Limo tooooo long

[verytalldave]

That will each the yanks for making cars too big for normal countries................

Obama's Beast tamed by drive on MSN Video

 

[whitenemesis]

http://www.MBClub.co.uk/forums/driving-incidents-roadrage/110629-beast-gets-stuck.html

 

[renault12ts]

The good thing is it happened on US territory (mostly).

 

[E CLASS]

They thought of everything EXCEPT air suspension - schoolboy error!

 

[Howard]

What they didn't mention was that the day before , a gang of men turned up with a pick up full of tarmac 'left over from another jab' and asked them if they wanted their drive done.

 

[whitenemesis]

Watched again and the front suspension does seem to give out and beach the car on the hump.
I'm guessing but the underside of that car has got to be one piece, nothing for the gate stop to catch on. The car would have ground its way over, bit of wheel spin perhaps but at that weight would have flattened the stop into the ground.
Yep, reckon the spring snapped, left-hand side (as we look at it)

 

[renault12ts]

The BMW also scraped the gate latch thingie. So, I think it got stuck and then the heavier front end, with momentum, dived forwards and then rocked back.

 

[whitenemesis]

No rear wheel spinning? If the car was hooked on something the rear comes up and the wheels spin. Surely a car as heavy and presumably powerful as that would have dragged itself over the stop, if not, the rears would be smoking.
From the vid the front just seems to collapse. If you watch the left front is already low as it approaches.

 

[E CLASS]

The Beast weighs in at 7 odd tons.

At least 3 times that of the BMW limo.

Each door weighs the same as a door on a Boeing 747.

The glass is 5 inches thick for starters.

 

[E CLASS]

Watched again and def suspension failure.