#cars
36 words tagged “cars”
A 1962 Impala — peak lowrider chassis.
A car — often a stolen or burner one.
Swerving a slab side-to-side down the street on purpose.
An SUV (DR)
A car stripped down and souped up for speed, the centerpiece of greaser culture.
Translucent wet-look paint job in Skittle-bright colors — the defining finish of a Houston slab.
A beat-up, rattletrap old automobile held together by hope and tape.
Protruding 30-spoke wire wheels fitted to Houston slabs — also called elbows.
A car decorated with anime characters.
Get out of a slow-rolling car and dance next to it while it keeps moving.
Houston name for the long horizontally protruding wire wheels on a slab.
Cruising slow in a slab so everybody sees you.
In mint, like-new, perfectly maintained condition — said especially of a car.
Houston's weekly meet-up where slab owners bring the candy paint out.
A fancy overseas whip — your Benz, your Bentley, your Bimmer.
Mature content — open to view.
A service station — the petrol station where you fuel up and grab a dodgy pie.
Hydraulic suspension system on a lowrider.
stuck in mud or sand
1964 Impala — the iconic G-funk lowrider.
The car inspection sticker — what every other state just calls an inspection sticker.
a sausage roll from a service station
a U-turn
To accelerate hard, spinning the tires — or to leave somewhere fast.
Houston driving style — weaving a slab slow and wide across lanes to be seen.
the heated pie cabinet at a servo
Short for ghost-riding the whip.
A short, flat-out car race from a standing start — or something boring.
to make a U-turn
Wood-grain steering wheel — a signature interior detail of a Houston slab.
Houston custom car — Slow, Loud And Bangin' — a candy-painted American luxury sedan on swangas.
A U-turn — 'chuck a yewy' is to swing the car around and go back the way you came.
An older full-size American sedan dressed up for Bay Area hyphy car culture.
A vintage American car used as a taxi (Cuba)
A utility vehicle — a pickup truck with a flat tray back, beloved by tradies and farmers.
Impromptu East Oakland parking-lot meet — donuts, ghost-rides, street racing.