Fun in Los Angeles

   I went to Los Angeles back in February for some work stuff.  While there, I had some time off to go check out the sites!  So what does any red blooded, beer-cooled American want?  A Lamborghini, of course.  So, I looked up the nearest dealership and hopped in my totally stock Silver Toyota Corolla rental car and burned rubber (or tried to). 

     As I am driving the 20 miles or so to Newport Beach, I see a couple cops along the way, and I swear out of the 48,000 cars driving by them, they were staring me down!  But I thought aw whatever, quit being paranoid.  Soon, I pull into the parking lot of the Lamborghini dealership and start to salivate.  They have the ultimate sports cars parked everywhere.  There was a white one that I really liked, it was a deep pearlescent.  Several millions of dollars worth of cars, just begging me to drive them.   So look for a salesman.  Turns out that they don't mob you like every other dealership, after all they only sell a few cars a month.  In fact, there was only one salesperson, and he was unimpressed with my request for a test drive in one of these super cars.  I tried the whole, "Do you support the troops" line, to no avail!  He was Italian, and didn't particularly care about "the troops".  He was very polite about it, I wasn't offended at all.  He went on to explain about how particularly meticulous his customers were about these cars.   They usually have an appraiser come down and scour the desired car for defects.  Now, we are talking about cars that are handmade, cost $200,000+, have 2 miles on them, and keep their value very well.   They even check the thickness of the paint.  So at this point, I feel like a jerk for even asking, I knew it was a pipe dream.  Before I left though, I had him take this picture of me next to the gorgeous blue convertible Gallardo. 

 

    Later, I went to the Ferrari Dealership, they were equally unimpressed with my request.  I took a couple pictures, and over heard a guy trying to return his Ferrari he bought 6 months prior.  Apparently he didn't like paying such high insurance on a car he hadn't driven since the day he brought it home!!  It sounds like life has been very tough for him.  The dealership could care less about his problems and basically told him so.  Aw darn, stuck with a Ferrari. 

    

I got hungry and went to Anaheim Hills to eat at Slaters 50/50 Burgers By Design.  They make their burger meat with 50% Beef and 50% Bacon.  Absolutly great tasting burgers!  The one in this picture is called Penut Butter Jealousy.  Yes, it has peanut butter and jelly with the 50/50 burger meat, it was tremendously great.   oh and I got a Maple Bacon Shake, totally worth the over stuffed feeling for the rest of the night!

  Finally, I am driving back to the hotel and I see one of those huge electronic boards that cross the freeway.  It says there is an Amber Alert; they are looking for a Silver Toyota Corolla!  No wonder I have been getting so much attention.  My license plate was actually pretty close to the one on the amber alert too.  Just my luck!