http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/113953.html

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" BY JOSH SHAFFER - Staff Writer Tags: local | news | north raleigh news | other RALEIGH -- The rims on Antonio Hopkins' 1995 Chevy Caprice shine like a rhinestone pinkie ring -- flamboyant to the point of being ridiculous, cooler than a thin mint. Inside, the car is decked out in white ostrich leather and purple suede with a sea swirl pattern. But that's not even the most eye-catching feature of Hopkins' ride, known in Dirty South slang, as a "donk." Spread across the side is the perfect replica of a purple Skittles package, detailed down to the UPC bars and invitation for passers-by to "Taste the Rainbow." Hopkins' motive is a pure love of cars that take tricked-out to new heights. He doesn't get a cent from Skittles. Neither does the driver of Raleigh's Juicy Fruit car, or the blue Klondike Bar Chevy -- all of which prowl the streets around Raleigh Boulevard, or get primped at Oasis Car Wash on New Bern Avenue. But Hopkins does get long looks, and that's the idea. "Sugar Daddies. Mr. Goodbar. Nerds. It's wanting to be different, standing out," said Hopkins, 21, a student at St. Augustine's College. "People have always been hooking up cars, buying hot paint jobs. This is taking it to the next level. It's all about the attention you want." By loose definition, donks are highly customized American cars characterized by enormous wheels that range from 22 to 30 inches, high enough to slide a skateboard underneath. Hopkins' Chevy sits on a 7-inch suspension kit. Chevy Caprice, Chevy Impala, Chevy Monte Carlo -- all three are popular models to rehab. All are favored for their large rears, giving donks their name from a shortened slang term for a generous posterior: badonka-donk . The trend has crept north from Atlanta, taking hold in this area over the past year. Not every donk has a consumer product theme, but those tend to be the flashiest. Within a mile of Hopkins, Corey Sanders has spread a giant decal that renders the wrapper of a Klondike Bar. The famous ice-cream question is stenciled over the door -- "What would you do for a Klondike Bar?" -- and the rear bumper promises 24 ounces of chocolaty goodness. Riding through Raleigh, Sanders gives the appearance of a beautiful, rolling billboard. "My homeboy, he's got a Frappuccino car," said Sanders, 23. "That thing's pretty." Both Sanders and Hopkins inhabit a wedge of East Raleigh already crazy for rims and do-it-yourself car improvement. In her driveway, Mary Overby keeps a 1966 Buick Skylark Gran Sport on 24-inch rims, but she wouldn't dream of putting a candy logo over the gray primer coat. "Why would you do that to your car?" she asked. But the donks have won admiration that borders on obsession from a hip late-20s crowd that has built a new game around the spectacle: Donk Hunting. "We saw these cars roll up with these ridiculously large rims," said Les Stewart, 29, a graphic designer. "Someone else would say, 'I saw one with a Skittles logo,' and then we thought, this is a thing." Stewart and his friends so enjoyed spotting them on Hargett Street downtown late at night, or at the Food Lion on Raleigh Boulevard, that Stewart decided to invent a donk version of Bingo. The object: collect as many pictures of as many donks as possible. He crafted "Donko Cards," with squares for Heineken , Coca-Cola, and Skittles donks, several unthemed donks, and a free square. He collected 24 players, but none could match the enthusiasm of Heather Yandow, 30, a fundraiser for an environmental nonprofit. "Around Raleigh, I was always on the lookout for a donk," she said. "I'd take the long way home hoping to see one. My friends and I always had our phones in our laps. They're beautiful cars, and it's been fun to have something else on your mind when you're driving." For her prize, she received a pleather (slang for plastic masquerading as leather) belt with a spinning rim in place of a buckle. But she'd really like to meet a donk driver in person, or better yet (sigh), sit behind the wheel. For the fans, for the drivers, the world just seems fresher with donks in the streets. They break the monotony of commutes, interrupting the parade of ordinary Fords and Hondas, as if a flock of peacocks grew tired of strutting and decided to buy themselves a suitable ride. josh.shaffer@ newsobserver .com or 919-829-4818"

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[Edited on September 24, 2009 at 9:23 AM. Reason : ]

9/24/2009 9:18:56 AM

i took this one in rocky mount last christmas

i believe there's a few pictures of the car mentioned in the article floating around tww too




[Edited on September 24, 2009 at 9:26 AM. Reason : SHE GOT A DONK SHE GOT A DONK]

9/24/2009 9:21:31 AM

Agent 0 likes this.

9/24/2009 9:25:16 AM

I love that a pleather belt w/ a spinner buckle is the prize for Donk Bingo.



HOW DID I POST THIS IN THE LOUNGE?????? DAMMIT, Please MOVE!!!



[Edited on September 24, 2009 at 9:29 AM. Reason : ]

9/24/2009 9:27:01 AM

How is this a newsworthy topic? Fuck the News and Observer.

9/24/2009 9:31:27 AM

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""My homeboy, he's got a Frappuccino car," said Sanders, 23. "That thing's pretty.""

..........................................................what

9/24/2009 9:38:26 AM

i saw this car at home depot

9/24/2009 9:52:08 AM

lulz

9/24/2009 9:58:25 AM

I saw the skittles car pulled over in wake forest. These things just scream " pull me over" and "I'm carrying lots of drugs"

9/24/2009 10:18:58 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufDTDUPZrag

9/24/2009 10:21:58 AM

9/24/2009 10:06:31 PM

[racism]When these things started popping up I only saw a Best Buy car so I thought it was some kind of way those people could get paid without working.

Then I thought it was some kind of inner-city code for who sold which drugs.[/racism]

Now I don't know WTF to think. My grandmother actually has one of these cars with 40k on it. When they bought a new truck the private party for that thing was insaaaaaaaane.

[Edited on September 24, 2009 at 10:15 PM. Reason : .]

9/24/2009 10:15:30 PM

I drive by a redskins donk everyday

will try to get some pics

9/24/2009 10:53:12 PM

I saw the McDonalds donk behind the warehouse at the drug seizure place on 54 a few months back.

9/24/2009 11:08:24 PM

isnt that the car that thedude kiddnapped a chick in or something at the start of the new year?

9/24/2009 11:19:34 PM

I got some pictures on my other laptop of a Philsbury dough boy donk

9/24/2009 11:28:47 PM

i like the tropicana one the best. just cause its lifted with steelies

9/24/2009 11:41:44 PM

first thing i thought of:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckMvj1piK58

[Edited on September 24, 2009 at 11:43 PM. Reason : put a donk on it]

9/24/2009 11:42:31 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWQPGuU_Dyw

9/24/2009 11:45:38 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmlzpB2DAHA&feature=related

9/24/2009 11:46:55 PM

saw this car at the teeter off of strickland a week or two ago.

9/24/2009 11:59:48 PM

I know where the driver of the Klondike car lives... over near the Mordecai area.

9/25/2009 4:37:11 AM

i was riding out of Ray Price the other day and passed the most ridiculous donk i've ever seen, had to be 30" rims on a jacked convertible chevy something-or-other, a loud paint job and a thugged out nigga behind the wheel

i swear i felt the gravitational pull as it passed by

9/25/2009 4:47:01 AM

Pretty sure I saw the car you're talking about on S Saunders, like 2 weeks ago. Like easly as tall as my jeep, but should have been as low as your car.

9/25/2009 4:49:13 AM

yeah exactly


i wish i could have payed more attention but i was also passing a custom bike shop on the other side, and being on one myself i had too much shit to run into around me to rubber-neck for too long

9/25/2009 4:51:28 AM

woah i saw the skittles dude just the other day

9/25/2009 4:52:03 AM

Well he's famous now. He's been published. You're supposed to feel honored and shit.

9/25/2009 4:53:14 AM

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"My homeboy, he's got a Frappuccino car," said Sanders, 23. "That thing's pretty."

L O L

9/25/2009 8:02:06 AM

N&O is stealing content from The Onion again?

9/25/2009 8:10:17 AM

Klondike dude lives around the corner from me.

9/25/2009 8:22:33 AM

there is a KOOLAID one in wilson.

9/25/2009 9:00:25 AM

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"N&O is stealing content from The Onion again?"

lawl


none of these are as sweet as the gamespot 350z strolling around SW charlotte, but then again that car is actually sponsored by gamespot.

9/25/2009 9:23:08 AM

I forgot to mention... there was a Wolfpack donk that was at my apartment building last year

9/25/2009 9:40:09 AM

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/search/cta?query=donk&catAbbreviation=cta&minAsk=min&maxAsk=max

The first one is my favorite.

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"I HAVE RECENTLY MISPLACED THE KEYS AND TOOK THE KEY IGNITION BOX APART, FOR APPERANCE THE STEERING COLUMN WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED, SO I WILL DROP THE PRICE TO 2,000 FIRM FOR YOUR TROUBLES, SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY. ALSO DO NOT EMAIL ME OR CALL ME OFFERING ANYTHING LESS I WILL NOT RESPOND. THANKS"

9/25/2009 1:38:59 PM

I was two donks away when I found out that Heather won.

The belt that Les made is fucking BALLER.

9/25/2009 4:25:06 PM

i love seeing these cars

9/25/2009 4:58:08 PM

i work in donk central (s eugene street, greensboro nc), and i gotta say that the mr goodbar car is the shit

9/25/2009 5:03:16 PM

i like the frebreze? car...it says "eliminates haters" on the back

9/25/2009 5:04:17 PM

haha. thats funny.

9/25/2009 5:04:44 PM

When I was in San Diego a while back I saw a purple donk caprice on hydraulics riding on 3 wheels with STATUTORY GRAPE written across the back.

I chuckled nervously.

9/25/2009 5:07:20 PM

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"there is a KOOLAID one in wilson."

hahah

I bet there's a church's chicken donk out there somewhere.

9/25/2009 10:02:36 PM

oh lawd

buffoonery

9/25/2009 10:12:30 PM

holla

9/25/2009 10:26:30 PM

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"CHURCH'S CHICKEN DONK"

9/25/2009 10:27:07 PM

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/cto/1400326646.html

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"1985 Chevrolet Monte Carlo (Chop Top Gorilla Lift 24S) - $5500 (Wherever) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 2009-09-30, 5:51PM EDT Reply to: sale-5xr6a-1400326646@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You too can look "Magically Delicious" in this 1985 Red "Lucky Charms" MONSTA CARLO! The Good: Rebuilt 305 runs good Headers Cam Duals Gorilla Lift Kit (Still under warranty at Big Wheel Motorsports in NC) 24" Rims Wrapped in 305/35/24 Truck Tires The Bad: Smokes during warm up (Needs valve seal job) Trunk doesnt open Minor body and interior work bout 2 grand away from being a show winner! Open to trades: monte carlo ss cutlass regal bubble box donk just let me know watchu got! $3,000 without rims $5500 obo with wheels NO LOWBALLERS (434)222-5557 DC Keywords: donk caprice box bubble old school gorilla lift cutlass monte carlo regal chevy"

Who wants to go in on this one with me?

10/7/2009 10:53:23 PM

it infuriates me this is the best story they could come up with to put on the front page. i'm all for making your vehicle different but i'm not a fan of the donks and
i don't condone coonery

10/7/2009 11:04:44 PM

http://gadgethim.com/pimped-out-pacman-car/

11/2/2009 12:10:28 PM

Skittles dude works at the Crossroads Home Depot. I snapped a picture of his car there a while back.

The tropicana Crown Vic has been lifted on steelies for a while, it does look ridiculous. He used to have 24's--I guess either he can't afford new tires for them, or he had to sell them.

Also the article disagrees with what I've heard regarding the etymology of "donk". The way I've had it explained, the first cars that this became popular on were 70's Impalas. The impala badge on these cars looks kind of like a donkey to some folks, and "donk" came from that and refers specifically to 60's and 70's Impalas. An 80's GM fullsize would be a "box" and a 90's, like the skittles car, a "bubble". Correct me if I'm wrong though.

[Edited on November 2, 2009 at 12:52 PM. Reason : d]

11/2/2009 12:50:53 PM

^correct,

donk
box
bubble, cronologically

11/2/2009 3:10:53 PM

They forgot to mention the other Donk game: Donksploding, it involves sneaking up to a Donk, putting an oily rag in the fuel opening, lighting it, and running away.

11/2/2009 3:20:05 PM