around my way lately the local boy racers have things (cuddly toys etc)hanging off the rear towing eye.
any ideas what its all about or am i too old to understand??

 

Saw a Porsche GT3 the other day with similar.

Was the bum and tail of a cat stuck on the outside of the boot so it looked like you'd squashed the poor old moggy as you closed the boot.

Quite funny I thought, but then again I'm easily pleased

 

no cuddly toys hanging from rear towing hook underneath the saxo or corsa usually

 

They are from drifting "drift dice" comes from Japan where drifters would put dice or a cuddly toy hanging from the towing eye so they could see what angle they coud get the toy to whilst performing a drift.

 

that explains everything, they must be drifting at night in their 1.1 front wheel drive cars

 

Whats with the HUG tow eyes ?

 

im no boy racer and i got a smurf hanging off my motor tow...my son loves it

 

what's HUG?

 

i just wondered what the reasoning behind it was as i have seen loads lately and mostly on the local "boy racers" cars i wasn't calling anyone anything.

 

ive seen cars with this aswell, wondered what it was about,

 

LMAO i know, stupid isnt it! I think its become some kind of style thing now. Also hip hop/dubstep/rapper types started putting them in their music videos which no doubt inspired young people who like to think they are cool or a bit "gangsta" to put them on thier 1l diesel saxo's

 

na na mate i know your not calling me a boy racer ..i thought it was a bit chav but i only got it on there cos son laughs about it.lol bit dirty now so prob gonna pull it off anyway

 

so is the reason they think they are drifters or rappers??

 

think i'll put one on my range rover lol,

 

i think im a rapping drifter

 

lol

Well it comes from Japan and drifting, whether individuals motivation for hanging cuddly toys from thier car is that they are wanna be rappers or drifters I cant say lol

 

im going for rappers as i cant imagine much drifting goes on in front wheel drive 1.1's

 

I quite like it. My mate had a dummy hanging off his RX-7

 

i might hang a sheeps head from my range rover lol

 

This summer I took part in a 3,000 mile driving holiday around Europe. There were nine cars in our convoy and we all had a Smurf as a mascot. Mine is still on the car today, but he's a bit dirty now!

If you look carefully you can just see him hanging on for dear life as I exit the Karussell...

 

i think i might just hang a boy racer from the **** end of my 18 tonner lol

 

an internet search revealed its a "drift charm"

 

i might hang a manikin from my scoob, surely that would beat any cuddly toy lol

 

It makes no more sense than the old furry dice hanging from the rear view mirror or blue lights on the washer jets lol

 

There's a scooby near me with the back end of a cat sticking out of the bonnet scoop.
Made me giggle once.