Lowriders

So much of Beck's '90s output was a mythologizing of the 80s Los Angeles he grew up immersed in – lowriders, mariachi, turntables and microphones. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Kneeling before me, he gently pushed up the legs of my bloodstained khaki capris—my favorite little Abercrombie & Fitch lowriders, ruined now—till my knees were exposed. ❋ Kristi Cook (2011)

In California, it was illegal to remove a car's shock absorbers and springs as many lowriders did, replacing them with hydraulics that could be used to raise and lower the bodies and even to do a bouncing dance. ❋ Stephen Miller (2011)

Whittier Boulevard was eventually closed to lowriders. ❋ Stephen Miller (2011)

Beloved in lowrider circles, Mr. Valadez was buried in a pink casket with floral detailing, and carried to the cemetery in a procession of lowriders led by the Gypsy Rose on a flatbed truck. ❋ Stephen Miller (2011)

It cruised about five inches above the pavement — not so low as some lowriders but low enough to make a statement. ❋ Stephen Miller (2011)

Its nearly 75 artists represent newcomers along with the full cast of beach bums who brought us the West Coast aesthetic the Southern California Minimalism that combined lowriders, plastics, neon lights and sunset colors. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Also, the hipsters don't ride around on shiny lowriders while rapping. ❋ BikeSnobNYC (2009)

There was a really hefty whole-bakery gal in lowriders and spaghetti strapped midriff top. ❋ Ann Althouse (2009)

Critically speaking, the New Moon soundtrack beats the skinny lowriders off Twilight No. 1. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Just outside a midtown theater a man rides by on a bike -- one of those lowriders. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The result is exquisite madness, with drivers jumping out of wrecked compact cars and in 18-wheel trucks, then tearing off down crowded sidewalks while followed by lowriders hurling Molotov cocktails. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Instead of a painfully slow ramp, why not use hydraulics on the suspension like the lowriders. ❋ Unknown (2006)