle

http://www.instructables.com/ex/i/3C61E5B2FF42102880EC001143E7E506/

[bertha katzenengel]

78. But "Pimp Star is a huge leap forward in the EVOLUTION OF THE WHEEL!"

:wtf:

[uppityperson]

24. trophy anorexic person of the opposite sex, though bumpernuts 2nd

Bad enough to drive a big SUV with knobby tires and nude silhouette mudflaps that screams "I have a small penis", add in bumpernuts and you're set

[laheina]

41. Lol! nt

[Telly Savalas]

26. Spoilers

If you gotta worry about getting more downforce when driving to the Quick-E-Mart, it's time to reconsider your driving habits.

[laheina]

44. Even worse are the ones that look like

they were ripped off of something else and bolted onto some teenagers import. :eyes:

[LostinVA]

49. Especially when it's some mid-priced family sedan

Bizarre...

[WhollyHeretic]

28. A spoiler on a pickup truck

I used to see a pickup around town that had a spoiler over the back of the bed on a pickup truck, it was a low-rider too. That was absolutely ridiculous.

[realisticphish]

30. Bumper nuts

because, with the rest of them, I can at least say "that's kind of cool."


Bumper nuts? "He's kind of a douchebag"

[nemo137]

31. Whistle Tips

They fit on the exhaust and go "wooo-wooo!"

[ghostsofgiants]

34. For those who have no idea what nemo is talking about...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmvjwOgVoVs

[nemo137]

68. Thanks. It's early in the morning

you should be up cookin' breakfast or something.

[ghostsofgiants]

73. Early in the morning?

It's 11:30 PM where I am right now, haha.

[nemo137]

88. That's Bub Rubb's answer to people who complain about whistletips at 5 am

and a good general response to anyone and anything.

[ghostsofgiants]

89. Ohhh, haha, I haven't watched the video in ages...

Don't remember that part. :P

[Mutley]

55. I heard one of those the other day.

I just figured it was time to take the car to the shop. :D

[ghostsofgiants]

33. Before I even opened this thread, I was thinking spinners.

I saw a rap video once where the whole thing was cars stopping while the spinners on the wheels kept spinning. I think my IQ dropped 75 points during the video.

[ContraBass Black]

77. I hate that song.

[ghostsofgiants]

80. I don't even know what the song is...

I just remember the stupid fucking video, haha.

[name not needed]

92. speaking of which,

[NMMNG]

36. Megaphone tipped exhaust

There is a muffler put on your car for a reason you buttmunch, and then you put a megaphone on the exhaust pipe to make the car louder than it would have been without the muffler??? :grr:

Oh yeah, I am soooooo impressed by the fact that your car breaks the sound barrier from an entire block away. Please give me a towel to wipe up my chair. :sarcasm:

[Jamison]

45. "Loud pipes"

This is a popular mod around where I live.

If you have "loud pipes" that means you completely removed all of your exhaust and your car/truck/suv is now louder than any Harley on the road.:crazy:

[Clintmax]

46. I voted Spinners...

But the "Pimp Star" hubcaps are right up there too. I hate those spinning hubcaps with a freakin passion...the are the lamest, stupidest invention...I could go on and on...x(

[texas1928]

47. Neon ground lights on a 1992 Volvo 4 door sedan.

that was the dumbest thing I have ever seen.

[blondeatlast]

81. That might well be the dumbest thing I've NOT seen.

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

Well, no, but it's up there, anyway.

[texas1928]

91. It was pretty stupid looking.

They still had the original hubcaps and everything.

[DrGonzoLives]

48. C'mon, people, truck nutz are the dumbest things of all time

Spinners can at least look kind of cool.

[jakefrep]

64. I agree

Spinners - the good, expensive kind, not the cheap pieces of tin you can get at Auto Zone - can look good.

[uncle ray]

72. personally i kinda dig "anti" spinners.

back in the day of creating your own gimmicks on custom cars, a few guys would do a similar thing, say on a chopped 51 merc with some dodge lancer "flipper" caps, you'd mount them either on bearings similar to the spinners with a heavy weight at the bottom, or directly to the front spindle, and the hubcaps would stay stationary, making the car appear to magically float down the road as you crept along.

[LostinVA]

50. What are bumper nuts?

[jakefrep]

52. A plastic scrotum..

....attached under the rear bumper of a car, to give the impression that it has "balls".

To normal people, they just give the impression that the vehicle's owner has a small penis.

[LostinVA]

53. That is the stupidest thing I've ever heard of

I swear I haven't noticed them around here. I wonder if they're illegal in VA.

[Pugee]

83. They are stupid! I see them here in Missouri on big pick ups.

[ET Awful]

51. 4 foot high rear wings on front wheel drive Honda Civics are the things

I loathe most in car "accessories."

I mean . . . not only do they look incredibly stupid, but putting down force on the rear of a front wheel drive vehicle isn't exactly conducive to retaining traction at the drive wheels :P

[DS1]

63. Yes, but at very high rates of speeds Hondas and other sedans

are known to have lift-problems with the rear wheels. These enormous wings don't prevent this by creating downforce, or drag, they simple act as a giant-airbrake since 99.9% of Civics can barely hit 110 in the first place ;-)

[Mutley]

57. I really gotta go with hydraulics.

The rest of that stuff is bad, too. But I just gotta wonder about people who think it's cool to be bouncing around in your car trying not to fall out or vomit.

[peekaloo]

58. There's a guy in Austin who has a chandelier hanging on the

inside of his car. I was sitting at a light at a Lamar cross street and I hear this loud tinkling sound. Looked over and the chandelier was swaying and hitting him in the head. I laughed so loud and long at this I almost missed an entire traffic light cycle.

Dude flipped me off and tinkled off into the sunset.

[Alexodin]

67. That is so lame its actually kind of cool in an uncool lame way.

I think there is a point where you can go so far out you actually come back the other way (Einsteins theory and all that). Car chandelier's? Oh yeah thats what you call boomerang cool. "...and he tinkled off into the sunset."

hahhahhahhah thank you for that.

[blondeatlast]

82. "...tinkled off into the sunset."

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[mainegreen]

59. Enormous spoilers on Neons or Cobalts. Lame-o.

Like your POS subcompact can reach speeds where thats necessary.

[Bassic]

61. KITT scanner lights from Knight Rider

http://cgi.ebay.ca/Michael-Knight-night-Rider-LED-KITT-lights-for-ALL-CARS_W0QQitemZ8055733890QQcategoryZ43117QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

:rofl:

[B3Nut]

65. What's really funny is

seeing those Knight Rider grill lights in a rusty '84 Accord. Now THAT'S funny. :D

Todd in Beerbratistan

[Bassic]

84. Mouahahaha

Yeah I think I'd pay to see that.

[Bassic]

86. To tell you how much of a geek I am

I'm almost tempted to buy those and put em on my Elantra. :rofl:

[salin]

69. 8 Track Players

short lived "techonology" - too young to have been a buyer while those were in cars - but do remember driving around with a few friends who got old cars with the 8 track (but there is nothing any more to play in it) players in the car.

[graywarrior]

70. Bumpers that have Bush Cheney 04 stickers on them

[mwooldri]

74. Sorry I still go for the fluffy dice.

It had its time, and you can still buy it. But who the heck would want to hang a pair of fluffy dice from their rear view mirror? I threatened to buy my sister some once - as a joke. I got as far as purchasing them.

Mark.

[YouthInAsia]

75. are spinning rims and spinning hubaps considered the same

thing? I would say that spinning hubcaps are much tackier than spinning rims, although spinning rims are ALSO tacky

[Blue_Tires]

76. other:

1. grossly oversized wheels (anything larger than 20 in, ESPECIALLY those with a 35 profile or lower)

2. curb feelers (for those that still remember them)

3. incredibly cartoonish, massive, or overly complex sound/entertainment system...listen--if you have so much boom in your trunk that you have to STAND outside the vehicle and use a remote control to even turn it up to 10 percent volume, then it's too much....

[izzybeans]

79. The most annoying are the moped mufflers that kids put on their

Hondas. They make them sound like go-carts. Now add neon lights, some spinners and curb feelers and you've got yourself one comical cartoon.

[jmm]

85. Speakers should not cost more than the car they are in

If you paid $2,000 for a 1986 Honda Civic then you're a damn fool it you put $20,000 worth of speakers and stereo equipment in it.

"Honorable" mention goes to spinning rim sneakers, belt buckles, and jewelry.

[NewWaveChick1981]

87. Geez, you shoulda had "all of the above" as a choice!

Ones I didn't see listed in your choices or put up by others: crown air fresheners (but these are not as common as they used to be) and purple glowing lights for under the car. :grr:

[Beware the Beast Man]

90. I need me a set of bumper nuts.

:D Those are awesome.