yugo

I'm a member of a group called, Handpainted Cars of Seattle. There are clubs like this all over the country and they have a big ralley in Texas every year. There are two classes of cars: street legal and exhibition. The imagination involved is astounding.
I've painted murals on the last four cars I've owned and will probably do a very subtle bamboo motif on the driver and front pax door of my new Prius when it gets here. I've been working on designs for whatever color I end up with.
One of the cars that showed up at the big Texas rally was called, "I go-You Go". It was two Yugos (remember the Yugo? No waiting list!!) with their rear wheels removed, and bolted together back to back (end to end) to that there was a front end on each end of the car. It would drive in either direction and the inactive wheels on the "back end" would track along with the front wheels. I don't know how the mechanical systems were set up, as I only saw a photo. The post about fog lights in the back of a Prius made me think of this, as did my first impression sitting in a Prius driver seat where I felt I was looking out the back of a car rather than the front.
Two Prii so fastened would be an interesting concept as each end would be "going before".
My "car art" is on the "fine art" end of the handpainted car spectrum, rather than the glued on multi sculptural cars that comprise most of the membership. I'l post photos when I'm done. I wanted something to add a touch of unique color to my Prius, especially if I end up with silver or black. Something understated like a Japanese scroll painting.
The Japanese have produced some fabulously beautiful art (including the Prius). It's embarassing sometimes to realize that what we get from them is fine art, well made cars, state of the art electronics and other high quality products, while what they get from us, apart from Boeing airplanes, is McDonalds, BurgerKing, other bad food influences, blue jeans, pop music and bad television. I'm more than willing to support any culture that can produce what the Japanese do....I just wish they would stop whaling.
Bob