More and more car models are being used to create a limousine. You can find your local cars in different countries. Some of these cars look exotic and they are all stretched. Yes, they are really stretched (at least more than two times). Not every turn on every road can be the first car.
So, you probably already have questions. Then we have the answers. How do passengers feel? What does the driver feel while driving in this car? What do the owners of these cars feel?
We just found out about it. And they could not hide it from you. A bucket of black caviar, a gold toilet, a suitcase of dollars. Unlimited limousines in the Association will look at a number of rare harmonies. "Honey, I'll send you a limousine," is that great?
However, the limousine boasts its very few people. it is not even the high price and utility of these cars. What car can be called a limousine? The extended sedan is a limousine, the car with a partition between the driver and passengers is again a limousine.
Even the usual six window sedans - also sometimes called a limousine! In fact, according to the generally accepted classification, a limousine should be understood as a passenger vehicle with four or six doors with a partition to a number of front seats.
Well, it turns out, Chevrolet Suburban, which is depicted in our photos in different poses - not a limousine? Formally, no. However, any passerby noticed that this car on the street will comment on the "limousine"! Then the game becomes a concept - above the word "stretch." Make any car a “stretch” - and you will get a “limousine”.
The most expensive limousines, as a rule, are made by high-class European automakers themselves. A typical example is the Mercedes-Benz S600 Pullman. Such vehicles do not affect the appearance of the imagination, but they are quite capable of stunning it with a price. And in the armored version, the price just kills to death: half a million dollars is not the limit. By the way, these cars ride presidents of many countries. Other types of limousines are often used because tax or corporate goals are based on low-priced cars and can have up to six doors. It is easy to meet these cars on the street these days. In Seattle, such cars sometimes happen: it can be Chrysler, Lincoln or Mercedes-Benz.
And more ... Stretch, super stretch, ultra stretch, ultra super stretch - the creators of these fantasy cars are inexhaustible. Sometimes it seems that a limousine should not perform any task, but only as a means of expression. 10 places, 20 places, 30 places, TV, DVD-players, bar, restaurant, swimming pool, heliport, golf course, aquarium of the current model of the aircraft carrier in full size. Even if you do not think that there is such a desire, it will be in a limousine.
Of course, the five axes are stretched with a pool, and not with luggage, which is very exotic, demonstrating a company, a kind of Limo concept. But four wheels lead an SUV with a length of more than fifteen meters, which may contain a football team, as well as spare benches - this, as you see, is a reality. Anyone can touch this limo! And if you want or want, you can become a king for one day - from $ 300 per hour, and sometimes cheaper.
The most classic limousine, usually based on the Lincoln Town car. The fundamental point here is the presence of a frame: to create a section of a car with a supporting body is a much more troublesome and expensive task. And it is simple: the body of serial cars is cut exactly in the middle, and between the front and rear doors you need to insert a box with windows - the so-called insert. Insert length and determines the class of limousine. Urban cars, as a rule, extend to 60-120 inches (1524-3048 mm) and can grow, and 200 inches, while in other cases they are longer.
The production of limousines in the United States alone is puzzling about fifty companies. Of those that are well known are Tiffany Coachworks, Dream Coachworks, Crystal Enterprises and others. Together they create wonderful things. For example, in the Dream Six axle Lincoln Navigator model number, and Crystal can create such a wonderful creature, the Hummer H2 with eight doors!
In principle, standard fillers that have American cars are sufficient for stretching: the engine and transmission remain intact. But suspension and braking systems can be increased - the same overall weight of the car becomes much heavier. Again, it is necessary to clean the exhaust system, with the result that it will correspond to the new vehicle length.
Limousine is complete when performing even some procedures. You guessed it? Right: in the list of electrical equipment there is an additional generator and battery, equipment for heating and air conditioning is more productive - in accordance with the requirements of the huge passenger compartment.
The interior space and decor are what the limousines built. All - for the good of man! And no one, but for the whole company! Our GMC is designed for 14 people, fully owning a mirrored bar with lighting. In the bar - with crystal decanters, champagne glasses. Immediately - an aquarium with artificial fish: water bubbles and changing colors, animals rolling and things that delight the eye.
Stars twinkle on the mirrored ceiling - colored LEDs depict a romantic sky. In the case of cabinets located at the ends of the cabin, installed LCD TVs and two displays located on the side racks. The signal to them is either a DVD player or a VCR — these devices are located on the floor under the seats. Most VIP seats have a control panel for all devices, and next to it is an audio system with a remote control audio system with two 12-inch subwoofers.
You can have a party right in the car, highlighting the flashes of a close-semigloss strobe light and filling the space of a booth of artificial smoke and laser beams. And you can turn off all of the above at once or ask about the driver - the same panel is in the cabin. However, there are several things in the same cabin. For example, a walkie-talkie to communicate with the controller, or the police, and many other devices that are an important driver.
Is it difficult to operate a limousine? According to the driver of a limousine, you can get used to everything. Of course, there are many limitations for stretch limousines. For example, pre-crosses Route: Stretch Limos cannot make a sharp turn for the first time. Although, as a rule, we can drive everywhere in the city, in some places it is not without problems. Surprisingly, the rotation lessons are not the most important characteristic of the street.
What matters is how wide the street is! However, for a professional maneuver there are few or no problems. Can you see how skillfully drivers are on a huge way back? over the mirror. In this sense, driving a limousine is even simpler: there is no desire at all.
Do limousine drivers violate the rules of the road? Only when it is associated with extreme industrial necessity. The most common violation is the right to go to the counter traffic or turn in the wrong place. The state patrol, being fascinated by the greatness of stretching and the highest professionalism, its driver, citing some crimes at reduced prices.
Generally. Everybody respects a limousine. In an attempt to turn traffic into overcrowded conditions (for a car over a hundred feet long, almost every turn in the city is fraught with known complications), a stretch limousine can block the street and make heavy traffic, but few drivers begin to frantically buzz on a slow giant. Who knows who and what could be inside this car. There may be people who are going to the wedding. There is no reason to spoil their good mood.
But speed is always observed. Even in a hurry - the company forbids the driver to exceed the speed of 60 miles per hour.
In fact, there are no special problems with the work of a limousine in the city. But there are interesting features. Take, for example, maintenance and repair. Almost all large limousine companies specially trained people who check the technical condition of the limousine.
They also do some repairs. However, this is certainly not omnipotence: is a modern car required for professional service? Can you imagine how to raise a limousine? No, because there are no elevators that could plunge into a 200 inch limousine. In general, the problem is, but it can be solved. Only need savvy.
