Last night, I drove the long-term Outlander to play some tennis with a friend. On her ride to the court, my friend's bike had gotten a flat tire so she asked me to load it up in the back. Folding forward those great seats and utilizing the famous fold-down tailgate I had already written about, it was a snap to pop the bike in.
We tossed in the rackets, water, and what appears in this photo to be Uranium 238, and headed off to dinner...
On a completely random note about the ridiculousness of cars in L.A., during my drive home, within a space of two blocks along Sunset, I saw FOUR Ferraris (two F430 spiders, a hardtop F430 and a 599 GTB Fiorano), THREE Lamborghini Gallardos, and most astonishingly, THREE Mercedes SLR McLarens.
Senior Copy Editor Doug Lloyd @ 9,258 miles
desmolicious says:
01:30 PM, 08/ 9/07
There's an old Caddy Coupe in Santa Monica that has a huge chicken on it's roof. That draws more attention than any of the exotics. Other cars that would draw more notice - The Wienermobile or my brother's Unimog U500. Peeps in Malibu walk past Zondas and Bugattis to look at that beast!
funkymunky says:
01:41 PM, 08/ 9/07
I love that Chicken car. I've seen it. It's been in a commercial as well. I would definitely turn my head to catch a Unimog as well. Not sure if either is Veyron/Zonda territory, but diff'nt strokes for diff'nt folks.
desmolicious says:
04:36 PM, 08/ 9/07
It's just that peeps in LA/Malibu are so unfazed by high end cars, you need something really unusual to stand out. And just by dropping a tonne of coin doesn't guarrantee this.
I was standing next to the 'Mog when Larry Hagman pulled over in his - get this - Prius! - and came over to talk about it.
I just didn't expect JR Ewing of oil money fame and glamour to be driving a Prius...
mptlptr says:
06:06 PM, 08/ 9/07
If you think that's crazy wait till you see the white Honda Del Sol targa with a full size R2-D2 head (that even swivels and makes the real beep/boop sounds) in the back. There's also a blaster cannon hanging off the passenger door. The steering wheel was basically a flight yoke. Saw this in the Manhattan Beach area a couple months ago.
roar02ram says:
05:20 AM, 08/10/07
Doug I knew you would mention WHO you saw in at least one of those cars - THAT'S the true LA way: see nice car, ignore car, look at driver, gape/gawk/point/stare if necessary.
boxermike says:
11:19 AM, 08/10/07
Roar02ram, I'm the exact opposite: gawk/point/stare at car, never spend a second looking at driver.
SubyTrojan says:
11:40 AM, 08/10/07
You probably should say you're a Los Angeleno, Mike. I don't know if we could say you're a true one though. j/k
estreka says:
01:31 PM, 08/10/07
That's gotta be the worst Spanglish I've ever seen. ;-)
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