You seen that one Cribs with Ludacris? Where all his cars have TVs all over the place, not just in the usual places but, like, set into the floor and on the gas cap and right in the middle of the steering wheel? Now, see, a guy like that, he can afford to have some customizer trick out his car with a buttload of little TVs. What else is he going to spend his money on? Dude can only smoke so much weed, you know?

Me, on the other hand, I have to get clever if I want TVs on board my rides. Check out this fly setup:

1991 Ford Taurus = $800
1993 Toyota Celica = $1050
13” TV bought at Goodwill = $12
8” TV found next to dumpster = $0
Two Philips SCP5080/17 80 Watt Power Inverters = $17.99 postpaid

Yup – I got two cars, both equipped with TVs, for just $1879.99. I bet Ludacris spends more than that to get his cars washed. And if I want to hook up a laptop or something, all’s I gotta do is unplug the TV. (Still haven’t found a laptop at Goodwill yet, though. At least not one that’s any good.)

Now, my setup isn’t quite as nice. I gotta put my TV in the passenger seat, so whoever rides shotgun has to hold it on their lap. And the rabbit ears do kinda get in the way sometimes. But just you wait: I’ll figure out some way to let me watch TV while I’m pumping gas, no matter what it takes. Unless what it takes is money.

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