6/21/2006: Stretch SUV limo beached in San Francisco - Page 3

miss_chance · 06-22-2006, 12:46 AM

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

BigV · 06-22-2006, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Rock Steady

Well, here in the Silicon Valley (40 miles south of SF), there are many stock-options Jeans-to-Riches stories. So, there isn't a rich-people stereotype here. In the valley, 1 out of 20 of us are millionaires -- we still wear the same clothes, drive pick-up trucks, smoke weed, go to football games, and so on. You can't pick us out in a crowd and we like it that way. We wouldn't be caught dead in a stretch limo, but spend $60 taxi to drink and NOT drive.

So, if I charter a bus with nineteen homeless people to your neighborhood, can I be the millionaire on the bus? I'd happily foreswear all future limo rides to drive a pickup truck to the ballgame.

Rock Steady · 06-22-2006, 01:29 PM

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.

WabUfvot5 · 06-22-2006, 02:22 PM

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.

glatt · 06-22-2006, 02:45 PM

a quarter million? Where are houses so cheap?

Happy Monkey · 06-22-2006, 02:50 PM

Down payment, maybe...

Stonan · 06-22-2006, 09:40 PM

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

Rock Steady · 06-22-2006, 11:00 PM

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.

mitheral · 06-23-2006, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

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

Yep. Actaully probably several shafts supported by hanger bearings.

WabUfvot5 · 06-23-2006, 01:06 AM

$750,000 = rich to me

Happy Monkey · 06-23-2006, 06:25 AM

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.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-23-2006, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by mitheral

Yep. Actaully probably several shafts supported by hanger bearings.

After glatt mentioned it, I remembered reading that some of the stretch makers, start with 4 wheel drives and just use the fronts for the long ones.
It's a tradeoff because they have to get the 4x4 front end low enough for a limo.
The same article said they don't do much with the brakes.

glatt · 06-23-2006, 08:23 AM

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.

WabUfvot5 · 06-23-2006, 03:15 PM

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

Rock Steady · 06-23-2006, 08:34 PM

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

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06-22-2006, 11:00 PM	#38
Rock Steady Day Tripper Join Date: May 2005 Location: Silicon Valley Posts: 784	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. __________________

06-23-2006, 06:25 AM	#41
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	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. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

06-22-2006, 12:46 AM	#31
miss_chance Resident-in-Training Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 7	You know, half those folks helping to rock it are standing directly in front of the vehicle!

06-22-2006, 02:22 PM	#34
WabUfvot5 Operations Operative Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 634	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.

06-22-2006, 02:45 PM	#35
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	a quarter million? Where are houses so cheap?

06-23-2006, 01:06 AM	#40
WabUfvot5 Operations Operative Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 634	$750,000 = rich to me

06-23-2006, 08:23 AM	#43
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	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.

06-23-2006, 03:15 PM	#44
WabUfvot5 Operations Operative Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 634	Oh shoot, I see my mistake. I mean $750,000, not $250,000. Stupid 100° temps pickle my brain.

06-23-2006, 08:34 PM	#45
Rock Steady Day Tripper Join Date: May 2005 Location: Silicon Valley Posts: 784	Yea, that's better. "Efficiency Townhouses from just $399,000" __________________

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