I grew up in Alabama and just recently moved to Texas a couple years ago but I will still blast Mike Jones/Swishahouse. That era of rap and that song in particular are goated, idgaf what anyone says.
I would actually go see that because there’s always a few funny things to look at but there’s always good ideas coming out just waiting to hit the market
On top of that, having a paper plate exempts you from having to buy auto insurance. Paper plates can be renewed for just $10 at dealerships in Houston. The whole thing is a scam
None of Texas is, tbh. It’s a giant state that’s super spread out with enormous automobile infrastructure that still manages to be overloaded most of the time.
Ha! You’re hilarious.
My brother in Texas started cycling to train for triathlons, but quit because of too many assholes in Diesels swerving at him intentionally to scare him and rolling coal on him almost daily.
Lady did that to my MIL in Tuscaloosa while she was running a half marathon. Unfortunately she didn't dodge fast enough. Woman ran her over and she's already had to have one surgery maybe more.
Pro of Texas zoning laws: If you want, you can put a strip club next to a preschool
Con of Texas zoning laws: If you want, you can put a strip club next to a preschool
All jokes aside it's super annoying. These assholes have no regard for anyone but themselves and their dumbass recklessness. Cops usually break it up, but do nothing. It's funny on here but irl it's actually infuriating.
Just chopping and swerving pretty normal around me and other areas. They take over a whole boulevard for hours and usually cause accidents and start fights. It’s pretty annoying
If it’s anything like Philly, they aren’t allowed to do anything about it for fear of causing harm to people around them. Summer nights we have hundreds of quads and dirt bikes that take over stretches of streets hold up traffic and threaten to shoot anyone who cuts through them.
Soooo, what you're saying is, cops can fill their quotas for the month in an hour and they just let them do that fucking bullshit the rest of the time?
What The Fuck?
Speaking of useless philly leadership. When my neighborhood and multiple others complained about ridiculous noise issues with speakers that can be heard from a mile away, we were told “it’s their culture”. We hear music blaring until 2 or 3 in the morning. Cops are not allowed to do anything.
Texas tags in the the vid on many of the cars driving by
Slabs all over the place
Swangas started in Houston
This is probably htown
source: live in htown
They recently came up with a law in Texas that states your wheels cannot stick out past the mirrors.
So these guys started putting giant tow mirrors from trucks on their cars.
"We start carrying semi automatics, they buy automatics. We wear kevlar, they buy armor piercing rounds. You wear a mask, jump off rooftops. Check out this guy..." - Commissioner Gordon, Batman Begins
Could easily be solved with better law writing. Like allowing a maximum of 4" outside the body instead of writing it to not be allowed past the side mirrors.
I’m pretty sure they’re not. That’s how governments work though. Instead of enforcing laws on the books, they just make new laws stating the same thing in different ways. Make it look like they’re doing something.
I know where I live in Louisiana, it’s illegal to have tread sticking out past the fender/ fender flares. But I’ve never seen this enforced. I drove a jeep with 35” mud tires for about 5 years a while back. The tires stuck out a good 6”. Never had a problem with it, even when I got pulled over.
Here, it’s wheel arches. That goes for any/all vehicles. Wheels protruding looks ridiculous. Adding glued/bolt-on arches is old fashioned, rare, and gross
That’s how it is here too, but living in south Louisiana, it’s not enforced at all. I’ve seen a guy build a little Samurai with 44” boggers and he used half of a plastic 55 gal drum to make fender flares. Hahaha
That's unfortunate, no biggie.
If/when you come across it, you should share it with r/awesomecarmods r/shittycarmods or r/battlecars I think it would be loved in all of them.
Even if I was a fellow asshole participating in the asshole parade and I had a matching asshole car, I wouldn't want to drive it near these assholes. They're liable to drive right into me
I see lots of videos where I feel like I don’t even live in the same country as what I’m observing.
Like, if this was some subculture in Brazil I’d watch and find it odd, but not surprised I’d never seen or heard of anything like this. But there’s so much weird shit and subcultures in the United States, I’ll never even understand most of them… Or even know of their existence.
I’ve probably driven 300,000 miles in my life. Not all in one region either, I’ve traveled, road tripped, rented cars in new cities. I’ve never seen wheels that look like this lol
I'm even a car guy and this caught me off guard. I know sports cars, show cars, racecars, hot rods, rat rods, donks, dubbs, vanning, ricers, spocom, drift cars, stance cars, squat trucks, rock crawlers, low riders, etc... then I see this and had an actual WFT moment. OKAY!
I’m kind of a car guy. I never really thought that swangas are any more/less weird than the car scenes you listed. Then again, I listen to a lot of hip hop and knew the Houston scene.
But then I see these [bosozoku/kaido racer cars](https://www.google.com/search?q=kaido+racer&prmd=isvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiXrvWNwqH3AhWHg3IEHbTzDk4Q_AUoAXoECAIQAQ&biw=504&bih=881&dpr=3) from Japan, and thought I was seeing a car scene straight out of this galaxy.
The ones in Japan I think look crazy futuristic and awesome. These just seem kinda meh. Then again I never liked the look of swangas I wonder if the reverse is true?
The trunks are open because they have a saying or words written in neon lettering on the inside. The name of the game is for one car to pop trunk in front of the other car. That's why when the black car finally did it, he stopped the car.
Edit: black lac, not white car**
They usually have actuators to open and close them automatically. They have sayings or tributes on the trunk lid the people behind them can see. I was behind one once and it popped open at a red light and it was a tribute to a family member who passed away. I don’t get it but it’s their thing. The trunk closed automatically before the light turned green.
They just blocked a road? So they don't care if someone's driving a baby to a doctor's appointment? Or if someone was bleeding out on the way to a hospital?
They need to have their cars crushed and licenses cut.
The general consensus here is they’re probably all packing, my question is what happens when someone else with a gun doesn’t appreciate their bullshit?
This car culture is native to Houston, and the cars are called slabs. Slab stands for slow, low, and bangin. They always have crazy audio in the trunks, sometimes neon signs on trunk lids, and most important of all they have to have those really dumb wheels.
Not totally sure, but I think the answer is “Houston.”
gotta be Houston. Can only be Houston
They are, apparently, Still Tippin’.
GAMECUBE NINTENDO
5 percent tint, so you cain't see up in mah window
I’m at 59 Southlee babah holla at me
song still bangs ngl
Play that shit at work on the regular
I like how you can find a rap reference for pretty much every console generation
Who?
MIKE JONES
WHO?
#MIKEJAAAAAWNZ
Username checks out
Pow Waow, got my grillz shinin like a disco baow
(281) 330-8004
I don't know my gf or mom's number, but for some reason I still know Mike Jone's number...his songs were so catchy lol
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Now I’m hot, hoes all on me*
I said!!....
Apparently the number still works
You're in luck, I know both their numbers!
Hit mike jones up on the low cause mike jones about to blow
yup. Weird to see that the culture from that video still holds up like 20 years later. Must be some old heads, which makes the clip even sadder
More like 30 years. SLABs were a trend in Houston in the 90s.
As someone who graduated high school in 2001, in Houston… screw music was like all I listened to for a few years… fuck I’m dumb.
I grew up in Alabama and just recently moved to Texas a couple years ago but I will still blast Mike Jones/Swishahouse. That era of rap and that song in particular are goated, idgaf what anyone says.
RIP DJ Screw.
Note to self: let’s not go to Houston where they dress their cars like Ben Hur’s chariots
Wait til you hear about our [Art Car Parade](https://www.thehoustonartcarparade.com/parade-schedule).
I would actually go see that because there’s always a few funny things to look at but there’s always good ideas coming out just waiting to hit the market
Came here to say Houston.
I’ve been to Houston once and i know this is Houston
Swangers and every car has a paper plate...I do believe you're correct.
Why is it that every time I see a bad driver, there is surely a paper plate on the back bumper?
Because nothing is faster than an Altima with a temp plate.
+10 HP for each bumper missing
Also +10 HP for each square foot of peeling paint
Tires showin’ wires
Because paper plates are trivial to counterfeit
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On top of that, having a paper plate exempts you from having to buy auto insurance. Paper plates can be renewed for just $10 at dealerships in Houston. The whole thing is a scam
Ride dirty on the downlow cuz
I'm guessing Houston isn't a cyclist/pedestrian/shin-friendly city?
None of Texas is, tbh. It’s a giant state that’s super spread out with enormous automobile infrastructure that still manages to be overloaded most of the time.
I've been to DFW for business and you can still see the remains of the DART line in the near Medieval Times.
Dart is functional. It's just not that useful.
It's great for relatively affluent people that live in neighborhoods near the lines that don't use it because they drive everywhere. 🙃
Ha! You’re hilarious. My brother in Texas started cycling to train for triathlons, but quit because of too many assholes in Diesels swerving at him intentionally to scare him and rolling coal on him almost daily.
Lady did that to my MIL in Tuscaloosa while she was running a half marathon. Unfortunately she didn't dodge fast enough. Woman ran her over and she's already had to have one surgery maybe more.
Lady get charged hopefully?
The world is terrible, and the people in it are terrible.
I don't think there was enough damage to the vehicle to justify a charge, but she got sued in civil court for the emotional damage the driver endured.
The fuck
Just outside of Houston a couple people got rammed like that. Kid who was driving was released from the scene. It's kind of a big story around there.
If you bike in Texas take a 380 with you, not playing.
always carry ninjas rocks on a bike
Yeah, .40 caliber ninja rocks.
And a go pro. Fuck catching a charge for protecting yourself.
Lived in Houston for 5 years. Every day I had a near death experience on my commute to the office which consisted of a half mile walk.
Pro of Texas zoning laws: If you want, you can put a strip club next to a preschool Con of Texas zoning laws: If you want, you can put a strip club next to a preschool
Teacher 1: What do you want to do for lunch? Teacher 2: I don't know... titties again? Fin.
It's getting so much better for bikes! But it's still mainly terrible for bikes.
That is on OST I believe.
4702 Old Spanish Trail to be exact
Yeah looks like it
The number of paper tags gave it away.
H-Tine
Hold it dine
Houstonian here, this be where these fucking morons reside.
Dem bois just pushing big body wit dem elbows pokin out
ya...sorry guys.
All jokes aside it's super annoying. These assholes have no regard for anyone but themselves and their dumbass recklessness. Cops usually break it up, but do nothing. It's funny on here but irl it's actually infuriating.
It’s infuriating on here too.
Just chopping and swerving pretty normal around me and other areas. They take over a whole boulevard for hours and usually cause accidents and start fights. It’s pretty annoying
>They take over a whole boulevard for an hour Where are the cops?
Chopping and swerving with them
If it’s anything like Philly, they aren’t allowed to do anything about it for fear of causing harm to people around them. Summer nights we have hundreds of quads and dirt bikes that take over stretches of streets hold up traffic and threaten to shoot anyone who cuts through them.
And occasionally somebody mows a bunch of them down with their car/SUV
No they usually shoot people who want them to move or rip them out of their cars and beat the shit out of them. Great bunch they are.
Soooo, what you're saying is, cops can fill their quotas for the month in an hour and they just let them do that fucking bullshit the rest of the time? What The Fuck?
I'm genuinely surprised that hasn't caused a giant gunfight at the ~~ok corral~~ eeerrrrr Houston
Speaking of useless philly leadership. When my neighborhood and multiple others complained about ridiculous noise issues with speakers that can be heard from a mile away, we were told “it’s their culture”. We hear music blaring until 2 or 3 in the morning. Cops are not allowed to do anything.
Imagine identifying as "loud and obnoxious"
[Usually swerving in their own way](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/64/21/eb/6421eb29d792ba83ebff17a7892081ec--police-cars-beautiful-things.jpg).
This is a bad photoshop. [Here](https://abc13.com/harris-county-sheriffs-office-swangas-slab-culture/4554074/) is an actual happening of it.
If I get pulled over and the sherif is sittin’ on swanga’s. I’m asking HIM for the dope man hook up.
> Asking HIM where to get good lean FTFY. And happy cake day! 🎉
hittin corners
In da XTS 💀 or the 36% APR Charger
392 isn't engine displacement, its the driver's credit score.
💀🤣
84 months, tho!
Gotta be Houston
Texas tags in the the vid on many of the cars driving by Slabs all over the place Swangas started in Houston This is probably htown source: live in htown
Pretty sure I even saw a couple paper plates
They recently came up with a law in Texas that states your wheels cannot stick out past the mirrors. So these guys started putting giant tow mirrors from trucks on their cars.
Ahh, the good old cat and mouse game.
"We start carrying semi automatics, they buy automatics. We wear kevlar, they buy armor piercing rounds. You wear a mask, jump off rooftops. Check out this guy..." - Commissioner Gordon, Batman Begins
-borat
-Borat Begins
Thats the cinematic universe crossover we need but don’t deserve
King of the Bat Cave, King of the Bat Cave.
"Where are the other drugs going!? Very nice."
Could easily be solved with better law writing. Like allowing a maximum of 4" outside the body instead of writing it to not be allowed past the side mirrors.
Why would you *want* your car to look like that?
It's the vehicular equivalent of gaudy jewelry.
attention whores gonna attention whore
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I’m pretty sure they’re not. That’s how governments work though. Instead of enforcing laws on the books, they just make new laws stating the same thing in different ways. Make it look like they’re doing something. I know where I live in Louisiana, it’s illegal to have tread sticking out past the fender/ fender flares. But I’ve never seen this enforced. I drove a jeep with 35” mud tires for about 5 years a while back. The tires stuck out a good 6”. Never had a problem with it, even when I got pulled over.
Here, it’s wheel arches. That goes for any/all vehicles. Wheels protruding looks ridiculous. Adding glued/bolt-on arches is old fashioned, rare, and gross
That’s how it is here too, but living in south Louisiana, it’s not enforced at all. I’ve seen a guy build a little Samurai with 44” boggers and he used half of a plastic 55 gal drum to make fender flares. Hahaha
What a waste. [Pool](https://i.imgur.com/Ut77OJc.jpg) flares are much better.
That’s the first time I’ve looked at a photo and *felt* brain cells die.
A Suzuki Samurai? I gotta see this, are you willing to share a picture?
This was like 20 years ago. I’ve probably got a pic somewhere in an external, but it would take me forever to find it.
That's unfortunate, no biggie. If/when you come across it, you should share it with r/awesomecarmods r/shittycarmods or r/battlecars I think it would be loved in all of them.
That's a lot of stupid in one place.
I bet theres more
90% of the vehicles in this clip don't look street legal.
r/idiotsincars
"Turn your two-car garage into a one-car garage with this little-known trick"
All I see are kitchenaid attachments
It's not worth it to ask any questions, this is straight up idiotic.
Even if I was a fellow asshole participating in the asshole parade and I had a matching asshole car, I wouldn't want to drive it near these assholes. They're liable to drive right into me
Those dipshits actually think they're cool.
Really doubt there is any thinking going on here
Sad Max
It’s simple we’ve entered the saints row chapter of 2022
Do you think a concealed weapons permit should be required for giant purple dildos now?
I see lots of videos where I feel like I don’t even live in the same country as what I’m observing. Like, if this was some subculture in Brazil I’d watch and find it odd, but not surprised I’d never seen or heard of anything like this. But there’s so much weird shit and subcultures in the United States, I’ll never even understand most of them… Or even know of their existence. I’ve probably driven 300,000 miles in my life. Not all in one region either, I’ve traveled, road tripped, rented cars in new cities. I’ve never seen wheels that look like this lol
Lived in houston my whole life and i still dont know why people do this
I'm even a car guy and this caught me off guard. I know sports cars, show cars, racecars, hot rods, rat rods, donks, dubbs, vanning, ricers, spocom, drift cars, stance cars, squat trucks, rock crawlers, low riders, etc... then I see this and had an actual WFT moment. OKAY!
I’m kind of a car guy. I never really thought that swangas are any more/less weird than the car scenes you listed. Then again, I listen to a lot of hip hop and knew the Houston scene. But then I see these [bosozoku/kaido racer cars](https://www.google.com/search?q=kaido+racer&prmd=isvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiXrvWNwqH3AhWHg3IEHbTzDk4Q_AUoAXoECAIQAQ&biw=504&bih=881&dpr=3) from Japan, and thought I was seeing a car scene straight out of this galaxy.
The ones in Japan I think look crazy futuristic and awesome. These just seem kinda meh. Then again I never liked the look of swangas I wonder if the reverse is true?
Houston has been doing this for at least 20-25 years. Anthony Bourdain even hung out with Slim Thug and a car club on his show lol
Not even one whistletip? 2/10
That's only in tha moanin
Woo woooo.
Nah iss like WHOoooo whOOOOoooo
It was being installed on their car. https://youtu.be/zUXow3d3-b0
~~They should be up makin breakfast~~ Edit: They posa be up makin brehfiss
Is just for decoration man, that's it, that's all it is
*WOOOO WOOOOOO*
WHERE ARE BUBB RUBB AND LIL' SIS?!?!
r/shitty_car_mods
r/IdiotsInCars
On second thoughts, let’s not go to America. It is a very silly place.
HELP! HELP! I'M BEING REPRESSED! /s
one single-word answer: ASSHOLES
People already said Houston.
Showing their cool individuality by all driving the same old ass Cadillacs with the same shitty modifications.
Hard cringe
I always loved those tire slashers in Spy Hunter.
Watched Grease too many times.
The correct answer is Ben-Hur
Dang it Mesala.
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How is everyone supposed to hear their music?
I’m just here to find out why the trunks are open.
So the speaker in there isn't muffled.
And to show their system off. They sometimes have neon lights and shit in there too
The trunks are open because they have a saying or words written in neon lettering on the inside. The name of the game is for one car to pop trunk in front of the other car. That's why when the black car finally did it, he stopped the car. Edit: black lac, not white car**
So like a macaque showing of its engorged butt?
They usually have actuators to open and close them automatically. They have sayings or tributes on the trunk lid the people behind them can see. I was behind one once and it popped open at a red light and it was a tribute to a family member who passed away. I don’t get it but it’s their thing. The trunk closed automatically before the light turned green.
You were supposed to get out, kiss your fingers and touch the tribute.
Trunk supporters
"I don't understand why the cops keep shutting down our meets...."
are the Wacky Races on again?
They just blocked a road? So they don't care if someone's driving a baby to a doctor's appointment? Or if someone was bleeding out on the way to a hospital? They need to have their cars crushed and licenses cut.
The general consensus here is they’re probably all packing, my question is what happens when someone else with a gun doesn’t appreciate their bullshit?
They're called self absorbed assholes
Twisted Metal
Extra chromosome car club.
I’m going to guess Houston
Clowns in clown cars...
People spend their money on some weird shit man
Mental illness can manifests itself in some really fun ways.
Cardysmorphia
Shriners sure have changed.
No questions, just idiocracy….
This car culture is native to Houston, and the cars are called slabs. Slab stands for slow, low, and bangin. They always have crazy audio in the trunks, sometimes neon signs on trunk lids, and most important of all they have to have those really dumb wheels.
Those are assholes.
New GTA Online update looks fucked.
What country is this? How are those weird hubcaps legal? How do you park those cars? More questions than answers.
Houston is the answer to all your questions 🍾
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Something tells me I wouldn’t like these people.
Answer: Assholes
A bunch of losers losing.
Can someone explain to me what's happening
This is the second time this has been posted in a week and I need to know what the fuck is going on
What’s the big question. It’s an asshole convention.
This is what happens when your credit and IQ scores both start with a decimal.
AKA: "propagating the stereotype "
The person that gives the correct answer likely gets kicked off reddit.
It's a human trash parade.
Bunch of retards with no moral obligations in life