Crusin’

Only a little hung over from el Cinco de Mayo, Iowahawk has an intriguing post about lowriders

Sociologist believe lowriding is a modern incarnation of the
traditional Mexican paseo (promenade), an ancient social ritual in
which the unmarried adolescents of the village coyly circled the town
square, boys on one side, girls on the other. East LA Cholos adapted
this ritual for the automobile age, and begat a brand new American
tradition –cruising the strip. When you ‘scooped the loop’ or ‘dragged
main’ or ‘cruised the strip’ back in high school, you were
participating in an echo of that South-of-the-Border courtship rite.

Mira lo, ese.