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39. If anything they put gasoline in when it should have been diesel - It's a diesel car.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Mar 20, 2013, 12:43 PM

Mar 2013

Most likely broke down for some other reason.

From the CNN article:

The limo failed to start, and required towing in Jerusalem at 10 a.m. local time. Obama, who landed in Tel Aviv around noon, was not in the country at the time the limo was towed. A second presidential limo was brought to transport Obama.

"We experienced mechanical trouble with one of the cars," Edwin Donovan, a spokesman for the Secret Service, told a pool reporter traveling with Obama. "We don't know the cause."

Donovan couldn't confirm reports the limo was refueled using gasoline rather than diesel.

"That's why we bring different multiple vehicles," Donovan said.

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President Obama's Limo Breaks Down In Israel After Being Filled With Diesel By Mistake [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2013 OP

lol dipsydoodle Mar 2013 #1

CNN link OKNancy Mar 2013 #2

I'm sure the Israelis will do an EXCELLENT job repairing it! Poll_Blind Mar 2013 #3

Its worse the other way around dipsydoodle Mar 2013 #4

An excellent job planting bugs and analyzing its defenses mwrguy Mar 2013 #51

I don't know about in israel sabbat hunter Mar 2013 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author tammywammy Mar 2013 #9

Scary. That vehicle is meant to withstand almost anything Blandocyte Mar 2013 #6

I'm pretty sure the President doesn't hang around in the car snooper2 Mar 2013 #44

"Hey, get me a pack of smokes and some Slim Jims, wouldja?" Arkana Mar 2013 #48

If it were stopped dead by dumbass, it woulda been on cinder blocks from '01 to '09 Scootaloo Mar 2013 #52

DUzy. nt awoke_in_2003 Mar 2013 #62

obvious sabotage stuuuuuuuu Mar 2013 #7

plausible northoftheborder Mar 2013 #8

Post removed Post removed Mar 2013 #10

Woooo! HappyMe Mar 2013 #11

Why not go full tinfoil? Bosonic Mar 2013 #12

meh stuuuuuuuu Mar 2013 #16

Correct. This makes me feel very, very uneasy. JDPriestly Mar 2013 #22

Reminds me how ambulences in Israel took the shortcut getting Ariel Sharon to a hospital graham4anything Mar 2013 #29

His next stop is in Jordan, so there was already another Beast waiting for gateley Mar 2013 #37

The same SS that pump this one full of the wrong fuel? Yeah, I feel better now. /sarcasm eom Purveyor Mar 2013 #38

And they'll be triple-checking it now, just in case this "mistake" was arranged somehow. n/t winter is coming Mar 2013 #41

Welcome to DU. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2013 #27

No frickin' way would secret service let Gomer Pyle gas up the limo. GoneFishin Mar 2013 #43

I remember stopping in Arizona to fill up Trajan Mar 2013 #13

One time at the racetrack Blue_Tires Mar 2013 #23

I hope our Secret Service trusts the Netanyahu gov't even less than I and that is damned little.eom Purveyor Mar 2013 #14

The Israelis were not responsible. former9thward Mar 2013 #40

So someone unfamiliar with the car filled it up? AndyA Mar 2013 #15

More damn regulations! SCVDem Mar 2013 #18

Gas and diesel nozzles are the same in France, anyway mainer Mar 2013 #20

"Something doesn't seem right about this story." I agree. nt Poll_Blind Mar 2013 #21

Was attendant watching Faux News Israel? desertdevil Mar 2013 #17

Friend of mine did that in France mainer Mar 2013 #19

Is that repairable? Renew Deal Mar 2013 #24

Sure it is madokie Mar 2013 #30

Diesel into gas is not that serious. Gas into diesel can be more of a problem. yellowcanine Mar 2013 #45

yep, desel in a gas car, it just won't start. MindPilot Mar 2013 #46

I hope his AAA membership was up to date. bluedigger Mar 2013 #25

That's a long tow back to the White House. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2013 #28

Ahahahahahahahha! darkangel218 Mar 2013 #26

It's a throw-away now. DeSwiss Mar 2013 #31

oh well not like it'll be a huge ouch PatrynXX Mar 2013 #32

Repoed because of sequestering. nt donco Mar 2013 #33

'The Beast' *is* a diesel-powered vehicle... SeattleVet Mar 2013 #34

Weird. I've had a bad feeling about this trip. nt onehandle Mar 2013 #35

This is kind of unbelievable. Having a hard time buying this story. TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #36

If anything they put gasoline in when it should have been diesel - It's a diesel car. AAO Mar 2013 #39

That being case dipsydoodle Mar 2013 #54

There must be a critical piece missing from this story. AAO Mar 2013 #56

It might be terminology dipsydoodle Mar 2013 #57

I know that - it's something else - we just don't know the real truth - and it probably doesn't matt AAO Mar 2013 #59

That car probably weighs more than that flatbed. JaneyVee Mar 2013 #42

So how many presidential limos are deployed around the world? MindPilot Mar 2013 #47

You know, I THOUGHT there was something suspicious. Check the security tape... Ian David Mar 2013 #49

Cracks me up that he went from Herman Munster to Grandpa in under a week. Scootaloo Mar 2013 #53

LOL Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2013 #63

Hey, it's Bryan Ferry! mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2013 #65

Not first time fuel got mixed up... mwooldri Mar 2013 #50

I seriously doubt that the car is powered by gasoline madokie Mar 2013 #55

They were and are Gasoline engines capable of doing the work happyslug Mar 2013 #60

UPDATE: The break down had NOTHING to do with gas/diesel fuel Tx4obama Mar 2013 #58

life imitates "Father Ted"? MisterP Mar 2013 #61

Turns out the reporting was backward jmowreader Mar 2013 #64

If they're the same as Europe dipsydoodle Mar 2013 #66

Diesel nozzles are smaller than gasoline nozzles there? jmowreader Mar 2013 #67