{"id":64945,"date":"2009-12-05T11:21:12","date_gmt":"2009-12-05T16:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/?p=33828"},"modified":"2009-12-05T11:21:12","modified_gmt":"2009-12-05T16:21:12","slug":"ridelust-returns-from-la-with-insight-pics-and-a-throbbing-headache","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/64945","title":{"rendered":"RideLust Returns From LA with Insight, Pics, and a Throbbing Headache"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33829\" title=\"HAngover\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/HAngover.jpg\" alt=\"HAngover\" width=\"468\" height=\"317\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the whole, RideLust&#8217;s (read: my) first foray into the glamorous world of open bars and company-sponsored parties was extremely successful, save for the excruciatingly boring reveals. Fortunately, since unlike most automotive journalists my trip was financed completely out of pocket, I&#8217;m not obligated to paint any particular company in a flattering light and thus able to provide an accurate, far more entertaining analysis. Well, entertaining for <em>me<\/em> at least, I&#8217;m sure the scores of dissenting <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">douchenozzles<\/span> commenters will have much to say otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>Topping my list of favorite new reveals are some interesting selections that seem at odds with RideLust&#8217;s traditionally Macho Man Savage taste in automobiles and include the Honda P-Nut (Personal-Neo Urban Transport), Audi e-Tron, 2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe, Mazda2, and the vehicle destined to be perpetually overshadowed by the Mazda2 &#8211; the Ford Fiesta (among many, many others).<span id=\"more-33828\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>So while you desperately search for valid reasons to ignore your wife&#8217;s multiple requests to shovel the staggering 2 inches of snow from the driveway, keep RideLust on your radar and check back throughout the day for exclusive post-preview updates of all Los Angeles&#8217; biggest stars.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/USQf0Mz5Z_75E2datebLEu2oENs\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/USQf0Mz5Z_75E2datebLEu2oENs\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/USQf0Mz5Z_75E2datebLEu2oENs\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/USQf0Mz5Z_75E2datebLEu2oENs\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the whole, RideLust&#8217;s (read: my) first foray into the glamorous world of open bars and company-sponsored parties was extremely successful, save for the excruciatingly boring reveals. Fortunately, since unlike most automotive journalists my trip was financed completely out of pocket, I&#8217;m not obligated to paint any particular company in a flattering light and thus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64945\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}