For the final month or so, TikTok consumer Tyler Atkin (@ttptng) has been taking components of his automobile—just like the steering wheel—off and changing them with Nintendo Wii equipment. Please don’t do this at dwelling.
Driving a 1995 Mazda MX-5 Miata—now renamed the Wiiata—Atkin first changed the automobile’s manufacturing unit customary steering wheel with the Wii’s tiny plastic Mario Kart accent (full with Wii Distant tucked inside it):
Subsequent, he changed the gearstick with a Wii nunchuk controller:
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MX-5 floormats? What is that this, a automobile present? Get that shit out of there, and exchange the entrance ground coverings with Wii Match yoga mats:
With all that stuff in place the Mazda handrake grip was trying decidedly misplaced, so it had to get replaced, this time with a comically giant Wii Sports activities baseball bat accent:
All of which is pointless when you can’t really play a Nintendo Wii whereas within the Miiata, so yeah, he then eliminated the automobile’s stereo and slid in a complete console to exchange it, including a small display screen to the sprint within the course of:
All that was left now was to take the automobile out on the street, one thing that technically labored, as you may see on this video:
I imply, sure, it drives, as you may see. And the gearstick/handbrake replacements are purely beauty decisions, so no matter. However attempting to show the automobile with a wheel that small doesn’t appear to be a enjoyable (or secure) time! And absolutely getting out of a decent parking spot will look one thing like this?
The reply to that and another involved questions on security and suitability are: who cares, these aren’t everlasting additions, they’re a joke made for the web, one we’ve got all loved.
For those who appreciated Tyler’s movies, this Wii stuff was simply a part of his Mazda construct tinkering, which additionally contains…changing the Wii wheel with the Forza Horizon disc.
