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Chillax: The activity done by a car in an LAX (Los Angeles International airport) parking lot while the driver is away on a business trip.
Usage: Our 2008 BMW 135i is chillaxing for a few days while Dan is in Europe.
Who needs Urban Dictionary when you've got this?
Dan Edmunds, DIrector of Vehicle Testing @ How should I know; I'm 8 times zones away? miles.
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7driver says:
12:31 AM, 07/14/09
Well, I certainly hope it isn't chillaxing as it is in the picture taking up 2-3 spots.
sellaturcica says:
01:35 AM, 07/14/09
Couldn't someone from the office have given you a ride, so they could use the car while you're gone?
johnnyr3 says:
02:51 AM, 07/14/09
@sellaturcica: +1
Seems like a waste.
starbird says:
06:13 AM, 07/14/09
I wonder how scratched the bumper will be when you get back?
bkochuk says:
06:48 AM, 07/14/09
Why didn't you use this time to bring it in for service?
Nice "Bruno" pose, btw...
rjg96 says:
07:36 AM, 07/14/09
Agree..seems like a waste of long term test car. And aren't you guys due to give up this car any day now?
festiboi1 says:
07:58 AM, 07/14/09
The back end of the 135i reminds me of a car from the distant past. Oh yeah, a 1994 Hyundai Elantra. Am I just seeing things?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23437827@N07/2238170319/
bankerdanny says:
08:18 AM, 07/14/09
You guys have WAY too many cars if you can allow an office favorite to sit in an airport parking ot for the better part of a week.
Dan's never heard of a taxi or car service?
uncanny_man says:
09:28 AM, 07/14/09
If you guys are taking up 2 spots with your small coupe for several days, I kind of hope someone keys your car (you'd have it coming).
rlg86 says:
09:46 AM, 07/14/09
IL has 30 cars. Several of them get posted on very infrequently, if at all. Yet somehow you feel compelled to post that you have parked a BMW at the airport? WTF? What's next; posts when the M3's go to the car wash?
bal169 says:
10:19 AM, 07/14/09
This could be a lead-in to the reason behind Dan's European "business" trip, or a test to see if you can indeed double park at LAX w/out getting keyed.
Had a friend try this and ended up not getting keyed, but getting parked in.
fuhteng says:
10:41 AM, 07/14/09
Chillax? Really Dan? Please Dan, don't help your kids destroy the English language. That is awful.
stovt001 says:
12:20 PM, 07/14/09
"IL has 30 cars. Several of them get posted on very infrequently, if at all. Yet somehow you feel compelled to post that you have parked a BMW at the airport? WTF? What's next; posts when the M3's go to the car wash?" Quoted for truth. I like this car, but don't see the point in this update.
Mad_Science says:
12:41 PM, 07/14/09
"ZOMGWTF, he's taking up 2 spaces!!!1"
Yeah, because the LAX parking lots have rolling hills and trees in the background:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=33.951107,-118.39159&daddr=&hl=en&geocode=&mra=mi&mrsp=0&sz=16&sll=33.951334,-118.391397&sspn=0.009594,0.026028&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=15
actualsize says:
04:39 PM, 07/14/09
1) Mad_Science is right: The photo was not taken at LAX. It's in a single space at Wally Park, an off-airport lot where door dings go to die: http://www.wallypark.com/LAX/laxBenefits.html
2) WP will change your oil, detail your car or even fix or replace a windshield while you're away. You can get service while you are on a business trip.
3) You can't get a ride home from a co-worker if you arrive after working hours and live 50 miles from the airport.
4) The BMW 135i is one of a few IL cars that is ahead of its mileage target.
5) They can't all be suspension walkarounds.