New York Auto Show: It's donktacular! RIDES does up a taxi, skyscraper style
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Say that you're RIDES Magazine and you want to celebrate the 100th anniversary of taxi cab service in New York City - what to do? Simple - take a 1996 Crown Vic (arguably better looking than Ford's current take on the Panther platform), put a lift on it that shames many custom pickups, and shove a set of Pirelli-shod 30" MHT wheels under it. Not included is the milkcrate you'll need to stand on in order to enter the beast. Now, we realize that this probably isn't a proper "donk" to most folks (and those that specifically associate the name with mid-70s Caprices are particularly likely to be offended by using the name to describe a Crown Vic), but this thing seems to defy any other name - well, at least any name that's suitable to print. No word yet on whether it'll be whisking us away from the Javits convention center tomorrow night, but such a scenario isn't out of the question - the nine-foot-tall ride is said to wear an official NYC taxi medallion.
[Source: RIDES, Jalopnik]
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MONTEON6S 6:28PM (2/17/2008)
I THINK ITS ALL ABOUT WHAT A PERSON LIKES IF YOU DONT LIKE IT ....THATS YOU ...WHAT ABOUT THOSE LITTLE TRUCKS THAT HAVE LITTLE AZZ RIMZ AND HUGE RUBBER TIRES WHY DOESNT ANY ONE TALK ABOUT THEM THEY SPEND ALL THAT MONEY JACKING UP THEIR RIDES TO GO RIDEING THRU MUDD AND EVEN DUMMER THEY USE THEM TO CLIMB ROCKS ...WHEN THEY FLIP OVER AND BREAK SOMETHING ITS "YEEEEEHAAAAA" BUT ITS ALL GOOD HUH...? RESPECT WHAT YOU SEE AND STOP HATEING PPL ITS CALL FREEDOM
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3cubedminus3squared 2:03PM (4/04/2007)
They should of used a 96 impala SS or a buick roadmaster. This still looks like a proper donk though.
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John 2:22PM (4/04/2007)
How can people possibly think this looks good?
I'm sick and tired of people that lack taste.
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Rick Lyon 2:49PM (4/04/2007)
Dumbtacular! Gettotacular!
Idiots don't realize you get the biggest rims that fit IN YOUR FENDER! Hey, I got me some 24s! (the frigging car is 10 feet in the air to make room for it, retarded). This is what happens when poorly educated listen to hip hop and think they need 24s to impress the hoes. If it doesn't fit inside, it's too big! Get an SUV!
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Bryan 2:29PM (4/04/2007)
Only trucks should be jacked up. However, I have seen a poor Mustang(80's model) jacked up once before as well as a Camaro. Tacky.
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ron 2:53PM (4/04/2007)
Easily qualifies as "the most rediculous item of the day!".
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Lindsey 3:48PM (4/04/2007)
Rule # 1: A donk is a 72 thru 76 Caprice.
A Ford can never be a Donk, Box, or Bubble. Those names are reserved for Chevy Caprices.
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Guenther 2:59PM (4/04/2007)
Dumb and Dumberer. It's not entirely unlike the ghetto-blaster trend of the 80's. Eventually the majority sais "this is stupid" and we can all move on. Eventually these things will find their place in the trash heap of history next to ALF telephones, jellies, leg warmers, and POGs.
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aman 3:13PM (4/04/2007)
You guys, (excluding #1) don't appreciate style when you see it. keep your lousy, FWD, 140-hp Civics with puny 17s. we'll gladly take these donks with 30"s, 600hp and 12-second drag times.
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DPC car videos 3:21PM (4/04/2007)
I cant stand these cars, as if it wasn't bad enough, check out this guy:
http://www.dpccars.com/car-videos/04-05-07page-Drag-racing-with-DUB-wheels.htm
I guess he got what he deserved.
and this guy:
http://www.dpccars.com/car-videos/03-16-07page-Burnout-with-30-inch-wheels.htm
I wonder how much are those tires.
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3cubedminus3squared 3:25PM (4/04/2007)
John, just because people don't like what you like doesn't mean they lack taste. I would never wear what skaters and goths wear, but that doesn't mean they lack taste.
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JJ 7:33PM (4/04/2007)
Sure its not my taste but hey, these people keep aftermarket shops in business and there's nothing wrong with that.
Just because its something you dont like doesnt mean its stupid or what not, its just a different culture than you're used too.
For instance i think "riced" out cars are dumb and lame as all hell, but i know plenty of nice people with ricer cars and i dont rag on them for it.
Same thing i think stock cars are a bit boring as well but you dont see me going up to everyone saying their lame for not spending money on their car either.
To each their own.
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Cheezedog 3:35PM (4/04/2007)
I think it looks awesome... (Sure its not practical, but who modifys a car to be more practical?!) The only complaint I have is climbing into this thing would eventually become annoying... Someone really should come up with a fold up ladder for the Donk movement.
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CR 4:37PM (4/04/2007)
I know this style of automobile tuning is popular every from Dallas to Omaha to Metro San Francisco, but the most fitting place to show such a car is the same place where this type of car is most popular, in the Deep South (both urban and rural). They should have put a old checkered cab on 20" and left it at that. I know this is a very popular type of tuning everywhere but its roots are in the south and that is why it should be shown in the south.
I bet that thing could ride over a two foot barrier.
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Stephen 3:42PM (4/04/2007)
If the Modification lessens the performance of the Vehicle instead of improves it......Then it's pointless.
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Waltzon 4:16PM (4/04/2007)
Rule #2 a DORK, on the other hand is anyone who spends this much money to make any make, model or year look this stupid.
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Cheezedog 4:40PM (4/04/2007)
At 11, Stephen
The performance of what. Speed, fuel economy, preception of your wallet, your privates, and/or personality? There is alot of things you can modify on a car to better fit your needs, and making a better capable of speeding is not always the one people choose to improve. Remember the shag carpited camper vans of the 70s, and 80s? Im sure 120 pounds of shag carpit really improved the handling of those cargo vans considerably...
And what if you don't ever use the car in a way you modifyed it? Suppose you drop a pair of turbos into your camaro, but it only kicks in at 5000 RPM? To use those turbos, you have to hit illigal speeds, so now your modifaction makes you choose between being a lawful citizen, and maintain your ego as a automaniac...
Now That modifacation by your definetion is clear in now you improved your cars performance, but have you really improved the car as it makes you a outlaw to drive it like it should?
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John 5:24PM (4/04/2007)
Wow, 3cubedminus3squared, I never realized taste was an objective quality. Thanks for the life lesson [if I could only figure out how to roll my eyes here].
In reality, taste is subjective. Beauty is in the mind of the beholder, blah, blah, blah.
I don't find it tasteless because it's different. I find it tasteless because it lacks taste, IMO.
Believe me, I respect plenty of things that aren't "what I like," but I have zero respect for these ugly, impractical monstrosities. I guess I'll just continue to point and laugh at the morons driving them as they roll by trying to look cool, when in reality, we all know they look ridiculous.
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James 5:28PM (4/04/2007)
I wonder if that violates New Yorks lift law.
"Headlights must not be more than 54 inches above the cement, and taillights can't be higher than 72 inches. Turn-signal lights can't exceed 83 inches."
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Paul 9:05PM (4/04/2007)
Reading the comments I can't help but wonder what it is really that people are so worked up about. Okay, your not a fan of the "donk" style or of the vehicles that generally receive this style of modification. Why are you so offended that some other people do?
my OPINION: It's kinda cool. On someone else's car.
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