Man turns Obama limo into a gas guzzler

geetrue · 03-20-13, 01:42 PM

No where else to put this ... I thought about Steve's new car thread, I thought about the new fed's GPS rules on cars, I thought about the joke thread, but no where ese to put it.

http://news.yahoo.com/obamas-limo-br...152205065.html

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A limo shipped from Washington, D.C. to taxi President Obama around Israel failed and had to be towed in Jerusalem.

"One of our vehicles is experiencing mechanical problems. This is why we bring multiple vehicles and a mechanic on trips," according to a Secret Service spokesman, Agent Edwin Donovan.

The Secret Service ships a number of limos for each presidential trip.

CNN reported the limo suffered a case of auto indigestion because a driver filled it up with gasoline instead of diesel.

But the Secret Service would not discuss the nature of the break-down.

Oberon · 03-20-13, 01:44 PM

Oh dear, oldest failing in the book that one, filling up from the wrong pump.

Wolferz · 03-20-13, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Oh dear, oldest failing in the book that one, filling up from the wrong pump.

I guess he couldn't read Hebrew.

A nose test of the pump would have solved it.

Oberon · 03-20-13, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolferz

I guess he couldn't read Hebrew.

A nose test of the pump would have solved it.

Could you imagine the headlines then?

OBAMA SECRET SERVICE GET HIGH SNIFFING GASOLINE!

Damned if you do...

TLAM Strike · 03-20-13, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Could you imagine the headlines then?

OBAMA SECRET SERVICE GET HIGH SNIFFING GASOLINE!

Damned if you do...

At least they weren't picking up hookers!

Wolferz · 03-20-13, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Could you imagine the headlines then?

OBAMA SECRET SERVICE GET HIGH SNIFFING GASOLINE!

Damned if you do...

ROTFLMAO

It only takes a second to figure out what comes out of the nozzle and it doesn't require shoving the thing up your nose.

Platapus · 03-20-13, 05:01 PM

This is strange. I can't believe that anyone not cleared can ever get within 10 feet of the POTUS' limo. So who was this "a driver"? The Tank does not have "a driver", but a team of specially trained and cleared drivers.

Why would anyone not intimately familiar with the limo ever be allowed anywhere near it, no less fuel it?

Me thinks there may be some information missing?

geetrue · 03-20-13, 06:59 PM

This all happened before the President even got to Israel ...

His plane brought another beast limo the cars are reported to cost $1.5 million dollars and weighs in at 16,000 lbs

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/03/20/obama-limo-reportedly-sidelined-in-israel-by-fuel-mixup/

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President Obama’s heavily armored limousine was sidelined in Israel today after the diesel-powered vehicle was inadvertently filled with gasoline, according to Israeli media reports.

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,360 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	This is strange. I can't believe that anyone not cleared can ever get within 10 feet of the POTUS' limo. So who was this "a driver"? The Tank does not have "a driver", but a team of specially trained and cleared drivers. Why would anyone not intimately familiar with the limo ever be allowed anywhere near it, no less fuel it? Me thinks there may be some information missing? __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Oh dear, oldest failing in the book that one, filling up from the wrong pump.