WEBVTT - How Limousines Work 0:00:01.120 --> 0:00:04.280 Welcome to you stuff you should know from house Stuff 0:00:04.280 --> 0:00:12.719 Works dot com. Hey, and welcome to the podcast. I'm 0:00:12.800 --> 0:00:17.119 Josh Clark with Charles W. Chuck Bright and Jerome Jerry 0:00:18.239 --> 0:00:20.680 Did we say your last name the day? We've never 0:00:20.680 --> 0:00:24.079 said it? Okay, She's like, keep it that way, Jerome 0:00:24.239 --> 0:00:30.280 Jerry Blank, Jerry Blank. That's a real person, right. No. 0:00:30.520 --> 0:00:33.760 She was on Strangers with TV. Yeah yeah, okay. I 0:00:33.840 --> 0:00:37.280 was like, man, I know that name. Yeah, the name right? Yeah. Yeah. 0:00:37.520 --> 0:00:39.720 She really cleaned herself up and went on to become 0:00:39.720 --> 0:00:44.520 a spokesperson for Downe. Amy Saiderius Jerry Blank, Oh yeah, 0:00:44.600 --> 0:00:47.040 they're one and the same. Yeah, I love Amy, Saidaris. 0:00:47.080 --> 0:00:52.880 I like the Siderus is some people, don't, aren't they fighting? Oh? 0:00:52.960 --> 0:00:56.240 Amy and David like a lot, David and everybody else. 0:00:56.760 --> 0:00:59.760 I think he wrote like some New Yorker article about 0:00:59.800 --> 0:01:03.520 his stid sister. There's sister who I think I can't 0:01:03.560 --> 0:01:07.120 remember what happened, but she wrote like a memoir about her, 0:01:07.160 --> 0:01:09.320 and I think the New Yorker. They got mad and 0:01:09.560 --> 0:01:11.679 the rest of his family like called him out on 0:01:11.800 --> 0:01:15.319 like the inconsistencies and errors and and facts, and maybe 0:01:15.319 --> 0:01:17.000 they were tired of it because all he's done is 0:01:17.120 --> 0:01:20.480 right about his family. Yeah. I guess they're like, that's it, David. Yeah, 0:01:20.520 --> 0:01:24.080 no more, we're done, cut us in or we're gonna 0:01:24.280 --> 0:01:29.080 cause big trouble for you. I was about to do 0:01:29.120 --> 0:01:31.959 my David Sadaris and then I realized, like, I don't 0:01:32.080 --> 0:01:35.480 do it, David Sadarison. I could, but yeah, I'm not 0:01:35.480 --> 0:01:39.520 gonna go there. So limos. Yeah, at least some of 0:01:39.560 --> 0:01:43.240 the saidarus Is ride around in limousines. I bet they have, uh, 0:01:43.280 --> 0:01:47.639 and I can guarantee they have because Chuck, It turns 0:01:47.640 --> 0:01:51.640 out the definition of a limousine is way broader you 0:01:51.680 --> 0:01:54.880 would think, Yeah, it's It doesn't necessarily mean some super 0:01:54.920 --> 0:02:01.000 stretch No, but it can sure. Basically, a limousine technically 0:02:01.240 --> 0:02:04.720 is any car with a roomier back seat than the 0:02:04.800 --> 0:02:08.960 average car. And if you throw in a driver, you 0:02:08.960 --> 0:02:11.280 you there's nobody who's gonna say that's not a limo. 0:02:11.880 --> 0:02:14.880 You can be like, yes it is, yea and be right. Yeah. 0:02:14.919 --> 0:02:17.840 Like technically, if you want to get a hire a 0:02:17.840 --> 0:02:20.280 town car to take you to the airport, technically that's 0:02:20.280 --> 0:02:22.679 a limousine. Yeah, you know the car services in New York, 0:02:24.040 --> 0:02:26.880 those are limos. That's right to have me in Atlanta too? 0:02:27.680 --> 0:02:29.720 Do they have a car service here in Atlanta? Are 0:02:29.760 --> 0:02:33.040 you kidding me? All I see are just the worst? 0:02:33.080 --> 0:02:36.160 Oh yes, yeah, yeah yeah, because there's a special tag. Yeah. 0:02:36.520 --> 0:02:39.120 Did you know that Atlanta taxi drivers are the worst 0:02:39.160 --> 0:02:42.480 taxi drivers on the planet? Um? Have you noticed from 0:02:42.520 --> 0:02:44.880 experience that it's pretty bad? But I just uber it 0:02:44.960 --> 0:02:49.720 now that's different. Yeah, that's different than the taxis. Oh no, 0:02:49.800 --> 0:02:51.880 that's what I'm saying. That's why I uber it because 0:02:51.880 --> 0:02:56.720 they're different than the taxis. Yeah. Seriously, anybody who comes 0:02:56.760 --> 0:02:59.239 to Atlanta, if you make it out of Hartsfield, look 0:02:59.280 --> 0:03:01.840 around at the town next season, how they drive, your 0:03:01.880 --> 0:03:05.200 mind will be scrambled. It's crazy. I think cabbies are 0:03:05.280 --> 0:03:07.320 kind of like that everywhere with no no, like very 0:03:07.400 --> 0:03:10.680 frequently they are the best drivers in the entire city. 0:03:10.840 --> 0:03:13.480 They know where they're going. They don't just meander, they 0:03:13.480 --> 0:03:16.160 don't like drift into lanes, they don't drive super slow. 0:03:16.240 --> 0:03:19.960 I've had the opposite experience most most cabs that I've 0:03:20.000 --> 0:03:23.160 been in, the driver was pretty great. Usually when I'm 0:03:23.160 --> 0:03:26.200 in a cab in New York City, I wonder, is 0:03:26.240 --> 0:03:30.560 this the ride where we hit somebody? Or some other car. Yes, 0:03:30.639 --> 0:03:34.560 but you don't. And they're going really fast. In Atlanta, 0:03:34.600 --> 0:03:37.600 they drive ten miles an hour and hit everything. They 0:03:37.640 --> 0:03:42.400 just sideswipe everything. Slow and lousy, come to it, Lanter. 0:03:43.520 --> 0:03:47.240 So anyway, we're talking limousines, man, let's get back on track. Yeah, 0:03:47.240 --> 0:03:51.280 I should say to I hate limousines. Like I love 0:03:51.360 --> 0:03:54.120 a good town car ride to or from an airport, 0:03:54.800 --> 0:03:57.680 but as far as a stretch limousine, I just hate 0:03:57.720 --> 0:04:00.680 that whole thing, just a little kind of hey, look 0:04:00.680 --> 0:04:04.440 at me. Oh, it's just dumb. It's longer, and it's 0:04:04.440 --> 0:04:06.120 got a bar. It's just I don't know. I think 0:04:06.120 --> 0:04:09.640 the whole thing is stupid and like just part of 0:04:09.680 --> 0:04:15.520 that whole narcissistic culture that I despise. You know, I've 0:04:15.520 --> 0:04:17.240 got money, so I wanted to be in a longer 0:04:17.320 --> 0:04:21.320 car with a TV in it. Well for a very 0:04:21.320 --> 0:04:23.200 long time. If you wanted a TV in your car 0:04:23.440 --> 0:04:26.120 or a phone, yeah, your car better be double the 0:04:26.160 --> 0:04:28.719 size of the normal version of it. All right. I 0:04:28.760 --> 0:04:30.360 just had to get on my soapbox. Like if it's 0:04:30.360 --> 0:04:31.960 for prom and you're all going in, like I get 0:04:32.000 --> 0:04:35.000 like a fun thing like that, but or a fur bus, 0:04:35.880 --> 0:04:39.560 the fur bus for your niece's birthday, Like we did 0:04:39.640 --> 0:04:43.919 that was fun? What you never done that? No? I 0:04:43.920 --> 0:04:46.560 thought you were saying we rented it for my niece's birthday. No, 0:04:46.880 --> 0:04:48.800 my niece's birthday. You weren't a part of it is 0:04:48.839 --> 0:04:52.400 my family, and I wasn't invited. Scott invited me. This 0:04:52.440 --> 0:04:55.839 is before I knew you, my friend. Um. Anyway, I 0:04:55.839 --> 0:04:58.160 can see the fun of it occasionally, but just as 0:04:58.200 --> 0:05:00.080 a means of transportation, I think it's pretty not just 0:05:00.360 --> 0:05:05.520 got especially those huge, huge like hammer stretches. I just 0:05:05.560 --> 0:05:09.919 wanted like to de materialize those with my eyes. I 0:05:09.960 --> 0:05:12.800 wish I could shoot a laser beam and d me 0:05:13.480 --> 0:05:16.600 and expose the people within just all all of a 0:05:16.640 --> 0:05:18.960 sudden they're on the street with their bourbon and coke 0:05:19.160 --> 0:05:21.599 on what happened to my super stretched summer. I wonder 0:05:21.640 --> 0:05:23.760 how you'd have to do that, so like your your 0:05:23.880 --> 0:05:29.080 laser be my eyes would have to just just fiberglass, 0:05:29.240 --> 0:05:34.000 like destroy fiberglass and steel and upholstery and rubber. Yeah, 0:05:34.240 --> 0:05:37.760 there you go. So uh. I think, as we've stayed in, 0:05:37.800 --> 0:05:40.359 a limousine doesn't necessarily have to be what you hate. 0:05:40.960 --> 0:05:43.360 It can also be just a car that's driven by 0:05:43.360 --> 0:05:45.919 somebody where you got a roomy back seat for the 0:05:45.960 --> 0:05:49.120 passenger and I speak trunk. But even before that, even 0:05:49.160 --> 0:05:51.200 if you want to say, wow, it's a broad definition 0:05:51.240 --> 0:05:55.400 the limousine. Man, let's go even further back and include 0:05:55.520 --> 0:05:59.880 clothing as a limousine in the definition of limousines. That's right, 0:06:00.040 --> 0:06:03.200 because I learned, as I imagine you did, the word 0:06:03.240 --> 0:06:09.200 limousine comes from a town in France called Limousine. Limousine. 0:06:09.640 --> 0:06:13.520 We'd like to introduce our new principal Skinner. Principal see 0:06:13.520 --> 0:06:18.800 war Skinner. That's that is one of the all time greats. Um. Yes, 0:06:18.960 --> 0:06:22.480 it was limousine without the E on the end. And 0:06:22.680 --> 0:06:25.160 like you said, the original limousine wasn't a car. It 0:06:25.240 --> 0:06:28.320 was a kind of like a little hooded raincoat that 0:06:28.360 --> 0:06:32.280 protected you. Yeah, like little red riding hood wore a limousine. Yeah. 0:06:32.680 --> 0:06:35.279 It was, yeah, a hooded cloak. And it was invented 0:06:35.320 --> 0:06:39.640 in limousin France, and it became synonymous with limousine France 0:06:39.680 --> 0:06:43.599 because they called it a limousine. That's right. Uh. So 0:06:43.760 --> 0:06:50.200 as people started um building coaches that protected the uh, 0:06:50.480 --> 0:06:53.960 the rider, the passenger from the elements, They're like, wow, 0:06:54.040 --> 0:06:56.279 that's kind of like a hooded cloak in a really 0:06:56.400 --> 0:06:59.520 weird way, a little bit of a stretch. Let's start 0:06:59.560 --> 0:07:04.240 calling these limousines. Yeah, even if it was a horse carriage. Um, 0:07:04.279 --> 0:07:06.839 the idea that you were not driving this carriage and 0:07:06.880 --> 0:07:09.680 you had a nice little comfy seat that's covered in 0:07:09.720 --> 0:07:12.840 the back, they called it a limous scene. And very frequently, 0:07:13.560 --> 0:07:16.640 probably all the time is a better way to put it. Um, 0:07:16.720 --> 0:07:20.240 The driver himself wasn't covered, like there was just the 0:07:20.240 --> 0:07:22.520 passengers that were covered. Now you'll get rained on and 0:07:22.560 --> 0:07:26.440 like it exactly. If you complain, we'll put you on 0:07:26.480 --> 0:07:32.920 the rack, that's right. And this continued until the they 0:07:32.960 --> 0:07:36.200 started building regular as I think Jonathan Strickland wrote this 0:07:36.520 --> 0:07:40.400 what he calls horseless carriages very cheekily a k a. 0:07:40.480 --> 0:07:43.640 The automobile. Uh. And they called those limousines. And they 0:07:43.680 --> 0:07:46.280 started like very early on in New York City they 0:07:46.320 --> 0:07:50.520 started someone started a limousine service, I think in the twenties. Yeah, 0:07:51.720 --> 0:07:55.680 not too bad. Um. And these cars, the first early, 0:07:55.760 --> 0:07:59.880 the earliest limousines were basically built from the ground up, 0:08:00.520 --> 0:08:04.680 like you you built a car with the intention of 0:08:04.880 --> 0:08:09.120 building a like a stretch, longer car, a limousine as 0:08:09.120 --> 0:08:11.760 we understand it today. Um. And it might not be 0:08:13.080 --> 0:08:16.920 like a stretch sedan. Some of the early limousines um 0:08:17.040 --> 0:08:20.080 looked a lot like station wagons or like an old 0:08:20.360 --> 0:08:23.960 model T station wagon, you know what I'm saying. Um. 0:08:24.000 --> 0:08:27.200 But very quickly these companies figured out that it would 0:08:27.240 --> 0:08:31.480 be vastly easier to take an already manufactured car and 0:08:31.600 --> 0:08:35.560 stretch it, basically do conversion, and that became the tradition 0:08:35.640 --> 0:08:39.040 for a very long time, thinks, starting in the twenties. Yeah, 0:08:39.040 --> 0:08:42.480 and luxury cars obviously from the beginning where the prime targets, 0:08:42.520 --> 0:08:44.960 because this is what rich people were used to having 0:08:45.000 --> 0:08:47.959 their fannies sit upon while they were being driven around. 0:08:48.000 --> 0:08:52.319 So Mercedes, Benz and Cadillacs and Fleetwoods and le Baron's, 0:08:53.160 --> 0:08:58.480 we're all prime candidates. Even the famed Bentley had a 0:08:58.520 --> 0:09:01.720 limousine the ore Nag that they made only twenty of. 0:09:01.840 --> 0:09:05.560 Did you look at that? It's pretty sweet? Yeah, I 0:09:05.600 --> 0:09:09.200 gotta admit, yeah, Vernon limousine guy, I was like, that's 0:09:09.320 --> 0:09:11.920 kind of nice. That's a very nice car. Uh. You 0:09:11.960 --> 0:09:14.280 ever written in a Bentley for any reason? I haven't either. 0:09:15.559 --> 0:09:17.440 Now you can get a Chrysler that looks like a Bentley. 0:09:18.760 --> 0:09:20.960 Was that the three hundred? I don't know I called 0:09:21.120 --> 0:09:24.880 I think it is the three Call him Fentley's for 0:09:24.920 --> 0:09:28.679 some reason. Um, John Varvatos had a three hundred edition? 0:09:29.000 --> 0:09:31.800 Was that edition? He's a clothing designer, And in the 0:09:31.880 --> 0:09:35.720 ad for his edition of the Chrysler three hundred, it's 0:09:35.840 --> 0:09:38.959 him and Iggy Pop. Just randomly. Iggy Pop is in 0:09:39.000 --> 0:09:41.000 the ad with him. I guess they were getting wasted 0:09:41.040 --> 0:09:43.040 together that day that he had to film. Did he 0:09:43.040 --> 0:09:46.880 have a shirt off? I probably, I can't remember. Yeah, 0:09:46.880 --> 0:09:50.800 you don't seem with a shirt that much. Uh. He's 0:09:50.880 --> 0:09:54.440 very proud of his wiry, muscular body. I don't blame him. 0:09:54.480 --> 0:09:56.560 All right, I think we've wasted enough time, So let's 0:09:57.280 --> 0:10:00.000 right after this break talk about that limo conversion because 0:10:00.320 --> 0:10:02.640 to me, that's about the most interesting part of limousines. 0:10:12.120 --> 0:10:15.280 All Right, we're back and we were talking about limo conversion. 0:10:15.320 --> 0:10:17.040 Like you said, early on, they used to build a 0:10:17.120 --> 0:10:20.640 limo to be a limo. Yeah, like just some guy 0:10:20.760 --> 0:10:23.240 would build a car from the ground up and he 0:10:23.280 --> 0:10:25.600 would build an extra long and that's where the early 0:10:25.640 --> 0:10:28.360 limousines came from. Yeah. It was a company called arm 0:10:28.440 --> 0:10:33.360 Brewster in ninety eight where they Arkansas. It was I 0:10:33.440 --> 0:10:35.800 think they're American. I don't they are American. I don't 0:10:35.840 --> 0:10:37.719 remember if it's in Arkansas or not, but it was. 0:10:37.720 --> 0:10:40.600 Actually I found in a right up on the company 0:10:40.679 --> 0:10:45.120 from seven. It says three is when they built their 0:10:45.160 --> 0:10:49.640 first limousine, and that by at least ninety six they 0:10:49.640 --> 0:10:52.400 were doing conversions. Because there's a picture of an early 0:10:52.480 --> 0:10:56.120 stretched buick that they made, and they realized that conversions 0:10:56.679 --> 0:10:59.520 was where it was at. Right, Let's like an existing car, 0:11:00.520 --> 0:11:02.839 cut it in half and stick something in the middle 0:11:02.840 --> 0:11:05.400 of those two pieces, right, because somebody else is going 0:11:05.440 --> 0:11:08.360 to the trouble of building, the engine of designing, like 0:11:08.400 --> 0:11:11.120 the dynamics of figuring out how to put the tires 0:11:11.120 --> 0:11:13.560 where and all that. Why do all that? Like, yeah, 0:11:13.600 --> 0:11:17.360 when you can just cut a car in half and yeah, 0:11:17.400 --> 0:11:20.120 add more car and then bam you have a stretched limousine. 0:11:20.120 --> 0:11:21.839 I had no idea they did it this way. No. 0:11:22.160 --> 0:11:24.040 When I read it the first time, I was like, 0:11:24.080 --> 0:11:27.400 surely he just made a he's made a horseless carriage joke. 0:11:27.520 --> 0:11:28.840 I know this mus to be a joke as well. 0:11:28.960 --> 0:11:31.800 Now that's how a lot of limousines are made. And 0:11:31.840 --> 0:11:35.120 it's funny you bring up the three hundred Chrysler three D, said, 0:11:35.120 --> 0:11:38.000 the one that looks like a Bentley. Um, because I 0:11:38.040 --> 0:11:42.520 saw um, I guess a test of one of them 0:11:42.559 --> 0:11:47.240 that was, like, Chrysler builds these three hundred stretch limousines. Yeah, 0:11:47.280 --> 0:11:50.560 so if you see it Chrysler three M limousine, it 0:11:50.640 --> 0:11:53.400 was built by Chrysler most likely, which is very unique 0:11:53.400 --> 0:11:55.840 these days. Right, Yes, because for the most part, like 0:11:55.880 --> 0:11:59.760 you're saying, the industry standard is some company will get 0:11:59.760 --> 0:12:03.200 a hold of a Cadillac or a Lincoln town car 0:12:03.920 --> 0:12:06.080 cut in half like you say, and then add to 0:12:06.200 --> 0:12:09.400 it and there's a stretched limousine. Yeah. The process goes 0:12:09.440 --> 0:12:12.720 a little something like this. Uh. They stripped that sound 0:12:12.720 --> 0:12:17.840 like I was gonna sing it, and they strip all 0:12:17.880 --> 0:12:21.439 the interior out. They protect everything that's in there obviously. Uh. 0:12:21.640 --> 0:12:27.440 Strickland says, the use fire resistant paper on everything, which okay, sure, 0:12:27.520 --> 0:12:28.960 why not? I guess you don't want it to catch 0:12:28.960 --> 0:12:32.839 the fireway you're doing it. Um, you're going to mount 0:12:32.880 --> 0:12:35.640 it on a set of rails that can be adjusted 0:12:35.840 --> 0:12:38.199 to get your car off the ground. Keep it all 0:12:38.200 --> 0:12:41.000 aligned properly, because when you're adding more car. You have 0:12:41.040 --> 0:12:44.080 to have it super aligned, and then they cut the 0:12:44.120 --> 0:12:48.160 thing in two pieces. Yeah, and not lengthwise, No, No, 0:12:48.280 --> 0:12:50.640 that'd be weird. I guess you can make it a 0:12:50.679 --> 0:12:53.640 lot wider, but you're you're looking for length and maybe 0:12:53.640 --> 0:12:58.760 that's the new limousine just like UM. Apparently the industry 0:12:58.760 --> 0:13:02.680 agrees that you typically can't go more than double the 0:13:02.840 --> 0:13:06.600 size the original size of the car UM. Other than 0:13:06.920 --> 0:13:09.080 after that, it's just probably not going to pass any 0:13:09.120 --> 0:13:11.560 safety tests, which we'll talk about a minute. But once 0:13:11.600 --> 0:13:14.840 the car is cut in half, hopefully you remember to 0:13:14.880 --> 0:13:18.840 put the car on these rails that elevate it, and 0:13:18.880 --> 0:13:21.120 that some of the rails are attached to a dolly 0:13:21.200 --> 0:13:24.040 so you can separate the car to the length you want. 0:13:24.280 --> 0:13:27.640 If not, you have to basically throw it away and start. 0:13:28.880 --> 0:13:31.839 But so if you you pull one, usually the rear 0:13:31.880 --> 0:13:35.439 back from the front, and then you go and add 0:13:35.600 --> 0:13:40.760 UM rails basically the extenders that that are going to 0:13:40.880 --> 0:13:43.960 lengthen the car. That's right. Uh, And like I said, 0:13:43.960 --> 0:13:47.520 your car is is temporarily braced to keep it from 0:13:47.559 --> 0:13:50.000 twisting or moving around because you want it like to 0:13:50.080 --> 0:13:53.199 be super exact. Obviously, because if the front of your 0:13:53.200 --> 0:13:55.440 car is a half inch to the right from the 0:13:55.480 --> 0:13:59.600 rear of your car. That's bad. Um. You then you're 0:13:59.600 --> 0:14:03.559 gonna ad what's called the floor plan or floor pan. Sorry, 0:14:03.679 --> 0:14:06.199 and it's basically the floor of the limo, which will 0:14:06.320 --> 0:14:09.280 later on become carpeted and upholstered and everything, but for 0:14:09.360 --> 0:14:12.079 the time being, it's just a piece of metal that 0:14:12.760 --> 0:14:15.000 is the floor of your new edition. Yeah, and that 0:14:15.120 --> 0:14:18.000 is after you have done all the other boring stuff 0:14:18.040 --> 0:14:21.400 like extending the drive line, making sure you have because 0:14:21.440 --> 0:14:24.280 you know your wiring is not long enough. Nothing is 0:14:24.320 --> 0:14:26.760 long enough, and you just have to know because you've 0:14:26.800 --> 0:14:28.840 just cut in half. Yeah, like he's a huge gap. 0:14:28.960 --> 0:14:32.240 You literally just have to extend all those parts. Uh, 0:14:32.280 --> 0:14:34.240 you know, the brake line, all that boring stuff. You 0:14:34.240 --> 0:14:36.400 have to just extend all that stuff. Yeah. I got 0:14:36.400 --> 0:14:39.200 excited about the floor pan and you stick in your 0:14:39.200 --> 0:14:41.360 floor pan and then you well, hold on, I want 0:14:41.400 --> 0:14:43.440 to say something about the floor pan and the drive line. 0:14:43.480 --> 0:14:46.480 So you've extended the power train, right, the thing that 0:14:46.480 --> 0:14:49.440 that big thing that like powers the back wheels that 0:14:49.520 --> 0:14:53.120 no one knows what it is. Yeah, but you've extended 0:14:53.120 --> 0:14:55.640 that thing. Yeah, you just hear like powertrain warrantinam people 0:14:55.640 --> 0:14:59.480 are always liked, that's like the steering and the axles 0:14:59.520 --> 0:15:02.640 and the the thing that that spins around and spins 0:15:02.680 --> 0:15:04.760 your rear accle and all that. That's your power train. 0:15:05.080 --> 0:15:07.760 It's true. So you have to add to that because 0:15:07.800 --> 0:15:10.280 you've just cut through it again. And then you add 0:15:10.320 --> 0:15:14.640 the floor pan, which is the floor of the limousine. Um. 0:15:14.680 --> 0:15:17.120 And do you remember that limousine fire from I think 0:15:17.200 --> 0:15:20.760 last year, a couple of years ago, which killed the 0:15:20.840 --> 0:15:25.320 bride to be on the San Mateo Bridge. Um. Apparently, 0:15:25.840 --> 0:15:29.640 they the California Highway Patrol investigated and ruled in an accident, 0:15:29.720 --> 0:15:33.280 but it was because the floor pan of the limousine 0:15:33.280 --> 0:15:36.040 that had been added later was up against the drive 0:15:36.080 --> 0:15:40.280 train and the friction created enough heat and spark that 0:15:40.560 --> 0:15:43.360 apparently there's a crack in the floor pan and that 0:15:43.480 --> 0:15:45.680 heat came up and caught the upholstery on fire. And 0:15:45.720 --> 0:15:48.960 that's where the fire came from, was from this modification 0:15:49.000 --> 0:15:51.800 that had taken place years before. Well, which is one 0:15:51.840 --> 0:15:58.000 reason why, uh, Cadillac doesn't want their name on that limo, 0:15:58.720 --> 0:16:01.960 let's say, because it has been modified by someone other 0:16:02.000 --> 0:16:05.520 than Cadillac. Right, But Cadillac's name is still on the 0:16:05.560 --> 0:16:09.560 limo as far as the US government is concerned. Once 0:16:09.600 --> 0:16:12.560 you cut a car in half and extend it, you're 0:16:12.600 --> 0:16:17.160 the new manufacturer. Cadillac says, well, that's great. We've got 0:16:17.160 --> 0:16:19.440 a bunch of yahoo's running around cutting our cars in 0:16:19.480 --> 0:16:22.200 half making them longer. But if somebody sees it on 0:16:22.240 --> 0:16:24.440 the road, or somebody sees a photo of it with 0:16:24.480 --> 0:16:28.120 the trunk burned out, they see the Cadillac. So Cadillac 0:16:28.200 --> 0:16:31.720 and other companies like four it have programs to basically 0:16:31.760 --> 0:16:37.520 certify train and go back and um investigate uh, the 0:16:37.600 --> 0:16:40.920 people who are doing these conversions. Yeah, because we didn't mention. 0:16:41.000 --> 0:16:44.680 But when you make a car uh substantially longer and heavier, 0:16:45.120 --> 0:16:47.720 you might have to modify the brakes some You might 0:16:47.800 --> 0:16:51.080 have to modify how it turns. You might have to 0:16:51.080 --> 0:16:55.960 reinforce the suspension or the frame itself, because you can't 0:16:55.960 --> 0:16:58.160 just make a car twelve feet longer and expect it 0:16:58.200 --> 0:17:01.640 to behave the same way right exactly like the original 0:17:01.680 --> 0:17:05.560 stopping power was for the twelve ft car at the 0:17:06.400 --> 0:17:09.840 car So you do have to do some modifications. Yeah, 0:17:09.880 --> 0:17:12.440 but those companies are super smart to have official programs. 0:17:12.480 --> 0:17:15.280 I think because every car, even if it is UH 0:17:15.600 --> 0:17:18.560 modified later, has to to be roadworthy, has to pass 0:17:18.600 --> 0:17:23.480 the federal motor Vehicle safety standards. That's right. Cadillacs program 0:17:23.560 --> 0:17:27.600 is called the Cadillac Master Coach Builder Program. It's pretty awesome. 0:17:28.240 --> 0:17:32.199 Ford has something called the Qualified Vehicle Modifier Program. And 0:17:32.280 --> 0:17:35.679 so basically they're saying, hey, if you're gonna be doing this, 0:17:35.720 --> 0:17:37.880 and you can legally do this, we're gonna make sure 0:17:37.920 --> 0:17:40.919 you do it right. That's right. Um, I guess what 0:17:41.000 --> 0:17:44.160 time it is time to getting her lima. Not yet, 0:17:44.520 --> 0:17:50.280 it's time for a message preak all right. So we 0:17:50.400 --> 0:17:54.120 mentioned that the limo generally speaking, even though they've gotten 0:17:54.200 --> 0:17:57.879 ridiculous these days, UH, shouldn't be more than twice as 0:17:57.920 --> 0:18:01.160 long as it originally was. UH. And since you can't 0:18:01.200 --> 0:18:04.440 get that much longer, what you can do is, if 0:18:04.480 --> 0:18:07.840 you want to impress UH people and get their business 0:18:08.440 --> 0:18:11.600 is trick it out on the interior as much as possible. 0:18:12.040 --> 0:18:16.160 Yes with you name it, man, and they've got it. Yeah. 0:18:16.920 --> 0:18:22.359 Plasma TVs and hot tubs and bars and sound systems 0:18:22.480 --> 0:18:26.040 and like anything you can think of. It's it's a 0:18:26.400 --> 0:18:30.679 it's littered with neon and tacky things. In my opinion, 0:18:30.800 --> 0:18:33.480 tachis the right word. I think, Yeah, not for me. 0:18:33.720 --> 0:18:36.120 Did you see um if you go to the Ripley's 0:18:36.119 --> 0:18:39.200 Believe it or Not Museum in Branson? Have you been there? 0:18:41.880 --> 0:18:44.680 I want to go to Branson some day before SnO 0:18:44.920 --> 0:18:49.280 has his own place. Yeah, I'm going. Sure, Humi's gonna 0:18:49.320 --> 0:18:53.840 take me surprise. That hasn't happened. I'm kind of We've 0:18:53.920 --> 0:18:57.159 been going other places, but um, in Branson there's a 0:18:57.240 --> 0:19:04.200 thirty ft pink Cadillac Stretch limousine that has a heart 0:19:04.280 --> 0:19:08.560 shaped hot tub in the trunk area that also has 0:19:08.720 --> 0:19:16.520 Josh's forty birthday written. A birthday present would be the 0:19:16.880 --> 0:19:21.520 limo itself. I like to own it. Yeah yeah, just 0:19:21.600 --> 0:19:24.359 drive around Atlanta, that'd be awesome. Drive around anywhere you 0:19:24.400 --> 0:19:26.359 can drive around Branson, it'd be fine. You've got like 0:19:26.440 --> 0:19:29.280 a hot tub in your car. Uh. I love how 0:19:29.359 --> 0:19:31.480 Strickland also points out, I don't know when this was written. 0:19:31.560 --> 0:19:36.159 Muslims also have telephones installed in case all fourteen of 0:19:36.200 --> 0:19:39.600 your cell phones are broken. I made note of that 0:19:39.760 --> 0:19:42.520 as well. All right, there's some other considerations if you 0:19:42.600 --> 0:19:45.760 want to drive a limo, because you can be a 0:19:45.800 --> 0:19:49.359 private person and drive a limo, just like hire yourself 0:19:49.400 --> 0:19:51.880 out or go work for some rich person. I thought 0:19:51.920 --> 0:19:54.320 you meant like the kind of person who keeps to 0:19:54.400 --> 0:19:56.680 himself for herself. No, no, no, I mean you don't 0:19:56.760 --> 0:19:59.760 have to necessarily work for a limousine company. You can 0:19:59.840 --> 0:20:01.960 just buy your limo and say I'm I'm Chuck the 0:20:02.040 --> 0:20:05.320 limo driver, you know, or I want to long as 0:20:05.359 --> 0:20:08.520 you have the proper hat, that's right, You're fine and 0:20:08.640 --> 0:20:13.000 call yourself betterment. UM licensing, it depends on what states 0:20:13.000 --> 0:20:16.879 you're in. Uh, it depends wildly. Some states you can 0:20:17.160 --> 0:20:19.520 don't need any kind of special license. Some states just 0:20:19.600 --> 0:20:23.480 say fill out this form, probably give us fifty bucks. 0:20:23.720 --> 0:20:27.280 Some say bring your limo and although, how would you 0:20:27.320 --> 0:20:30.600 do that if you're not licensed, I guess tow truck. Yeah, 0:20:31.640 --> 0:20:33.840 get your limo here and take this test in your 0:20:33.880 --> 0:20:36.600 limo to make sure you can drive that behemoth blindfolded. 0:20:36.760 --> 0:20:39.080 Blindfolded part of the test. So it all depends on 0:20:39.160 --> 0:20:42.600 what states you live in. UM safety standards are the 0:20:42.680 --> 0:20:45.080 same for any other car. Like we said, yeah, and 0:20:45.240 --> 0:20:48.439 and the car that you bought to convert already before 0:20:48.480 --> 0:20:51.320 you ever bought it went through the the safety tests. 0:20:52.000 --> 0:20:54.879 But now that you've converted it, it has to go 0:20:54.960 --> 0:20:59.440 through safety tests again, so they include things like crash tests. 0:20:59.520 --> 0:21:02.520 And if you're interested in that, there's Limo crash tests 0:21:02.560 --> 0:21:06.840 on YouTube. Does it show rich people inside like with 0:21:06.920 --> 0:21:12.640 their drinks flying around? Man? But you you uh, you're 0:21:12.680 --> 0:21:14.879 you're not down with the one percent, are you? No? 0:21:15.119 --> 0:21:18.640 I just think a crash test dummy and an evening 0:21:18.640 --> 0:21:21.200 gown might look funny. That's a funny you say that 0:21:21.280 --> 0:21:23.720 because one of the ones, Um, I guess it's some 0:21:24.720 --> 0:21:28.520 Is it Australian Fifth Gear? Maybe it seemed like it 0:21:28.720 --> 0:21:32.159 was pretty cheeky. They were clearly drunk in the on 0:21:32.280 --> 0:21:34.280 the show, but it was like, um, it was a 0:21:34.359 --> 0:21:39.120 Limo crash test and uh they put their clothes their 0:21:39.200 --> 0:21:44.200 evening gown and talks on crash test dummies. So I mean, yeah, 0:21:44.280 --> 0:21:49.080 you have to look up Fifth Gear Limo. Um, I 0:21:49.119 --> 0:21:51.439 guess Limo crash test is what would bring it up. 0:21:51.960 --> 0:21:54.520 And yeah, they're clearly drunk because they spend the first 0:21:54.560 --> 0:21:58.480 like three minutes drinking and then mooning people out of 0:21:58.560 --> 0:22:02.440 the limo. And I'm like, what where is this thing from? 0:22:02.480 --> 0:22:05.160 And I saw it was Australia oh, those wacky Aussies. 0:22:05.320 --> 0:22:07.440 But it's pretty cool crash test because they have some 0:22:07.560 --> 0:22:10.160 great cameras set up in like they don't put seatbelts 0:22:10.200 --> 0:22:13.480 on the on the dummies, they're just flying around. Yeah, 0:22:13.520 --> 0:22:15.560 it's pretty neat crash test. I do need to see 0:22:15.600 --> 0:22:17.720 that because that's exactly what I was describing. And there's 0:22:17.760 --> 0:22:21.520 another crash test too, it's way more boring. It's just 0:22:21.680 --> 0:22:25.240 basically a series of still photos, which I guess you 0:22:25.280 --> 0:22:27.440 can make the case like that's what all videos are. 0:22:27.560 --> 0:22:33.160 But sure, this is like really slow still photos. And hey, listen, 0:22:33.400 --> 0:22:35.080 I don't want to We always say do what you 0:22:35.119 --> 0:22:36.600 want to do. I'm not gonna poopoo. If you want 0:22:36.640 --> 0:22:38.919 to go out and hire a limo and with your 0:22:38.960 --> 0:22:40.879 friends and drive around, get drunk and go to a 0:22:40.880 --> 0:22:43.920 bunch of bars, it's fine, you know, it's just not 0:22:44.000 --> 0:22:47.280 don't expect me to get in the car. Although I 0:22:47.320 --> 0:22:50.359 would say the Wine Country limo is not a bad idea, 0:22:52.800 --> 0:22:55.600 oh sure. Yeah. In fact, I think people in Wine 0:22:55.640 --> 0:22:59.440 Country aren't too happy about them, you know, oh, because 0:22:59.600 --> 0:23:02.240 it's like party bus kind of thing. Yeah. Basically, well, 0:23:02.280 --> 0:23:05.240 hey man, if you like have wine tastings every five 0:23:05.320 --> 0:23:09.560 ft what do you expect. Everybody there seems very cool 0:23:09.680 --> 0:23:12.200