Limos blow. They're unsightly, often comical beasts that exchange comfort for size (well, length) and offer all the tactile pleasure of a mid-market motel (pleather chairs, paper napkins, five pound champagne glasses, etc.). I've yet to ride in a limo that didn't assault my olfactory organ with a whiff of amonia. Yeah, you know what I'm talking about. In fact, I reckon more than a few of you took my opening sentence at face value (so to speak) and pornoed the second. That's limos for you. In fact, if rock stars had never snorted coke and screwed groupies in the back of their limo, you wouldn't have high school boys crowding into them on prom night wishing, hoping, dreaming of doing the same. Nor would observers crane their necks to see what's going on inside these bizarre vehicles or whether or not the person emerging will fall down. I'd rather ride in the back of a comfortable sedan with a fresh newspaper and an old cigar. Home James.
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I remember I once saw a stretch 1987 Honda Accord limo. Holy crap I laughed my ass off.
It was of course in Orange County … the land of all that is an embarassment.
I recall, in early October 1999 seeing my first Hummer limo. We were on a stretch of lonely Interstate in Missouri, catching up to the pack after car trouble while on the Cannonball Classic. I recall thinking at the time “That must be the handbasket we’re riding to hell in”…
I didn’t realize how prophetic I was!
–chuck
I have to admit responsibility for a limo being spritzed with some amonia cleaner, having downed the better part of glass of scotch I had been nursing en route to a dinner. Only the limo drove so slowly that I finished the scotch off and that finished me off. They never rented a limo again as we were an hour late because those things are so impractical and the drivers have to be so careful.
I’ve seen an 80’s Ford Escort limo, and, even worse, a stretched Renault Alliance. Worst of all I’ve seen may be a Corvette stretch limo.
These podcasts don’t seem to generate much in the way of comments- should we take that to indicate that people don’t tend to listen to them?
I know I don’t. Talk moves so much more slowly than reading does, and any time I try to listen to a podcast I end up reading something else and ignoring the blah blah blah in the background.
I’m just one site-goer, so naturally one should take my thoughts for what they’re worth (probably not too much). I guess I was just dissappointed- coming back here after two weeks away from the site, and seeing so many podcasts that I know I’ll never listen to. And surprised at how they’ve become such a significant percentage of new content.
And yeah, limos do blow. No argument there.
i listen to the podcasts, i just don’t have anything witty to say about them. i enjoy having 10 minutes to zone out when i get home from work. i actually wish they were longer than 10 minutes
Not only is David Lee Roth adopted, but i sent Spin that link!
RicardoHead: I see your Accord, and I raise you a Trabant.
I wonder if I can make a totally off topic post to tell you to tell your friends at Jalopnik that en fuego sounds totally unnatural in Spanish…
You know how, in English, saying “the car is in fire” doesn’t sound right? Well, same thing.
Common usage would be en llamas (up in flames).
Yours truly,
A San Jose resident
Ach du scheiße eine Trabant Limo! O mensch, muss mal kotzen!
I just got married and this was our limo. Surely this is the exception to the ‘all limos blow’ rule.
And I really enjoy all the podcasts. Keep em coming. Thanks!
I find the podcasts extremely entertaining.
As for limos, I’ve seen a few Hummer limos in sticky situations, almost getting stuck some times. But I have never been in a limo before.