We broke "The Beast"

[kilo delta]

http://www.u.tv/News/Gasps-as-Obamas-car-gets-stuck/af0e0a78-4c2f-425d-9cd6-00c5d9f9c309

A car designed to shrug off small arms fire,rpg attack ..even road side IED's....






.."taken out" by a Dublin ramp

 

[Flasheegee]

Mr. Obama!

Buy Next Time a German Safetyvehicle.
German Bulletproof Cars are the Best on The Market.
The Movie tells more as thousand words

 

[rayrey10]

Too funny! I wonder how much "flak" the driver caught for little boo-boo.

 

[stiz]

if you watch the first car only just makes it as well

 

[Bone]

Lol. Ok, that was funny...foiled by the hump!

 

[Allen]

I think some one missed this... If not, this sticker needs to be added.

 

[kilo delta]

Apparently the President and First Lady were not in the car at the time (they were travelling in the Escalade behind). As the car weighs over 9 tonne it wasn't an easy job to extricate the vehicle after the incident.

 

[Alain_F355]

Time to fit the Beast with lowrider suspension and maybe get a custom paintjob aswell :mixedsmi:

 

[Tako_Kichi]

What it needs is the Citroen air suspension system so that it can jack itself up to clear obstacles.

 

[fliger747]

Kline Fraggen:

Since they were on exit, how did the vehicle get in without incident?

T

 

[Wing_Z]

In Ireland - and I know KD won't mind me mentioning this - it's much easier to get Into Trouble than Out!

 

[kilo delta]

Hehehe...


...They actually used another entrance when bringing the car into the embassy. Also,it was unladen at that time too so sat a few inches higher. Still...it was a major FUBAR on behalf of the security detail who should have recce'd the route in minute detail. You can see (and hear) that the BMW 760 at the head of the calvacade had trouble exiting too. What if there had there been a terrorist attack at that moment?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...mour-plated-car-The-Beast-scuppered-ramp.html

 

[Naismith]

What it needs is the Citroen air suspension system so that it can jack itself up to clear obstacles.

I'll second that. I used to own a CX and the suspension was just about the only thing that never went wrong with that car. Every other device did though, cost me a small fortune over the 4 years I owned it. Having said that I did own a Caddy for about 1 week and that was nothing but trouble also before I took it back.
I'll stick with German in the future.
I s'pose the Prez has to buy American, it would be a real kick in the teeth to GM if he ordered a Beamer or Merc, can you imagine the outcry.