Sign of the times when Obama's car get stuck on the speed bump ?

gigino

Whem Obama was here for his 10 hour visit, his car got stuck on the speed bump / security ramp at the American embassey in Dublin.
http://oneclick.indiatimes.com/article/08RE0RN3eu2ak?q=Michelle+Obama

Why was that not checked in advance I wonder ? You would think the country that 42 years ago could put men on the moon and not be running up foreign debt, would 42 years later be reduced to leaving their president stranded on a speed bump , while their countries debt crisis is accellerating ( 13,000 billion ? ).

"The beast" is not even that nice looking a car for 2011. Plenty of nicer looking cars in the world. 40 years ago America had great looking cars, a great economy ...anyone else think that place is slipping a bit ?

Cookie_Monster

leaving their president stranded

he wasn't in the car

The beast" is not even that nice looking a car for 2011. Plenty of nicer looking cars in the world. 40 years ago America had great looking cars,

it's about protection, not looks. Looks won't stop a nine mm round from exploding his head all over the place

Overheal

Thats why he should have brought the SUV.

apoeiguq3094y

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

he wasn't in the car



it's about protection, not looks. Looks won't stop a nine mm round from exploding his head all over the place

yeah he was, thats why they brought up that bus to stop people getting a photo/ shot as he got out of the car. they moved him to the back up car.

prinz

gigino wrote: »

Why was that not checked in advance I wonder?

There's not a car here like it for it to have had a test run.

Fratton Fred

That's a complete lie OP.

The Americans have never, ever, made a great looking car.

im invisible

Fratton Fred wrote: »

That's a complete lie OP.

The Americans have never, ever, made a great looking car.

didnt put anyone on the moon either......

gigino

prinz wrote: »

There's not a car here like it for it to have had a test run.

Do they not send ahead 2 cars , in case one breaks down etc ?

I thought later on the 2nd car took him out another entrance to the embassy ? ( while they got a crane to lift the 1st one off ! )

Mena

Op, you're over thinking this.

Heavy car got stuck on speed bump thing.

End.

seamus

According to the recovery guys who lifted it, the front suspension collapsed. I'm sure plenty of limos have gone in and out of the embassy without problems, hence why they didn't think there would be a problem.

Personally I think a more appropriate sign of the age that we're in is when the President can arrive in the country, plan a tree, have a meeting with the two heads of the country, make a trip across the country to stand around chatting for two hours and have a pint, get back again into Dublin city centre to give a speech to 100,000 people and leave on an aircraft barely 12 hours after he arrived.

For most politicians a trip to the Arás is about as much as they'd manage in a day.

gigino

Fratton Fred wrote: »

That's a complete lie OP.

The Americans have never, ever, made a great looking car.

I know 99.9% of cars they made are ugly, but the original mustang ?

gigino

seamus wrote: »

According to the recovery guys who lifted it, the front suspension collapsed.

jasus if their engineering guys let the President dowm, it does not say much for their engineers. He should have got a Jap. car.

cesc77

apoeiguq3094y wrote: »

yeah he was, thats why they brought up that bus to stop people getting a photo/ shot as he got out of the car. they moved him to the back up car.

:eek: wtf?

They kept that one quiet!

Overheal

gigino wrote: »

jasus if their engineering guys let the President dowm, it does not say much for their engineers. He should have got a Jap. car.

No thanks, I'd rather a car that stops at a speed bump over a car that, well, doesn't stop.

prinz

gigino wrote: »

Do they not send ahead 2 cars , in case one breaks down etc ? I thought later on the 2nd car took him out another entrance to the embassy ? ( while they got a crane to lift the 1st one off ! )

The second vehicle wasn't the same as 'the beast' AFAIK. Plus it's a monster of a vehicle to drive around town doing a test run with it. Would have been a nightmare.

Wossack

I cant really read much more into this then mechanical failure tbh

/shrug

ldxo15wus6fpgm

apoeiguq3094y wrote: »

yeah he was, thats why they brought up that bus to stop people getting a photo/ shot as he got out of the car. they moved him to the back up car.

Eh, actually, they did that because you're not supposed to know which car he is in. So they have to block the view so you don't know whether he's switching cars or isn't even in the car that broke down in the first place.

ejmaztec

Whoever was responsible for the construction of the embassy entrance, is the one that the Navy Seals will be taking out one night, whilst Obama and crew watch the spectacle on video-link from the comfort of the White House.

CelticRambler

There are two "beasts" like there are two "Marine 1"s so that anyone who wants to aim an RPG at him has to do it in stereo. The logic is that if they take a shot at one of the vehicles, the secret service will have them immobilised before they reload and Mr.Pres has a 50:50 chance of not being disintegrated.

Overheal

CelticRambler wrote: »

There are two "beasts" like there are two "Marine 1"s so that anyone who wants to aim an RPG at him has to do it in stereo. The logic is that if they take a shot at one of the vehicles, the secret service will have them immobilised before they reload and Mr.Pres has a 50:50 chance of not being disintegrated.

Sometimes more:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtIQ2KyiGIM&feature=related

mikemac

They had someone on the Joe Duffy show who knows the recovery truck people.
The front suspension collapsed, these things happen OP, even your car will have a mechanical failure of some kind one of these days.

Many limos have come in and out of the embassy over the years with no issues

They have had issues with armed gardai abandoning their post and getting drunk and then deservedly sacked though. Remember that shameful episode?

TeddyTedson

im invisible wrote: »

didnt put anyone on the moon either......

oh yes they did:mad:

Fratton Fred

feelingstressed wrote: »

They have had issues with armed gardai abandoning their post and getting drunk and then deservedly sacked though. Remember that shameful episode?

Wasn't that the British Embassy?

Manic Moran

feelingstressed wrote: »

They had someone on the Joe Duffy show who knows the recovery truck people.
The front suspension collapsed, these things happen OP, even your car will have a mechanical failure of some kind one of these days.

There is a theory that when the limo high-centred, it cut an air line to the front suspension. The thing weighs quite a few tons, it doesn't have your standard spring suspension that you would find on the average DTS. The other possibility is that due to the angle that the car hit the ramp, one wheel went into the air resulting in excess weight on the other front wheel. If it has a torsion bar suspension and not airbags, it would likely have snapped it, which would also fit with the almighty clang. However, I discount this theory as I'm unaware of any torsion bar suspension systems which will collapse both wheels at the same time. Any torsion bar vehicle I've ever driven or worked on has been one bar per wheel.

NTM

gigino

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo5zH0Il8B0

see the 3 guards reaction on the right of the photo when it happens !


I can only imagine what the driver is thinking.

Cantona's Collars

Technically the incident happened in The States,the embassy is considered American soil.Can't blame us Irish.

sonic85

Fratton Fred wrote: »

The Americans have never, ever, made a great looking car.

thats a goddamned lie!

Savage Tyrant

Fratton Fred wrote: »

That's a complete lie OP.

The Americans have never, ever, made a great looking car.

Late 1960's Shelby Mustang GT500?... nicest looking car EVER made.