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Title: Seems the Secret Service thought of everything....
Post by: M on 23 May 2011, 20:22:09
Apart from the fact that long vehicles cant do ramps......

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13507728


 :y :y :y
Title: Re: Seems the Secret Service thought of everything....
Post by: Amigo on 23 May 2011, 20:31:03
The REAL Black Beastie would've jumped the ramp & outrun the "bomb".

    Does he really need a daft car like that? ::)
Title: Re: Seems the Secret Service thought of everything....
Post by: Stallion on 23 May 2011, 20:32:36
thanks for the upload!  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Seems the Secret Service thought of everything....
Post by: hercules on 23 May 2011, 20:35:00
ffs,daft gets ;D
Title: Re: Seems the Secret Service thought of everything....
Post by: Andy B on 23 May 2011, 20:44:43
You'd have thought that someone would have foreseen that happening, the BMW in front only just cleared, a stretched Caddy was never going to clear the ramp.  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Seems the Secret Service thought of everything....
Post by: PhilRich on 23 May 2011, 20:51:59
I bet he gave a few black looks  ::) ;D
Title: Re: Seems the Secret Service thought of everything....
Post by: tigers_gonads on 23 May 2011, 20:56:14
PML  ;D ;D ;D

Good old team america  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Seems the Secret Service thought of everything....
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 23 May 2011, 21:56:56
 ;D ;D ;D That would have tightened the keek in the SS and CP units. 8-) :y
Title: Re: Seems the Secret Service thought of everything....
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 23 May 2011, 22:02:43
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I bet he gave a few black looks  ::) ;D

Along with a few colourful remarks as well Phil - if this had happened. ;D ;D


Language alert


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMPA3_qqr5o
Title: Re: Seems the Secret Service thought of everything....
Post by: Banjax on 24 May 2011, 09:23:30
massively expensive, over armoured, cumbersome, slow, inefficient and takes no account of locality.........bit like the US foreign policy  ;D
Title: Re: Seems the Secret Service thought of everything....
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 24 May 2011, 09:38:18
 ;D ;D ;D

 [smiley=thumbdown.gif] for the service ;D
Title: Re: Seems the Secret Service thought of everything....
Post by: Olympia5776 on 24 May 2011, 10:25:38
I'm surprised that the car doesn't have inbuilt suspension lifts to overcome that exact problem.
I'd suspect that the internal ramifications within the Security Services responsible for the forward planning of  the trip for such a blunder would be far reaching .

However , It's good to see my car is not the only one to get fukced by the Irish roads ........ :)
Title: Re: Seems the Secret Service thought of everything....
Post by: Stallion on 25 May 2011, 08:13:55
Did anyone notice the size of the them pillers, and the thickness of the door when the driver comes out, bloooooody heck!!  :o :o
Title: Re: Seems the Secret Service thought of everything....
Post by: Andy B on 25 May 2011, 08:45:55
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Did anyone notice the size of the them pillers, and the thickness of the door when the driver comes out, bloooooody heck!!  :o :o

Yep! Massive, must've been 4" or 5" thick.
Title: Re: Seems the Secret Service thought of everything....
Post by: aaronjb on 25 May 2011, 09:12:24
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Did anyone notice the size of the them pillers, and the thickness of the door when the driver comes out, bloooooody heck!!  :o :o

Yep! Massive, must've been 4" or 5" thick.

It's built to withstand direct missile assault, chemical and biological weapons (with a self contained oxygen system), buried explosive devices.. everything, really (apart from, it seems, a sloping driveway).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_state_car_(United_States)#General_specifications
Title: Re: Seems the Secret Service thought of everything....
Post by: Kevin Wood on 25 May 2011, 09:25:32
(http://www.automotiveaddicts.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/obama-limo-5.jpg)

Two things come to mind:

1) Either it's rather huge or he employs oompa-loompas to provide his security.

2) It's definitely American. You can just see the incredibly advanced suspension components leaf springs forward of the rear wheel. :o
Title: Re: Seems the Secret Service thought of everything....
Post by: jonnycool on 25 May 2011, 09:30:53
The fella at the back doesn't look like an oompa - loompa to me  :o

You're right, it's rather huge  :o
Title: Re: Seems the Secret Service thought of everything....
Post by: r1 on 25 May 2011, 17:35:16
so how did they sort it?
Title: Re: Seems the Secret Service thought of everything....
Post by: Olympia5776 on 25 May 2011, 19:01:40
I heard on Radio Eireann they got a commercial  breakdown wagon to lift it off but haven't seen any footage of the rescue.... ::)

PS I love the Halfords hub caps on the last photo......
Title: Re: Seems the Secret Service thought of everything....
Post by: jonnycool on 25 May 2011, 19:04:45
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I heard on Radio Eireann they got a commercial  breakdown wagon to lift it off but haven't seen any footage of the rescue.... ::)

PS I love the Halfords hub caps on the last photo......
No, because they drove a rather great big van in front of it and surrounded the area  ::)
Title: Re: Seems the Secret Service thought of everything....
Post by: M on 25 May 2011, 19:32:02
Our trucks at work use Goodyear RHS tyres, they look like they are off a 7.5 tonner.....

Title: Re: Seems the Secret Service thought of everything....
Post by: aaronjb on 25 May 2011, 20:42:11
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I heard on Radio Eireann they got a commercial  breakdown wagon to lift it off but haven't seen any footage of the rescue.... ::)

I saw a picture of that somewhere .. can't remember where (an online news site, anyway) but there was nothing spectacular to see save a big commercial recovery truck putting dollies under the front tyres..
Title: Re: Seems the Secret Service thought of everything....
Post by: Nickbat on 25 May 2011, 23:44:59
I see his entourage has filled up at a BP station... ;) ;)

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23953562-presidents-men-fill-up-the-beast-in-surprise-visit-to-bp-garage.do
Title: Re: Seems the Secret Service thought of everything....
Post by: hotel21 on 25 May 2011, 23:47:17
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I see his entourage has filled up at a BP station... ;) ;)

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23953562-presidents-men-fill-up-the-beast-in-surprise-visit-to-bp-garage.do

A fine irony....   ;)
Title: Re: Seems the Secret Service thought of everything....
Post by: Banjax on 26 May 2011, 00:17:18
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I see his entourage has filled up at a BP station... ;) ;)

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23953562-presidents-men-fill-up-the-beast-in-surprise-visit-to-bp-garage.do

A fine irony....   ;)

I'm guessing "The Beast" doesn't go past too many petrol stations  ::)
Title: Re: Seems the Secret Service thought of everything....
Post by: Vamps on 26 May 2011, 00:44:37
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I see his entourage has filled up at a BP station... ;) ;)

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23953562-presidents-men-fill-up-the-beast-in-surprise-visit-to-bp-garage.do

A fine irony....   ;)

I'm guessing "The Beast" doesn't go past too many petrol stations ::)

It went past Tesco...... :D :D :D
Title: Re: Seems the Secret Service thought of everything....
Post by: Gaffers on 26 May 2011, 06:46:10
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I see his entourage has filled up at a BP station... ;) ;)

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23953562-presidents-men-fill-up-the-beast-in-surprise-visit-to-bp-garage.do

A fine irony....   ;)

I'm guessing "The Beast" doesn't go past too many petrol stations ::)

It went past Tesco...... :D :D :D

He didn't have a 5p off voucher  :y
Title: Re: Seems the Secret Service thought of everything....
Post by: Kevin Wood on 26 May 2011, 09:51:48
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I see his entourage has filled up at a BP station... ;) ;)

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23953562-presidents-men-fill-up-the-beast-in-surprise-visit-to-bp-garage.do

A fine irony....   ;)

Indeed. Fancy that. "British Pollution". ;D
Title: Re: Seems the Secret Service thought of everything....
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 26 May 2011, 10:36:46
I assume he has just left as I am sat at Stansted and a swarm of Helipcopters just arrived, all flights stopped and Air Force One took off.
Title: Re: Seems the Secret Service thought of everything....
Post by: Banjax on 26 May 2011, 12:03:59
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I assume he has just left as I am sat at Stansted and a swarm of Helipcopters just arrived, all flights stopped and Air Force One took off.


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