Straight on Green, right on Silverwood, left on Levering...the music starts!
(Play Gladiator's Honor Him now)
A Chrysler Crossfire darts out. It's baby red toes digging into its new playground. 10 meters up a beige Dodge Caliber cuts it off and dances up the mountain. Further up the hill a brand new PT-Cruiser bounces off some bumpers and onto the freeway.
It's the hippest game in Manayunk of late and it's got the people out of their seats.
It's Musical Cars, and here's how to play.
The game starts every weekday at 5 p.m., just when parking spots really fill up. Choose a 2 block radius with at least 4 other cars (5 total) and 3 friend homes. Designate a song, in this case Norman Greenbaum's 'Spirit in the Sky'.
When Rush Hour pours off 76 and that stop sign on Green and Silverwood starts to fill up, the 3 homeowners blast the song and the 5 parked cars jump out of their spots and make their way in a circles around the 2 block radius. When the music stops all cars find a spot.
Repeat until nobody can find a spot in that 2 block radius.
Loser keeps driving and picks up a dinner that is agreed upon before the competition.
Sportsmanship
Speed limits: If there is only 1 spot left and 2 cars left, the car in a better position to get the spot can go as slow as 5 mph but he must keep moving. No stopping.
Parking: If a competitor is in the process of backing into a spot you must honor his attempt one time. If he/she can not fit into the spot in 1 try, he/she must give up the spot and continue looking. You may now take that spot, trying as many times to park until the failed parker circumvents the block and returns all four wheels to the street of the open spot. If by then you yourself have failed to park, you too must leave the spot and make your way around the block.
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