True confession time, y'all: I never had a Power Wheels as a kid. Could I appreciate how cool they were? Sure, absolutely, but that wasn't my life. And while I don't know if the guys at Grind Hard Plumbing Co had their own Power Wheels as kids, what I can tell you for certain is that they definitely have them now, as (nominal) adults.
With adult interests, tools, and money, that means they're able to take their particular Power Wheels in directions that their creators probably never, ever dreamed of. While you've probably already seen what happens when you stick an e-bike motor inside a Lamborghini Power Wheels, what you may not have bargained for is seeing a full-on Power Wheels rally event.
Or a hi-po Barbie Van, which looks an awful lot like Lowly Worm's Apple Car from the Richard Scarry children's books you probably remember, going rock crawling. It does surprisingly well at that task, too; something that probably no one saw coming.
Do a lot of homemade vehicles get broken within minutes of attempting all the things they commit to video here? Of course. Does that leave the GHPC guys any choice but to also bring their F1-wheel-fitted Can-Am Maverick side-by-side out to do the course as well? Obviously not, and it of course ends up at least a little bit broken as well.
Honestly, it's all a bit of chaos, but the fun kind of chaos that can only come from doing dumb stuff with your friends, made all the better because you're the ones who built it, you're the ones who broke it, and you're the ones who will (probably) fix it. Or if you don't fix it, then at least you know you can pull it all apart and probably build something else with all the bits you pulled off of your broken project. It's the circle of life, and as some wise lion or two said, it moves us all.
Is there a particular reason I now want to see an official Busy Town Rally event? No, of course not, why do you ask?
