Limo Fan

You will definitely not miss this stretch limousine on the road. It is pink. With matching long eye lashes on its headlamps. Joanna Fridinger of Maryland shares, the pink limo ride is fueled by tears and cheers.

Fridinger who manages The Limo Lady service. She is amuse by how the pink limousine catches people’s attention and how it gets people to smile. She also uses the limousine to battle cancer, in honor of Janice Horner, her older sister, who succumbed to the disease a few years back.

The pink limousines has been rented for a lot of occasions like weddings, parties, proms, and other parties.

When you rent the pink limo, 10% of the proceeds is donated to the St. Joseph Medical Center, particularly to its Cancer Institute. This week, she is teaming up with a local bistro to do a fund raiser that will also benefit the same institute.

Fridinger worked as a teacher for fourteen years before deciding to do part time work for a limo service. The busy woman had a difficult time going home early for her family because of the demands of her work as an educator.

On her way to her first limo service job interview, Fridinger got lost but she was hired anyway. Struggling with directions as a limo driver, her husband would go home every night from work and take her thru the usual routes in the area. They also bought every map she will most likely be needing.

When things got a bit too much at that limo service (Fridinger who works as a driver, had to answer phone calls, and also do administrative work) she left and decided to start her own.

The family sold the old van and bought a used Lincoln. After a few months, they took out a loan to buy a stretch limo and later on added more units to the fleet as the business grew.

There we just shared the story of how the Pink Limo of The Limo Lady came about. Of tears and laughter. Of rides and fight against cancer.

Missouri-based Imperial Coach Builders recently announced that they will fashion a limousine out of the Nissan LEAF. This conversion of the LEAF is aimed at celebrities who really want to represent their green lifestyle.

ICB is planning to give the Nissan LEAF an additional 48 inches when they convert the green car into a green limousine. This job will not be an easy task since most of the electric equipment and battery system of the car are scattered on its body. Good thing though is that ICB is under the umbrella of the Electric Car Company Incorporated so availability of needed technology will not be an issue.

When the ICB completes the limo conversion, the Nissan LEAF will have additional space for more passengers at the back. The car builder has not yet released details of the layout but everyone is assuming that the rear seats will be facing each other.

The conversion of the Nissan Leaf will be the first for the electric car and of course it will also be producing the first true electric limousine.

There are questions in the air though for this conversion. First will be the extra length and how it will affect the performance of the electric car. Another possible issue will be the additional weight the will be put into the car and how it will affect the range of the LEAF now pegged at 100 miles.

The 2012 LEAF has a 107 horsepower electric motor that depends on lithium ion batteries. A fully charged Nissan LEAF can go as far as 100 miles and can reach 90 mph as its top speed. The tag price for the 2012 LEAF starts at $35,200.

The psychedelic limo that once belonged to music legend John Lennon and once perceived as offensive to England was recently on display at the Royal BC Museum. The museum in Victoria acquired the item back in 1987 and puts it on display once in a while.

The Rolls Royce Phantom V of John Lennon was a  bit to huge for the doors of the museum so the front doors of the building had to be removed first before it can get the limousine inside. The Beatles icon bought the Rolls Royce in stock black finish in 1965 when he got his driver’s license.

The Phantom V was then custom made to include a rear seat which can be converted into a double bed, a portable refrigerator, a television, a telephone, and a really nice sound system.

In 1967, the paint job and the exterior were remade. The custom painting was done by a gypsy artist who was a close friend of John Lennon. House paint was used to make the flower designs plus the vines and spirals of the wheel cover.

The car was rarely used by John Lennon and wife Yoko Ono even when it was shipped to the United States. The limousine was often lent to famous music icons for special occasions. Some of the names who rolled in the psychedelic Lennon limo were the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, and Moody Blues.

The limousine was bartered by the couple to fix a huge tax problem back in 1977. It was later donated to a museum in New York City for a tax credit of $225,000.

It was auctioned in 1985 by the Sotheby’s where Jimmy Pattison, a B.C. millionaire acquired it for $2.3 million.  The owner later donated the car to the museum after being displayed in the 1986 international expo in Vancouver.

It was a pretty tough choice for five bright honor students from Village Oaks Elementary School in Michigan—two hours free time from school, dine at McDonald’s, and a stretched limousine for a ride.

The whiz kids were treated by the faculty of the school with a chauffeured limo tour of Immokalee when they topped the standardized test for the county and the state which measured math, reading, and writing.

This Hummer limousine can accommodate about 25 people. The limo also features mirrored ceilings with scattered starlights, flat screen TVs with DVD, a bar area, VIP seating area, and other pretty bad luxury stuff.

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Now that we have talked about one messed up motorcycle limousine, let’s go ahead and touch on another part of a limousine that you should really watch out for and that is the inside.  I know that we have talked about this before but I just wanted to share the interior of this particular limousine – why?

Because it does not look good!  Whoever thought that yellow with grey looked good was on some serious drugs.  Not only does it not look good but what is up with all of those seats?  How many does this limousine fit?  It has to be a stretch.

Personally, I wonder exactly what the outside of this limousine looks like and if it is just as … nice.

What is this.  What is this?  Does anyone know?  Who the heck would really ride on this?  That is my question to everyone.  Personally, I think that motorcycles are definitely hot and they are one of those things that should not be messed with, however right now?  That … is what someone did.

This is actually a limousine motorcycle and that is just not the way that I want to ride.  First off, where exactly would you drive this thing to and just how many people does it actually fit?  Twelve?  It looks that way.

Would you really want the person driving to have the weight of twelve people there?  Come on – this is a bad idea people.

Now that we have touched on one of the most important occasions for a limousine, let’s go ahead and touch on another one and that is a funeral.  While you might not think that a funeral would be a good place for a limousine to be present, it is more of a status thing for the family, so that everyone knows that the family is in the limousine.

Having a limousine at some of these particular functions is a great idea just because of the status and it is a very important time in your life.  A limousine can actually enhance any occasion and can certainly set the tone for any type of occasion you are having.

Just remember that you would need to do your research before you commit to one company!

When it comes to limos, there are a ton of different occasions out there that could certainly use the services of a limousine company but what is appropriate?  Well, that is what we are going to talk about in the next few blogs – when you should get a limousine and what benefits having a limousine can have.

One occasion that comes to mind for a limousine is a wedding.  Weddings are fantastic to have a wedding at for they are certainly one of the specialist times in a woman and a man’s life.  Renting a limousine for this occasion is certainly a great idea.

More tips and tricks in the next blog along with some benefits of why having a limousine is a good idea!

Now that we have talked about blue limos, let’s go ahead and move onto purple limos.  To be quite frank, purple limos are honestly limos that look chic and have all kinds of different uses!  The hummer limo is especially one that is very, very popular, however, I can tell you that white and pink are getting old.

Why not get purple at your next party or even for your wedding?  I can promise that all attention is going to be on you if you get yourself a shade of purple like this one!  You can even use this particular shade for just cruising around the city too – for it is different and unique.

You want to stand out, a purple limo like this one is definitely the best way to do it!

In this blog, we have explored a lot of different options in the way of limos for you, but did you know that limos actually come in many, many different colors?  To be perfectly honest, they come in so many different colors it is very hard to keep up with them?  That is what I am here for though, to ensure that you know all of the different colors that limos have out there!

One color that we all know should be more popular than it actually is, is blue.  Blue limos are hard to come by though, a lot of companies do not invest in them as they are not exactly the ones that people request all that often.  However – there are many uses for blue limos.

One use is if you are going to have a huge party?  Honestly, blue is a great way to ensure that you make a splash at your party!