Obama in Ireland
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In all fairness, if it was the gate stop that snagged the car, it could have been that if the car was a few inches to the left or right, it would have cleared just fine.
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... here is a longer video of the happening. http://youtu.be/XWxxuG2Ru9c The comments from the makers are 'priceless'. Now we may know why there was such a long delay in getting to Moneygall .... possibly something to do with 'White House boxers' according to one footpath commentator
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you can see from this point of view that the front wheels are busted - nice Achilles heel
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The beast
Can stop bullets, rocket propelled grenades, landmines, but a simple speed bump will cripple it.
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It was probably delivered by the US military and dropped on a pallet from the back of a C-130.
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Oh well there goes another billion dollars to research and fix this problem.
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@unknownuser said:
you can see from this point of view that the front wheels are busted - nice Achilles heel
Was the busted wheel the reason that the car bottomed out, or did bottoming out break the wheel?
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I was chatting with a friend today about this and we concluded that the car must have 'see sawed' on the ramp delivering much of the car's weight (4 tons+) went to the front wheels which obviously could not handle it and just kicked in / buckled!
I remembered reading about the Beast in Popular Mechanics some time back. It was Clinton's car, much the same I imagine. Here is the article / specs. http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/news/industry/1269716
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I heard he said you guys "overcame occupation"... but with the stuff your "King"? has been saying maybe they got something planned?
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@mike lucey said:
I was chatting with a friend today about this and we concluded that the car must have 'see sawed' on the ramp delivering much of the car's weight (4 tons+) went to the front wheels which obviously could not handle it and just kicked in / buckled!...
Could that be it? You think they would test the car to jump small hills, etc. How about metal fatigue on a flawed bolt? But would a single bolt failure cause that the wheel assembly to break. Better add another billion to Solo's estimate for research:) -
They need to airbag it or put some hydraulics on that suspension...that way they could raise the wheelbase. And if they wanted to show off, they could make it "hop"!
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FTW...
@unknownuser said:
that way they could raise the wheelbase. And if they wanted to show off, they could make it "hop"!
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it needs push pull tool...
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Road tests on the president's new 'beast' reveal that they haven't licked the problem [yet]
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I don't know what they expected there. Once a bus (from the plains in Hungary) got stuck the same way in my town. Poor tourists; they had a day shorter journey. Probably the driver could never imagine anything like that.
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Solution: Drive faster.
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