FIRST kid on Pimp My Ride?!?!

[John Gutmann]

I am watching Pimp My Ride right now on MTV and the kid says he was on the championship finalist team last year! I just thought that it is pretty cool how people in FIRST are just poppin up all over. Does anybody know the kid, or is he an active member on here?

-John

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by sparksandtabs

I am watching Pimp My Ride right now on MTV and the kid says he was on the championship finalist team last year! I just thought that it is pretty cool how people in FIRST are just poppin up all over. Does anybody know the kid, or is he an active member on here?

-John

Assuming that they produced the episode since last April (probable), and assuming that they haven't left the Pacific time zone (I believe definite), that would place him on RAWC (as 25 and 195 are both on the clear other end of the country).

Not a definite answer, but it certainly narrows things.

[Michelle Celio]

I missed it but a fellow CDer mentioned it to me in an IM...

(3:05:31 PM) Rohith: OMG
(3:05:39 PM) Rohith: SOME GUY ON PIMP MY RIDE IS TALKING ABOUT FIRST!!
(3:06:00 PM) Me: haha
(3:06:05 PM) Me: is he on still?
(3:06:14 PM) Rohith: no now hes done
(3:06:18 PM) Me: boo
(3:06:19 PM) Rohith: he was describing AIM high
(3:06:35 PM) Me: Put it on CD
(3:06:43 PM) Rohith: nah
(3:06:49 PM) Rohith: its just a few seconds of it
(3:08:24 PM) Me: lol ok

[John Gutmann]

Hahaha, I guess CDers are always monitoring the world to see public appearences of FIRST.

As for the team it i has to be a west coast team. If 25 and 195 are the only 2 teams on the alliance on that side of the country then he has to be from 195 because he said the robot picked balls up.

-John

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by sparksandtabs

Hahaha, I guess CDers are always monitoring the world to see public appearences of FIRST.

As for the team it i has to be a west coast team. If 25 and 195 are the only 2 teams on the alliance on that side of the country then he has to be from 195 because he said the robot picked balls up.

-John

You've got it flipped around--25 and 195 are on the east coast, while 968 is out west (as is Galpin Auto Sports, where Pimp My Ride is produced). And 968 could most definitely pick balls up (see also: A-bomb).

[Travis Covington]

Yeah, that was Seth, an alumni from 968. He was our driver in 2002. When he told us he wanted to be on the show, we all knew they would choose him... he is such a unique character and a great guy overall.

I still havent seen the episode! Though I have heard some pretty funny stories. I have seen the car in person though, too... and must say it is... interesting. Not the greatest workmanship by any means. Definetly made to be hidden behind the cameras.

[John Gutmann]

Originally Posted by Billfred

You've got it flipped around--25 and 195 are on the east coast, while 968 is out west (as is Galpin Auto Sports, where Pimp My Ride is produced). And 968 could most definitely pick balls up (see also: A-bomb).

I don't know where what teams are, I am bad enough at keeping track of the numbers!

Originally Posted by Travis Covington

Yeah, that was Seth, an alumni from 968. He was our driver in 2002. When he told us he wanted to be on the show, we all knew they would choose him... he is such a unique character and a great guy overall.

I still havent seen the episode! Though I have heard some pretty funny stories. I have seen the car in person though, too... and must say it is... interesting. Not the greatest workmanship by any means. Definetly made to be hidden behind the cameras.

Well what do you expect for doing the whole car in a week. I don't even wanna know how bad the paint job is. But If I were him I would take the monitors out and put them in my dorm. I think half the stuff they put into cars is useless. Why put LCD screens behind seats? When is he gonna just be somehwere where he is gonna be able to watch the screens unless he sits on him hood. But hey atleast they get the cars running better and not falling apart.

-John

[sanddrag]

MTV is airing a whole lineup of Pimp My Ride Episodes today. Which one was this? The last one? We've got two more here (pacific time) at 2:30 and 3:00 PM.

[Michelle Celio]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

MTV is airing a whole lineup of Pimp My Ride Episodes today. Which one was this? The last one? We've got two more here (pacific time) at 2:30 and 3:00 PM.

It came on at 3:00 pm for the East Coast

[Nawaid Ladak]

i'll hunt it down and find it for you guys whenever it's on, btw, i wonder if that cotton candy maker is still working... just a thought...

[Travis Covington]

Originally Posted by FreedomForce

i'll hunt it down and find it for you guys whenever it's on, btw, i wonder if that cotton candy maker is still working... just a thought...

I dont think he has used it once since they demonstrated it when they were filming the episode. Supposedly it makes an enormous mess and isnt worth the trouble.

[Travis Hoffman]

So when can we expect 968 to start a new FIRST team in "Tijuana"?

[Nawaid Ladak]

Originally Posted by Travis Covington

I dont think he has used it once since they demoonstrated it when they were filming the episode. Supposedly it makes an enormous mess and isnt worth the trouble.

no wonder they don't do follow up episodes...

[Rohith Surampudi]

Originally Posted by FreedomForce

no wonder they don't do follow up episodes...

actually, they do, they just run very rarely and often as fillers in marathons

[Jeremiah Johnson]

Heh... I watched my very first episode of Pimp My Ride while in Atlanta... can't say I was impressed. They turned a limo into a seemingly useless ride.