[Silly Little Cars] Silly_little_cars Digest, Vol 69, Issue 12

Thu Feb 14 16:08:27 PST 2013

I drive an electric GEM car, pick up style, for work and people think I am the metermaid half the time. numbskulls.

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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: A New Meter Maid Vehicle (Alec Bennett)
   2. Re: A New Meter Maid Vehicle (Kris Motola)

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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:20:30 -0800
From: Alec Bennett <wrybread at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Silly Little Cars] A New Meter Maid Vehicle
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On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Kris Motola <kmotola at esoplawgroup.com>wrote:

>  Lower haight is just as bad. I havw seen Jill's - there is no way anyone
> could think it is a meter maid
>

You'd think. Here's one of my Cushmans:

photoboof.org

As you can see, it doesn't look a bit like a metermaid anymore, but people
still think its a metermaid sometimes.

And if you get even one tag and don't clean it right away, you're doomed.

And by the way Jille, that etching was probably done with acid:

http://www.puregraffiti.com/graffiti-space/archive/index.php/t-89689.html

Bastards.

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> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* Jille Eikenberry [agent.hosen at gmail.com]
> *Received:* Thursday, 14 Feb 2013, 15:45
> *To:* Silly Little Email List [silly_little_cars at lists.sillylittlecars.com
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> *Subject:* Re: [Silly Little Cars] A New Meter Maid Vehicle
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>  My yellow, painted black, with a huge cat face on the front gets tagged
> all the time. And yeah they got the REAR window (which apparently is
> plastic) with some kind of hot device which essentially etched the tags
> right into my window. Permanently. I gotta move out of the Tenderloin...
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Feb 14, 2013, at 1:15 PM, Kris Motola <kmotola at esoplawgroup.com> wrote:
>
>  My interceptor got totally covered (it was yellow from Sacto not SF blue
> and white). I painted it and moved it into the garage so no more graffiti.
> They even painted on the windows. Who does that?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* Jille Eikenberry [agent.hosen at gmail.com]
> *Received:* Thursday, 14 Feb 2013, 15:12
> *To:* Silly Little Email List [silly_little_cars at lists.sillylittlecars.com
> ]
> *Subject:* Re: [Silly Little Cars] A New Meter Maid Vehicle
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>  I would have so much money if I lived in San Antonio!!'
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Feb 14, 2013, at 1:01 PM, "Steve" <sclark1 at flash.net> wrote:
>
>   Interesting how different perceptions are from one end of the country
> to the other.  I am sure there is some truth to the tongue-in-cheek
> reference to  the ?portable graffiti wall?.  I have seen some of the pics
> where SF locals do mark-up a three wheeler not knowing whether it is used
> by a cop or not.  Take where I live (San Antonio) as an opposite end of the
> perspective continuum.  Marking up another?s vehicle, three wheeler or not,
>  owned by a cop or not, will likely be settled by Smith and Wesson if
> caught; so no one really ever goes there.  Now buildings, that?s a whole
> different thing.
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> *From:* silly_little_cars-bounces at lists.sillylittlecars.com [
> mailto:silly_little_cars-bounces at lists.sillylittlecars.com<silly_little_cars-bounces at lists.sillylittlecars.com>]
> *On Behalf Of *Powers
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 14, 2013 2:46 PM
> *To:* Silly Little Email List
> *Cc:* Silly Little Email List
> *Subject:* Re: [Silly Little Cars] A New Meter Maid Vehicle
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> How cool, a portable wall for graffiti !
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> Don't they think about these things before they make urban vehicles with
> vast white panels??
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> On Feb 14, 2013, at 12:15 PM, Jille Eikenberry <agent.hosen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>  I just saw one of these on my way home the other day (in sf)!
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Feb 14, 2013, at 10:49 AM, Alec Bennett <wrybread at gmail.com> wrote:
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>  Charley sent me this email about a new metermaid buggy, I thought I'd
> forward to the list:
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> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 7:02 AM, Charley wrote:
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>  Alec,
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> Here is a link to the latest in electric meter maid vehicles that may
> become competition for the Westward Industries GO-4 Interceptors. Roanoke,
> VA has recently purchased several of these to replace their GO-4
> Interceptor meter maid fleet.
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> Charley
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> http://www.ecarco.com/prodFireFly.htm
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> Wow, super cool. Looks like they're also deployed in Santa Monica. Their
> website doesn't have very many pics of them, but I pulled one from their
> goofy Powerpoint presentation, attached.
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Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:25:56 +0000
From: Kris Motola <kmotola at esoplawgroup.com>
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Subject: Re: [Silly Little Cars] A New Meter Maid Vehicle
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Totally agree Alec. I made mistake of not painting over the first tag. Mulitplied like rabbits.
Broken window theory I guess

-----Original Message-----
From: Alec Bennett [wrybread at gmail.com]
Received: Thursday, 14 Feb 2013, 16:20
To: Silly Little Email List [silly_little_cars at lists.sillylittlecars.com]
Subject: Re: [Silly Little Cars] A New Meter Maid Vehicle

On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Kris Motola <kmotola at esoplawgroup.com<mailto:kmotola at esoplawgroup.com>> wrote:
Lower haight is just as bad. I havw seen Jill's - there is no way anyone could think it is a meter maid

You'd think. Here's one of my Cushmans:

photoboof.org<http://photoboof.org>

As you can see, it doesn't look a bit like a metermaid anymore, but people still think its a metermaid sometimes.

And if you get even one tag and don't clean it right away, you're doomed.

And by the way Jille, that etching was probably done with acid:

http://www.puregraffiti.com/graffiti-space/archive/index.php/t-89689.html

Bastards.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jille Eikenberry [agent.hosen at gmail.com<mailto:agent.hosen at gmail.com>]
Received: Thursday, 14 Feb 2013, 15:45
To: Silly Little Email List [silly_little_cars at lists.sillylittlecars.com<mailto:silly_little_cars at lists.sillylittlecars.com>]
Subject: Re: [Silly Little Cars] A New Meter Maid Vehicle

My yellow, painted black, with a huge cat face on the front gets tagged all the time. And yeah they got the REAR window (which apparently is plastic) with some kind of hot device which essentially etched the tags right into my window. Permanently. I gotta move out of the Tenderloin...

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 14, 2013, at 1:15 PM, Kris Motola <kmotola at esoplawgroup.com<mailto:kmotola at esoplawgroup.com>> wrote:

My interceptor got totally covered (it was yellow from Sacto not SF blue and white). I painted it and moved it into the garage so no more graffiti. They even painted on the windows. Who does that?

-----Original Message-----
From: Jille Eikenberry [agent.hosen at gmail.com<mailto:agent.hosen at gmail.com>]
Received: Thursday, 14 Feb 2013, 15:12
To: Silly Little Email List [silly_little_cars at lists.sillylittlecars.com<mailto:silly_little_cars at lists.sillylittlecars.com>]
Subject: Re: [Silly Little Cars] A New Meter Maid Vehicle

I would have so much money if I lived in San Antonio!!'

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 14, 2013, at 1:01 PM, "Steve" <sclark1 at flash.net<mailto:sclark1 at flash.net>> wrote:

Interesting how different perceptions are from one end of the country to the other.  I am sure there is some truth to the tongue-in-cheek reference to  the ?portable graffiti wall?.  I have seen some of the pics where SF locals do mark-up a three wheeler not knowing whether it is used by a cop or not.  Take where I live (San Antonio) as an opposite end of the perspective continuum.  Marking up another?s vehicle, three wheeler or not,  owned by a cop or not, will likely be settled by Smith and Wesson if caught; so no one really ever goes there.  Now buildings, that?s a whole different thing.

From: silly_little_cars-bounces at lists.sillylittlecars.com<mailto:silly_little_cars-bounces at lists.sillylittlecars.com> [mailto:silly_little_cars-bounces at lists.sillylittlecars.com] On Behalf Of Powers
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 2:46 PM
To: Silly Little Email List
Cc: Silly Little Email List
Subject: Re: [Silly Little Cars] A New Meter Maid Vehicle

How cool, a portable wall for graffiti !

Don't they think about these things before they make urban vehicles with vast white panels??

On Feb 14, 2013, at 12:15 PM, Jille Eikenberry <agent.hosen at gmail.com<mailto:agent.hosen at gmail.com>> wrote:
I just saw one of these on my way home the other day (in sf)!

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 14, 2013, at 10:49 AM, Alec Bennett <wrybread at gmail.com<mailto:wrybread at gmail.com>> wrote:
Charley sent me this email about a new metermaid buggy, I thought I'd forward to the list:

On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 7:02 AM, Charley wrote:
Alec,

Here is a link to the latest in electric meter maid vehicles that may become competition for the Westward Industries GO-4 Interceptors. Roanoke, VA has recently purchased several of these to replace their GO-4 Interceptor meter maid fleet.

Charley

http://www.ecarco.com/prodFireFly.htm

Wow, super cool. Looks like they're also deployed in Santa Monica. Their website doesn't have very many pics of them, but I pulled one from their goofy Powerpoint presentation, attached.

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