"Frosted" (frostedbuns)
10/14/2014 at 15:13 • Filed to: None
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"Frosted" (frostedbuns)
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Todays classroom boredom has me on eBay looking at old hearses for sale. They aren't terrible expensive. Around 5 grand will get you !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
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So Oppo, would dailying around in a hearse be a good idea? Is it even plausible to get the DMV to register one as a personal car? I dunno how one of these would be classified, a limo? It's obviously very practical. I imagine that getting the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! would mean you'd be getting a fairly reliable motor as well.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Frosted
10/14/2014 at 15:15 |
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Mileage: crummy
Insurance: probably pretty damn low
Style: outta sight
Nibby
> Frosted
10/14/2014 at 15:19 |
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Do it.
JGrabowMSt
> Frosted
10/14/2014 at 15:24 |
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Just give it a little more persuasion under the hood and I'm down.
505Turbeaux
> Frosted
10/14/2014 at 15:26 |
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DMV doesnt care, to them it is a wagon. To me it is a really big wagon that has just held alot of dead people. Would hoon. Especially this one...
SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
> Frosted
10/14/2014 at 15:26 |
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Only when it's running:
Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
> Frosted
10/14/2014 at 15:27 |
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Hand built and over $100k new. I say yes, but you will have to give it a little personality so you don't look like some creeper necrophiliac.
mcseanerson
> Frosted
10/14/2014 at 15:28 |
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Crocket Bernet
> Frosted
10/14/2014 at 15:31 |
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Do it, do it now.
Big Bubba Ray
> Frosted
10/14/2014 at 15:39 |
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Definitely doable but I can't fathom why anybody would want to haha
When my mom was in high school, before she had her own car, was picked up daily by a friend who drove a hearse. She hated being seen in that thing.
sm70- why not Duesenberg?
> Frosted
10/14/2014 at 15:40 |
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It would likely be okay, as long as you have a place to park it. And even then, there will be times when you may not be able to park it at all. Other than that and gas being a bitch, it is perfectly legal and could have many upsides.
Tohru
> JGrabowMSt
10/14/2014 at 15:53 |
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With that kind of rake you know the ride's gotta be stiff in the back.
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Tohru
> Frosted
10/14/2014 at 15:53 |
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You even gotta ask? Do it, man.
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JGrabowMSt
> Tohru
10/14/2014 at 15:58 |
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jkm7680
> Frosted
10/14/2014 at 16:08 |
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Don't you think it's a bit strange driving a vehicle used to transport dead people?
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Frosted
> jkm7680
10/14/2014 at 16:22 |
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Nope.
This is how I imagine driving a hearse would be.
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jkm7680
> Frosted
10/14/2014 at 16:25 |
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I'd imagine all the ladies would run away.
Chairman Kaga
> Frosted
10/14/2014 at 16:33 |
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Have you ever watched Six Feet Under?
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Frosted
> Chairman Kaga
10/14/2014 at 16:38 |
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Nope!
Pixel
> Frosted
10/14/2014 at 16:55 |
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Downsides:
-Only seats 2-3 on the front bench seat, no rear seat.
-Mediocre gas mileage at best.
-Huge blind spots.
-Larger and therefore harder to drive/park.
-Cadillacs are sometimes built off their "Commercial Chassis" with beefier suspension/brake parts which are more expensive and may be harder to source.
-People will freak out, some will overreact in not-fun ways.
Upside:
-Getting to drive around in a hearse.
- HearseCon .
SteveySpills
> Frosted
10/14/2014 at 18:30 |
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A regular at the oil change place where I work daily drives a hearse, specifically one made from a Cadillac Brougham. He's a welder by trade and says it has plenty of room for his stuff and is a great ride, plus he keeps an oak casket in there because it's awesome. It has regular RI plates, so I'm guessing you'd just register it as a normal car. For Halloween he's gonna have the casket open with a fake skeleton propped up in it and a strobe light going. But yeah, it's very daily drive-able, so you should go for it!
Dusty Ventures
> Frosted
10/14/2014 at 18:32 |
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As someone who regularly drives a hearse I'd say Pixel was spot on with the pros and cons. For reference, our model is a 2002 Town Car hearse built by Federal, with the 4.8 (4.7?) liter V8. It seats two, three if we're desperate. Obviously we do a lot of city driving at low speeds where we have to be on and off the throttle which doesn't help things, but our overall fuel economy is about 14 mpg. I have seen it get low 20s cruising on the highway. It's 21 feet long and has a turning radius akin to a Suburban (from the few times I've driven a Cadillac hearse they seem to be even worse). It weighs about 6,000 pounds and you can definitely tell when driving it. Visibility is similar to that of a cargo van. The rear hatch door has a window, sure, but thanks to the curtains there's only about one square foot that's usable. I definitely get funny looks sometimes when driving it around, getting gas, stopping at McDonald's, etc.
On the positives, it can handle about two thousand pounds in the rear, and thanks to the pneumatic suspension leveling system the ass doesn't sag when loaded. There's also great hidden storage under the rear floor (accessible via the rear side doors), plus great hidden cubbies on each side of the raised floor in the back. It drifts like nobody's business in the winter, even better than our regular Town Car. I'm told it can be a decent tow vehicle and tow as much as 5,000 lbs (I'd want to upgrade the brakes first though). And there are definitely times where it's just feels illogically fun to be cruising around in it with your arm hanging out the window.
In regards to legality, there's no issues. There's special hearse plates when you're actually going to be using it as a hearse, but if you're using it as a regular car you'll register it just like you would anything. If there's even the faintest hint of an odor in the back I would suggest having the floor, underfloor, and bottom inch or two of the rear walls thoroughly cleaned. You might even want to go so far as removing the rollers, sanitizing them, and putting them back. Occasionally things leak. It doesn't happen to every hearse, but it happens to some.
ranwhenparked
> Frosted
10/14/2014 at 19:34 |
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As long as you don't live in the same apartment complex as a bunch of superstitious idiots.
Actually, I owned a non-hearse Fleetwood from the same era, and it did kind of nickle and dime me to death. Transmission rebuilt, transmission solenoids, digital dash, two window regulators, head gaskets, two turn signal relays, exhaust brackets, backup lights, and the rear suspension all had to get done in the span of about 60,000 miles.
Hearses are generally treated pretty gently, accumulate fairly low mileage, and are usually meticulously maintained, so if you want a big Cadillac from the '90s, that might actually be the best way to do it.
boobytrapsandtreasure
> Frosted
10/22/2014 at 16:22 |
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You can also find ambulances in fairly good shape for $4,500. With that being said do you really think you would want to pick up a date in a hearse? Unless she's Wednesday Addams she may not be thrilled with the idea.
Coty
> Frosted
11/17/2014 at 21:44 |
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You can get them registered as easy as anything else.