Gangsta lean
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] gangsta lean.
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- GTP_Cyborg
You talking about the left hand past 12 o'clock on the wheel?
Oh, god. Right after the first Fast and the Furious movie came out, with how Dominic drove like that in his RX-7, I was in class (back in high school - 9th grade, obviously, when everyone's just getting their licenses) and heard a girl say "now everyone's going to be driving like that". Like it's cool or something because you've got your arm up. And of course everyone did. I laugh to myself everytime I see "the lean."
Oh, god. Right after the first Fast and the Furious movie came out, with how Dominic drove like that in his RX-7, I was in class (back in high school - 9th grade, obviously, when everyone's just getting their licenses) and heard a girl say "now everyone's going to be driving like that". Like it's cool or something because you've got your arm up. And of course everyone did. I laugh to myself everytime I see "the lean."
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That's just because you live in California. Everyone does it over there.
However, there is no explanation for a kid in Norway doing it.
Agreed.
I hate seeing the gangsta lean. My brother drives like that, with the seat way back and stuff... I don't even understand how he drives his car. Most unnatural thing ever.
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- bramturismo
EVERY Norwegian does the gangsta lean, and I don't like it 
One of my friends sits so far back in her Audi that you cannot see her face from over the steering wheel, I laugh to myself eerytime I see it
One of my friends sits so far back in her Audi that you cannot see her face from over the steering wheel, I laugh to myself eerytime I see it
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- Small_Fryz
can we get some still pics of a "gangsta lean" im having a bit of trouble understanding exactly what it is.
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Kids driving like this:
Signs of gangsta lean:
- seat way too far back
- back of seat placed way too low
- the use of one hand only on the steering wheel. holding it at 12 o' clock
- the use of too loud "boom boom" music
- etc
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- Small_Fryz
ah yes.. i understand now lol, while im guitly of holding the wheel with 1 hand sometimes (at either the 3 or 9 o'clock position, depending on the hand) i can safely say i do not gangsta lean!! though i do see so many who do and its always very funny.
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I think holding the wheel at 9-3 gets tiring at times, and thus I tend to drive with my arms rested on my lap, holding the wheel at 7-5. I find this very comfortable to drive, but I cannot understand how sitting so far back in your seat can be comfortable...
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Everybody around here, at least, young to middle aged people, (under 40) seems to drive with at least the right hand at 12:00, and the seat leaned partway back.
I fight the power. I sit upright and hands at 10:00 and 2:00.
I fight the power. I sit upright and hands at 10:00 and 2:00.
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That's because they don't actually sit so far back, they just move the seat back and recline it like a dentist chair, then perch on the edge so they can reach the pedals and hang off the steering wheel for support. I never knew something as pointless and idiotic as an awkward driving position could become a fashion statement. I'm not sure what else I should have expected from people that would rather walk around holding their pants up than wear a belt.
What's truly funny is that I remember an autocross where a local "tuner club" all showed up to give it a try. Most of them tried running with their seats in that position and about half of them fell over and went off course in the first hard turn, then got all pissed off when they couldn't figure out why they had zero car control.
Like this asshat:
See where he's sitting, then see where the headrest is located, about 6" behind the B-pillar. What a total and complete idiot.
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Now THIS is how you are supposed to "gangsta lean".
http://www.stupidvideos.com/video/stunts/driving_cam/#13567
http://www.stupidvideos.com/video/stunts/driving_cam/#13567
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*is extremely confuzzled as well.*
Why do you want a child's bicycle? A Bianchi or Specalized, I could see, but a $50 Wal-Mart Kiddie Bike?
Or was that a bad attempt at sarcasm? Remember, Humor doesn't work on the Internet: they can't hear your delivery.
Why do you want a child's bicycle? A Bianchi or Specalized, I could see, but a $50 Wal-Mart Kiddie Bike?
Or was that a bad attempt at sarcasm? Remember, Humor doesn't work on the Internet: they can't hear your delivery.
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My brother actually slide the seat forward, then reclined as much as he could, so he could reach the pedals but recline all the way back in it. The result was the steering wheel between your knees (he and I are both around 6'4) and barely being able to see over the steering wheel.
Then he'd have tons of crap hanging from the mirror. He'd stress every time I drove the car ('92 SVX) because I'd take everything off the mirror, slide the seat back to a proper position, change the wheel tilt and telescope, and have the seat back up right.
He now drives an Audi A6.
So he is... *sunglasses on* another one of those cocks
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I've got a 12", had it since I was four. First it was purple and green, then I painted it black, then I sand blasted it and primered it, left it like that, started to rust, now it's in bits. I was thinking red base and white details, now I'm feeling white and black. I dunno if you've tried to ride one in your adult life.. They are awesome. Rolling downhill you feel like you're doing triple speed of what you really are
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I've got a 12", had it since I was four. First it was purple and green, then I painted it black, then I sand blasted it and primered it, left it like that, started to rust, now it's in bits. I was thinking red base and white details, now I'm feeling white and black. I dunno if you've tried to ride one in your adult life.. They are awesome. Rolling downhill you feel like you're doing triple speed of what you really are
heh...Okay, perhaps nice for hoonage...but if you've ever ridden a REALLY fast bike, (I own a late '90s Bianchi Forza,) you know what true cycling speed means.
But, yeah. That's not really my kinda fun...I have ridden them as a teen, and was afraid I'd break them.
Enough about that, though.
While I don't gangsta lean much in the car...(read, at all,)...It is fun to recline the 'ol Office chair all the way back...
