On this President's Day, Roadloans would like to bring your attention to something you'll probably never be able to get a car loan for, no matter how good your credit is...the Presidential State Car. Even the Roadloans reputation for quality auto finance and bad credit car loans cannot overcome this barrier. I'm sorry. You just can't have it.  But, auto loan or not, this President's Day, the Presidential State Car makes for a fun research project.  Wikipedia has given you a great start here.  

 

This post brings back some memories of growing up with Hollywood as another family member.  The movies were another world to me, and the cars in them fixtures that I assumed were real and otherworldly.  Of course when you grow up it is a bit disappointing to find out that your childhood icons were based on, not cars born out of the heavens, but cars assembled in a plant by a guy named Mac and modified by a set designer named Biff. 

What do you think?  Would it be possible to get an auto loan for one of these puppies? If so, I'm in for the truck to the left. Let's see if you can guess what movie the picture is from.  

"...9 out of 10 guys don’t live in the actual city that they play in, so you’ve got to ship your cars"

In honor of game 7 of the NBA playoffs, which airs tonight, we put our internet research team on the hunt for some goods regarding the fast paced world of the NBA and something car related.  No its not about their car loans or any kind of financing.  It is about the wild world of shipping...that's right...shipping.  Bored yet?  Its actually kind of interesting, at least the New York Times thinks so.  Have you ever thought about what the big ballers drive?  They make a lot of money and so it should be no surprise that they aren't driving Hyundais, regardless of their strong warranties.  Here's the deal, few of these ballers actually live in the cities in which they play, which means their phat rides need to get home somehow.  How do they do it?  Check out the article to find out.  

Nerd Alert!  Now you can buy your very own Back to the Future DeLorean, complete with internal and external components, including the flux capacitor, overhead status array, and Mr Fusion home energy reactor (currently out of stock).  Heck, you can even buy Doc Brown's Radio control unit!  Now if you can just find a DeLorean to retrofit with all this stuff, you'll be time traveling in no time. Check out the nuttiness here.  

It turns out that some of the cars from the latest and fourth installment of "Fast and the Furious" are up for sale on eBay.  According to this article, they don't seem to be worth much because they have been pretty well damaged, so beware...not that you were going to go out and buy one.  Can you imagine me pulling into the driveway in a Buick with "F-Bomb" painted on the front?  "Hey daddy, what does THAT mean?"  Anyways, I'm sure somebody will buy them and do something creative.  

See the article here. 

In the spirit of presidential vehicle investigation, I came across this presidential SUV, which apparently used to trail President Bush's motorcade.  Its not NEW news, but worth mentioning nonetheless, if nothing more than to give you an opportunity to see hot death emanating from the barrel of a mounted chaingun.  I hate war, violence, and the like, but man are machine guns cool.  Watch the video here and witness molten destruction.  This is something straight out of G.I. Joe. 

Following up on a previous article, here is more on President Obama's Caddy.  "Nicknamed ‘The Beast’, the limo is based on a number of GM platforms and shares components with several different vehicles." The specs on this thing are truly outrageous, but as it turns out, the President will not be making milk runs in this monstrosity, instead using it for public appearances up and down Pennsylvania Avenue.  See the article here. 

It seems silly to say that the President has a nice car.  I guess it should be assumed that the highest ranking official in these United States would have a nice buggy to putter about in.  Still, this car is really nice, as outlined in this article.  The only thing it seems to be missing is rocket launchers and machine gun turrets, which would be horribly impractical but immensely cool.  This particular Presidential Cadillac continues a tradition that began in 1919, "when President Woodrow Wilson sported a Cadillac in a World War I victory parade in Boston. The Calvin Coolidge administration kept up the tradition, utilizing a 1928 Cadillac Town Car."  The article goes on to chronicle the history of the special car up until the time of President Bush.  A great read. 

...Paris Hilton did buy a pink Bentley.  According to the article, the car and custom work totaled $200,000.  Of course I don't judge Paris Hilton.  Our versions of reality are showing in different theatres, at different release dates, in different languages, and in different countries.  This just helps me to understand the gaping chasm between Hollywood and the rest of us.  Yet they still set the pace for how our culture runs.  Interesting.  Read the article here.