WEBVTT - Selects: How Limousines Work 0:00:00.840 --> 0:00:04.440 Hello friends, this is your Friendly neighborhood podcast or Chuck 0:00:04.440 --> 0:00:09.480 Bryant here How Limousines Work from November. There's more to 0:00:09.560 --> 0:00:11.479 it than you think. It's not just a big long car. 0:00:12.200 --> 0:00:14.000 Oh what kind of is? But there's more to it 0:00:14.040 --> 0:00:20.759 than that. Check it out How Limousines Work. Welcome to 0:00:20.880 --> 0:00:29.800 Stuff you Should Know, a production of I Heart Radio. Hey, 0:00:29.840 --> 0:00:32.839 and welcome to the podcast. I'm Josh Clark with Charles W. 0:00:33.000 --> 0:00:37.720 Chuck Bright, and Jerome Jerry Do we say your last 0:00:37.800 --> 0:00:40.479 name these days? Now? We've never said it? Okay, She's like, 0:00:40.600 --> 0:00:46.080 keep it that way, yeah, Jerome Jerry Blank, Jerry Blank. 0:00:47.280 --> 0:00:50.519 That's a real person, right. No. She was on Strangers 0:00:50.520 --> 0:00:53.000 and TV. Yeah, yeah, okay. I was like, man, I 0:00:53.040 --> 0:00:54.840 know that name. Yeah, that name that was the character, 0:00:54.960 --> 0:00:57.760 right yeah. Yeah. She really cleaned herself up and went 0:00:57.800 --> 0:01:01.800 on to become a spokesperson for Dawney Any Sadarius Jay Blake, 0:01:02.120 --> 0:01:04.920 Oh yeah they're one and the same. Yeah. I love 0:01:04.920 --> 0:01:09.480 any Saderus like the Siderius is. Some people, don't, aren't 0:01:09.480 --> 0:01:13.560 they fighting? Oh, Amy and David like a lot of 0:01:13.640 --> 0:01:16.600 David and everybody else. I think he wrote like some 0:01:16.720 --> 0:01:20.760 New Yorker article about his dead sister. There's sister who 0:01:20.800 --> 0:01:24.520 I think I can't remember what happened, but she wrote 0:01:24.560 --> 0:01:26.479 like a memoir about her, and I think the New 0:01:26.560 --> 0:01:29.039 Yorker I got mad and the rest of his family 0:01:29.319 --> 0:01:32.520 like called him out on like the inconsistencies and errors 0:01:32.560 --> 0:01:34.600 and in fact, and maybe they were tired of it 0:01:34.640 --> 0:01:37.280 because all he's done is right about his family. Yeah. 0:01:37.400 --> 0:01:39.440 I guess they're like, that's it, David. Yeah, no more, 0:01:39.560 --> 0:01:43.440 we're done. Cut us in or we're gonna cause big 0:01:43.440 --> 0:01:48.120 trouble for you. I was about to do my David 0:01:48.120 --> 0:01:50.920 Sedaris and then I realized, like, I don't do a 0:01:51.000 --> 0:01:53.960 David Saderis in person. So I could, but yeah, I'm 0:01:54.000 --> 0:01:57.920 not going to go there. So limos, Yeah, at least 0:01:57.960 --> 0:02:00.360 some of the siderius is ride around in limit zines. 0:02:00.480 --> 0:02:04.040 I bet they have, uh, And I can guarantee they 0:02:04.080 --> 0:02:07.640 have because Chuck. It turns out the definition of a 0:02:07.680 --> 0:02:11.760 limousine is way broader you would think, Yeah, it's it 0:02:11.800 --> 0:02:17.520 doesn't necessarily mean some super stretch, no, but it can. Basically, 0:02:17.560 --> 0:02:22.400 a limousine technically is any car with a roomier back 0:02:22.480 --> 0:02:25.680 seat than the average car. And if you throw in 0:02:25.720 --> 0:02:29.160 a driver, you're you're there's nobody who's going to say 0:02:29.200 --> 0:02:31.679 that's not a limo. You can be like, yes it is, 0:02:31.960 --> 0:02:35.720 yeah and be right. Yeah. Like, technically, if you want 0:02:35.720 --> 0:02:37.280 to get a hire a town car to take you 0:02:37.280 --> 0:02:39.880 to the airport, technically that's a limousine. Yeah, you know 0:02:39.919 --> 0:02:44.160 the car services in New York, those are limos. That's right. 0:02:44.480 --> 0:02:46.760 They have me in Atlanta too, Do they have a 0:02:46.760 --> 0:02:48.960 car service here in Atlanta? Yeah? Are you getting me? 0:02:49.840 --> 0:02:52.960 All I see are just the worst? Oh yes, yeah, yeah, yeah, 0:02:53.040 --> 0:02:55.760 because there's a special tag. Yeah. Did you know that 0:02:55.800 --> 0:03:00.000 Atlanta taxi drivers are the worst taxi drivers on the planet? Um? 0:03:00.120 --> 0:03:02.760 Have you noticed from experience that it's pretty bad? But 0:03:02.800 --> 0:03:07.400 I just uber it. Now, that's different. That's different than 0:03:07.440 --> 0:03:09.480 the taxis. Oh no, that's what I'm saying. That's why 0:03:09.560 --> 0:03:14.040 I uber it, because they're different than the taxis. Yeah. Seriously, 0:03:14.160 --> 0:03:16.720 anybody who comes to Atlanta, if you make it out 0:03:16.720 --> 0:03:19.799 of Hartsfield, look around at the taxis and how they drive, 0:03:20.320 --> 0:03:23.720 your mind will be scrambled. It's crazy. I think cabbies 0:03:23.760 --> 0:03:25.959 are kind of like that everywhere. No, no, like, very 0:03:26.000 --> 0:03:29.320 frequently they are the best drivers in the entire city. 0:03:29.480 --> 0:03:32.080 They know where they're going. They don't just meander, they 0:03:32.120 --> 0:03:34.800 don't like drift into lanes, they don't drive super slow. 0:03:34.880 --> 0:03:38.600 I've had the opposite experience most most cabs that I've 0:03:38.600 --> 0:03:41.760 been in, the driver was pretty great. Usually when I'm 0:03:41.800 --> 0:03:44.800 in a cab in New York City, I wonder, is 0:03:44.840 --> 0:03:49.160 this the ride where we hit somebody or some other car. Yes, 0:03:49.280 --> 0:03:53.200 but you don't, and they're going really fast. In Atlanta, 0:03:53.240 --> 0:03:56.240 they drive ten miles an hour and hit everything. They 0:03:56.280 --> 0:04:02.720 just sideswipe everything. Slow and lousy come to Atlanta. So anyway, 0:04:02.760 --> 0:04:05.839 we're talking limousines. Man, let's get back on track. Yeah, 0:04:05.880 --> 0:04:09.960 I should say to I hate limousines like I love 0:04:10.000 --> 0:04:12.760 a good town car ride to or from an airport, 0:04:13.440 --> 0:04:16.320 but as far as a stretch limousine, I just hate 0:04:16.360 --> 0:04:19.320 that whole thing, just a little kind of hey look 0:04:19.320 --> 0:04:23.240 at me. It's just dumb. It's longer, and it's got 0:04:23.240 --> 0:04:24.839 a bar. It's just I don't know, I think the 0:04:24.839 --> 0:04:28.440 whole thing is stupid and like just part of that 0:04:28.480 --> 0:04:34.600 whole narcissistic culture that I despise. You know, I've got money, 0:04:34.600 --> 0:04:37.120 so I wanted to be in a longer car with 0:04:37.200 --> 0:04:40.320 a TV in it. Well, for a very long time. 0:04:40.360 --> 0:04:43.000 If you wanted a TV in your car or a phone, Yeah, 0:04:43.320 --> 0:04:45.960 your car better be double the size of the normal 0:04:46.080 --> 0:04:47.800 version of it. All right, I just had to get 0:04:47.800 --> 0:04:49.640 on my soapbox, like if it's for prom and you're 0:04:49.640 --> 0:04:51.320 all going in, like I get like a fun thing 0:04:51.400 --> 0:04:55.280 like that, but or a fur bus, the fur bus 0:04:56.000 --> 0:04:58.760 for your niece's birthday, like we did that was fun? 0:05:00.440 --> 0:05:02.919 What you never done that? No? I thought you were 0:05:02.960 --> 0:05:05.560 saying we rented it for my niece's birthday. No, my 0:05:05.720 --> 0:05:07.440 niece's birthday. You weren't a part of it. This is 0:05:07.480 --> 0:05:11.040 my family and it wasn't invited. Scott invited me. This 0:05:11.080 --> 0:05:14.440 is before I knew you, my friend. Um. Anyway, I 0:05:14.480 --> 0:05:16.880 can see the fun of occasionally, but just as a 0:05:16.920 --> 0:05:20.800 means of transportation, I think it's pretty obnoxious, especially those huge, 0:05:20.920 --> 0:05:25.680 huge like hammer stretches. I just wanted, like to de 0:05:25.800 --> 0:05:29.479 materialize those with my eyes. I wish I could shoot 0:05:29.960 --> 0:05:34.760 laser beam indeed me and expose the people within just 0:05:34.839 --> 0:05:36.720 all all of a sudden they're on the street with 0:05:36.800 --> 0:05:39.080 their bourbon and coke on what happened to my super 0:05:39.080 --> 0:05:41.400 stretched summer. I wonder how you'd have to do that. So, 0:05:41.480 --> 0:05:43.919 like your your laser b my eyes would have to 0:05:44.040 --> 0:05:49.560 just just kill people fiberglass, like destroy fiberglass and steel 0:05:50.000 --> 0:05:55.280 and upholstery and rubber. Yeah, there you go. So uh, 0:05:55.360 --> 0:05:57.760 I think, as we've stayed in, a limousine doesn't necessarily 0:05:57.760 --> 0:06:00.080 have to be what you hate. It can all to 0:06:00.200 --> 0:06:02.760 be just a car that's driven by somebody where you 0:06:02.880 --> 0:06:06.039 got a roomy back seat for the passenger, my big trunk. 0:06:06.160 --> 0:06:08.760 But even before that, even if you want to say, wow, 0:06:08.800 --> 0:06:12.080 it's a broad definition of limousine, man, let's go even 0:06:12.120 --> 0:06:16.800 further back and include clothing as a limousine in the 0:06:16.839 --> 0:06:20.640 definition of limousines. That's right, because I learned, as I 0:06:20.640 --> 0:06:23.880 imagine you did, the word limousine comes from a town 0:06:23.920 --> 0:06:29.480 in France called Limousine. Limousine. We'd like to introduce our 0:06:29.560 --> 0:06:35.400 new principal, Skinner principal. See we're skinner that that is 0:06:35.440 --> 0:06:37.839 one of the all time greats. Um. Yes, it was 0:06:38.000 --> 0:06:41.880 limousine without the E on the end. And like you said, 0:06:41.880 --> 0:06:45.400 the original limousine wasn't a car. It was a kind 0:06:45.400 --> 0:06:47.960 of like a little hooded raincoat that protected you. Yeah, 0:06:48.000 --> 0:06:51.960 like little red riding hood wore a limousine. Yeah it was. Yeah, 0:06:51.960 --> 0:06:55.080 a hooded cloak. And it was invented in limousin France, 0:06:55.440 --> 0:06:59.040 and it became synonymous with limousine France because they called 0:06:59.040 --> 0:07:03.480 it a limousine. That's right. Uh. So as people started 0:07:03.600 --> 0:07:10.760 um building coaches that protected the rider the passenger from 0:07:10.800 --> 0:07:13.440 the elements, they're like, wow, that's kind of like a 0:07:13.480 --> 0:07:17.040 hooded cloak in a really weird way, a little bit 0:07:17.040 --> 0:07:20.040 of a stretch. Let's start calling these limousines. Yeah, even 0:07:20.080 --> 0:07:23.480 if it was a horse carriage. Um, the idea that 0:07:23.560 --> 0:07:25.800 you were not driving this carriage and you had a 0:07:25.880 --> 0:07:29.360 nice little comfy seat that's covered in the back, they 0:07:29.360 --> 0:07:33.040 called it a limous scene and very frequently, probably all 0:07:33.080 --> 0:07:35.240 the time is a better way to put it. Um, 0:07:35.320 --> 0:07:38.840 The driver himself wasn't covered, like there was just the 0:07:38.880 --> 0:07:41.160 passengers that were covered. Now you'll get reined on and 0:07:41.200 --> 0:07:45.040 like it exactly if you complain, we'll put you on 0:07:45.080 --> 0:07:51.400 the rack, that's right. Uh. And this continued until the 0:07:51.400 --> 0:07:54.720 they started building regular as I think Jonathan Strickland wrote 0:07:54.720 --> 0:07:59.040 this what he calls horseless carriages very cheekily a k a. 0:07:59.120 --> 0:08:02.240 The automobile. Uh. And they called those limousines. And they 0:08:02.280 --> 0:08:04.920 started like very early on in New York City they 0:08:04.960 --> 0:08:09.120 started someone started a limousine service, I think in the twenties. Yeah, 0:08:10.120 --> 0:08:14.320 is not too bad. Um. And these cars, the first early, 0:08:14.360 --> 0:08:18.520 the earliest limousines were basically built from the ground up. 0:08:19.160 --> 0:08:23.360 Like you, you built a car with the intention of 0:08:23.520 --> 0:08:27.720 building a like a stretch, longer car, a limousine as 0:08:27.760 --> 0:08:30.440 we understand it today. Um. And it might not be 0:08:31.720 --> 0:08:35.559 like a stretch sedan. Some of the early limousines, um 0:08:35.640 --> 0:08:38.720 looked a lot like station wagons or like an old 0:08:39.000 --> 0:08:42.600 model T station wagon, you know what I'm saying. Um. 0:08:42.640 --> 0:08:45.880 But very quickly these companies figured out that it would 0:08:45.880 --> 0:08:50.120 be vastly easier to take an already manufactured car and 0:08:50.240 --> 0:08:53.680 stretch it, basically do a conversion. And that became the 0:08:53.720 --> 0:08:57.680 tradition for a very long time, thinks, starting in the twenties. Yeah. 0:08:57.679 --> 0:09:00.600 And luxury cars obviously from the beginning were the prime 0:09:00.640 --> 0:09:03.360 targets because this is what rich people were used to 0:09:03.400 --> 0:09:06.520 having their fannies sit upon while they were being driven around. 0:09:06.600 --> 0:09:12.000 So Mercedes, Benz and Cadillacs and Fleetwoods and LeBaron's, we're 0:09:12.000 --> 0:09:17.719 all prime candidates. Even the famed Bentley had a limousine. 0:09:17.800 --> 0:09:20.640 The ar Arnage that they made only twenty of Did 0:09:20.679 --> 0:09:25.120 you look at that? It's pretty sweet? Yeah, I gotta admit, Yeah, 0:09:25.160 --> 0:09:28.079 for a non limousine guy, I was like, that's kind 0:09:28.080 --> 0:09:30.719 of nice. That's a very nice car. Uh. You ever 0:09:30.720 --> 0:09:32.920 written in a Bentley for a new reason? I haven't either. 0:09:34.160 --> 0:09:36.080 Now you can get a Chrysler that looks like a Bentley. 0:09:37.360 --> 0:09:39.520 Was that the three hundred, I don't know. I call 0:09:39.760 --> 0:09:43.480 I think it is the three Call him Fentley's for 0:09:43.559 --> 0:09:48.320 some reason. Um. John Varvatos had a three hundred edition edition. 0:09:48.400 --> 0:09:51.600 He's a clothing designer, and in the ad for his 0:09:51.880 --> 0:09:55.480 edition of the Chrysler three hundred, it's him and Iggy Pop. 0:09:55.720 --> 0:09:58.240 Just randomly. Iggy Pop is in the ad with him. 0:09:58.280 --> 0:10:00.560 I guess they were getting wasted together that day that 0:10:00.640 --> 0:10:02.280 he had to film. Did he have a shirt off? 0:10:03.600 --> 0:10:06.079 I probably, I can't remember. Yeah, you don't seem with 0:10:06.160 --> 0:10:10.679 a shirt that much. Uh. He's very proud of his wiry, 0:10:11.000 --> 0:10:13.640 muscular body. I don't blame him. All right, I think 0:10:13.640 --> 0:10:16.720 we've wasted enough time, So let's right after this break 0:10:16.840 --> 0:10:19.640 talk about that limo conversion, because to me, that's about 0:10:19.640 --> 0:10:37.040 the most interesting part of limousines. All Right, we're back, 0:10:37.080 --> 0:10:39.480 and we were talking about limo conversion. Like you said, 0:10:39.480 --> 0:10:42.120 early on they used to build a limo to be 0:10:42.320 --> 0:10:45.080 a limo. Yeah, like just some guy would build a 0:10:45.080 --> 0:10:47.560 car from the ground up and he would build an 0:10:47.600 --> 0:10:50.600 extra long and that's where the early limousines came from. Yeah, 0:10:50.600 --> 0:10:54.840 it was a company called arm Brewster in n Were 0:10:54.840 --> 0:10:58.280 they Arkansas? It was, I think they're American. I don't 0:10:58.480 --> 0:11:00.760 they are American. I don't remember if it's in Arkansas 0:11:00.800 --> 0:11:02.880 or not, but it was actually I found in a 0:11:03.000 --> 0:11:07.920 right up on the company from seven. It says three 0:11:08.000 --> 0:11:11.079 is when they built their first limousine, and that by 0:11:11.160 --> 0:11:15.200 at least six they were doing conversions. Because there's a 0:11:15.200 --> 0:11:18.040 picture of an early stretched Buick that they made, and 0:11:18.080 --> 0:11:21.920 they realized that conversions was where it was at. Right, 0:11:22.000 --> 0:11:25.400 Let's take an existing car, cut it in half and 0:11:25.520 --> 0:11:27.560 stick something in the middle of those two pieces, right, 0:11:27.600 --> 0:11:30.240 because somebody else is going to the trouble of building 0:11:30.280 --> 0:11:33.720 the engine, of designing, like the dynamics of figuring out 0:11:33.720 --> 0:11:35.800 how to put the tires where and all that. Why 0:11:35.920 --> 0:11:38.480 do all that? Like, Yeah, when you can just cut 0:11:38.480 --> 0:11:41.280 a car in half, add more car, and yeah, add 0:11:41.320 --> 0:11:43.880 more car than obam you have a stretched limousine. I 0:11:43.920 --> 0:11:46.000 had no idea they did it this way. No. When 0:11:46.040 --> 0:11:48.160 I read it the first time, I was like, surely 0:11:48.440 --> 0:11:51.040 he just made a he has made a horseless carriage joke. 0:11:51.160 --> 0:11:52.760 I know this must be a joke as well. Now 0:11:53.040 --> 0:11:55.640 that's how a lot of limousines are made. And it's 0:11:55.679 --> 0:11:58.800 funny you bring up the three hundred Chrysler three said, 0:11:58.800 --> 0:12:01.680 the one that looks like a Bentley. Um, because I 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:06.200 saw um. I guess a test of one of them. 0:12:06.240 --> 0:12:09.840 That was, like, Chrysler builds these three hundred stretch limousines. 0:12:10.080 --> 0:12:13.960 How they do? Yeah, So if you see it Chrysler limousine, 0:12:14.160 --> 0:12:16.679 it was built by Chrysler most likely, which is very 0:12:16.760 --> 0:12:19.400 unique these days. Right, Yes, because for the most part, 0:12:19.440 --> 0:12:23.040 like you're saying, the industry standard is some company will 0:12:23.280 --> 0:12:26.920 get ahold of a Cadillac or a Lincoln town Car 0:12:27.600 --> 0:12:29.760 cut in half like you say, and then add to 0:12:29.880 --> 0:12:33.080 it and there's a stretched limousine. Yeah. The process goes 0:12:33.120 --> 0:12:36.360 a little something like this. Uh. They stripped that sound 0:12:36.400 --> 0:12:41.520 like I was gonna sing it, and they strip all 0:12:41.520 --> 0:12:45.160 the interior out. They protect everything that's in there, obviously. Uh. 0:12:45.320 --> 0:12:51.120 Strickland says, they use fire resistant paper on everything. Yeah, which, okay, sure, 0:12:51.200 --> 0:12:52.600 why not? I guess you don't want it to catch 0:12:52.640 --> 0:12:56.520 on fire. We're doing it. Um, you're going to mount 0:12:56.559 --> 0:12:59.320 it on a set of rails that can be adjusted 0:12:59.480 --> 0:13:01.880 to get your car off the ground. Keep it all 0:13:01.880 --> 0:13:04.680 aligned properly because when you're adding more car you have 0:13:04.720 --> 0:13:07.760 to have it super aligned. And then they cut the 0:13:07.800 --> 0:13:11.839 thing in two pieces. Yeah, and not lengthwise, No, No, 0:13:11.960 --> 0:13:14.360 that'd be weird. I guess you can make it a 0:13:14.360 --> 0:13:17.319 lot wider, but you're you're looking for length, and maybe 0:13:17.320 --> 0:13:22.439 that's the new limousine just wide. Um. Apparently the industry 0:13:22.440 --> 0:13:26.360 agrees that you typically can't go more than double the 0:13:26.520 --> 0:13:30.240 size the original size of the car. Um. Other than 0:13:30.600 --> 0:13:32.719 after that, it's just probably not going to pass any 0:13:32.800 --> 0:13:35.240 safety tests, which we'll talk about a minute. But once 0:13:35.280 --> 0:13:38.520 the car is cut in half, hopefully you remember to 0:13:38.559 --> 0:13:42.520 put the car on these rails that elevate it, and 0:13:42.559 --> 0:13:44.800 that some of the rails are attached to a dolly, 0:13:44.880 --> 0:13:47.760 so you can separate the car to the length you want. 0:13:47.960 --> 0:13:50.960 If not, you have to basically throw it away and 0:13:51.000 --> 0:13:55.040 started over. But so if you you pull one, usually 0:13:55.080 --> 0:13:58.360 the rear back from the front and then you go 0:13:58.640 --> 0:14:04.040 and add um ray basically the extenders that that are 0:14:04.080 --> 0:14:07.240 going to lengthen the car. That's right. Uh, And like 0:14:07.280 --> 0:14:10.520 I said, your car is is temporarily braced to keep 0:14:10.600 --> 0:14:13.240 it from twisting or moving around because you want it 0:14:13.400 --> 0:14:16.600 like to be super exact. Obviously, because if the front 0:14:16.640 --> 0:14:18.760 of your car is a half inch to the right 0:14:18.880 --> 0:14:21.040 from the rear of your car, because it's bad, you're 0:14:21.040 --> 0:14:24.240 in um you then you're gonna add what's called the 0:14:24.280 --> 0:14:28.120 floor plan or floor pan. Sorry, And it's basically the 0:14:28.160 --> 0:14:31.760 floor of the lima, which will later on become carpeted 0:14:31.760 --> 0:14:33.680 and upholstered and everything, but for the time being, it's 0:14:33.720 --> 0:14:37.160 just a piece of metal that is the floor of 0:14:37.280 --> 0:14:39.680 your new addition. Yeah, and that is after you have 0:14:39.800 --> 0:14:42.920 done all the other boring stuff like extending the drive 0:14:42.960 --> 0:14:45.480 line and making sure you have because you know you're 0:14:45.480 --> 0:14:48.880 wiring is not long enough. Nothing is long enough and 0:14:48.960 --> 0:14:51.520 you just have to know because you just cut in half. Yeah, 0:14:51.560 --> 0:14:53.600 like he's a huge gap. You literally just have to 0:14:53.680 --> 0:14:56.880 extend all those parts. Uh, you know, the brake line, 0:14:56.880 --> 0:14:58.800 all that boring stuff. You have to just extend all 0:14:58.840 --> 0:15:02.280 that stuff. Yeah, I excited about the floor pan and 0:15:02.320 --> 0:15:04.480 you stick in your floor pan. And then you well, 0:15:04.480 --> 0:15:06.080 hold on, I want to say something about the floor 0:15:06.080 --> 0:15:09.560 pan and the drive line. So you've extended the power train, right, 0:15:09.600 --> 0:15:11.880 the thing that that big thing that like powers the 0:15:11.920 --> 0:15:15.040 back wheels, that no one knows what it is, right, 0:15:15.520 --> 0:15:18.160 but you've extended that thing. Yeah, you just hear like 0:15:18.160 --> 0:15:22.080 powertrain WARRANTINAM. People are always like, that's like the steering 0:15:22.200 --> 0:15:25.720 and the axles and the thing that that spins around 0:15:25.760 --> 0:15:27.800 and spins your rear axle and all that. That's your 0:15:27.800 --> 0:15:31.000 power train. It's true. So you have to add to 0:15:31.040 --> 0:15:33.600 that because you've just cut through it again. And then 0:15:33.600 --> 0:15:36.480 you add the floor pan, which is the floor of 0:15:36.520 --> 0:15:40.120 the limousine. Um. And do you remember that limousine fire 0:15:40.240 --> 0:15:42.880 from I think last year a couple of years ago 0:15:44.080 --> 0:15:48.320 killed the bride to be on the San Mateo Bridge. Um. 0:15:48.360 --> 0:15:52.680 Apparently they the California Highway Patrol investigated and ruled in 0:15:52.720 --> 0:15:56.320 an accident. But it was because the floor pan of 0:15:56.360 --> 0:15:59.280 the limousine that had been added later was up against 0:15:59.280 --> 0:16:03.080 the drive train and the friction created enough heat and 0:16:03.160 --> 0:16:06.320 spark that apparently there's a crack in the floor pan 0:16:06.720 --> 0:16:09.280 and that heat came up and caught the upholstery on fire, 0:16:09.280 --> 0:16:11.800 and that's where the fire came from, was from this 0:16:11.880 --> 0:16:15.280 modification that had taken place years before. Well, which is 0:16:15.320 --> 0:16:21.120 one reason why uh, Cadillac doesn't want their name on 0:16:21.160 --> 0:16:25.000 that limo, let's say, because it has been modified by 0:16:25.080 --> 0:16:28.920 someone other than Cadillac. Right, but Cadillac's name is still 0:16:28.960 --> 0:16:32.480 on the limo as far as the US government is concerned. 0:16:32.960 --> 0:16:35.760 Once you cut a car in half and extend it, 0:16:36.040 --> 0:16:40.640 you're the new manufacturer. Cadillac says, well, that's great. We've 0:16:40.640 --> 0:16:43.040 got a bunch of yahoo's running around cutting our cars 0:16:43.040 --> 0:16:45.800 in half, making them longer. But if somebody sees it 0:16:45.800 --> 0:16:48.000 on the road, or somebody sees a photo of it 0:16:48.000 --> 0:16:51.080 with the trunk burned out, they see the Cadillac. So 0:16:51.280 --> 0:16:55.400 Cadillac and other companies like Ford have programs to basically 0:16:55.440 --> 0:17:01.200 certify train and go back and um investigate uh the 0:17:01.280 --> 0:17:04.600 people who are doing these conversions. Yeah, because we didn't mention. 0:17:04.680 --> 0:17:08.320 But when you make a car uh substantially longer and heavier, 0:17:08.800 --> 0:17:11.400 you might have to modify the brakes some you might 0:17:11.480 --> 0:17:14.760 have to modify how it turns. You might have to 0:17:14.760 --> 0:17:19.640 reinforce the suspension or the frame itself. Because You can't 0:17:19.640 --> 0:17:21.840 just make a car twelve feet longer and expect it 0:17:21.880 --> 0:17:25.320 to behave the same way right, exactly like the original 0:17:25.359 --> 0:17:29.240 stopping power was for the twelve ft car at the 0:17:29.600 --> 0:17:33.520 four car. So you do have to do some modifications. Yeah, 0:17:33.560 --> 0:17:36.120 but those companies are super smart to have official programs, 0:17:36.119 --> 0:17:39.080 I think, because every car, even if it is UH 0:17:39.280 --> 0:17:42.240 modified later, has to to be roadworthy, has to pass 0:17:42.280 --> 0:17:47.160 the federal Motor Vehicle Safety standards. That's right. Cadillacs program 0:17:47.200 --> 0:17:51.720 is called the Cadillac Master Coach Builder Program. It's pretty awesome. Yeah. 0:17:51.880 --> 0:17:55.879 Ford has something called the Qualified Vehicle Modifier Program, And 0:17:55.960 --> 0:17:58.919 so basically they're saying, hey, if you're going to be 0:17:58.960 --> 0:18:01.080 doing this, and you can really do this, we're going 0:18:01.119 --> 0:18:24.959 to make sure you do it right. That's right, all right. 0:18:25.040 --> 0:18:28.600 So we mentioned that the limo generally speaking, even though 0:18:28.640 --> 0:18:32.680 they've gotten ridiculous these days, shouldn't be more than twice 0:18:32.720 --> 0:18:35.879 as long as it originally was. UH. And since you 0:18:35.920 --> 0:18:39.119 can't get that much longer, what you can do is 0:18:39.240 --> 0:18:42.399 if you want to impress UH people and get their 0:18:42.440 --> 0:18:45.960 business is trick it out on the interior as much 0:18:46.000 --> 0:18:49.920 as possible. Yes, with you name it man and they've 0:18:49.960 --> 0:18:56.120 got it. Yeah, plasma TVs and hot tubs and bars 0:18:56.160 --> 0:19:00.600 and sound systems and like anything you can of. It's 0:19:00.720 --> 0:19:05.080 it's a it's littered with neon and tacky things hit. 0:19:05.200 --> 0:19:08.480 My opinion, tachy's the right word. I think, not for me. 0:19:08.680 --> 0:19:11.080 Did you see um? If you go to the Ripley's 0:19:11.080 --> 0:19:14.200 Believe it or Not Museum in Branson? Have you been there? 0:19:14.720 --> 0:19:17.919 I saw a picture. I want to go to Branson 0:19:17.960 --> 0:19:23.159 some day before Smirnov has his own place. Yeah, I'm going. Sure, 0:19:23.640 --> 0:19:27.720 Humi's gonna take me surprise. That hasn't happened. I'm kind 0:19:27.720 --> 0:19:31.400 of We've been going other places, but um, in Branson 0:19:31.800 --> 0:19:37.159 there's a thirty ft pink Cadillac Stretch limousine that has 0:19:37.200 --> 0:19:42.760 a heart shaped hot tub in the trunk area that 0:19:42.960 --> 0:19:49.240 also has Josh's forty birthday written all over. Ye maybe 0:19:48.880 --> 0:19:53.959 forty birthday present would be the limo itself. I like 0:19:54.080 --> 0:19:57.600 to own it. Yeah. Yeah, just drive around Atlanta, that'd 0:19:57.600 --> 0:20:00.320 be awesome. Drive around anywhere you can drive around Ransom, 0:20:00.359 --> 0:20:02.119 it'd be fine. You've got like a hot tub in 0:20:02.160 --> 0:20:05.439 your car. Uh. I love how Strickland also points out 0:20:05.480 --> 0:20:07.399 I don't know when this was written. Muslims also have 0:20:07.520 --> 0:20:11.720 telephones installed in case all fourteen of your cell phones 0:20:11.720 --> 0:20:15.639 are broken. I made note of that as well. All right, 0:20:15.680 --> 0:20:20.119 there's some other considerations if you want to drive a limo, 0:20:20.119 --> 0:20:22.280 because you can be a private person and drive a 0:20:22.320 --> 0:20:25.679 limo just like hire yourself out or go work for 0:20:25.680 --> 0:20:28.240 some rich person. I thought you meant like the kind 0:20:28.280 --> 0:20:30.920 of person who keeps to himself for herself. No, no, no no, 0:20:31.040 --> 0:20:32.879 I mean you don't have to necessarily work for a 0:20:32.880 --> 0:20:36.080 limousine company. You can just buy your limo and say 0:20:36.160 --> 0:20:39.520 I'm I'm Chuck the limo driver, you know, or I 0:20:39.560 --> 0:20:42.240 want to long as you have the proper hat. That's right, 0:20:42.640 --> 0:20:47.439 You're fine and call yourself betterman. Um Licensing it depends 0:20:47.440 --> 0:20:50.840 on what states you're in. Uh, it depends wildly. Some 0:20:50.880 --> 0:20:53.639 states you can don't need any kind of special license. 0:20:53.840 --> 0:20:57.600 Some states to say, fill out this form, probably give 0:20:57.680 --> 0:21:01.879 us fifty bucks. Some say bring your limo, and although, 0:21:01.920 --> 0:21:04.320 how would you do that if you're not licensed? I 0:21:04.359 --> 0:21:08.000 guess tow truck. Yeah, get your limo here and take 0:21:08.040 --> 0:21:09.760 this test in your limo to make sure you can 0:21:09.800 --> 0:21:13.399 drive that behemoth blindfolded. Blindfolded part of the test, so 0:21:13.400 --> 0:21:16.320 it all depends on what states you live in. Um, 0:21:16.480 --> 0:21:18.879 safety standards are the same for any other car. Like 0:21:18.920 --> 0:21:21.439 we said, yeah, and and the car that you bought 0:21:21.520 --> 0:21:24.720 to convert already before you ever bought it went through 0:21:24.760 --> 0:21:29.399 the the safety tests, but now that you've converted it, 0:21:29.400 --> 0:21:32.840 it has to go through safety tests again. So they 0:21:32.880 --> 0:21:35.520 include things like crash tests. And if you're interested in that, 0:21:35.520 --> 0:21:40.239 there's Limo crash tests on YouTube. Does it show rich 0:21:40.280 --> 0:21:45.639 people inside, like with their drinks flying around? Man? But 0:21:46.119 --> 0:21:48.919 you you, uh, you're you're not down with the one percent, 0:21:48.960 --> 0:21:52.480 are you? No? I just think a crash test dummy 0:21:53.040 --> 0:21:55.840 and an eating gown might look funny. That's a funny 0:21:55.840 --> 0:21:58.119 you say that because one of the ones, Um, I 0:21:58.160 --> 0:22:01.840 guess it's some It is Australian Fifth Gear. Maybe it 0:22:01.880 --> 0:22:06.399 seemed like it was pretty cheeky. They were clearly drunk 0:22:06.560 --> 0:22:08.920 in the on the show. But it was like, um, 0:22:08.960 --> 0:22:12.920 it was a Limo crash test and uh, they put 0:22:12.960 --> 0:22:17.320 their clothes, their evening gown and tucks on crash test dummies. 0:22:17.720 --> 0:22:20.440 So I mean, yeah, you have to look up fifth 0:22:20.440 --> 0:22:25.560 Gear Limo. Um, I guess Limo crash test is what 0:22:25.720 --> 0:22:28.640 would bring it up. And yeah, they're clearly drunk because 0:22:28.680 --> 0:22:32.280 they spend the first like three minutes drinking and then 0:22:32.320 --> 0:22:36.040 mooning people out of the limo. And I'm like, what 0:22:36.040 --> 0:22:38.879 where is this thing from? And I saw as Australian o, 0:22:39.119 --> 0:22:42.040 those wacky ausies. But it's pretty cool crash test because 0:22:42.040 --> 0:22:44.159 they have some great cameras set up in like they 0:22:44.160 --> 0:22:48.480 don't put seatbelts on the on the dummies. Fund Yeah, 0:22:48.480 --> 0:22:50.560 it's pretty neat crash test. I do need to see 0:22:50.560 --> 0:22:52.680 that because that's exactly what I was describing. And there's 0:22:52.720 --> 0:22:56.520 another crash test too, it's way more boring. It's just 0:22:56.640 --> 0:23:00.280 basically a series of still photos, which I guess you 0:23:00.280 --> 0:23:02.440 can make the case like that's what all videos are, 0:23:02.520 --> 0:23:08.199 but sure this is like really slow still photos. And hey, listen, 0:23:08.359 --> 0:23:10.080 I don't want to We always say do what you 0:23:10.080 --> 0:23:11.600 want to do. I'm not gonna poopoo. If you want 0:23:11.600 --> 0:23:14.360 to go out and higher limo and with your friends 0:23:14.400 --> 0:23:15.840 and drive around and get drunk and go to a 0:23:15.880 --> 0:23:18.919 bunch of bars, it's fine, you know, it's just not 0:23:19.000 --> 0:23:22.280 don't expect me to get in the car. Although I 0:23:22.320 --> 0:23:27.159 would say the Wine Country limo is not a bad idea, 0:23:27.760 --> 0:23:30.600 oh sure. Yeah. In fact, I think people in Wine 0:23:30.600 --> 0:23:34.440