in a part of the world, some kids ride in cool buses

[Junkman]

That excuse can cover a lot, most of which doesn't make any sense.

Detail please.

How do they get a return on their investment?

It's about life. Not profit.

[Evil Appetite]

Make that George Thorogood and we are in business. But would those ankle biters listen?

I wouldnt be surprised if they dug it! I'm seeing more and more kids walking around wearing 80's rock band tshirts...because thats what their parents listened to while they were growing up..way to warp a kid! My god-daughter thinks Thorogood is the coolest! She got a 2000 W 5.6 Performance Package Firebird for her 16th bday last year. What does she listen to when she's cruising in the summer?

George Thorogood & The Destroyers! She has her dads taste in music.

[Lownslow]

I wouldnt be surprised if they dug it! I'm seeing more and more kids walking around wearing 80's rock band tshirts...because thats what their parents listened to while they were growing up..way to warp a kid! My god-daughter thinks Thorogood is the coolest! She got a 2000 W 5.6 Performance Package Firebird for her 16th bday last year. What does she listen to when she's cruising in the summer?

George Thorogood & The Destroyers! She has her dads taste in music.

false some kids do know the music but to majority its a fashion statement

[Evil Appetite]

false some kids do know the music but to majority its a fashion statement

There are always gonna be posers I guess. The kid across the street's a die hard genuine head banger, the neighborhood has no choice but to listen to slayer during the summer but you're right, for some it's a fashion statement

[Lownslow]

There are always gonna be posers I guess. The kid across the street's a die hard genuine head banger, the neighborhood has no choice but to listen to slayer during the summer but you're right, for some it's a fashion statement

ran into a 19 year old at school with a misfits shirt last semester and asked him what his favorite song was and he didnt even know what i was talking about. if youre gonna buy a shirt at least like the music or know who they are.

[Junkman]

I wouldnt be surprised if they dug it! I'm seeing more and more kids walking around wearing 80's rock band tshirts...because thats what their parents listened to while they were growing up..way to warp a kid! My god-daughter thinks Thorogood is the coolest! She got a 2000 W 5.6 Performance Package Firebird for her 16th bday last year. What does she listen to when she's cruising in the summer?

George Thorogood & The Destroyers! She has her dads taste in music.

There will always be notable exceptions. But the majority of those juveniles listens to an atrocious progression of thunks not dissimilar to the sound of furniture being pushed around. They don't listen to real music, like AC/DC, or Mötörhead, or George Thorogood, or Hounddog Taylor, or...

[Dr. Cranky]

Well, a lot of these kids move from the school buses over to the Party Buses, lots of people have them now where they get rented for Proms and other school occasions . . . just like the limos . . . and parents really, again, are to blame for it all. I know some parents who pay for their kits to rent hotel rooms when Prom comes around so that they can party without having to drive drunk, which is a great idea, but of course the partying is another issue . . .

[Jon Cole]

they dont they run the bus into the ground sell the parts and get another one or keep it running by updating it.

That is exactly what my boss does, and I assure you, there is NO extra money to buy subwoofers, chrome plating, extravagant paint, and other gee-gaws. That is a big investment.

My point is, which contractor will charge the school administration less... the one who has stock busses, or the one who has invested thousands, if not tens of thousands, into a rolling custom truck show. I don't think it takes a degree in business management to figure this one out.

Don't get me wrong, the busses are cool and all, but that stuff is coming (read: $$$) from somewhere, and I doubt it's from the SAU or the taxpayers.

[Austin T]

Man,I wish my school's budget was that good,Were still eating 5 different kinds of who knows what for lunch a week.

[Howard Cohen]

I think the buses are COOL and I may have to add one to my 'build' list! Those buses show creativity and imagination and add some colour and pizazz to the average dull day.

Too bad so many of you have to turn every fun topic into a political battle...I though this was a model car magazine site

[promo55]

I like the buses. It's too bad that most Americans no longer take pride in what they drive. About the lug nut spears, my mommy & daddy taught me that if I was that close to a rolling wheel that I would probably get hurt, and to not be there in the first place! Let's go back to discussing models!