For a Totally Reasonable $220K, You Can Have This VW Type 2 Limo         + the Business That Owns It

"CleverUsername" (CleverUsername) 01/16/2015 at 10:31 • Filed to: VW, VW Bus, EBAY

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I really like Type 2s. A common daydream for me involves the barn-find of an original 21 or 23-window or truck. I can't explain in words my desire for a first generation Type 2 double-cab truck. If I had the money, I'd have a fleet of them.

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First generation VW Bus/Van/Type 2 values have been stratospheric for a while now, so it's no surprise to see nice examples pulling high asking prices. With the exception of a few outliers, a non-camper 21-window Type 2 can easily fall within the $30K-50K range. Lately, they've been climbing in to the near !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , which seems !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . The Buy it now price on this VW van is $220,000. You read that right.

$220,000.

While I'm sure that a lot of work went into it, and yes, it does tickle my fancy, I can't imagine paying that much, even if I were ridiculously wealthy.

Anyway, let's forget about the astronomical price and gaze lustfully at it.

I have to admit that the color combination looks great to me. The medium-range wood and tobacco interior looks fantastic.

Somehow, I suppose the little dual-port is going to push this thing. I imagine a fully-laden 0-60 E.T. would be measured in hours.

ETA: As user !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! points out, the $220K Buy It now price tag is for the bus AND the limousine business that owns it. I'm not sure what the value of a limousine license in Maui is, but it's a good catch.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 10:34

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At that point, you're better off with a Magirus-Deutz bus. More power, still air-cooled, diesel, roomier, roofline windows (more than the VW), and vast amounts cheaper.

Coty > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 10:35

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Considering the price it'd go for without the extra acreage...

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/16/2015 at 10:39

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I detect camper bus with enough power to tow a trailer.

Because racecar and track day.

Just wear your damn mask... > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 10:40

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Other than the Duggars, I can't think of anyone who would pay that much for that.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs 01/16/2015 at 10:41

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It's even big enough to fit a midget racer on the roof or inside. It's glorious.

FromCanadaWithLove > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 10:42

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CP.

guesticulating > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 10:42

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CP

itschrome > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 10:42

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Throw in a EJ257 and you'd have my attention

thesalad > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 10:42

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Being that it's not at the very least powered by some sort of subaru boxer engine, this thing is crackpipe. You'd take an extra few hours to get where you were going becuase the original bus was underpowered, adding extra body and people to it would only make it worse. You'd need everyone to get out and push up a hill instead of the old reverse up a steep grade trick.

Jimmy Joe Meeker > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 10:42

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Would be rather lopsided if full of passengers. A moderately quick or hard right turn and it could fall over on its side.

SolamenteDave > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 10:43

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That is one of the more awesome things I've ever seen. If I won a huge lottery or something, I could see buying it. But, being a normal guy who only makes the medium bucks, CP. Also, that engine would make it a CP even at a lower price.

It's beautiful, but just too much.

Sn210 > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 10:43

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if it were a factory one-off, maybe they could justify the price. It's still awesome nonetheless

Blze001 > Jimmy Joe Meeker 01/16/2015 at 10:45

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You're assuming it could get moving fast enough to tip with that stock mill.

Blze001 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/16/2015 at 10:45

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You could do so many cool things with one of those as a starting point

JayHova > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 10:45

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Modifications don't increase the value....utter crack pipe.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 10:47

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This is what I was about to ask about. Still a VW four banger.... It might have trouble going up hills...

MonkeePuzzle > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 10:47

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but what if I have $280,000 to spend?

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Jimmy Joe Meeker 01/16/2015 at 10:47

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Don't they kind of do that already?

Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 10:47

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Woah dude! I love it. My math skills are crap but I count 33 windows, divide that by the price and its a devil bus. (Devil horns to the sky, head bobbing, rocking out)

CleverUsername > MonkeePuzzle 01/16/2015 at 10:48

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This + my finder's fee = $250,000.

You're welcome!

Tekamul > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 10:54

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This is an amazing level of crackpipe. It looks cool, it's well done, it's generally unusable with the stock motor.

I will never understand VW people. You could probably buy better friends for less money if you tried harder, and you wouldn't even need to condemn yourself to a smokey random fail generator.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 10:56

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Neat vehicle, likely dreadful to drive and the price is insane. I'll buy a small condo in the city before buying this.

DonKeybals > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 10:58

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Beautiful, but not worth $220k. Especially when there's probably a good chance the engine will catch on fire with that kind of load. Air-cooled VW engines become very flammable when pushed hard.

Brian Stieh > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 10:59

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that thing is seriously going to need some more power.

Subaru Powahhhhh

Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 01/16/2015 at 11:00

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But it's a Porsche design, come on! Not angry, just a fact : )

Judd > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 11:00

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Poor lil' guy

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > thesalad 01/16/2015 at 11:01

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Some sort of *turbo* DOHC Subaru boxer engine. I've seen the odd 'Subaru engine' swaps... and it's one of the old OHV Subaru engines that don't make much more power than the stock VW engine.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast 01/16/2015 at 11:02

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Proof that Porsche =/= fast.

kerc // drives a mirage, so what? > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 11:04

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This is really, really fantastic. LOVE IT. I usually hate limos... This is something else, definitely.

Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 01/16/2015 at 11:05

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Aw...but...never mind. (Think I know what you meant?)

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast 01/16/2015 at 11:06

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=/= - Does not equal.

smalleyxb122 > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 11:06

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I'm not sure this is worth as much as one of the buses used to create it, let alone both of them plus labor.

Lets see...

I can pretend, for a moment, that $100k is a reasonable price for someone to pay for an early bus. I cannot, however, pretend that it's reasonable to cut up 2 $100k buses to duplicate this, and then to expect that money back out of it.

Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 01/16/2015 at 11:09

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Yeah thought so. In that case...poo to you!

Kevin Camp Photo > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 11:10

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Looks like a well done conversion cosmetically. Motor is a little anemic. One question: What is the fascination with limos? Arrive in a limo, you don't look important, you look like a tool. I would much rather spend the limo rental money to rent an exotic car and go for a sweet drive with a good friend than a roll to some event with a bunch of a-holes you'd rather leave stranded in the ghetto.

Stephan Kippe > DonKeybals 01/16/2015 at 11:12

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No, not when pushed hard. That's when the outlet valve of the third cylinder goes. They only burn if some idiot installs the fuel filter inside the engine compartment. Then if a clamp fails, fuel is spilled on the nice and hot magnesium engine...

Captain Hostile > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 11:12

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I'd rather have several Type 2's and a Vanagon Syncro DOKA.

Maureyrd213 > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 11:16

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My God, YOU GUYS SUCK SO BAD. STOP STEALING OTHER SITES' WORK.

This van was JUST featured a day on www.germancarsforsaleblog.com

http://germancarsforsaleblog.com/restomod-1965-…

The irony is that in other articles you have the audacity to lambast other (real) journalist's alleged lack of ethics.

This is far from the first time you've done this.

Sir FR-S (Formally CR-Z) > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 11:20

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I am in love

H4N5 GRU83R > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 11:24

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I really hate it when they do this kind of shit to VW busses. Stop extending or shortening them!

In the case that it was made from 2 busses with crashed ends, why not sell the halves to someone restoring a bus?

TotallyThatStupid > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 11:29

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Not enough crack in the world for that price.

TheGreatGATHby > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 11:30

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good luck getting over 35 MPH with that thing fully loaded

dataPOG > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 01/16/2015 at 11:31

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What's this might shit?

Renault R8 Gordini from 1966 > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 11:31

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37 window bus, forget 18!

dataPOG > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 11:33

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So, punch bus = 2 punches, punch bus limo = ???, and then we profit, right?

MechE30 > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 11:37

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That thing would never get into SanO. Attack/Departure angles

CaptainBoss > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 11:40

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I applaud your username.

GreenN_Gold > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 01/16/2015 at 11:57

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It won't move and it's priced like a condo. I think I see what you're saying. You're saying I should live in this thing!

I read you.

Lorry Driver Luke > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 11:57

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Good god, whoever created this deserves shooting. And if they survive that being banned from ever murdering VW vans again

StopDown > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 11:57

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Funny. I saw this very bus cruising around Lahaina Hawaii two weeks ago. So it's $220k + a long boat ride unless you also have a house on Maui, which you probably do if you've got $220k to spend on a stretcher vanagen

CleverUsername > Maureyrd213 01/16/2015 at 11:59

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What, exactly did I steal?

You can aim your rage directly at me. I neither work for or am paid by Jalopnik.

I don't read www.germancarsforsaleblog.com (sounds awesome, though), but I suspect that they found the eBay ad in the same place that I did: eBay.

CleverUsername > Sir FR-S (Formally CR-Z) 01/16/2015 at 12:03

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Right?

That to accomplish leather is beautiful!

CleverUsername > H4N5 GRU83R 01/16/2015 at 12:05

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I have this fantasy in my head that they spent decades collecting the center sections from buses that got shortened.

Dest > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 12:10

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*Scrolls to bottom of article*
*Searches for "CP" button*
*Disappoint*

Mini_Fanatic > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 12:28

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If the normal length Type 2s are going for about $100k, and the 2x length Type 2s are going for about $200k, does that mean this will inevitably sell for $50k?

I've seen this guy driving around LA a few times. It's actually pretty damn awesome.

JAY > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 12:40

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Although i will admit they did try to keep it looking a like it was...it sad because those things are so awesome and to have one orginal without being stretched would be cool.

Slave2anMG > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 12:55

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Acceleration times?

Get a sundial.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Maureyrd213 01/16/2015 at 13:04

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Thimblewit, this is not a journalist-written Jalopnik post. It is a share from Jalopnik's community site. It is a "hey guys, look what I found" short summary by a community member. It is not an article, nor does it have anything to do with the professional staff at Jalopnik other than one of them sharing it - "x found something interesting". You have no evidence whatsoever that CleverUsername is "stealing" content in any way, as there is no uniqueness present here other than the same topic. A stretch Type 2 finding mention on more than one site, when posted on eBay? UNPOSSIBLE! People must be stealing your mindthoughts - tighten the TinFoil Helmet of the Just!

Voodoo81 > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 01/16/2015 at 13:08

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Hills? I would be surprised if it didn't have a hard time getting going period, what with all that extra weight.

Hobroken > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 13:10

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The BiN is actually for the bus and the seller's limo business together:

"The listing price for the company and the vehicle is $220,000. I will also consider selling just the vehicle separate from the company if you are not interested in owning a fully-licensed limousine company in Maui"

Not sure what it will cost sans company, but as others have said, despite the quality of the work, I don't think customization should yield a return over the original value.

Matthew Urso > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 13:21

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not even for 22k

CleverUsername > Mini_Fanatic 01/16/2015 at 13:22

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I always wondered how those things don't do wheelies and stoppies at every intersection.

Stang1968 > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 13:22

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Who has this listed on eBay? The Duggers?

Brodieman > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 13:29

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This guy lives up the street from my best friend. He also has a normal bus and is quoted by my friend as "rather crazy" and "looks pretty cash strapped now".

The last 10-15 years on Maui, especially West Maui, has seen a crazy amount of residential development when they shut down the cane mills and pineapple fields. Houses popped up everywhere that once fostered sugar cane crops on the hills around Lahainatown. With that came a shitload of Californians, terrible, awful, disposable income people who wanted boutique shops and set up lame vanity businesses (like a VW Bus Limo company) that only a few tourists think are neat. A lot of those places folded and since most of these people bought $3mil 2,000sqft houses at the peak of the housing bubble and after investing in failed vanity project business that "would do so well here because they worked in Malibu" they're looking to get liquid again. It's bounced back a bit in the last year or two there's just very, very little interest in crap like this.

Locals hate it.

CleverUsername > Stang1968 01/16/2015 at 13:35

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Incidentally, the Duggars wouldn't fit. This thing only seats 16!

cesariojpn > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 14:03

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Never seen it nor heard about this company on Maui. Red Flag.

Mini_Fanatic > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 14:13

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Seeing that thing drive down the street was hilarious. Imagine replacing the soft suspension of the VW Type 2 with four kids on pogo sticks.

cesariojpn > smalleyxb122 01/16/2015 at 14:14

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Best guess is that this bus might've been hacked up from two more cheaper end trims and then modded like this. There is supposedly a concern in the VW community about taking lower trim models and then "hacking it up" to be the more desired models (the ones with the shit-ton of windows like the ones that command wads of Benjamin's.)

angrytetsuo > Tekamul 01/16/2015 at 14:21

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dude! I am a vw guy, while working at a dyno shop we would go to the vw club meetings and try to get them to have a club dyno day, cause a few runs on the dyno adjusting timing and jets makes a huge difference when you are only dealing with 36hp

"I will never understand VW people." most seem to be the most ignorant out of all car clubs

V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me! > Just wear your damn mask... 01/16/2015 at 14:25

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I don't think the Duggars would pay that much. From what I've seen of the show, they actually seem rather spend-conscious.

angrytetsuo > Mini_Fanatic 01/16/2015 at 14:40

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a guy I work with did that in NJ years ago, the inspector failed it cause they didnt weld the center driveshaft, it was the heater tube down the center of the truck... great inspecting there guy!

Poundingsand > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 15:17

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Good luck getting that long-assed thing down the road to Hanna!

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 15:49

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Perfect tour bus for a Caribbean nation. Without hills.

CleverUsername > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 15:52

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Any guesses what this coiled and capped hose it for?

I'm thinking that its some sort of fire suppression.

Just wear your damn mask... > V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me! 01/16/2015 at 15:59

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Well obviously they aren't paying for contraception...

V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me! > Just wear your damn mask... 01/16/2015 at 16:16

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Nope. Side note. The mom has spent a full 15 years of her life pregnant.....

Fred (FreddsterExprs) > CleverUsername 01/16/2015 at 16:32

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There need to be a few modifications done to it to make it a NP:

- Porsche flat 6 with ~200hp to get it moving with the whole crew on board

- The price needs to be half

But yeah, it looks stunning.

Just wear your damn mask... > V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me! 01/16/2015 at 16:35

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Gross...

valensmith > CleverUsername 01/17/2015 at 18:16

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They're a cool little van, but, they wouldn't sell more than a few as Americans by and large don't live the outdoor lifestyle that the Europeans do. When we do, we can't do it without a huge camper trailer and everything we own brought alone. Of course, some of us can get high quality online service and do it, but, we're a very small minority. That vehicle, taken care of, would last you the rest of your life.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > CleverUsername 05/12/2015 at 16:33

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That thing would need a Porsche 993 Twin Turbocharged engine with robust little turbos (no lag), and low-end-torque tuned cams to push a 28-window Limo like that, loaded down with passengers... It would need at least a basic flat-6 just to push the shell around with any amount of authority at all.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > CleverUsername 05/12/2015 at 16:35

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What makes you think they don’t?

FastNLoud had one on their show like that... and it did pitch like a rowboat in heavy seas.