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    Obama's New Cadillac Limo Officially Unveiled
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    Image of Tier 5 royal, the Manic King Tier 5 royal, the Manic King
    01/17/09

    In reply to Obama's New Cadillac Limo Officially Unveiled
    Mr. Wert III,


    that's just weak, as mentioned above Jalopnik plays stereotype games often, so how this comment was something even disemvowelment worthy, I don't know.


    Seems that PC brigade has taken over this place.

    +1 to all who still have some common sense in their comments.

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    01/17/09

    @Manic King of Corinthia: You're a little late. Mr. Bacon got his commenting privileges back yesterday morning.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    01/15/09

    In reply to Obama's New Cadillac Limo Officially Unveiled
    That's a nice start for the Barackmobile but when are they going to include weapons like 007 always has in his cars?
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    Image of POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION
    01/14/09

    In reply to Obama's New Cadillac Limo Officially Unveiled
    Just to piss off the UAW, PЯESIDENT POLAЯ would trade it in for this...
    Infiniti G50 President Limo For Sale!
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    Image of Boosted Lego Wagon Boosted Lego Wagon
    01/14/09

    In reply to Obama's New Cadillac Limo Officially Unveiled
    I don't really see you bulletproof glass is going to do any good when he's ghostridin' that whip.
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    Image of Ash78, cube farmer Ash78, cube farmer
    01/14/09

    In reply to Obama's New Cadillac Limo Officially Unveiled
    Lots of jokes have been made about Obama's rides (past, current, and potential). Many of them have made light of "urban trends with Cadillacs" and things like that.


    But this is the first one I've seen that wasn't obviously done in jest--it read more like a deadpan observation. I think that's the difference. It also helps to not be a new person, which speaks to the expected reputation of commenters around here.

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    Image of Cognitive Friction Cognitive Friction
    01/14/09

    In reply to Obama's New Cadillac Limo Officially Unveiled
    I thought the new Presidential limo was going to come with "rubber/glue" windows, which allow whatever you say about Obama to bounce off him and stick to you
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    Image of Ash78, cube farmer Ash78, cube farmer
    01/14/09

    In reply to Obama's New Cadillac Limo Officially Unveiled
    Behind 5 inches of tinted, bulletproof glass? I wonder if Obama is like the constitution and they can push a button and an elevator takes him to a deep underground vault that can't even be hurt by like 10 nuclear bombs landing right on it at the same time. Dear Obama, are you Batman?
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    Image of badasscat badasscat
    01/14/09

    In reply to Obama's New Cadillac Limo Officially Unveiled
    That thing is ugly, fugly, pug-fugly, and ugly ugly.
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    01/14/09

    @badasscat: Also, it needs a set of whitewalls.
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    01/14/09

    In reply to Obama's New Cadillac Limo Officially Unveiled
    Where's the deployable chaingun? I don't see it needing weapons you have to open the doors to fire.


    It needs rocket launchers, tear gas grenade launchers. It needs MOAR.

    It needs stuff any 7 year old boy can think of to add to a car.

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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    01/14/09

    @Plecostomus - A monument to failure: IT's the presidential limo, not a vehicle from M.A.S.K.
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    Image of Tanshanomi Tanshanomi
    01/14/09

    @Plecostomus - A monument to failure: Nah, The weaponry gets mounted on the swarm of Carver One escorts that will follow it around.


    Oh, sorry. I suffer from speculative fiction disease.

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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    01/14/09

    @Plecostomus - A monument to failure: a roof mounted 30 millimeter cannon would be perfect. They could disguise it as the onstar antenna.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    01/14/09

    @Plecostomus - A monument to failure: It has teargas and shotguns, or so I hear.
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    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    01/14/09

    @Plecostomus - A monument to failure: I remember seeing an artilce on the Suburbans with the pop-up Minigun, they were usually unarmored and followed behind the armored principle. The idea was the people in the armored cars tended to stay buttoned up or run away, in an unarmored version you were more likely to stand and fight.
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    Image of SatyarupaPyrrha SatyarupaPyrrha
    01/14/09

    In reply to Obama's New Cadillac Limo Officially Unveiled
    And as someone who used to work down there at the WH, I can add some other pithy details. The passenger compartment can be sealed against biological and nuclear contamination, with its own internal air supply and filters. The tires can run flat at over 100 MPH. There are no armaments on the limo itself -- the firepower is in the "War Wagon" Chevy Suburban that follows right behind the main limo and the backup. The Bush car could take a direct hit with an RPG without damage. Presumably this one can take a harder whack. The floor is mine-proof although how mine-proof is classified. Battery and the radiator are armored as well. People who have driven it say it is remarkably nimble considering how huge and heavy it is. The car is stored in the Secret Service garage in downtown D.C. The garage is code-named Headlight. The driver has somewhat less protection than the president. A eight-inch thick windshield would distort too much. Besides, civil servants are replaceable. If the car is disabled by an attack, the agent's primary job is to get the prez out of the area in the back-up limo as fast as possible. "24"-like shootouts with any bad guys have to wait until the protectee is out of the kill zone. OH, one more thing. It gets lousy gas mileage
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    Image of RoninianHoon RoninianHoon
    01/16/09

    @SatyarupaPyrrha: Thanks for sharing.
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    Image of Tanshanomi Tanshanomi
    01/14/09

    In reply to Obama's New Cadillac Limo Officially Unveiled
    That is the most massively cool Caddy in a long, long time.


    I'm not sure if that fact, itself, is cool or sad.

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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    01/14/09

    @Tanshanomi: And the Cadillac Sixteen was what, exactly? What of the new CTS-V?
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    01/14/09

    @A strolling player got SMACKed: The Cadillac Sixteen was...


    ...destined never to see a real street.

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    01/14/09

    @Tanshanomi: True enough, but zero isn't that much less than one.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    01/14/09

    In reply to Obama's New Cadillac Limo Officially Unveiled
    Obama to Secret Service: "Wait until Luda' sees this, oh snap."


    Or "Is this the Ludacris Edition?"


    Uh Cadillac Grills, Cadillac Mills
    Check out the oil my Cadillac spills.

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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    01/14/09

    In reply to Obama's New Cadillac Limo Officially Unveiled
    No hybrid?


    I mean, it's about the same size as all the other behemoths GM threw their two-mode system in.

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    Image of TurboWeasel TurboWeasel
    01/14/09

    In reply to Obama's New Cadillac Limo Officially Unveiled
    I'll bet it drives like a truck.
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    01/14/09

    @TurboWeasel: I'll be they still try to park in compact spots.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    01/14/09

    In reply to Obama's New Cadillac Limo Officially Unveiled
    It's nice, but it's no LM002.
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    Image of c0de c0de
    01/14/09

    @Mad_Science: yeah this one actually runs
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    01/14/09

    @c0de: Why be reliable when you can be awesome?
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