That thing must weigh as much as the Titanic!
Did anyone else notice the thickness of the doors on Obama's limo!? Wouldn't have been far off a foot!
That thing must weigh as much as the Titanic!
apparently its built on a GM truck chassis, with cadillac body dropped on top
I wouldn't have been surprised if it was built on a Sherman tank chassis and then clothed in Caddy panels!
Didn't do well getting out of the car park in Ireland though...
Think they said it was 7ton in weight
Must have a Pinto in it then !!
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Originally posted by hicost
Must have a Pinto in it then !!
Did you hear the metalik clunk when it grounded out?
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Originally posted by hicost
Must have a Pinto in it then !!
When Dubya came to the UK first time, they landed all the gear at RAF Northolt. They parked the airlifter at the far end of the airfield and drove the
beast across the airfield. On the wrong side of the road. Straight towards one of the fire tenders coming the other way. the secret service driver
eventually backed down.... 
Apparently it's designed to be missile proof?!
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/01/16/barack-obama-s-inauguration-the-bomb-and-missile-proof-cadillac-that-will-be-his-wheels-115875-210
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It's also AWD for extra traction.
Look up the truck it's based on, it's massive.
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Originally posted by blakep82
apparently its built on a GM truck chassis, with cadillac body dropped on top
Did you see the video of it getting stuck?
They implied it just grounded out, but it didn't look like it to me. The front wheels sunk up into the wheelarches as if the suspension
collapsed. If it'd grounded out, you'd expect the wheels to be hanging low in droop, because they're not supporting the car any more
(i.e. the engine/chassis is now supporting the weight).
Looked a bit weird to me.... Must be a conspiracy, I just can't work out why!
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Did you see the video of it getting stuck?
They implied it just grounded out, but it didn't look like it to me. The front wheels sunk up into the wheelarches as if the suspension collapsed. If it'd grounded out, you'd expect the wheels to be hanging low in droop, because they're not supporting the car any more (i.e. the engine/chassis is now supporting the weight).
Looked a bit weird to me.... Must be a conspiracy, I just can't work out why!
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It's a really odd failure mode - looks as though the coils failed, rather than getting grounded.
I watched another video from further left of centre and in that you could see it hit the ground more clearly because you could see more of the side of the car and it appeard that the body was resting on the hump with the front end closer to the ground but the ground at the front was flatter so that might be why the front end is hunkered down maybe?
If you watch it frame by frame you see the car body at more or less constant height, then the clank occurs and the body physically drops onto the pavement. At first I thought it had been caught out by one of those rising bollards but that wouldn't cause the front to drop. It literally looks like it fell off a jack with no springs on the struts.
That happens to old Citreons when the pipes that control the suspension come unplugged, to maybe it's running on some sort of air suspension that
broke.
on this video, about 16 seconds in you can clearly see the car ground as the front crests the
hill and comes down the other side, you can also see how close the BMW's come to the ground aswell.
it could just be that the way the body is supporting the weight means it's all acting forwards on the front.
Watch this one, from the side and in slow mo. The wheels actually go upward moments before the body moves, then the body drops onto the floor as if
unsupported. If it had just been grounded, or had rocked forward due to the impact, it wouldn't make the wheels go up and lose all resistance.
Link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGV-MtUvrtA
[Edited on 26/5/11 by coyoteboy]
[Obama to driver] "What does that big red button do?"
[Driver] "Sir, don't touch th........ ah shit"
Its almost as if something under the car got wedged on a lip in the ground and carried on sliding for a few inches then just prevented the car from lifting up on its suspension. I reckon the suspension was under great strain and when they backed it up it went PING and pop up again. Freaking odd though. Gives the impression a huge giant sat on the bonnet
I wonder if it has hydraulic/pneumatic suspension and the metal gate stop embedded into the road ripped a pipe?
I still don't see it but I'll take your word for it.
I read that this was the 2005 car and that the president wasn't there.
Have a look at what apparently follows behind
http://jalopnik.com/5134488/presidential-gatling-gun%20equipped-suburban-badder-than-new-cadillac-limo