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Old 08-31-08, 08:32 PM
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i dont think it would be on carfax if it was a limo.
Old 09-01-08, 12:23 AM
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I work in that industry too and Carey drivers take care of their cars. Company doesnt own this kind of cars (they usually rent out towncars to the new drivers) so im sure whoever drove that car had to be the owner. Plus, now that i think of it, im sure they only have black models in their fleet. Where did you buy it from, NY/NJ?
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Also, it should show in the title that the car was use as a TLC (NY) or limousine(NJ)
Old 09-01-08, 06:24 AM
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yeah, my senior year and into the summer after high school i worked for this golf course/ resort/ business conference center/ 5 star hotel thing and i was a valet/ limo driver for them... we all had town cars a cadi or two and some actual limos. they did take really good care of the cars while i was there,,, always getting the required maintenance way before it was due, always changing the oil and anything else the dealerships could convince them to pay for. other than some with higher models i would surely purchase one used for the right price..

also there was this private arabian dude who had started his own limo service and had started at the hotel like myself and then went out and purchased a s600 mb and a few nice suits and with the clients he met with through the hotel ended up putting together a fleet of about 6 mb's (someting like 2 s6's, 2 s430's, and 2 smaller ones).. the dude tried to convince me to come work for him but it seemed to good to be true. he kept telling me i would surely be pushing one of his s6's in no time and he would give me a few clients and some brand new suits to start out... hmmmm.... i joined the Air Force instead.

nothing wrong with a limo car though, but like some other peeps said i would have thought it would be something they would be required to tell you... ohh my old 95 m35 i had in j-pan was a limo for a hotel as well.. it had a tv mounted on the passenger side and you could see the dash where they had mounted something else... + the car had a rack of miles on it (in 03 it had 220,000 km's). + lots of business cards in the glove box advertising the hotel limo service, i used to hand them out as a joke sometimes.
Old 09-02-08, 07:51 AM
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I found out my car was a returned lease was from the Catholic Church, the NJ Dioceses. Although I did not find anything in my back seat, I gave it a good cleaning. My wife, a devout Catholic was pleased. They put 50K miles on the car in a year and a half of ownership. It is a black on black 05, looks more like something the Mafia would drive.
Old 09-02-08, 11:16 AM
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If you would have found a BRINKS amoured car business card would you assume your Lexus was used to transport millions of dollars from bank to bank?

Or if it was an American Red Cross business card, maybe your Lexus was used to transport organs from Hospital to Hospital.

Just because you found a business card in your car, I would not assume that it was used as a LIMO.
Old 09-02-08, 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by xuserx04
I work in that industry too and Carey drivers take care of their cars. Company doesnt own this kind of cars (they usually rent out towncars to the new drivers) so im sure whoever drove that car had to be the owner. Plus, now that i think of it, im sure they only have black models in their fleet. Where did you buy it from, NY/NJ?
Yea NJ off route 42....


Originally Posted by sojah

...give me a few clients and some brand new suits to start out... hmmmm.... i joined the Air Force instead.

Least you didnt join the Marines like i did!!!! LOL!!
Old 09-03-08, 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by scottmcc
If you would have found a BRINKS amoured car business card would you assume your Lexus was used to transport millions of dollars from bank to bank?

Or if it was an American Red Cross business card, maybe your Lexus was used to transport organs from Hospital to Hospital.

Just because you found a business card in your car, I would not assume that it was used as a LIMO.
+1 agreed.
Old 09-03-08, 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by scottmcc
If you would have found a BRINKS amoured car business card would you assume your Lexus was used to transport millions of dollars from bank to bank?

Or if it was an American Red Cross business card, maybe your Lexus was used to transport organs from Hospital to Hospital.

Just because you found a business card in your car, I would not assume that it was used as a LIMO.
Or what if you found a card for Dr. E. Rect - Male Reproduction Specialist, MD. You would presume he was practicing in the car would you?

Look, even if it was limo, just means you had more rears than two or three sitting in the back. What color is interior, black? Go through it with a CSI kit and see what you find... frosty flakes in this case would be bad news...
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