http://blogging.la/2009/02/15/spotted-at-arclight/ Lizard people dude. Seriously. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogging.la/2009/02/15/spotted-at-arclight/comment-page-1/#comment-13422 dp Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:21:15 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=20945#comment-13422 frazgo, you're right. It's all good. I like how it challenges preconceptions. You know, when the auto makers were flush with cash a few years ago, they nearly all had design studios in the Southland. Yes, yes, the designers talked about the special light here, but I think it's also because this place had nearly all the different lifestyle groups living here, something that you probably couldn't get anywhere else in the country. The car makers could study how different groups used their vehicles and didn't want to be caught with their pants down when it came to the latest ideas. Like in the early eighties, when a few Detroit execs came here for a car show, and their jaws dropped when they saw all the efficient Honda Accords on the freeway. frazgo, you’re right. It’s all good. I like how it challenges preconceptions.
You know, when the auto makers were flush with cash a few years ago, they nearly all had design studios in the Southland. Yes, yes, the designers talked about the special light here, but I think it’s also because this place had nearly all the different lifestyle groups living here, something that you probably couldn’t get anywhere else in the country. The car makers could study how different groups used their vehicles and didn’t want to be caught with their pants down when it came to the latest ideas. Like in the early eighties, when a few Detroit execs came here for a car show, and their jaws dropped when they saw all the efficient Honda Accords on the freeway.

]]> http://blogging.la/2009/02/15/spotted-at-arclight/comment-page-1/#comment-13421 frazgo Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:19:27 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=20945#comment-13421 dp are those good qualities or bad? Its simple freedom of expression for the dude, nothing wrong with that. dp are those good qualities or bad? Its simple freedom of expression for the dude, nothing wrong with that.

]]> http://blogging.la/2009/02/15/spotted-at-arclight/comment-page-1/#comment-13420 Julia Frey Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:38:37 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=20945#comment-13420 I've seen it there too! Wacky! I’ve seen it there too! Wacky!

]]> http://blogging.la/2009/02/15/spotted-at-arclight/comment-page-1/#comment-13419 dp Mon, 16 Feb 2009 01:18:26 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=20945#comment-13419 Well, first... first,... nope, Sean is right. I don't even know where to begin. Some words flashing before me: excess, class, class boundaries, ingenuity, leather, weather, wood, Home Depot, freedom, personal expression, safety, hygiene, decoration, aesthetics, seat belts, black, Cadillac, ladder frame, the beach, drifting in an icy parking lot, the end, Monty Python, crunchy dog. Well, first… first,… nope, Sean is right. I don’t even know where to begin.
Some words flashing before me: excess, class, class boundaries, ingenuity, leather, weather, wood, Home Depot, freedom, personal expression, safety, hygiene, decoration, aesthetics, seat belts, black, Cadillac, ladder frame, the beach, drifting in an icy parking lot, the end, Monty Python, crunchy dog.

]]> http://blogging.la/2009/02/15/spotted-at-arclight/comment-page-1/#comment-13418 Sean Bonner Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:37:52 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=20945#comment-13418 The two inches of dust on it was pretty slick too. The two inches of dust on it was pretty slick too.

]]> http://blogging.la/2009/02/15/spotted-at-arclight/comment-page-1/#comment-13417 frazgo Sun, 15 Feb 2009 20:07:02 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=20945#comment-13417 thanks Burns! an a bit frazzled these days... thanks Burns! an a bit frazzled these days…

]]> http://blogging.la/2009/02/15/spotted-at-arclight/comment-page-1/#comment-13416 Burns! Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:56:34 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=20945#comment-13416 I believe the term you're looking for may be "hoopty." I believe the term you’re looking for may be “hoopty.”

]]> http://blogging.la/2009/02/15/spotted-at-arclight/comment-page-1/#comment-13415 frazgo Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:39:45 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=20945#comment-13415 how farking awesome...some limo chopped and a soft top outta LV made. Total fair weather cruiser. I'd guess its ability to cruise is going to be very slow with the loss of rigidity when the roof was lopped off. Its the oddities out there that just make life around here so interesting. how farking awesome…some limo chopped and a soft top outta LV made. Total fair weather cruiser. I’d guess its ability to cruise is going to be very slow with the loss of rigidity when the roof was lopped off. Its the oddities out there that just make life around here so interesting.

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