If it only cost 1.1 million, how could it have a slide? Don't remember seeing one.
If it only cost 1.1 million, how could it have a slide? Don't remember seeing one.
Larry & Diane Byrd
Lufkin Texas.
2005 Liberty Elegant Lady H3-45
1998 Vantare H3-45 D/S SOLD
2016 Cadillac Escalade ESV 4WD
With all the emphasis on going "green", I don't see why this bus wouldn't have worked.
All it needs is a little armor....VW BUS.jpg
http://www.whitehousedossier.com/201...ning-bus-tour/
Check the vid and count all the vehicles. Couple of thoughts come to mind -
1.) all the state troopers in MN are in tow.....
2.) what is the carbon footprint of that deal?
An American President in a Canadian Built bus... Paid for by US taxpayer dollars. (this is where I need to bite my lip and keep my American taxpaying mouth shut).
I don't think it had slide(s), but can't say for sure. I would think not as they would want to be able to get going instantly, not wait for the slide to run in first.
Our 2001 Country Coach XL 45 2 slider could be moved around with the slides out. Maybe the XLII slide interlock/parking brake mechanism could be optionalized as to allow this coach to get on the run while the slides retract??? 'Course, they would have to leave a windwo open while the slides retract to prevent ears popping.
Last edited by Coloradobus; 08-16-2011 at 07:23 PM.
Jim and Chris
2001 Featherlite Vogue XLV 2 slide with Rivets-current coach, 1999 shell
Previous 22 years,
We have owned every kind of Prevost shell but an H3-40
I suppose they could rig an override for it. I just can't see them really needing it. I am sure they are not going to overnight in it unless they are moving to another stop.
The article said that they bought two of them at $1.1M each. That cannot be accurate. It probably has a million dollars worth of electronics on board. Couple that with the armor and gas-tight seals (chemical attack proofing), I suspect the cost is much higher. Since its "classified" it may be years before we learn the truth, if ever.