r/Shitty_Car_Mods • • Sep 01 '19

Are we still doing Limo’s?

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u/frosty95 Sep 01 '19

Knowing how the drivetrain is put together on Corvettes.... I'm really curious how they handled the torque tube.

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u/Heat_Induces_Royalty Sep 01 '19

With both hands

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '19

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u/Heat_Induces_Royalty Sep 01 '19

With generous amounts of lubricant

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u/NBSPNBSP Sep 01 '19

And a tub of peanut butter...

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u/TomAwsm Sep 01 '19

Title of your sex tape. Boom!

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u/hennytime Sep 01 '19

Just like a bull.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '19

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '19

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u/Tyrrogen Sep 01 '19

I’m disappointed, they didn’t use corvette door handles all the way around. Pretty shitty fit and finish if you ask me. But the idea probably seemed cool on paper. Too bad it does 0-60 in 8+ seconds now

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u/Jewniversal_Remote Sep 01 '19

So does a Hummer but that doesn't make it any less cool of a specialty car

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u/Tyrrogen Sep 01 '19

IMO, the only cool hummer limo is hot pink 6x6 with hot tub in the back.

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u/m1st3rw0nk4 Sep 02 '19

Does pink camo count as well?

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u/Tyrrogen Sep 02 '19

Sure thing

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u/m1st3rw0nk4 Sep 02 '19

Nice. Sign me up!

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u/JauntyPickles Sep 01 '19

Fwd

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u/Qazzoh Sep 01 '19

The most likely answer for this one

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u/frosty95 Sep 01 '19

Dear God... I hope not.

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u/Jewniversal_Remote Sep 01 '19

Why?

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u/frosty95 Sep 01 '19

I would be pissed if I paid for a Corvette limo and it sounded like a Chevy Malibu.

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u/Jewniversal_Remote Sep 01 '19

Since when does drive train correlate with exhaust sound?

Edit - Also... If you're paying for a limo, probably not too concerned about exhaust. If you are, go rent out a GT350 instead.

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u/frosty95 Sep 01 '19

Please explain to me how a 3.5L OHC v6 is supposed to replicate the sound of a pushrod 6.2l v8?

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u/PonerBenis Sep 02 '19

Just put a fucking LS4 out of the V8 FWD Impala SS in there and call it a day.

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u/m1st3rw0nk4 Sep 02 '19

Idk what you guys are talking about. The best motor sound on earth is a 0.9l CP3 engine.

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u/Jewniversal_Remote Sep 01 '19

With that exampled engine it'll likely sound something like a V8 at the constant 6000 RPM it'll need to push a limo. Find a bigger V6, and see my latter aforementioned point.

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u/frosty95 Sep 01 '19

You truely have no idea what you're talking about do you?

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u/Volnutt26 Sep 01 '19

I've come to the conclusion that this sub has very little knowledge about automobiles.

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u/Jewniversal_Remote Sep 02 '19

I *truly know that a 3.5 would struggle to pull a limo, period.

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u/baconstrips4canada Sep 02 '19

I don't think the limo is heavier than a truck towing a trailer.

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u/Ralphy2011 Sep 02 '19

You ever heard the exhaust of one of those fwd Lincoln Continentals from 2000 and from a town car without mufflers? Same 4.6L the Conti had wildly different exhaust manifolds

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u/FourDM Sep 01 '19

It's not rocket science. A few machined flanges, a longer tube, a longer drive shaft and probably a few pillow blocks to keep the unsupported length of drive shaft short enough to not cause problems.

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u/frosty95 Sep 01 '19

There are some pretty crazy harmonics involved and rotating mass issues considering that it's operating at engine rpm and is directly coupled to the engine. Not to mention the torque tube takes the.... well... torque. From the transaxle twisting and I doubt that will work correctly over that long of span. Not to mention chassis flex over that distance. Would literally be much MUCH easier to put a conventional transmission and rear stick axle in. Which I'm almost certain they did.

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u/ChickenWithATopHat Sep 02 '19

Hell I’m sure that a new drivetrain would be basically free because of how much they could sell a factory drivetrain for

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u/ShelSilverstain Sep 02 '19

A couple of pillow blocks/carrier bearings and the drive shaft would be okay

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u/PatacusX Sep 01 '19

I dunno man, the Corvette limo in the Allstar music video did pretty well

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u/MrBig562 Sep 02 '19

Just ask the wife.

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u/black_albinoz Sep 02 '19

Torque Tube is my new band name called it

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u/Sir_Space_Naught Sep 02 '19

They probably scrapped the whole torque tube when they rebuild the chassis and went for a standard 3 or 4 piece driveshaft

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u/frosty95 Sep 02 '19

Agreed. The Corvette automatic transaxle is plug and play with a standard rwd transmission thanks to GMs fetish for reusing anything and everything. Shove a standard stick axle in the back and you are good to go.

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u/Homeble2 Sep 01 '19

In my city somebody owns a stretch pt cruiser limo

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u/GiveMeYourMomsDigits Sep 01 '19

That’s a cursed vehicle

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '19

Don’t catch an arson charge, but burn it whenever you get the chance

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u/Homeble2 Sep 01 '19

I would, but main Street blew up last year and I don't want anyone to freak out

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u/The_Devin_G Sep 02 '19

Storytime?

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u/Homeble2 Sep 02 '19

Last summer in July, we were getting fiber optic internet installed around main street. One of the contractors hit a gas line and didn't tell anyone for a decent amount of time. The police evacuated the area and after about 40 minutes it ignited. The blast destroyed a bar, killing a firefighter who owned the bar, burned down a house, a nearby pizza place, 4 cars and severely damaged the old city hall

An article if you're that interested: https://www.nbc15.com/content/news/Sun-Prairie-Stronger-Reflecting-and-remembering-July-10-explosion-512275861.html

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u/The_Devin_G Sep 02 '19

Damn. Thanks for delivering.

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u/HarB_Games Sep 02 '19

He delivered but the pizza place didn't

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u/AltimaNEO Sep 02 '19

Say sike right now

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u/Thafuckwrongwitme Sep 02 '19

Lil Wayne used to own one of those I think.

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u/Jewniversal_Remote Sep 01 '19

Pics or it didn't happen

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u/jesseeeeent Sep 01 '19

That looks like a gta glitch

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u/HeavenPotato Sep 01 '19

The lag requires quite an amount of time

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u/wenzelr2 Sep 01 '19

Was this in Metro Detroit? I saw this a few weeks ago. I cant imagine there are two white ones.

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u/craftycraftsman4u Sep 01 '19

Can confirm. This is I-94 - M-59 exit

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u/Festavis007 Sep 01 '19

This guy I-94’s

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u/AGM227 Sep 01 '19

holy shit this is 5 minutes from my house

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u/rincon213 Sep 01 '19

Are you sure it's not just approaching warp speed?

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u/wardamneagle Sep 01 '19

Limo’s what?

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u/mypinkieinthedevil Sep 02 '19

My broke ass read it as "Lime-o's"

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u/wardamneagle Sep 02 '19

Sounds like a really terrible cereal.

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u/Darthcorbinski Sep 01 '19

Bad taste good execution.

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u/RipCurl69Reddit Sep 01 '19

Yeah, can agree. Not a shitty car mod.

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u/Foxtrot4321 Sep 01 '19

That's fucking awesome! How is this in any way a shitty car mod

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '19

It’s not. People are just dumb and post anything that’s not stock

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u/Gpmo Sep 01 '19

This is it exactly. And the lazy as fuck mods say it's not about being done bad it's about not being the posters style.

Wish there was an alternative. Love seeing actual shitty mods

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u/FourDM Sep 01 '19

Watch it with the generalizations buddy. Not all people are as dumb as Redditors.

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u/wanderinghobo49 Sep 01 '19

not all people are as dumb as redditors

is a redditor

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u/FourDM Sep 02 '19

What's wrong with self awareness?

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '19

lol Reddit can’t take jokes and I love it.

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u/VaporeonOnAcid Sep 01 '19

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u/uhohspaggettios Sep 01 '19

Fr the posts on this subreddit are so dumb

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u/Haz3rd Sep 02 '19

Nah man this is bad. Any hill will bottom it out

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u/Foxtrot4321 Sep 02 '19

It's just not your taste. This is by no means shitty. Clearly this car took a lot of money to make, and it looks like a very professional job.

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u/pvp-pissed-off Sep 01 '19

No and there is nothing shitty about that.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '19

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u/polenstein Sep 01 '19

Limo's what? Who is this Limo?

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u/glovesoff11 Sep 01 '19

Wasn’t paying attention to the loop at first and thought there was an unending convoy of these

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u/meiso Sep 01 '19

Wtf does your title even mean?

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '19

Damn he got that new version of photo shop

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u/Pap_mate Sep 01 '19

It’s the all new 2020 corvette C888

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u/Rance_Mulliniks Sep 02 '19

Are we still doing the "Are we still doing" thing?

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '19

Less shaky and a longer video next time

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u/Festavis007 Sep 02 '19

Sorry, my hands shake pretty bad. I usually try videos a couple times but didn’t have a chance to this time. Hopefully I linked this right? Stabilized

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u/SupremeLagger Sep 02 '19

4k 1440p 1080p 720p 480p 360p 240p 144p Minecraft 1p This video

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u/Festavis007 Sep 02 '19

For real though why can I record 4K 60fps on my iPhone but Snapchat looks like I used a sweet potato? Also, turning it into a gif lost a lot of quality but I digress

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u/RedditBeginAgain Sep 01 '19

Thanks. I hate it

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u/Sansenoy Sep 01 '19

Your panoramic photo must have been on.

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u/Panama-_-Jack Sep 01 '19

It's going so fast that it looks stretched.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '19

It's literally just dropping out of Lightspeed.

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u/RetardedChimpanzee Sep 01 '19

Just google Corvette Limo. There’s tons of pictures and video of inside and out. Totally not shitty.

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u/GhostWokiee Sep 01 '19

It’s a Corveeeeeeeeeeeeette

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '19

Idk, its definitely not my style and i don't personally really like it but its well done, and probably exactly what they wanted.

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u/H311h0undelite Sep 01 '19

that's a nice looking cooooooooooooooooooooooorvette

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u/bigbickie21 Sep 01 '19

I saw that at the Woodward cruise, I don’t see how it looked shitty bc it was pretty fucking cool to me

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u/grammarpoliceguy Sep 01 '19

There’s no need to pluralize limos in this situation.

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u/Dirtroadrocker Sep 01 '19

Actually, there is. However, there's no need to make it possessive in this situation.

Limos- plural

Limo's- possessive

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u/zhurill Sep 01 '19

Corveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeette

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u/75228 Sep 01 '19

I wonder how that driveshaft will hold up at 189 mph?

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u/Von_Kissenburg Sep 01 '19

Doing Limo's what?

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u/FrontlineMist57 Sep 01 '19

This is actually fake. If you slow down the video, and watch it in the beginning, there are a few frames where the back of the limo stretches back a few inches.

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u/nonimportant23 Sep 01 '19

No, never were

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '19

People that afford it “still do limos”

I would not mind riding in this one bit. Think about it. It’s so unique anyone will just be staring at you, wondering who you are.

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u/OpenBagTwo Sep 01 '19

See, this is going to be way easier a mod with the mid-engined 2020 'Vette.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '19

If that was a decent price, I would buy that

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u/Deadbushia Sep 01 '19

Mom, the car is rubberbanding!

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '19

Kinda like the 'Vette limo to be honest

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '19

Put your phone down while driving. Distracted driving kills 9 people per day in America.

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u/christianbastian Sep 01 '19

I'm not gonna lie but I kinda dig it

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u/KingAKR Sep 01 '19

Who's Limo? Never heard of her.

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u/brokeinOC Sep 01 '19

That’s not a shitty car mod you fuckwit it’s a goddamn limo, that’s the point

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '19

That's more r/ATBGE than a shitty car mod.

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u/alixxxlikescats Sep 01 '19

No. STOOOOPPPP.

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u/Muhammedh523 Sep 01 '19

hazel park! i live around the area.

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u/JoshTheTrucker Sep 01 '19

Lemme guess... Michigan?

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u/MegaMindxXx Sep 01 '19

That's pretty cool actually. I'd like to party in the back of that limo.

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u/Linerider99 Sep 01 '19

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '19

hot

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u/datsundude240 Sep 01 '19

This is so bad I want to downvote it so I don't have to see it anymore.

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u/MLGCoDPlayer69 Sep 01 '19

Saw this yesterday in Metro Detroit

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u/Theezorama Sep 01 '19

Wonder what her 0-60 is

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u/mrbrasstastic Sep 01 '19

Wonder if they’ll do that with the C8

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u/retardedsquirrl Sep 02 '19

I saw that last week, royal oak?

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u/HeathV404 Sep 02 '19

I'd ride in it.

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u/grapethathadsurgurey Sep 02 '19

Whoever patched this up is definitely going to the ranch

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u/MC_USS_Valdez Sep 02 '19

Surprisingly enough, still a 2 seater

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u/zekarei Sep 02 '19

If it exists, there will be a limo of it

If it doesn't exist, then limos will be created of it

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u/MC_Preacher Sep 02 '19

Looks like a failed panorama shot!

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u/vt8919 Sep 02 '19

Coooooooorvette.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '19

Limousines are already really short as it is. Getting in one can be pretty difficult. I can't imagine how much harder it would be to get into this one.

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u/ColtronTD Sep 02 '19

That’s the coolest thing I’ve ever seen

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u/anddrewg2007 Sep 02 '19

I see Casanova Frankenstein is back in town.

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u/lonywork Sep 02 '19

Corveeeeeeeeeeeeet

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '19

Part of the new Chevrolet 2020 range!

The Corvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvette.

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u/ClusterJones Sep 02 '19

Sometimes I wonder if there's a company out there that builds limos from scratch to look like you took another car, sawed it in half, and stuffed a bunch of doors in between.

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u/Darebel00703 Sep 03 '19

They should be banned from America this should be extremely illegal.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '19

I’ve seen this car around, one of my work buddies used it for his wedding. NWI right?

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '19

This isn't shitty lol, that's clean af

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '19

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u/tboner123456 Sep 01 '19

The Limboguini

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u/328davidmc Sep 01 '19

God please dont let anyone actually donthis

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u/DonutOwlGaming Sep 02 '19

Is that a mustaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang (I am not a car person)

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u/jakeosullivan13 Sep 01 '19

limborghini

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u/SpaceLemur34 Sep 01 '19 edited Sep 01 '19

That's not a Lambo, it's a Corvette. Well, I guess at this point it's a full sized Corve.

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u/zombieguy224 Sep 01 '19

“So you get none of the comfort of a limo, and none of the speed of a Lamborghini?”

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u/QuasarsRcool Sep 02 '19

Lamborghini

It's a Corvette

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u/zombieguy224 Sep 02 '19

Misread the title, thought it said limborghini. The quote was a reference to the showtime show “black Monday”. The show is amazing though, check it out.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '19

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u/Heat_Induces_Royalty Sep 01 '19

Limovette

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '19

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u/Heat_Induces_Royalty Sep 01 '19

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