Call me OLD!!??
 

I just wanted to have a question answered that I have been wondering about for a long time.

What to the stuffed animals hanging from the back of cars mean.

You know, those little dirty animals that live hanging from the tow hooks of cars?

Do you mean Pedobears?:lol:

normally found in drift cars

it's some sort of a jdm trend

okay seriously, some relate to driver skill level, some to what engine they are running, I.e. SR20 red top, black top, you get the idea.

And yes they are usually found on drift cars

It depends on the area but in the Puget Sound it's commonly seen on modified (usually poorly) cars and is an invitation that they're down "to race". This is what the anti-street racing enforcement officers of Kent WA have identified.

This thread title...

I found it deceiving. >:/ lol

It's a STUFFED ANIMAL. I don't play with those anymore. I thought it was a good thread title. Sorry. So what animal do we put on a BRZ?

JDM
 

Still dont completely understand what JDM means fully. Can you help me out?

Means it's overnighted from Japan yo.

It's called dumb! :thumbdown:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4054/...f8b3c8e57e.jpg
http://img335.imageshack.us/img335/1844/71jj3t0za.jpg

:laughabove: wannabe evo! :barf:

I've heard it called a "Drift Ornament". I've seen some that were like Chinese food takeout boxes. They're meant to dangle there while the car is drifting. I like to think of them as the JDM equivalent of truck balls.

Balls
 

Now balls are the most trashy thing you could do to a car. To me, you could stoop no lower on the stupid trash scale.

And, cars are female anyway!

Well, they do wear bras.

And I rarely call them back after I've been inside them.

I have a domo in the rear seats of my car... don't know if that counts. Why? It makes me happy for some reason.

Seriously... what do law enforcement officers know about anything relevant in whats going on in todays world:iono:

My "crew" and I all have the different dbz charecters hanging from our cara. Regardless of drifting or not. We think it looks good, and when we are all together people like the z-team. Lol. I just wish we all had nismo 370s xD

lol I got a small phone key chain of the ghost from Mario hanging on passenger's visor

So I hope you found your answer out already, but since it doesn't seem like you've gotten any real responses yet.... hope this isn't too basic...I don't want to sound like I'm talking down or anything....

JDM stands for "Japan(ese) Domestic Market."

Just as Japanese LOVE big ol' american cars (and pretty much everything else American), there is a reciprocal love for Japan-only vehicles/trim items (as well as Japanese culture) here in North America.

It's to express their feminine sensitivity. They're not for playing with, they are for display only.

Okay I have not clue. :iono:

I used to collect stuffed fish myself. And I don't know what stuffed animal we'd use for the BRZ or FRS. :iono:

They know quite a bit.

So there's a strip of road here in CT that gets packed full of modified cars meeting up in parking lots on Friday and Saturday nights. There's a lot of douchebags and a lot of asshattery.

The other day I went out there with my new FR-S to meet up with some other owners and hopefully find some less douchey folks to chill with.

I hadn't been in 6 years since I owned my Evo. I never bothered with my Jeep.

I saw this for the first time and they always accompanied a vehicle that was attempting to spin 1 wheel in a parking lot starting from rolling in reverse with a fart-can affixed to the rear.

Says the JDM girl that loves stuffed animals and could have clarified for all of us????

Could have but didn't......

BRZ:
http://img0.etsystatic.com/000/0/594....354595500.jpg

FR-S:
http://img1.etsystatic.com/000/0/673....314684209.jpg

The stingray is Sugoi!

Id rock it on the Evo, even if it made me an a$$hat, douschbag, ricer LOL

I figure you would have to keep up with me enough to see it, not possible HaHa

I was mislead!

Lol

But RRnold explains it. Its "dumb."

Other then that... its just a little toy that's kinda screaming when the car goes sideways. Think Anime.

Please, they are more out the loop then you would expect. Older people always think they "know" what is going on.

It's a drift ornament except in an attempt to be "JDM FRESH" people rock it on their FWD econoboxes.


I will admit though, that stingray a few posts up is heartmeltingly adorable. I want it for my rear view mirror

:bellyroll:

I see anything dangling from your tow hook or exterior of you car the same manner as I do with those dangling nut sacks. :thumbdown:

http://southern4x4.com/images/Truck%20Nutz.jpg

You're not going to win me over on this one and we weren't talking about "older people", you specifically mentioned the Police . Police officers, especially specific task forces know their material, environment and perpetrators very well. You go right ahead and underestimate the knowledge of the police, let me know how that turns out.

:word::respekt:

Sorry my post is a little miss leading, I just say older people because Im generally pretty young (21). What I was getting at is that most police will take what comes out of one guys mouth and make it seem like everybody of that category does xyz. Hence why most of the time when it comes to certain things, I take what they with a grain of salt. Much like the news.

Slightly off topic, but for those interacting with law enforcement because of spirited driving, I found this article to be useful. It's a couple years old at this point, but you may find it helpful. :)

http://www.caranddriver.com/features...o_now_-feature

I have a train handle from Japan hanging from my tow
Hook on my KE70....
In general most ornaments hanging off tow hooks r shit but sometimes someone is a bit different and u can appreciate it ... I know pretty much all u say u hate them and fair call.. When douches in riced out fwds with"fart cans" ruin the look if u would call it that, it can only be expected.... But if I was driving along and a done up 240z riding very low had that mustache ride? toy hanging of the back I could enjoy and get a laugh out of it...
http://img0.etsystatic.com/000/0/594....354595500.jpg
It started with Bosozoku cars.. They would hang tins off the tow hook(can't remember what type of tins)... The car was considered low/cool enough if the tin dragged across the ground or made contact with it.... Then came train hooks and the same thing applied but also as an F-you to police because the train hook had obviously been stolen from a train and the Bosozoku was showing off...http://motormavens.com/emAlbum/album...40Z%20copy.jpg
http://motormavens.com/emAlbum/album..._240z_copy.jpg

I was given a few as gifts and fitted one to my tow hook as well as the brace handles in the interior of my ke70 to give it a bit more Bosozoku style.. Dunno about the whole fluffy toy thing though... If its funny and original id appreciate it...

Dont understand how this is relevant?

Those ''drift charms'' are cosmetic and dont mean anything more than truck balls do. I have read that they started with Japanese gangs in Japan dragging chains or something metallic (as some form of rebellion), from their cars/motorcycles for some reason. Then it evolved and got popular in the drift scene, then it evolved into spoiled rich white kids, and Asian kids in America hanging dirty stuffed animals. It like how kids hang their pants low past their ass. It started with some hardcore dudes doing it for a reason and it evolved into a metro-sexual homing beacon much like truck balls are redneck looser identifiers.

Says the man in the pink 86........Lol.......

I do agree with u for the most part though in regards to the evolution..........

It was off topic to begin with. Just thought it might help you and others in your dealings with LEOs