Monday, August 22, 2011

Curbside Car Porn: Whole Foods(tamp card) Edition

So I figured it was about time for another installment for the short attention span set. This time, I just tried out a little experiment; how many cars of note can I find in the Venice Whole Food(stamp Card) parking lot on a single visit? It absolutely didn't come out of a sheer lazy initiative to just get another one done... I thought it would illustrate the 'cartopia' that Los Angeles really is, I swear!

Which it should be, because living with the drivers of these fine examples is really for the birds...not these folks in particular, but chances are...
I actually saw this and remembered these rare coupes from
my brick fetish days. I'm almost certain I've never seen
one in person before today. It also reminded me:
'hey, don't I do a photo section in my auto blog?'
68 Conti Sucide Door Convertible - just so right...

Makes a handy pickup truck in this condition, too.
The owner was really nice. 

I was on my way to photograph the next car when this one
jumped out and said 'me first'.  Try to photograph a Ford and 

a Maserati gets in your way, that's just how it is...
There are so many of these things around here, it's ridiculous.
We literally have a dealership that basically only sells them,
in this condition, on Lincoln Blvd. 
All of the Maserati in the world isn't going to get you a
parking space here any quicker - I had to laugh,
this was probably the guy's fourth pass down a lane
looking for a spot - that I saw, at least.
Benzes like this one in this kind of condition are so common
here, I forget sometimes they're a rarer treat elsewhere. 
Love those classic Mercedes lines. 

V70R that I nearly waltzed right past. I almost wrote it off as a
'badge engineering' example until I saw the meats underneath.
Boring, if you think AWD and 245hp in a DL package
snooze worthy...

What's this? Well, the Maserati had finally found a spot; I had
a shot of 7 spots in a row that were filled with Bimmer, Bimmer,
Benz, Maserati, Bimmer, Benz, Bimmer all lined up; then a
security guard came over to shut my little photo session down.
Whole Paycheck doesn't like photos, so I thought I'd get one
of one of their funnier signs...No, sir, you'll be leaving my
'shrimp' quite alone, and I'd prefer if you didn't refer to it
as such...It's magnificent and frightens the womenfolk...



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