This won’t make much sense to anyone outside the state, but here goes:
See this picture? I can’t ever walk past a “Win This Car!” banner without at least inquiring as to the price of the raffle tickets. In this case a chance to win the 2008 Nissan Versa being given away a month from now by The Rock Christian Fellowship of Española cost $20, so I jumped on it. Who doesn’t need another car, especially one that gets 38 mpg?
Need not be present to win!
My ticket is number 1813, so they’ve sold a bunch of ‘em. But that’s not the point of this post. Rather, the way the car is described and equipped is. Española is pretty much the center of lowrider culture in New Mexico, and these guys love their wheels. This may be a church raffle, but the little Nissan economy car already has aftermarket mag wheels and dark tinted windows, har. What’s more, the ticket describes the vehicle as “fully loaded…”
So I know I’m in good hands. If anyone can turn a Versa into a car freak’s object of desire, the dudes I bought my ticket from can. Now all I have to do is win!
Comment by karenk
1 August 28, 2008, 4:12 pm o'clock |
Har! Having grown up in El Norte, I get the joke! Instead of speed bumps in the parking lot at our high school, they dug shallow ditches (so the snowplows wouldn’t get hung up on the bumps in the winter). The guys from Española would show up and cruise through the parking lot trolling for chicks. Invariably somebody’s lowrider would get hung up in a ditch!
Comment by Daniel
2 September 29, 2008, 9:26 pm o'clock |
Thanks for your support. The car was given away on sunday to John Russel from Roswell NM. The city mayor was there and pulled the winning ticket. By the way, Im one of the Pastors at the Church
Check out the pics here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ythxcel/2893297829/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ythxcel/2901077850/
Comment by Paul
3 September 29, 2008, 10:42 pm o'clock |
Espanola really is the “Lowrider Capital of the World”. See more pix and read about about it at
http://EspanolaOnline.com