When Limos Die

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Anyone that’s been in LH for any amount of time has surely seen this grand Limousine at some point. I first spotted the limo hanging around Ave 43 and Griffin, back in the day when it sported a sign advertising its services and the number you should dial next time someone was headed to a prom, wedding, or some other pachanga. Nowadays, based near Broadway, it seems to only be moved twice a week to avoid the wrath of the dreaded parking-ticket barons, always eager to enforce the law in the name of clean streets, or so they would have you believe. In a day when party-goers tend for the ridiculously long Hummer limos, this one is looking like it’s days are numbered: rusting doors, bondo streaks, and plastic sheets taped to the roof are rarely the choice for teens trying to flash the cash. This car is testament to the common practice of the poor: if it’s kinda broke but still functions, don’t throw it away! That’s a popular concept, possibly universal, yet somehow lost on the rich that can toss things just because they’ve gone beyond the expiration date by which others judge you favorably.

Hmm, I think I would like to take it for a spin if they put it up for service again, maybe take it to the valet of some swank westside grubbery, have them open the door, and plop out with a rag-tag team of punks, taggers, and other ne’er do wells. I bet I can imagine the reaction, as it’s happened once before. Moons ago while a group of friends were checking out the fine beers at Gordon Biersch (cuz even ghetto kids can develop a taste for good beer!) we were asked by the waiter what “film set we were working on?” apparently because our getups, known to us as regular clothes, were too odd for the choice clientele and could only be explained by something related to movies. We laughed at him, realizing he was cementing our distaste for life on the right side of the tracks.

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5 Responses to When Limos Die

  1. Geo says:

    My brother drives one of these babies in black. Long live the ghetto! BTW, I love your blog, especially the El Mundial: Chapulín Colorado post. I had to listen to the game on the radio and missed the Chapulínes.

  2. Liliana says:

    All I can think of when I see this limo is the movie ‘Black Cat White Cat’. Sing along now, “PITBULL, TERRIER!”

  3. juliana aguirre says:

    well i know the person that owns that limo hes my freinds dad i got in it alot of times it was fun well that is cool your made licoln heights known its a pretty place to live there well lates

  4. Diana says:

    Hahaha.. El Limo Del Papitooo…

  5. ernesto says:

    Is this limo still around? I know a photographer who’d like to use it.

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