[lemura]

On a somewhat tangential topic, we took a little drive down the PCH to Laguna Beach this afternoon for lunch. We do this quite frequently, and because the PCH goes right through the heart of Newport Beach (ie The OC, Arrested Development, et al) you normally see a lot of nice cars.

But today was different: I must have seen at least 20 Ferraris (the new ones), a handful of the super-charged convertible Bentleys and a smattering of Lambos and other exoctics. (Porsches don't even seem to rate anymore.) Maybe it's the economy or maybe it's getting near the end of the year for tax write-off purposes, but it was interesting seeing so many on parade.

And oh, by the way, Newport Beach is probably 75%+ Bush country. The Hollywood libs hate it.

[Gorzaloon]

But today was different: I must have seen at least 20 Ferraris (the new ones), a handful of the super-charged convertible Bentleys and a smattering of Lambos and other exoctics. (Porsches don't even seem to rate anymore.) Maybe it's the economy or maybe it's getting near the end of the year for tax write-off purposes, but it was interesting seeing so many on parade.

I suspect Porsche got a bad culture rap in the 80's-90's.

We had a young engineer, a recent graduate, show up in a new black Porsche.

People constantly ribbed him..making wiping-the-finger-up-the-nose gesture to him, explaining that they had a big party this weekend, and did he have an 8-ball hanging around, etc., others were asking for rentals of women.

He finally left and found a job somewhere else.