Drove a police interceptor 2 hours away and traded it for this slab of garbage on 4 wheels, drove it back after getting it started since it would not come back on once turned off. Stupidest marketplace decision ever. But hey, there's a limo in my driveway now

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YellowThirteen_@reddit

The other guy made off in this deal. I’d rather have a big v8 and spotlights than a limo without a chauffeur.

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rincavornon@reddit (OP)

In my defense, it was a 2014 3.7 Taurus with timing chain stretch

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Your new beast sounds like the solarnoid sticking. Possibly. If it sounds like a dead battery by just making a single click sound, after the car is warmed up the it’s the solenoid. If it start no problem when it’s cold. It’d be the first thing I change. Ps if the cars hot and it’s not too sticky, give the solenoid a few good taps with a hammer and try again. Sometimes it’ll get you out of trouble. But enjoy the luxury mate 👍😁

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YellowThirteen_@reddit

Well it’s not an old crown vic but it’s but those Taurus’s are pretty solid. They’re a lot better than the Police Impalas of that era. I get not wanting to fuck with replacing the timing chain but that limo seems like a much bigger project

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rincavornon@reddit (OP)

My daily is a 2012 Infiniti G37 with no mods and low miles, everything else I drive is just...because why not. The LT1 V8 and 4L60 combo isn't the worst thing to have, basically just a long ass Roadmaster 😂

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ajmartin527@reddit

My buddy picked up an old limo, took quite a bit of love but now they drive it out to the bars with alternating chauffeurs lol strapped a big old rack of horns on the hood too. It’s pretty dope

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1600cc@reddit

He paid all that money and has nothing to chauffeur it

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Electrical-Secret-25@reddit

Omfg. You made me laugh, now gtfo lol

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blueingreen85@reddit

This technically has a bigger v8 right? 5.7 at 260hp I think.

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Plenty-Industries@reddit

Weighs 1000lbs more, at least.

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blueingreen85@reddit

I’d say converted to a giant El Camino, but it’s a unibody so that’s not super easy.

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Impressive-Box-2911@reddit

What year is this? Guessing pre 1994-1996 LT1? Can’t see the side mirrors in the pic.

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rincavornon@reddit (OP)

1996 LT1 TBI w/ 4L Slippy

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Impressive-Box-2911@reddit

All LT1 s are SFI. Weak points on these vehicle are cheap thermo plastic GM radiator housing components that will eventually fail if they haven’t been replaced yet. Interior control buttons and switches will break off. Keep an eye on the water pump ans front end timing chain seals leaking water/oil on the optispark underneath.

The LT1 powertrain itself will outlast the rest of the car. The transmission shift solenoids will fail if they haven’t been replaced already. If you wanna wake this limo up pretty nice on acceleration I recommend basic cold air intake ad exhaust ( any much more free flowing muffler besides the restrictive stock mufflers will do). A nice PCM4Less LT1 tune will also wake her up a bit. All in combo can yield an extra 20-30hp easily.

This is from someone who’s owned and worked on a ton of 1994-1996 B Bodies since 2003.

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rincavornon@reddit (OP)

Sick advice dude thank you. The transmission feels sus, I'm not sure if there's any transmission fluid in it, hard to read the dipstick.

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Impressive-Box-2911@reddit

When the shift solenoids start to die off you'll get this weird limp mod like behavior as if the transmission is just skipping all the torque of 1st gear and just going right into 2nd and 3rd gear. Kinda like a transmission slipping but not as performance robbing.

You can tell a dying shift solenoid by the temperature, once they heat up they show their deterioration. So if the car moves and shifts great the first 5 minutes after start up but then starts feeling limp more into the drive duration its probably the shift solenoids and not the actual transmission slipping.

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Electrical-Secret-25@reddit

This guy fuckin solenoids! ☝️☝️

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rincavornon@reddit (OP)

Update: I feel like i should clarify that tonight after a new starter and battery, it fires up first try every time and drives great

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Electrical-Secret-25@reddit

Now make us all proud, and fill it full cocaine and college girls!

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wstsidhome@reddit

So….specs on the both cars so we can know how bad of a deal it really was??? Just giving you a hard time, but what kind of shape, year/mileage/etc? I love interceptors, so I’m just curious what made you make the deal?

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rincavornon@reddit (OP)

2014 Taurus 3.7 AWD, timing chain stretch/CEL/no back seats, 111k miles

1996 Fleetwood 5.7 V8, 4L60, 95k miles, shit paint

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GhostOfMrBojangles@reddit

So Technically, that LT1 can be considered a " police interceptor" engine too, because they were available in the Caprice cop cars.

It's actually getting hard to find the 94-96 LT1 cars that aren't totally trashed, with 250k miles, on 20" wheels, and reeking of B.O. and weed.

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NoTransportation2899@reddit

I think this is a hilarious and awesome decision that will lead to good memories

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LordNubington@reddit

But….why?

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DG04511@reddit

I always wanted the limo when I played MASH as a kid.

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raulsagundo@reddit

He's that guy, every neighborhood has to have one.

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handsomebutcher@reddit

My neighborhood has that guy with a hearse in the driveway 🤷‍♂️

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doyu@reddit

We have a dude who put side by side tracks on a Hyundai. Does that count?

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cuntface878@reddit

We're going to need some pics of that one.

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settlementfires@reddit

That guy sounds awesome

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MindCorrupt@reddit

There's an M113 armoured personel carrier around the corner from me.

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SetherAedekae@reddit

I'm that guy

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col3man17@reddit

Used to live in a neighborhood and this dude had a limo. Except it was lifted with huge tires, it was.. a sight to see.

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not-my_username_@reddit

Growing up it was us. My brother had one he spray painted "farm use" on. Illegal as fuck, not even a title. Cops always thought it was funny and let him go.

But we did have pigs in it at one point cruising around so once he showed them the mud in the back it kind of was covered under the farm use "loophole".

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1600cc@reddit

This guy also sounds awesome

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RocketJohn5@reddit

I have a relative that has two on their block. Cars everywhere. [insert Buzz lightyear meme here]

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Sejiblack@reddit

They were cones!

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One-Guitar-7373@reddit

… why not?

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Fast-Reaction8521@reddit

Dude has a driveway of mistakes

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its_k1llsh0t@reddit

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say OP doesn't make the smartest financial decisions.

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tiagojpg@reddit

Because… why not?

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FreidasBoss@reddit

It’s not even a fun limo, it’s a funeral limo that just adds an extra row of seats.

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HayGoward@reddit

That’ll be hard to sell.

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1600cc@reddit

It wasn't yesterday.

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metakepone@reddit

Was probably on marketplace for months, if not years

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flipedturtle@reddit

So this is how people start those shit lawns full of undriveable garbage. Fun to see when it’s only a couple at first

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tehlurkingnoob@reddit

Oh man, I am absolutely and unashamedly that guy in my neighbourhood. 2 driveways and a lawn full of old Japanese “junk” that the general public would scoff and turn their nose down at 😂

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coincannaduh@reddit

Fuck those chumps, you won

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Nightcrew22@reddit

Guess you could say you bucked up

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Derp_Face123@reddit

Put a really, really long roof rack on it.

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Chemical_Stage5136@reddit

Put a v8 in it!

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RansomStark78@reddit

Subaru wagon and audi tt

You. My kind of guy

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Mondaycomestoosoon@reddit

Limo and snow bedfellows?

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Nasty_Rex@reddit

I feel like we would be friends

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DetColePhelps11k@reddit

The interceptor was more likely the better vehicle but damn I love that stupid brick. I love old Caddies.

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rincavornon@reddit (OP)

It was a 3.7 Taurus with a stretched timing chain

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dan1101@reddit

Oh I think most of us thought you meant a Crown Vic. The limo will be more interesting than a Taurus.

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juniorl3@reddit

Yo, get this car right. It will definitely worth it. With all that space, you can have 3somes and foursomes in madafuka 😆

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Yahmez99@reddit

Trading a crown Victoria for a fucking northstar is a TERRIBLE decision

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rincavornon@reddit (OP)

Somehow you've managed to get both things wrong. First, it was a 3.7L cyclone v6 (Taurus), and second, this is a RWD LT1 5.7L Chevy V8.

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Yahmez99@reddit

I might’ve got the make/models wrong, but you’re the one that made the wrong trades.

You had a police interceptor Taurus????? I have to see that.

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beemerleemer@reddit

Get it running again then you and your friends have the ultimate road trip machine.

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rincavornon@reddit (OP)

I must have given you all the impression it doesn't run. I drove it 2 hours back from where I got it and took it to McDonald's an hour ago 😂

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Thunderpuss_5000@reddit

Tell me you used the drive-thru lane. Some of those corners are really short :-)

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rincavornon@reddit (OP)

I really wanted to try but I felt like I'd take the kiosk out with it

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Thunderpuss_5000@reddit

LoL! 😆

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Substantial-Set-8981@reddit

I 100% guarantee that you were conceived in the back seat of something like this, or you did the conceiving 😂😂

As big as a house back there

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sdam87@reddit

Eh, the TT in the yard is probably the bigger issue.

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Simoxs7@reddit

Well, I don’t know if you guys in the US always get the shittiest models or just don’t do any maintenance but the older 1.8T is quite reliable…

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sdam87@reddit

We get idiots who think they’re race cars and destroy em. Why did my Quattro break? Because it’s a golf in wolf’s clothing, chill. lol

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sdam87@reddit

I’ve killed quite a few at the junk yard, seen all the bad ones. The funky clusters, the wild electrics cause a ccm got wet.

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artimus41@reddit

My buddy has a 99 TT & it’s been great for the 6 years he’s had it

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Singularity-_@reddit

Nah he doesn’t know what he’s talking about. I owned one for 7 years or so and never had an issue with regular maintenance

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irascible_Clown@reddit

Only this missing is an RX8

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thelastlugnut@reddit

Let’s get some British cars in the driveway next. How about a V12 Jag and a Discovery!

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theANY1327@reddit

A Jaaaaaaaaaag?

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sdam87@reddit

Oh no lol

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ButtDonaldsHappyMeal@reddit

This is the type of bad decision I can see myself making

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LongTallDingus@reddit

I wanna thank my dad for talking me out buying that Triumph Spitfire a few years ago.

I do not need a sixty year old British sports car sitting in my cold ass American driveway. Absolutely not.

They are pretty cool cars, though.

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Teledildonic@reddit

My best friend's dad had an MG that I never saw leave the garage in the 10 or so years we hung out at his house before we all moved off to college.

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theANY1327@reddit

Then you better fix it! xD

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Smart_Chocolate_8996@reddit

Idiot

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AuthorUnique5542@reddit

Hey at least it must've come with some hidden bags right 👍

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JourdanWithaU@reddit

[Subaru in the driveway] Sir, this limo trade was not the stupidest decision you have ever made.

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tezacer@reddit

Based on the cars in his driveway/yard hes a masochist

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1600cc@reddit

One of my old mechanics had that tendency. When I met him he said he loved working on carburetors, and instantly I knew he was a masochist. I still regret not trading him my V-twin for his alumacraft with a jetski motor in it. Half the top speed but faster acceleration...

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TrainWreck43@reddit

I’ve never seen a limo without tinted windows

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pm-me-racecars@reddit

Autocross?

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Grizz1371@reddit

Drift car

Gonna weld that dif

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PlantsandTats@reddit

Getting closer

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NuTrumpism@reddit

Cut the top off and make it a war rig

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NuTrumpism@reddit

I love this story I want more

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One-Guitar-7373@reddit

My aunt had a Lincoln town car limo years ago, fuck yeah this is awesome

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JZ1011@reddit

Did you buy this out of Ohio? I saw one for sale on marketplace last week.

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rincavornon@reddit (OP)

I wanted that one. It was way better looking. This shit was from Richmond VA

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Servile-PastaLover@reddit

Perfect vehicle for a mob hitman...ample trunk space.

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lightyourfire@reddit

If this is a transverse mounted Northstar engine I'm sorry.

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Sad-Stuff-5884@reddit

This limo isn’t based on the Deville, it’s a Fleetwood, with a red LT1 engine :)

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lightyourfire@reddit

Well that's bound to be better at least

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carjunkie94@reddit

Engine swap!

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Sad-Stuff-5884@reddit

It’s already got a good engine 😅

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GoCougz7446@reddit

It will make a wonderful starter home.

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64Olds@reddit

In your driveway? You mean on your lawn, Cletus?

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Sir_Valentino@reddit

Now you need an old rotary that’ll never work and an old British car that’ll work for 2 miles before breaking again.

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Cuddlehustle@reddit

Build out the back as a stealth camper. Have chatGPT write a very gothy humorous ad for the car directed at the "van life" demographic. Post the ad. Profit.

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garyniehaus@reddit

Just keep it connected to the gas pump forever😝

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ChainBlue@reddit

Shine a black light in the back seats

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LingeringSentiments@reddit

Honestly, I like it!

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irodov4030@reddit

you got a comfy couch with wheels!

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smittyblackstone@reddit

3 couches!

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hanwookie@reddit

What's the mpg on this? Is it still the rear wheel drive? How many miles?

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Republiconline@reddit

That’s a funeral limo, isn’t it?

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thelastlugnut@reddit

Hm. Maybe the CL search alert I have set for “limo” under $5k isn’t such a good idea?

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John-zel@reddit

The other guy probably already blocked u, he made out like a bandit, you will probably pay someone to take this off ur hands in future

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JennyDoveMusic@reddit

I had a friend (now ex friend) who spent a decent chunk on a boat. It didn't have a title, and his parents didn't want it in front of their yard, so he drove it up to the mountains. It got shot up, then disappeared. He paid someone $100 plus gas to throw away their boat. 🫠

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Rholand_the_Blind1@reddit

Always thought it would be fun to put on a high top and make a camper out of one

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harlerocco@reddit

Now I’m even more embarrassed to own a TT.

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wormee@reddit

Years ago I worked for a company that made limos. We would buy brand new lincoln town cars, strip them, cut them in half, then stretch them on a jig and rebuild. We had a saying when one was finished, "there goes another ruined vehicle".

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donkypunchrello@reddit

Audi TT, a Subaru and a broken down limo. Bro has completed the shitbox trinity

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8N-QTTRO@reddit

Nice TT!

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drawmer@reddit

You’ve been watching too much Junkyard Digs

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Sarlinger26@reddit

Be a man, drive a f***ing boat.

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I-Ardly-Know-Er@reddit

Interceptor? I 'ardly know 'er!

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HopeSuch2540@reddit

......because..... high class 👌

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amindspin74@reddit

The only reason that dumb trade makes sense is, now you can creste a 4 door UTE!

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FreidasBoss@reddit

Even better, it has six doors.

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bengermanj@reddit

We get it, you make poor financial decisions

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RyansellsBMWs@reddit

This sounds almost exactly like what me and my friends did even though it was an even bigger slab of garbage. The fuel system was rednecked into the trunk. The entire think reeked of fuel. Died and never turned back on. We left it in a parking lot never to be seen again. We have a much much better limo now.

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