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Well, we've drifted off the original subject, but I did see a couple of episode of PMR for the first time Saturday, and both people whose cars got worked over didn't seem to have a lot of cash.
One girl had a 67 Mustang in really crappy shape (except for the engine) which had been handed down through her family three times. She'd actually put all her extra cash into the engine, but she didn't have any to spend on the rest of the car, which looked like a rolling garbage dump inside and out. And she didn't seem to come from an especially rich home, so I thought she was deserving enough.
The other guy was an art student with a 10-15-year-old Mitsu Mirage, and he had so little money going that he was driving with a window broken out and the emergency spare on one wheel. Again, I didn't have any problem with this.
Yeah, I know, the 20K could be better spent -- children are starving in India, you bet -- but as Cynthetique says, the money's really being spent to hook viewers and thus make _more_ money, and that it does do, admirably. If you think the show is sending the wrong message -- a slick new ride will change your life -- I won't necessarily argue with you. But people who feel that way watch TV, too, and they probably like Pimp My Ride. Plus it looks like it's produced in LA, where a slick ride probably _will_ change your life, but that says more about LA than about your life.
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