Here is a story for you....
I'm in Hollywood with a friend that was visiting from South Dakota, I had just bought my Cadillac Escalade after dropping nearly 10 grand into it for a lift, tires, wheels and everything else under the sun. My friend wanted to see a concert in Hollywood and I thought we'd have a fun night out.
We checked out a band and at the end of the night, after 2am I thought we would hit an after party in the hills at a buddy of mines place. So, we are sitting in traffic on Sunset Blvd, it's about 2:15 am, and all the clubs are letting out and the street is packed. Him and I were having a good time and as we're sitting in traffic with the windows down and the stereo pumpin', I look to my left and there is a crowd on the sidewalk waving their hands and yelling. It takes me a moment to realize they are yelling at a crowd on the opposite side of the street, to our right. After I looked at both groups on either side, I realized, this is some sort of gang problem, NOT A PARTY!
In a split second I went into panic mode. I was praying for the light to turn green, but it wasn't. The light for the left hand turning lanes turned green, but we were still sitting still and I was behind a car in front of me at the light. I quickly punched the stereo knob with my fist and killed the tunes, at the same time I had my hand pulling the switches on all four windows just as both groups were coming off the sidewalks towards each other into the street! the intersection was filling up quick with people and the first words that came into my mind were
REGINALD DENNY ! ! !
As fast as you could blink I stuffed the 4 wheel drive button and told my buddy to "HOLD ON"....at this point he didn't even know what was going on. It happened so fast, the music cut and I almost caught his arm in the window before he could even ask me what the problem was....
I told him to hold on and as soon as the light turned green the guy in front of me stabbed the throttle and I followed suit and jumped the center divider and 4 wheeled over a large planter and some small bushes just ROASTING the tires!
In the rear view mirror it turned into total chaos. 75-100 people threw down and gun shoots went off. It was F'n NUTS!
I remember turning to my buddy and saying...."WELCOME TO LA"