Lebowski and Relative Presence - The Car as a Dude's Skin

[Colonel John Hubertz]

Skin.

Ahhh skin.

Photons are the enemy of mature dudes, but we can grow, create, nurture and shed/replace our outer "shell", call it our biodome... an external manifestation of self that we must defend but never allow ourselves to become.

The automobile.

My dudal inclinations emerged long before the Movie that Is All that Is, Is.  My first car was a 1951 Studebaker Starlite coupe.

Art - and an outer shell immune from the slings and arrows of mere hormonal self-esteem.

Ahhhh  To quote the dude-bard muppet "A bear in his natural element, A Studebaker."

I choose to not pursue the fancies of ordinary men, but dudely rides at the very depth of their popularity.  At this moment, I offer for us all the "modern Torino" - killer rides that clean or filthy, spring-fresh or dented and used, are the equivalent of the Great One's Torino - and the skin-of-self he defended righteously throughout the film of docrine and duty, The Big Lebowski.

All are cheaper then a woman of leisure working the fringes of the town dump.

All are dudely, have iconic grace and valor that is eternal.

Number one, the Lincoln Mark VIII - equipped with a 300 Horsepower quad-cam cobra engine, the air-suspension collapses when left unattended for a few months - and that costly truth means used car dealers avoid them like plagues.

Clean ones can be had for under $2000.  Here's one now that is for sale nearbye for $2500, but it is extra nice and smells of vaginal secretions.  The tires have never even spun in anger - thus it is ready for you:


(sold since yesterday, but still - wow) 

Here's my other favorite - my own 4 wheel drive Dodge Caravan 2.0 (2nd generation)
A million miles of pulling into the yard when you shovel the drive.  Unbelievable with snow tires.
Dudely - and plenty of recreation area.


Rare, but you can get a good one for about $1500.


And finally - a Mercedes (yes, potentially undudely, but dude - look and assess for yourself)

The mighty S-Class, version 1.0, the iconic 1973 through 1980 W116 Mercedes 450SEL.  The 6.9 was the fastest car in the world when introduced - and was driven by dudes of note such as the guy who played the tank driver in that one movie "Negative vibes man, always the negative vibes." who's name I can't place and as a dude, am not going to make the effort to find out. 

kelley's heroes was the movie - remember?  the tank dude.  yeah, that dude.

He had three of these, and here's why - I love mine.  So dudely - easily bought in sweet condition for under $3k by any dude, but balls of iron are required to match the musty leather/wool/wood odor that emanates from the interior.  They smell like your Grandfather's library chair.

Here's a couple of pics, and a video of why the dudeliness is within.







http://www.youtube.com/v/qtd0lVZi2Cs&hl=en&fs=1 

[digbys kid]

so the Dude's skin is "green with some rust coloration"?...very apt

BTW, nice photo of Bunny at the bottom your post!  I'm just gonna go find a cash machine...

[DigitalBuddha]

That's marvelous.

[BikerDude]

Well that's just like yer opinion man.
Car's are cages. Free yer ass and get a bike.

[Rev.Wendy aka The Dude a-Rides]

Men keep their cars clean and their homes messy.
Women keep their homes clean and their cars messy.

Right now I'm driving my FOURTH "island car". She's a 1989 Honda Accura. I love her. She really picks up speed fast , right from 0. Love it. She's tan with some rust around the wheels...but has a sunroof and automatic windows and mirrors. Her name's Bette (from The L Word). I'd say she's "me" right now.

Sorry if I'm just blathering here. I don't even really know if i'm on topic, i'm kinda tired, getting ready to pass out on my rug.

[RevWade]

Well that's just like yer opinion man.
Car's are cages. Free yer ass and get a bike.

I'd say get a longboard.  no hands required (unless you do the really tricky stuff) so you can hold your beverage and your j.  and when you are able to balance on one foot then you can practice tai chi while rolling down the street. 

[martin]

does anybody remember this episode of pimp my ride?

http://www.tv.com/pimp-my-ride/joshs-acura-legend/episode/380645/summary.html

they fitted some trick bowling gear to the trunk of an acura