Why is there a black guy driving around in a Sour Skittles car?

[BrunoPuntzJones]

This puzzles me and I can't figure it out.

I see this car around town occasionally. Late 80s Crown Victoria. Convertible. Bright green paintjob with white leather interior. Lifted and say 20" chrome wheels. Not overly "blinged" out, but a nice looking car. Except for the skittles...

There is a huge ass banner on each side that looks like this.

And there are big skittles painted all over the car.

Seem him just out and about on local roads. He's going the opposite direction and I'm going to work so I haven't been able to pull up beside him and ask.

Does this dude just really love Sour Skittles? Did they have some sort of contest and give away the car?

It boggles my mind. What's the deal?

 

[Acanthus]

I dont remember any contests involving an old impala, i could be wrong though.

Maybe the dude really loves his sour skittles.

 

[bonkers325]

does he sell "skittles" from the trunk of his car?

 

[PottedMeat]

maybe it really says 'skeetles'

skeet skeet skeet!

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: bonkers325
does he sell "skittles" from the trunk of his car?

yeh, cause isn't skittles a slang for speed?

 

[nakedfrog]

Lifted and 20" chrome wheels = overly blinged out

 

[AccruedExpenditure]

Peacock theory taken to another level.

 

[Chiller2]

It seem to be the new style at least in the south Take a big old land yacht put wagon wheels on it and and some pop culture logo. There are a couple around here one for M&M's one for Twix and one for John Deere

 

[mwmorph]

It's a trend among young black males in urban areas.
http://www.clublexus.com/forums/showthread.php?t=219820

http://i7.photobucket.com/albu...Rezerected/cheetos.jpg
http://driftgirl.org/CRAP1/payday.jpg
http://hartmangroup.typepad.co...orized/louisvitton.jpg

 

[BZeto]

This thread literally made me lol. Maybe Skittles/Mars pays him to keep the banner on the side of his car?

 

[KB]

Mr. Sweets? ?75 Chevy Impala sports coupe packs more flava than VH1.

by Maurice Bobb

Some whips speak for themselves. The model, the color, the bodywork, the customizations; long after the car has driven by, people are still talking about how friggin? tight it was. Somewhere in the leafy grid of Sumter, SC, there is a custom cherry-red 1975 Impala Sports Coupe, aka, the ?Skittles Car,? that has this to say to anyone who beholds its candy-coated goodness: come taste the rainbow.

The car?s owner, who prefers to be called Mr. Skittles, took his prized Impala to the boys at Mr. Scrape Customs with the sole intention of driving home in something candy?literally. ?It?s not just a Donk,? says Mr. Skittles, ?it?s a ?75 Impala Sports Coupe. I just wanted to be a little different. I used the Skittles theme because red is a loud color, but I didn?t just want it to be plain red. So I came up with the idea to use Skittles so the loud colors would really bring it out.?

 

[alien42]

the pimped out ad cars are not that un common in atlanta

off the top of my head i have seen coors, church's, sprite, 3 muskateers, wonderbread, visa, blockbuster

 

[PepePeru]

maybe that's his street name or something.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

the original skittles car

http://www.mrscrape.com/gallery/skittles.htm

 

[trmiv]

These cars with the big ass wagon wheels crack me up. I saw a late 90's Crown Vic driving around here the other day that had more ground clearance than a frigging Hummer. It was painted yellow and blue, but I didn't see the side to catch what it said. I did see some small writing on the back, but I couldn't make it out.

 

[alien42]

Originally posted by: trmiv
These cars with the big ass wagon wheels crack me up. I saw a late 90's Crown Vic driving around here the other day that had more ground clearance than a frigging Hummer. It was painted yellow and blue, but I didn't see the side to catch what it said. I did see some small writing on the back, but I couldn't make it out.

my guess is blockbuster

 

[alkemyst]

A lot of the guys here into Donk cars and the like say "I want it to shine like a skittle". They pick similar colors to the candy as well.

that is all.

 

[Cal166]

Originally posted by: mwmorph
It's a trend among young black males in urban areas.
http://www.clublexus.com/forums/showthread.php?t=219820

http://i7.photobucket.com/albu...Rezerected/cheetos.jpg
http://driftgirl.org/CRAP1/payday.jpg
http://hartmangroup.typepad.co...orized/louisvitton.jpg

It's not just cars, a few years back they be wearing these jackets with the same crap on them.

 

[Apex]

Originally posted by: mwmorph
http://i7.photobucket.com/albu...Rezerected/cheetos.jpg

That was the first thing I thought of too.

 

[Raduque]

While this is not the same thing as what the Donk tards are doing, I would so totally do it. Practically free money!

 

[slightlyhuman]

lulz. seen the car too. what a moron.

i didn't look at who was posting and this and at first was like "whoa, that's in my town too!"

:beer: bruno. let's make an ATOT car!

 

[slightlyhuman]

here's his myspace website that he has painted on the car as well:

http://myspace.com/skittlescar

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Wow so I'm not the only one seeing this, and it's widespread.

kinda crazy that some are doing it just for shiggles and not getting paid for it.

some folks really put a lot of work into those things.

and yeah I could see rolling around town in an ATOT lowrider