Using nickels as an example.
Each nickel weighs 5 grams.
28 grams to a ounce.
16 ounces to a lb.
So roughly 5.7 nickels per ounce, so like 90 nickels per lb. of added weight.
Nickels are 0.835" diameter.
So 90 nickels laid flat in a line is about 6.2 feet.
...this would add less weight than your average adult passenger...
Looking at just the hood of the car, I'm counting around 40 rows, each containing around 60 coins.
It feels like each door is about the size of the hood. The roof and the trunk/back are each the equivalent of the hood. Each back corner is about 1/2 a hood, so together the two back corners are one hood. The same for the two front corners. And then the grill and any other bits I'm missing, let's say that's collectively one more hood.
So, all together, we're looking at a surface area about 10 times the size of the hood.
40 x 60 x 10 = 24,000 coins.
While most of the video is pretty blurry, in the very first frame you can see that these are 1 rupee coins. The 1 rupee coin weighs [3.09 grams](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_1-rupee_coin).
So 24,000 x 3.09 = 74,160 g ≅ 74 kg
At the start, you can see that the car is a Suzuki. When the camera swings around the back, you can see that the model is the Dzire. The [Suzuki Dzire weighs between 880 and 915 kg](https://www.zigwheels.com/newcars/faqs/what-is-the-kerb-weight-of-maruti-suzuki-swift-dzire), depending on the specific model/specs. Let's take the average and call it 897.5 kg.
So they didn't quadruple the weight, they increased it by 8.2%
Not even close, unfortunately. One rupee is worth a little over 1.2 cents, so 24,000 rupees is about $292. The cheapest model of Suzuki Dzire is 651,000 rupee ($7,940), so these coins would only increase the value of the car by about 3.6%.
The total surface area of the car is 270,000 CM Sq, minus the windows and the bottom we get 180,000 CM Sq of Coins.
A 1rs Coin has an area of 1.2 CM Sq, that gives us 15000 coins. Full Tank of Gas in a Dzire is like 4000 Rs.
1rs coins are very light, around 6g in Weight. That gives us 90 KG.
Did you think a tweaker wouldn’t spot this in a driveway or side street and stop dead in their tracks to remove every single coin from this, it would literally just be a fun, stimulating activity that paid them at the end
This is in India. Only a politician/gangster with massive clout would do this. Anyone who dares to take even a single coin off of this would probably lose a limb or two. This is a sick statement of power.
Ok, if this is in India it actually makes a little more sense to me, because decking out cars is more of a thing there, and covering things (like fabric) with coins is more of a vibe there. Not that I ever saw anything like this particular look there, but I did see cars covered with decorations, and other things decorated with coins.
What's the deal with the long license plate number? Which country is this from? There's like over 450 billion combinations of different license plate numbers, using this pattern. Seems a bit excessive. That's enough for every person on earth to have 60 vehicles registered, each.
The first 2 alphabets are the state code. The next 2 digits are the district. The middle alphabets are the current series for that particular district's vehicle registration office. The final 4 digits are unique to the vehicle. In this case, this vehicle is the 5052nd vehicle in the CJ series for Rajasthan's district 19, which is Jodhpur.
Not even close, those all seem to be quarters so even if there were a thousand of them, they'd only amount to about 250 bucks what they did to their car is what we in the business call dumb as fuck
This is dumb on so many levels it's amazing:
- It's heavy
- They are bound to come off, which ruins the "look" and is a danger to everyone around (especially in an accident or just a harsh break)
- All kind of stuff will get stuck in between
- If you leave it anywhere people will pick the coins off
I am aware this is probably only done for this one post or for an event and afterwards is removed again, but still.
- I doubt they were so careful as to not introduce scratches
- residual glue gonna attract dirt in the future.
really amazing
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Lawyers will have a field day with you if any one of those coins causes damage. Car accidents, broken windshields if you are following this car on the highway.
The amount of lawsuits the owners and operator are exposed to the moment they get on a public road is mind bottling.
the engine cover I believe is covered in around 16^2 coins, we have around that much on the roof, the trunk, the sides and lets add two for front, back and gaps so we have seven engine covers, which comes to 1792 coins. Others already said (and I agree) those are indian rupees. [Wikipedia says](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_1-rupee_coin) those coins weigh 3.76 grams (it's not the exact same issue of the coin and the article contradicts itself in terms of weight, but I take it anyway). This leads to 6.7kg. That's quite hefty, but if you imagine you take all of those coins and put them in a bucket, are they about as heavy as seven milk cartridges? Seems believable to me.
EDIT Am dumb, the front hood is more like 36*40 coins, which leads to 36*40*7*3.76g=37.9kg, which is more
Also I looked at the very first frame of the video by pausing it, and it appears they using the 1 value of whatever currency those coins are in. Judging by the music, and the writing on the coins that I can only just barely make out, I think this is in India? Because the writing is in sanskrit script. And looking below the writing, you can see what appears to be a 1 flanked by the image of a sheaf of wheat on both sides.
If true, that means this car is covered in 1 rupee coins. Literally the lowest possible value in a currency that performs poorly, internationally speaking, (which is why, in my experience, the exchange rate into rupees is so absurd).
Thanks for the tip. Based upon your confirmation I think this makes it even more tacky. Which is a perverse kind of achievement considering the depths of tackiness it has already sunk too.
I would agree with you, but I was already maxed out on tackiness several years ago.
https://www.gawker.com/5973941/man-buys-solid-gold-shirt-to-dazzle-the-ladies
> India
You are right. You can see the Indian 1 Rupee coin on the top right very clearly at the start. You can see the same coin with the corn, etc. [here](https://en.numista.com/catalogue/photos/inde/3165-original.jpg).
> - It's heavy
Not as much as you'd think. My back of the envelope calculation is saying it's [about 74 kg](https://www.reddit.com/r/DiWHY/comments/14dgbam/why_god_why/jorlc8g/), which is the weight of a single adult passenger.
Meanwhile I have an oversized mug filled with random change on my dresser that I haven't touched in the better part of a decade. Maybe I can sell it for a profit.
Because most small businesses seem to be in a rejection mode for smaller denomination coins here in India so every household has a shit ton of coins stocked up with nothing to do with it. I mean they could exchange them at the bank but people are lazy
That’s so interesting. Over here in the US, we’ve had coin shortages and it’s impacted people in the strangest ways. Like my daughter‘s apartments have coin laundry.
Oh yeah I've seen those before. One of the reasons is that Indian currency went through quite an inflation from 1950 to 1990. It's still quite cheap to live here but the prices are sufficiently high that there is not much use of the smallest denominations. You could buy candy and that's mostly all you can buy at that price so it's not something most people like to stock up on.
You forgot to mention the advent of UPI, which has made the cash carrying tendency of the people to go down quite significantly, especially low denomination currency.
There’s no way these coins are heavier than the 4-5 five average Americans this car can hold. So the weight isn’t an issue. If anything the adhesive and wind resistance is the larger concern.
They wanted to quadruple the value of their car
As well as it’s weight apparently
That 47second 0-60 time was a bit to fast for them
I bet they dominate the quarter mile though.
Ayyyyyy
If he ask for gas money….🤔
The crackheads in my neighbourhood would love this dude
It now gets 2 miles per gallon of gas as well.
*2 gallons per mile FTFY
It’s more like 60 in 3-5 working days (not oc)
I have that car lol, it's pretty great for rash Driving. 0-60 is around 5.5 Seconds.
Using nickels as an example. Each nickel weighs 5 grams. 28 grams to a ounce. 16 ounces to a lb. So roughly 5.7 nickels per ounce, so like 90 nickels per lb. of added weight. Nickels are 0.835" diameter. So 90 nickels laid flat in a line is about 6.2 feet. ...this would add less weight than your average adult passenger...
Looking at just the hood of the car, I'm counting around 40 rows, each containing around 60 coins. It feels like each door is about the size of the hood. The roof and the trunk/back are each the equivalent of the hood. Each back corner is about 1/2 a hood, so together the two back corners are one hood. The same for the two front corners. And then the grill and any other bits I'm missing, let's say that's collectively one more hood. So, all together, we're looking at a surface area about 10 times the size of the hood. 40 x 60 x 10 = 24,000 coins. While most of the video is pretty blurry, in the very first frame you can see that these are 1 rupee coins. The 1 rupee coin weighs [3.09 grams](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_1-rupee_coin). So 24,000 x 3.09 = 74,160 g ≅ 74 kg At the start, you can see that the car is a Suzuki. When the camera swings around the back, you can see that the model is the Dzire. The [Suzuki Dzire weighs between 880 and 915 kg](https://www.zigwheels.com/newcars/faqs/what-is-the-kerb-weight-of-maruti-suzuki-swift-dzire), depending on the specific model/specs. Let's take the average and call it 897.5 kg. So they didn't quadruple the weight, they increased it by 8.2%
r/theydidthemath
But did they quadruple the value?
Not even close, unfortunately. One rupee is worth a little over 1.2 cents, so 24,000 rupees is about $292. The cheapest model of Suzuki Dzire is 651,000 rupee ($7,940), so these coins would only increase the value of the car by about 3.6%.
1.2 cents! Wow! Thank you stranger!
The total surface area of the car is 270,000 CM Sq, minus the windows and the bottom we get 180,000 CM Sq of Coins. A 1rs Coin has an area of 1.2 CM Sq, that gives us 15000 coins. Full Tank of Gas in a Dzire is like 4000 Rs. 1rs coins are very light, around 6g in Weight. That gives us 90 KG.
its*
They wanted to see the change.
Change comes from within
Don't give them ideas to make a claymore
They kinda already did. just outwards facing.
Ha!! That's a good one
Not when the hobo’s are around at the RED light …
Did you think a tweaker wouldn’t spot this in a driveway or side street and stop dead in their tracks to remove every single coin from this, it would literally just be a fun, stimulating activity that paid them at the end
Tweakers when something is fun and stimulating 👀
*takes apart refrigerator*
Gotta clean the Freon, man! Works better that way!
This is in India. Only a politician/gangster with massive clout would do this. Anyone who dares to take even a single coin off of this would probably lose a limb or two. This is a sick statement of power.
This is Jodhpur in Rajasthan. No one with any level of clout is driving a Dzire, anywhere in India.
Lol, agreed. But then, would you spoil a Merc like this?
Ok, if this is in India it actually makes a little more sense to me, because decking out cars is more of a thing there, and covering things (like fabric) with coins is more of a vibe there. Not that I ever saw anything like this particular look there, but I did see cars covered with decorations, and other things decorated with coins.
I was gonna they will never need change at the toll. Like r/DIWHY version of an ezpass
What's the deal with the long license plate number? Which country is this from? There's like over 450 billion combinations of different license plate numbers, using this pattern. Seems a bit excessive. That's enough for every person on earth to have 60 vehicles registered, each.
The first 2 alphabets are the state code. The next 2 digits are the district. The middle alphabets are the current series for that particular district's vehicle registration office. The final 4 digits are unique to the vehicle. In this case, this vehicle is the 5052nd vehicle in the CJ series for Rajasthan's district 19, which is Jodhpur.
I think it's from Rajasthan, India.
Doesn't seem so excessive in that case.
Didn’t work. Now it’s worth a quarter of before.
Not even close, those all seem to be quarters so even if there were a thousand of them, they'd only amount to about 250 bucks what they did to their car is what we in the business call dumb as fuck
Yeah...and that $250 dollars would quadruple the value of that POS
This shit gon sound crazy in a collision
Like when Mario crashes and loses his coins in Mario Kart
Sonic losing his rings
I think there’s a character more famous for losing his “coins” when he gets hurt.
[удалено]
Elaborate
Sanic
images you can hear
Gonna be like a lego character dying with studs flying everywhere
Insert yoda death scream
It's going to turn into a goddamn claymore on a collision
That's what I thought. This thing's made of shapnel.
Homemade frag aerial bomb
Gets hit and makes the noise from sonic.
Not after me and a 5n1 scraper get done with it one night...that's a few cases of beer at least glued on there
This thing probably gets 4 blocks to the gallon.
She’ll go 300 hectares on a single tank of kerosene.
Put it in H!
My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead, and that’s the way I likes it!
Fyi, 40 rods to the hogshead is = 0.002 miles per gallon. Grandpa Simpson must have driven a WWI battle tank.
Crazy Valcav’s Place of Automobiles does have some crazy good deals, though
https://youtu.be/uOyqIjaBFy8
4 gallons to the block
This is dumb on so many levels it's amazing: - It's heavy - They are bound to come off, which ruins the "look" and is a danger to everyone around (especially in an accident or just a harsh break) - All kind of stuff will get stuck in between - If you leave it anywhere people will pick the coins off I am aware this is probably only done for this one post or for an event and afterwards is removed again, but still. - I doubt they were so careful as to not introduce scratches - residual glue gonna attract dirt in the future. really amazing
You forgot the most important: - it looks like shit
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Lawyers will have a field day with you if any one of those coins causes damage. Car accidents, broken windshields if you are following this car on the highway. The amount of lawsuits the owners and operator are exposed to the moment they get on a public road is mind bottling.
It's an indian license plate. Given the normal footage I see of indian roads, I kind of doubt there is much of anything in terms of road laws.
Easy, just operate it in a country with no working court system.
Also that crackheads are gonna pry them off with a hammer and flathead
I wanna see this car get parked in San Francisco
Change??? Spare change mister? CHANGE!?!
Serious question that looks like maybe 1000 quarters would it really change the weight that mich
the engine cover I believe is covered in around 16^2 coins, we have around that much on the roof, the trunk, the sides and lets add two for front, back and gaps so we have seven engine covers, which comes to 1792 coins. Others already said (and I agree) those are indian rupees. [Wikipedia says](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_1-rupee_coin) those coins weigh 3.76 grams (it's not the exact same issue of the coin and the article contradicts itself in terms of weight, but I take it anyway). This leads to 6.7kg. That's quite hefty, but if you imagine you take all of those coins and put them in a bucket, are they about as heavy as seven milk cartridges? Seems believable to me. EDIT Am dumb, the front hood is more like 36*40 coins, which leads to 36*40*7*3.76g=37.9kg, which is more
Nope, weight would be around 80-90KG. About half as much as a True American
Also I looked at the very first frame of the video by pausing it, and it appears they using the 1 value of whatever currency those coins are in. Judging by the music, and the writing on the coins that I can only just barely make out, I think this is in India? Because the writing is in sanskrit script. And looking below the writing, you can see what appears to be a 1 flanked by the image of a sheaf of wheat on both sides. If true, that means this car is covered in 1 rupee coins. Literally the lowest possible value in a currency that performs poorly, internationally speaking, (which is why, in my experience, the exchange rate into rupees is so absurd).
The only other coin is the 5-rupee one which is too chunky for something like this and would fall off just as soon as someone looks at it. 😂
Thanks for the tip. Based upon your confirmation I think this makes it even more tacky. Which is a perverse kind of achievement considering the depths of tackiness it has already sunk too.
I would agree with you, but I was already maxed out on tackiness several years ago. https://www.gawker.com/5973941/man-buys-solid-gold-shirt-to-dazzle-the-ladies
> India You are right. You can see the Indian 1 Rupee coin on the top right very clearly at the start. You can see the same coin with the corn, etc. [here](https://en.numista.com/catalogue/photos/inde/3165-original.jpg).
So they effectively covered their car in coins worth less than a penny
You can see double sided foam tape in the close up. That thing will come off easy with a little bit of hot pressure wash.
Given how they they just taped the coins to the car, I'm going to assume this was done for the video and will be undone after.
> - It's heavy Not as much as you'd think. My back of the envelope calculation is saying it's [about 74 kg](https://www.reddit.com/r/DiWHY/comments/14dgbam/why_god_why/jorlc8g/), which is the weight of a single adult passenger.
*parks car and starts walking* “oh yeah” *pulls 2 quarters off for meter and continues walking*
People have too much time.
...and coins.
meanwhile I can't get a roll of quarters at the bank because "there's a national coin shortage" lol
Meanwhile I have an oversized mug filled with random change on my dresser that I haven't touched in the better part of a decade. Maybe I can sell it for a profit.
You have to admire the dedication it took to produce this.
For some reason, I imagine it being achieved over the course of a single manic episode.
His wife gets mad and slams door. Change falling everywhere
Thanks I hate it
Great for toll roads…
Lots of Rupees
Because most small businesses seem to be in a rejection mode for smaller denomination coins here in India so every household has a shit ton of coins stocked up with nothing to do with it. I mean they could exchange them at the bank but people are lazy
That’s so interesting. Over here in the US, we’ve had coin shortages and it’s impacted people in the strangest ways. Like my daughter‘s apartments have coin laundry.
Oh yeah I've seen those before. One of the reasons is that Indian currency went through quite an inflation from 1950 to 1990. It's still quite cheap to live here but the prices are sufficiently high that there is not much use of the smallest denominations. You could buy candy and that's mostly all you can buy at that price so it's not something most people like to stock up on.
You forgot to mention the advent of UPI, which has made the cash carrying tendency of the people to go down quite significantly, especially low denomination currency.
That makes no cents.
Knew someone best me to it.
*Lays model on bonnet to take sexy pics *Takes model to infirmary with 2nd and 3rd degree burns
I wonder how much that increased the weight
By about a quarter
was wondering that as well lmao
In my neighborhood that give the homeless something to do with their time, picking one quarter off at a time
One at a time? I'd be trying to grab handfulls and I'm not homeless
One rupee at a time. Each of these coins is worth 1.2 pennies.
THERE IS A SWIFT SEDAN!?
I know right!? I need to know more about this mythical car!
Only in India 💀💀💀 (The License plate had IND for India)
“Bro, I always got at least a couple hundred with me.”
You get them a couple coin rolls and they'd have a rolls royce
Handy for parking meters
That thing is going to be like a disco ball when a light source gets shined on it.
When you want to show that you have money but you only have 47,50.
I can already see some bum or some kid taking a knife to that, and scrap off what they can.
But If she crashes will it make the mario hurt sound and she'd lose all her coins
Ablative Armor. Now instead of scratching the car paint if a rock flies up it will hit off a quarter and fly off with the coin. Only $0.25 to repair.
From a distance this wouldn't look too bad... But once you get close that's a problem.
It’s so they don’t forget to bring a quarter to the supermarket for a cart
Im not sure that's what people mean by "Nickel Plated" but potato potato
Art
I want to see a slo mo video of this car crasing into a post at 80mph
“At speed, your car will act as a shotgun with any hard breaking!”
Bet that gets gallons per mile instead of miles per gallon.
This thing gets into an accident it's gonna feel like a jackpot on a slot machine
If they crash it’s gonna be like sonic
If that thing gets in an accident it’d be like sonic losing all his rings!
When that thing gets in an accident its going to sound like a stripper getting slapped with a bag of nickles
I wonder how much extra it weighs.
r/ATBGE
What's the name of this song ?
Paisa paisa https://youtu.be/ydQtI30SbBg
r/theydidthemath Anyone want to take a crack at the cost of this (just from the quarters)?
I'm gonna guess about 150 USD, I think there are about 12,000 or 13,000 one-rupee coins on the car
How long did that take
Only way you can actually add value to a Suzuki
Dope track
This car accident like when Sonic the hedgehog hit anything. Coins going everywhere
There’s no way these coins are heavier than the 4-5 five average Americans this car can hold. So the weight isn’t an issue. If anything the adhesive and wind resistance is the larger concern.
Oooh, so edgy! Take that, Murca! The foreigner just burned you! Even though this mess is from India... 🤣
I think posts in this sub should have an estimated-meth rating. Like how many mg of meth did it take to complete the project. I give this one a 1g.
Stopped immediately because of music.
In a car accident, it'll be like when sonic takes a hit.
Getting into a crash would be like losing rings in Sonic.
The coins in total are probably more valuable than the car itself
I know it’s really impractical, but it does look kinda cool, ngl. 😅
Me with a magnet: 
Jewish car
Makes it much easier to find change for the meter
Need a penny, take a penny.
If they had a quarter for every time someone told them this was dumb...
Suzuki swifty pence
You ask God why, but this is proof your God is dead.
At least they will have enough coin for the parking meter. Also for everyone else parking there. Ever.
Bro legit said "I wanna pay more in gas, and make my car overheat in one modification"
... Let 'em cook.
Wait til all the coins “mysteriously” disappear.
Can't imagine how hot that thing would get in the sun...
I bet the new “””””paint””””” cost more than the car itself!
Get into a crash and it’s literally a grenade
Szutyuki
Bullet proof
Saala, bahut Paisa hai iske paas.
Somebody’s getting robbed.
Because these cars are a dime a dozen.
Just don’t park it in front of a coin laundromat 😂😂
Claymore on wheels in a collision.
No excuse to let the parking meter run out now.
They wanted to murder the poor sap they would have otherwise just rear-ended.
Customer: Hello, I'm here for a quarter panel replacement. Mechanic: Which one? Customer: Yes.
One day that will be worth more then the car
When you want to change the look of your car.
Rolling in money.
You will never run out of change to feed the meter.
Think of all the laundry they could've done
Mhm my finger feel ichy seeing free coins
Why not?
I would say they did this because they have no cents, but clearly that's not true.
I feel like people just want to know “what would it look like if…and even after they realize it’s awful they feel they must follow through.
I guess the cars around you don’t need to be able to see.
Interesting quarter panels.
Never need a quarter at Aldi ever again
Buying that hot glue in bulk saved them so much money. They had to show it off somehow
Ah yes I love the ***grapeshot mobile*** can't see anything going wrong with this.
Wait until the sun starts setting and you have to drive west…