The Ultimate Auto Showroom at Lowe’s Hardware near Cal State Long Beach.

So here I was, last Saturday, driving along in the fast lane,  minding my own business, on the way to the hardware store. My Prius runs like a watch and I’m never envious of other drivers.  Well almost never.  So this guy in a black 250 GT Ford whistles past me in the right hand lane, cuts off two other cars, and zips over to the left turn lane in front of me.  In my opinion the GT Ford ($250,000) is one of the prettiest cars ever built in the U.S. so just looking at it made me forget what a jerk the driver was.

We continued up Bellflower Blvd. with the GT well in front, now back over in the right hand lane. Suddenly, out of no where a Lamborghini Murcielago ($340,000) followed by a 599 Ferrari GTB Fiorano ($300,000) and two more Lamborghinis squeeze into the lane if front of him.  Out of nowhere I’m alongside  a parade 5 cars worth about 1.5 million dollars! I almost got out of the car to take a picture of my little Prius until I realized I couldn’t pull it off.

Oh to be behind this wheel just once!

I followed as long as I could then turned into Lowe’s made my purchase and got in the car to head back home…when what to my wondering eyes should appear but a gathering of ponies that would make any man’s eyes tear! (sorry but I had to say it.)

In the Lowes parking lot there were about 100 to 125 of the most beautiful and expensive cars in the world. A few (3)  racing Porsches (About $500,000 each) at least a dozen Ferraris, Lotuses (..should that be “Loti?”) and the main mark of the day Lamborghini.  Every kind of Lamborghini you can imagine.  Cars with exotic license plates and some very wierd even one Ferrari from Saudi Arabia.  A $400,000 Rolls Royce that had been painted with black primer! Everything painted…even the chrome.

Turns out these people get together every year, at this same venue, on the Saturday before the Grand Prix.  I think they just like to meet with one another once a year to see who has the hottest new wheels and I was lucky enough to stumble into it.  I ran around like a wild man trying to get as many pictures as I could (Go to our Flicker link bottom right for more photos) before they took off.  You know when you crash a party of the rich and famous you want to have as much proof as you can get to prove you were there before you get thrown out, right?

Anyhow put the date and the place on your calendar and you can crash it with me next year. To see all the photos go to our flicker

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