Slim Jim says its custom car “Fast Meat” has been stolen—and it’s not a publicity stunt. The makers of the meat snack say the vehicle was stolen in Los Angeles while it was in town for a video shoot with World Wrestling Entertainment, Fox 11 reports. “We knew we had something special with our custom car, but had no idea it would be in such demand that someone would steal it,” Conagra Brands exec Ashley Spade said in a press release with an image of the custom Nissan Z.
“We continue to work closely with the authorities and we ask anyone if they spot it to report it to the LAPD,” Spade said. KTLA reports that the company is “known for having a chaotic sense of humor” and often goes viral “for ridiculous stunts or tongue-in-cheek promotions”—but it says the car really was stolen. According to a police report posted on X, it was reported stolen a week ago. The company says the vehicle was customized by “one of Hollywood’s most iconic custom auto shops,” with features including “a one-of-a-kind Slim Jim dispenser in the glove box stocked with Slim Jim meat sticks.”
The answer is no. The thieves could not have used a slim-jim tool to crack that car. Automobile locking mechanisms have change to the point where a slim-jim is pretty much useless anymore. Cars no longer have the vertical linkages that the slim-jim could exploit.
I once locked the keys in my ’93 Toyota Hilux. AAA sent a tech around, and at first he was apprehensive. I told him that the ’93 was the last year model that he could jim. After he succeeded in opening the door, he beamed and told me that it was the only Hilux he had ever breached with said tool.
94 and forward models of most cars no longer have the vertical mechanical linkage and are instead electronic at one point or another or have only horizontal linkage in the locking system. Nowadays, we need to pry/wedge the door, reach in with a rod, and hit one of the window or lock buttons. Like I had to do with my ’01 Cherokee when I locked myself out 4 miles off road at my hunt club one morning. Alternatively, On Star or other similar systems can send an unlock command to the vehicle if it’s in range.
If so, I’m glad the Wienermobile is safe.
The ‘Fast Meat’ car is now the ‘Hot Meat’ car.
Slim Jim’s car was probably stolen by a bunch of fat kids. And by now, the glove compartment is empty. 🙂
That was a jerky thing to do
Macho Man Randy Savage is rolling in his grave.
…on the plus side, shouldn’t be too hard for the cops to spot…
Yeah, you can’t beat their meat.
Sorry, my Adolescence over came my better judgement.
Hopefully they’ll catch the people who did this so they can let them go.
Were any “Stray Cats” seen nearby?
https://youtu.be/07BVrP5DbQA?si=gzsLV_WS6ZJ3Co7m
(Slim Jim Phantom was the drummer)
Slim Jims tastes like meat flavored cardboard. They’re the mystery meat icon of convenience stores and they’re not cheap either, so is jerky.