6/21/2006: Stretch SUV limo beached in San Francisco

I had seen this one before axlrosen sent it along, but I'd seen it out of context. axl includes the link to The Consumerist, whose snarky take points out that this is a stretch SUV limo, and this is none other than anti-vehicle San Francisco.

"Taken in front of Goat Hill Pizza at 18th and Connecticut, in the Potrero Hill," they point out. "Proof that San Fran actually has structural defenses to debilitate encroachment by machines which don't run on the most efficient fuel of all: Love," they say. Yup, this additional level of irony pushes it over the edge, so to speak, and makes it your Cellar Image of the Day.

It's funny that an Excursion(I think) got stuck there, I guess they don't make 'em like they used to!

Ha Ha!

They should have taken a plane!

(Edited for more better grammer)

Nice. I'm surprised I hadn't seen that yet. "Professional Drivers" out here are always inexperienced immigrants. Also, this shows how SF is a delightful mix of people types; here the flakes and nuts get to laugh at the chic and corporate.

Good thing that beast never made it down to Lombard St.

"...they plant flowers there where they bury people..."

I think it's the understated sign that makes the picture. "Um, dude... hill..."

Too bad it wasn't a hybrid. ;-)

From the gouges in the pavement, I'd say it wasn't a first but that wouldn't have stopped Steve McQueen.

Even in an urban SUV, ground clearance is everything. What a bunch of doofuses.

Looks like an overkill to me anyway. How the hell can they drive that thing through the inner city?
It's funny as hell to me that the dudes at each end of the vehicle look like they actually BELIEVE they can move this monster. "Don't sweat it, Hobson.... We'll just give you a little push...." SHEESH.

If they lift on the front and push down on the back, the drive wheels might get enough bite to pull it off the hump.

I assumed it was a front wheel drive. You think they put an extra long driveshaft into it when they do the conversion?

Good point.

Oh, rich people! They're so stupidly, stupidly rich!

I live 1/2 between Tampa and O' Town right off of I-4 and can say with conviction that NY and LA have nothing on the crazy limos we have. (lived in LA and spend a great deal of time in NY)

I'm sure it would be harder to corner one of these things than a semi. We'll have to ask brianr.

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce From the gouges in the pavement, I'd say it wasn't a first but that wouldn't have stopped Steve McQueen.

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce If they lift on the front and push down on the back, the drive wheels might get enough bite to pull it off the hump.

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Originally Posted by Kitsune Plant City does have some wild stretch tractors.

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Originally Posted by Kitsune Plant City does have some wild stretch tractors.

Good night!

these poor creatures are beaching themselves and are now on the endangered species list

fuck a highway.... they need a runway.

You know, half those folks helping to rock it are standing *directly in front of the vehicle*!

That's the problem with the Silicon Valley. I'm house poor. I could cash in and move to Idaho, but then I want a life too. So, I stay here.

Hehe, all the rich folk make it interesting up in the North Bay. Going down a street near me you can totally tell the white trash who grew up here from the ones who just bought their house for a quarter million.

a quarter million? Where are houses so cheap?

Down payment, maybe...

Would have been REAL interesting to see this thing go UP the hill...

Yeah, Jebediah is not paying attention.

In my neighborhood, little 3 BR houses sold for over $1MM this month. Where he lives away from jobs and such, $500,000 gets you a little 2-3 BR starter home.

What I did with my stock option money was to pay off my mortgage and start my own company. Well, I sold the company for half my $400,000 investment and my house doubled in value. Whatever. At least I have no debt at all.

And now I have stock options in play with three privately held companies.

$750,000 = rich to me

that's $3/4 Million, which is more reasonable. Though where I am that would get you a small single family house in a reasonably nice neighborhood, not a mansion. A quarter million would get an efficiency, or maybe a one bedroom condo!

On the other hand, my area's housing market is insane.

Heh. I don't actually know anything about limo conversions, other than they need to stiffen up the frame so they don't fold in half. I just assumed that putting in a big long driveshaft would have no advantage for most limos but would be an extra cost.

Oh shoot, I see my mistake. I mean $750,000, not $250,000. Stupid 100° temps pickle my brain.

Yea, that's better. "Efficiency Townhouses from just $399,000"

little known fact about pickles: refrigerate after opening.

Not to put a damper on this thread drift by bringing us back to topic, and also well who the f am I kidding? I am a buzzkill. Listen, the correct term would be "running aground", beached is something different.
/nutkin

youre a beach

Bringing back to topic, back in the "Web 1.0" bubble, my good friend, D wanted to buy a certain sports car but wanted to be sure if it would be able to climb his driveway into his home gargage well. So, he got a three day free trial and it worked out well for him.

I did a similar thing this month for a much cheaper used car Camry and they granted us a short term lease free. We drove it, had it inspected by our mechanic and it passed well. Mrs RS loves this car.

Actually, I met a guy that did just that in SF. He told me that it was not like in the movies where you go up in the air, land and keep going, no, you land, crunch and stop. And get a DUI.