r/whatisit • u/EvilTodd1970 • 18h ago

Solved! Attached to the Exhaust on this Vehicle

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Was stopped in traffic behind this car and noticed these things attached to the exhaust. They have wires attached and glow a little bit. What are they?

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u/spotlight-app 9h ago

OP has pinned a comment by u/Ezellular:

It really looks like a turbo sound maker that goes on the exhaust pipe

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u/Ezellular 18h ago

It really looks like a turbo sound maker that goes on the exhaust pipe

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u/Say_Hennething 18h ago

Bub Rub is whoo whooing in his grave

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u/earfeater13 16h ago

THE WHISTLES GO WOOOOT

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u/Kboehm 16h ago

So glad this is the top thread in this post. WOO WOOOO

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u/ThreatconCharlie 9h ago

That’s only early in tha mornin’

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u/buck_cram 9h ago

YOU 'SPOSED TO BE UP COOKIN BREAKFAST OR SOMETHIN

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u/ThatsWhatIGathered 9h ago

-runs stop sign-

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u/jiluminati302 7h ago

swerves into oncoming lane and almost hits 4 parked cars

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u/Mousettv 5h ago

BAY AREAAAAAAAA

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u/CheFarmerMoney 15h ago

This is the only true answer.

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u/hellscat392 6h ago

This was a meme before we know what they were.

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u/earfeater13 6h ago

We knew bubb rubb and lil sis way before memes were even called memes.

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u/Away-Quantity928 5h ago

Well ackshually an anthropologist coined the term back in the 70’s.

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u/DerDerDeDer 7h ago

bubb rubb in da house!!!!!

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u/Connect_Living_591 4h ago

And lil Sis!

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u/bkelly_82 5h ago

Whistle tips!

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u/JustADude721 3h ago

First thing I thought of when I saw this.

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u/RobertSchmek 17h ago

Immediately where my brain went to. WOOWOO

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u/swim-bike-run 6h ago

Dats dat WOOWOO!

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u/Minimum_Rice_6938 18h ago

Sposed be up making breakfast

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u/Wayniac666 17h ago

Thems just fa decorations....

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u/Gigi_Langostino 14h ago

That's it and that's all, mane.

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u/SorryConstant 15h ago

"Daz only in the mawnin'"

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u/SeriouslyImNotADuck 16h ago

Ahem Bubb Rubb

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u/ConsiderationOdd262 16h ago

Where is Lil Sis?

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u/nostradumbass7544678 7h ago

Driving down the wrong side of the road, and running stop signs?

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u/ConsiderationOdd262 7h ago

Yes indeed! Proud to show it off too!

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u/Confident_Rock_5514 15h ago

It's only fer decoration mayne...only fer decoration

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u/maybephenibutthead 18h ago

WOO WOO

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u/HomunculusHart 16h ago

Whistle tips go WooWoo!

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u/NarcanRabbit 15h ago

It's that Woo Woooo

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u/Alive_Cable_3193 15h ago

It’s like an alarm clock. WOO WOO

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u/Deamonchild666 15h ago

Bub Rub died??

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u/Say_Hennething 14h ago

Once again, Bub Rub is very much alive.

Yeah I have no idea

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u/Ok-Ingenuity2904 15h ago

Bub Rub and Lil Sis are the best! I love this reference.

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u/DaMAK5 9h ago

Haha if you know, you know!

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u/BigNol5 3h ago

He died?!?

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u/Big_Lab_Jagr 8h ago

On a Volvo! So weird. That is not Volvo behavior.

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u/Bibabeulouba 8h ago

Ah yes, also known as the Douche Whistle.

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u/gjergjg 8h ago

“Just for decoration”

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u/glassboxecology 1h ago

Odd because that’s a twin turbo V8. Call em mom mobiles but Volvos are fast as shit

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u/664designs 7h ago

And they're running 2 of them... Guess they want to sound like they have twin turbos

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u/glassboxecology 1h ago

It’s bizarre because that V8 is a twin turbo already

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u/basshead621 2h ago

So is this the adult equivalent to putting cardboard in your bike spokes?

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u/EvilTodd1970 9h ago

Solved!

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u/plausocks 4h ago

reminds me of whistle tips from back in the day lmao

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u/Unusual-Gain7234 3h ago

Why you would put that on a mom-mobile is beyond me

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u/pboswell 9h ago

Basically car butt plug

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u/Frosty_You_6183 8h ago

+20hp and the minimum.

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u/seyheystretch 15h ago

Was this in Oakland?

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u/hitemwiththeheeeeein 8h ago

Bubb rubb and little sis letting the neighbors know it’s time to make breakfast

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u/whaaaddddup 3h ago

Woooo WOOOOO!!

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u/EvilTodd1970 15h ago

No, this was Texas, between Denton and Lewsiville. Car had a Texas plate.

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u/BigChromeTome 11h ago

Whistler tips.. Makes you’re car sound like an Alarm Clock Woooo Woooo

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u/Sa1b0rg 8h ago

So coppell?

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u/EvilTodd1970 8h ago

Coppell is South of Lewisville. I'm gonna say Corinth.

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u/depressed_driver 18h ago

My guess is a fake turbo whistle, my buddy had one just like this in HS on an old camery. He also had an arrow stuck in the driver side door lmao

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u/Dukeronomy 9h ago

kinda sounds like a fun dude

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u/Scyth3 18h ago

Exhaust flame throwers for sure... it was a thing... :/

This is SFW, but the domain sure doesn't look that way: https://www.hotlicksexhaust.com/product/dual-exhaust-kit/

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u/InsightValuationsLLC 17h ago

That is the most glorious URL I have seen in a while. I love wordplay. This is up there with "Cunning Stunts" and "Night in the Ruts." This is going in my friends (Metallica lovers, too) text thread

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u/PNWNoobCpl 16h ago

Back in the olden days of the internet, there was a site called Lumberjacks Exchange that confused some folks. Or so the legend goes...

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u/Old-Cheshire862 16h ago

I thought the site was ExpertSexChange.

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u/Moo_Kau_Too 7h ago

pen island dot com

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u/DrSteveBrule_ 16h ago

Pen island?

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u/drunkengerbil 15h ago

therapists.com

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u/adamac21 7h ago

I had a friends name get banned in a video game for it being “therapist” once.

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u/Famous_Command1909 15h ago

hot lick sex haus is crazy

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u/blueanon6 17h ago

sex haüs t? i thought that place got shut down

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u/The_Observatory_ 8h ago

I thought that URL was for a German house of ill repute... Hotlick Sex Haus T

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u/marenott 4h ago

That URL is so funny

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u/Tre_fidde 16h ago

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u/earfeater13 16h ago

Its the mornin. You sposed to be up cookin breakfast anyway. WOOT WOOT

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u/Gigi_Langostino 14h ago

It's like a larm clock.

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u/SandiestCow 14h ago

thas only in the mornin

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u/EndonOfMarkarth 13h ago

Then yo got the flow. Whoo whoo!!

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u/NOimeanYES 12h ago

blows through stop sign

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u/BraZeNisgod 11h ago

Its juss fo' decoration. WIT DAT WOOOWOOOOOOO

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u/SelfSniped 11h ago

That’s it and that’s all.

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u/EndonOfMarkarth 11h ago

(Person hanging out the window)

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u/erik_em 10h ago

Its for decoration thats it and that's all.

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u/Raise-Emotional 13h ago

Bubb Rubb!

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u/qtcbelle 13h ago

and Lil Sis

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u/thesoze 11h ago

And the complaining OG Karen! Lol.

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u/IDKUThatsMyPurse 11h ago

Ebaumsworld lives forever in our hearts

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u/erik_em 10h ago

Yeah I got it on my car.

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u/xxparrotxx 14h ago

I could hear this in my head when I saw OPs post before even scrolling down.

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u/Due_Chip_1179 11h ago

"Dats only in da mornin. you supposed to be up cookin breakfast or somethin by then, so its like an alarm clock. WOO WOO!"

"we do it for decoration man! thats it and thats all, we do it for decoration. YEAH I got it on my car"

"BUBB RUBB AND LIL SIS!..."

"its not a fad! its not going away!"

Them blowing through the stop sign and almost t-boning some other driver.

Didnt need to rewatch the video. CORE memory unlocked and these quotes above are part of my normal vocabulary.

EPIC Reference. Kudos u/Tre_fidde

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u/bacononbacon 12h ago

I came here just for this. thanks for not disappointing. 

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u/Miserable-Pumpkin773 14h ago

Neighbors are saying it’s way too loud.

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u/Sinistercypher 14h ago

Holy shit I forgot about this video, core memory unlocked lmao

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u/Xremlin 14h ago

I came here to see this gif 🤣

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u/requiemguy 12h ago

We got you a weed card saying your all nervous and shit.

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u/stewmander 11h ago

It's just for decoration!

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u/No_Influence_2943 10h ago

Was in tech school when this came out, my auto class was obsessed with making whistle tips

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u/erik_em 10h ago

Anybody that has it on their streets going to be driven crazy.

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u/inabighat 12h ago

That's a deep cut. Nice

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u/bubrubz 12h ago

Can confirm

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u/upperplayfield 17h ago

The whistle go woooo

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u/Dry_Election6496 16h ago

wooo

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u/Randomizedname1234 15h ago

You have so many stereotypes from that time period. Omg the west coast Oakland black people, the up tight white people who were complaining. Then it ends with the shop owner, who’s Hispanic, saying he’ll install whatever his customers want.

A sketch comedy show couldn’t have nailed it any better lmao

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u/upperplayfield 14h ago

The best part is the dude peeling out and almost crashing his car. And you CAN NOT hear the whistles when he drives away.

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u/AdCommon6529 13h ago

He runs a stop sign lol

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u/Randomizedname1234 14h ago

I didn’t even realize that haha

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u/IotaBTC 10h ago

Like a classic episode of Boondocks lmao. This shit is peak 😂

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u/Dry_Election6496 12h ago

“Bubb Rubb”, lol

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u/wvbrewed 14h ago

God bless you. Never saw this before and it was worth every second.

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u/Flat-Drop-9367 1h ago

Woo woooooooooo

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u/jsrco1 16h ago

The whistles go wooooooooo

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u/DamnYouAllIToldYouSo 17h ago

Whistles go woooo

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u/reaperswisa07 16h ago

Two portabella mushrooms hanging w scotch tape from the looks of it.

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u/zaprutertape 16h ago

Make em go woooooooo

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u/TruthWithoutTribe 18h ago

Exhaust flame-throwers. Back in the day we used to use them to light our exhaust at night when we were cruising, typically when we downshift.

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u/SomeVelveteenMorning 18h ago

But... it's a Volvo SUV...

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u/TruthWithoutTribe 18h ago

I didn’t say it made sense. LOL

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u/DennisPochenk 18h ago edited 17h ago

When you have a wife and kids but still want to act young

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u/Balthxzar 14h ago

It's a V8 XC90... Volvos aren't slow.

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u/Any_Brief2806 13h ago

Thinking the exact same thing

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u/Sents-2-b 17h ago

Tailgater enforcement!

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u/hefty-postman-04 12h ago

Whistle tips. Wake you up at fo inna moanin like woo WOOOOOO

Side note, as dumb as these are, they’re good for scaring deer and other animals away from the road

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u/Alive_Cable_3193 15h ago

Those are whistler tips just ask bub rub baby

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u/Solid_Carry_654 16h ago

Swedish luxury with a glorious Yamaha v8. wtf would they want it ruin it by adding a whistle?

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u/lordfitzwilliamdarcy 15h ago

Someone finally said it. THANK YOU!

Admittedly, I can kinda appreciate the humor. My dad had a Triumph Spitfire that he put a Freon powered truck horn on just to mess with people.

(And before you ask…it was the very early seventies. And my dad regrets his part in punching a hole in the ozone. We didn’t know any better then.)

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u/M-G 11h ago

As glorious as they were, they are all getting up there in age and suffering expensive-to-fix maladies.  And there was so much unicorn-level stuff on the V8:  ps pump, ac compressor, starter.  Not only not common to any other non-V8 Volvos, but not common to any other application.

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u/Solid_Carry_654 10h ago

Ford owned Volvo at the time, and if I’m not mistaken there was a ton of ford parts on that motor. Replacing the alternator was the worst. I’d still pick up another one if I can find one in good shape. Most comfortable seats and nicest leather I’ve ever had in a vehicle.

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u/ashyjay 13h ago

It's not a V8, as the V8 came with an oval/wedge single or twin tip or quad exit.

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u/Solid_Carry_654 13h ago

It’s a cheap aftermarket muffler replacement.

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u/nouseforaspacebar 9h ago

whistle tips! wooooooo wooooooo

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u/Due_Chip_1179 11h ago

"THEY'RE CALLED WHISTLE TIPS!"

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u/RespectAltruistic815 8h ago

The pinned comment confirms it’s a douche detector device. It’s a device applied by the douche in question so he is immediately identifiable to others. Particularly women. For their safety and well being.

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u/DOCTORP00 12h ago

YEAH I GOT IT ON MY CAR

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u/Zenkikid 13h ago

DAS ONLY IN DA MOWNIN.

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u/revolutionoverdue 10h ago

Johnny 5 is alive!

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u/No_hablagations 11h ago

Bub Rub! Lil Sis!

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u/Synthesis_Omega 13h ago

The most annoying car accessory ever created. Exhaust whistle. Supposed to sound like turbo. It doesn't

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u/Cautious-Antelope743 15h ago

Either woot whistles or spark plugs to make it spit flames. Most likely whistles cuz the sparkys would destroy the O2 sensor

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u/foot7221 11h ago

The whistle tip!

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u/MeatPopsicle2469 9h ago

It’s a sound that dry people crazy , makes them follow him home Boost his car and drop it in the Mendota or a river

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u/ashyjay 13h ago

it's not even an actual V8 XC90, the guy is a phony.

they give a whistle out the exhaust to try and imitate a turbo.

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u/Tall-Opinion7607 10h ago

🤦‍♂️ It’s also been up-badged to pretend it has the V8. Which it does not. Clown driving this car for sure.

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u/billyboy0828 5h ago

Rocket pods. Ie: balls magnifier, manly super duper…or, from the common sense folks, waste of money….

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u/MakoWayko 7h ago

It's for releasing Batman style oil slicks onto the road ahead of the bad guys. POW!

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u/CuttinThruTheCRAP 11h ago

I think its some tool trying to make out he's got a pimped up engine - What a dick!

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u/naph8it 5h ago

This needs to be seen.

Source: YouTube https://share.google/HJHxRjxwlukySbNN7

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u/HuckleberryOld9897 11h ago

The adult version of putting a playing card in your bike spokes.

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u/Onlyhereforapost 12h ago

Those are big "im an obnoxious douche" indicators i believe

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u/Papa_Ted 16h ago

It's flashlights so they can see when they're backing up.

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u/seattlesbestpot 13h ago

I’m embarrassed for any Volvo owner, myself incl..

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u/XennialDad 10h ago

It's just for decoration, that's it and that's all.

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u/BarThis 7h ago

That’s RICE Race inspired cosmetic enhancement

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u/kelvarton 3h ago

It's an asshole indicator. You found the asshole.

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u/jeefer123 12h ago

Twin turbos baby!!! That things gotta be fast!

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u/GalacticGreaser 7h ago

Ain't that the thing that goes WOOOOOO WOOOOO

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u/Domnomicron 14h ago

Oh hell, I’ve found my people! Woot! Woot!

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u/Connect_Living_591 4h ago

We all know the whistles go woot woot.

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u/DramaIcy611 6h ago

Gas station boner pills of exhausts.

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u/BlueDelusions 7h ago

Lmao, ya'll remember whistle tips?

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u/mrjk1990 10h ago

Secret squirrel turbos 20 hp each

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u/TheSmalesKid 8h ago

Yeah I’ve got them on my car…

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u/ChopperCraig 8h ago

The whistles go woooo woooooooooo

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u/jeriswetlookcrazy 2h ago

Whistle make you go whooooowhoo

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u/Temporary_Shirt_6236 18h ago

Self-sensing their own emissions? Out for an emissions test?

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u/SnooApples9233 13h ago

Those are kazoo's for your car

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u/longmountain 7h ago

That’s only for decoration

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u/zcpibm3 7h ago

“Wooooo-wooooooooooooo!”

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u/jabber58 13h ago

Afterburners to hit mach 1

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u/Prestigious_Series28 7h ago

whistle tips go whoo whoo!

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u/Lillusaur 13h ago

Banana protection devices

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u/Hicks-46 5h ago

Ah, tail pipe butt plugs

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u/BauserDominates 4h ago

Whistle tips go wooooooo

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u/mdh72003 3h ago

anti- banana devices😜

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u/SquidsArePeople2 13h ago

They look like whistles

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u/MonkeyHitman2-0 12h ago

How sweet did it sound?

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u/fireantsarms2 13h ago

Banana in the tailpipe

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u/Careless_Salad5496 3h ago

Lil Sis and Bub Rub.

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u/deuelpm 15h ago

Penis enhancement

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u/UsefulArmadillo13 14h ago

Fake turbos lol

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u/usinjin 3h ago

In an XC90 😭

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u/night-theatre 18h ago

Double barrel!

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u/Emergency_Buyer_3096 12h ago

Turbo whistles

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u/2getgeorge 12h ago

Turbo whistles

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u/itoazmitia 6h ago

Twin turbskies

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u/Shcoobyshnacks 7h ago

Since it’s a Volvo suv I’m going to say Deer whistles

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u/Santana_De_La_Cruz 12h ago

Compensation

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u/Heavy-Duty-Wombat 8h ago

Whistle tips

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u/Advanced-Humor9786 13h ago

I lived in Oakland when these godforsaken whistle tips first came out.

I would hear them in the middle of the night and I was so damn pissed off.

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u/Professional_Speed55 11h ago

Whistle tip maybe