Green Machine 4.
Sorry for posting so late. I'll make it up to you next week and I'll give you a little taste because I was so late this week. We're going to be kicking off Truck Month here at Dope Rides. You heard correct, five weeks of trucks, and they will not disappoint. Now you're listening? Well, you better be prepared for awesomeness because we're bringing the pain. Anyways, to get to this week's car, I really wish I could have done this one justice by following the driver home so I could take pictures of it on the street. This one is craptacular, and I mean that in a good way. A giant spoiler and three different colors of paint, including primer, are you kidding me? When this was presented at as a candidate at a production meeting, the entire Dope Rides staff stood up and slow clapped. To the owner/creator; bravo and well played sir, you are a God among mere mortals. You might be wondering why this is named Green Machine 4 and the answer is, yes there are three other Green Machines, but I wanted to get to this one first because no one's seen it yet. We will be getting to the others soon enough, and I daresay that Green Machine 3 is hands down the best one we've found so far. Stay tuned.
Gran Turismo.
I think this one is pretty solid. It's almost like a car I made way back in the original Gran Turismo video game, but only if it had generated real damage to the car while I was driving. One thing I always liked about Gran Turismo franchise is the fact that you can crash straight into a wall at 200+ miles an hour and nothing happens to you. Sometimes that game is ridiculous. Anyway, I found this in the Ralph's parking lot up by my place in Burbank one morning. I love that it's got some damage going on to the front but the owner is more focused about sticking on decals than getting some body work done. Way to go there pal. I was concerned while I was taking the picture that the owner was the Ralph's worker who was collecting the shopping carts in the parking lot, but that guy just gave me a weird look and continued corralling carts with his orange safety vest on. So he wasn't the owner, but I guarantee it had to have been someone that worked there, even though I haven't seen it since I took these shots.
XtremeZ.
Sorry about last week, work was kind of insane and I forgot all about this thing. I'm sure my five readers were crushed. Anyway, about the car, this one was taken in the South Bay by my old boss. I believe this car could have greatly benefited from some kind of advanced paint scheme. It's good, don't get me wrong, but it could have been
great. I also like the fact that the owner had custom decals made for it, that's a nice touch. But why did you have to go and name it "Xtreme"? I hate that word. A lot. Everything's "Extreme" now and when you want to make it even more extreme, you spell it with an "X". Enough already. I bought a Chevy Blazer "Xtreme" in 2000 and was sick of hearing that word inside of three months. People, just stop it. I know it's hard, but it's not like kicking a crack addiction; it's really easy to do, just stop using it in sentences and/or marketing plans. I implore you; stop the madness.
