Growth of the limo
Opulence is an ancient way of life for some people. Royalty, nobles, Russian oligarchs, presidents and, yes, even dictators have asserted their right to lavishness for donkey’s years. The convention has filtered down to present-day life, but extravagance has become far more available now than it was back in the day. An average Joe, […]
‘Stretching’ – The Truth
The limo scene is not something I’ve ever known much about, to be honest. Yes, we’ve all seen the stretched Lincoln town cars and super stretched Hummers on a Saturday night with assorted limbs of hen do participants sticking out of the back windows and sunroofs, but I’ve never really seen the attraction.
Why would you want to travel to Frankie and Benny’s on the Doncaster ring road in something that resembles a 40 foot phallus on wheels, with a laserquest interior and a hardcore rave soundtrack designed to induce a migraine within a mile and a half of your departure point? Maybe I’m getting too old for it all, but I’ve never fully understood the appeal. I suppose it’s all about attracting attention and having people gawp open-mouthed at you as you try and negotiate your mini-skirted self out of the rear doors of your elongated carriage, with a bottle of WKD in one hand and a doner kebab in the other while desperately trying to maintain whatever modesty is still intact. That would appear to be what limos are all about in this country, but surely there’s more to it than that?
Neil Young: Man and Motors
Neil Young’s latest memoir focuses on his life through his cars
Lincoln Continental Mk IV
pics Michael Fordham Like a lot of people who grew up in these islands during the 1970’s, I first came across the Lincoln Continental via The Sugarhill Gang. Yes, those early rap stars from the boogie down Bronx, waving their hands in the air like they didn’t care in a hotel-motel kind of madness dropped […]
Hot Rod Rebel
Hot Rod rebellion in the Golden state