FredHayek wrote: More secret service egg on face revealed today. An agent discharged a shotgun when the Iranian president was getting into his car. He just shrugged it off and rode away. If you can't trust the Secret Service with shotguns, why is Joe Biden allowed one?
Buckshot Biden riding shotgun on top of the Beast. :splat: Run! Hide!
I'm confused. I thought Obama was amidst talks in Israel? Was that a mistype Fred? Either way, a secret service agent discharging a shotgun accidentally? Sounds pretty assinine. Who taught that boy how to handle a gun? lol
FredHayek wrote: I found the story funny. More egg on the face of the Secret Service? You think they would use a diesel engine to lower the chance of fire.
It's my understanding that "The Beast" does have a diesel engine in it. The base platform is the Chevy Kodiak, which is a medium duty truck chassis that uses the DuraMax V8 diesel engine and an Allison transmission. The nickname kind of makes sense given the "Kodiak" base platform. I suppose they could have altered the power plant and the transmission for the limo and substituted a large gas motor, but given the weight of the thing, about 8 tons, a diesel engine makes a lot more sense. To get the torque and horsepower necessary to move that much weight out of a gasoline motor would tend to reduce the reliability of the engine itself, and that is not something I think anyone would be willing to do.
If you can't trust the Secret Service with shotguns, why is Joe Biden allowed one?
