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MTV’s ‘Pimp My Ride’ was a farce

By Chris Craig

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Producers at the music channel took viewers on their own ride on fake TV show with Pimp My Ride

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Remember that show on MTV where rapper Xzibit would show up to the house of an unfortunate car owner and offer to “pimp” his or her ride by matching up the characteristics of the person to their car, like say welding an espresso machine on the hood of a 1978 Datsun for a barista or putting a tortilla machine in on the passenger side of a Camero for a nacho lover?

Well, take a seat. What I am about to tell you will shake the very foundation of all which you hold sacred and true.

Pimp My Ride was BS.

Huffington Post tracked down some kids that participated in having their rides “pimped” for the show and discovered many of the auto makeovers were made up. Allegations and revelations include:

  • Some items that were added to the cars for the show were taken off once the cameras stopped rolling.
  • Cars in the before stage were junked more or embellished to look more damaged or decrepit than they were (adding trash, cigarette butts)
  • First time reactions of the contestants seeing their ride revealed were shot numerous times.
  • The rides took months to pimp, not days
  • Many of the cars modifications made them illegal to drive on public roads and highways
  • Much of the bells and whistles added to each ride didn’t even work or impeded the operation of the car
  • Car owners were misrepresented as caricatures of themselves

Contestant Seth Martino said, “I know I’m [sic] fat, but they went the extra mile to make me look extra fat by telling the world that I kept candy all over my seat and floor just in case I got hungry. Then gave me a cotton candy machine in my trunk.”  When asked why he didn’t protest, Martino said he was having fun and just going with the flow. “I know it is kind of mean, but I think they just wanted to put a cotton candy machine in a car and used the fat guy as the opportunity to do it.”

Wow, so a TV show that isn’t real, on a network known for quality programming like 16 and Pregnant. Sad, but as long as all of the Real World/Road Rules Challenges are legit we’ll let it slide.

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