Posted on 04/12/2016 5:42:57 AM PDT by TigerClaws
Subtitle: Seller says the Ciera was the last car the presidential hopeful has driven.
The former White House head gardener, Mike Lawn from Gettysburg, is selling a 1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera that is unlike any other Ciera you might find advertised today. While the bread-and-butter Olds is already rare for having only around 30,000 miles on it, it's the ownership history that counts: the former owner of this car was none other than Hillary Clinton.
According to The Evening Sun, Lawn bought the Oldsmobile in 2000, planning to give it to his daughter as a learner car. But it didn't really click with her, as she said it looked like an old lady's car with crank windows, and Lawn ended up storing it in his garage. It had only been used sporadically up to that point, as it had spent its White House years mostly parked inside the gates. Chelsea Clinton is mentioned to have driven the car a few times for the same learner purpose, so it's probably fitting to say that's a suitable role for the old Ciera.
However the election may go, Mike Lawn says it's time to sell the car. They've already had it "too long" according to him, and even for a Cutlass Ciera, sitting in the garage does it no favors. It is still titled in Clinton's name, and bears an Arkansas license plate. Lawn says he doesn't know what the car is currently worth, and the insurers Hagerty have valued it at $8,700 only based on its condition, not because of the famous former owner.
The Ciera was offered for sale earlier in 2011, but it did not sell then; a walkaround video was uploaded to YouTube at that point. It will be interesting to see if the tables have turned this time around.
What is it with Democrats and Oldsmobiles?
Vince Foster’s DNA as well.
What makes Bonnie & Clyde’s (stolen) Ford V-8 interesting are the bullet holes.
GM A Body from the 80s. The low mileage is a plus I guess but 8 grand seems steep for an unreliable GM from that era. They were still trying to figure out front wheel drive in those days after the X Body fiascos. We are talking about a 30 year old vehicle here.
GM products of that era were unique in that all seemed to have been constructed with headliners that dropped down in the back. Thus making driver and passenger invisible to those in the car behind them. Sort of a precursor to dark tinted windows...
Guaranteed to be at it’s peak value now, unless she becomes President, God forbid.
Personally, I’d buy it only for the pleasure of burning it into unrecognizable pile of ashes.
The Skankmobile.
Yes, I was thinking about the same car. I read the complimentary letter that Clyde Barrow wrote to Henry Ford extolling the car as a get away vehicle.
Didn’t anyone catch this? The White House head gardener’s last name is Lawn. I thought it was funny, but then I have a weird sense of humor.
I like the part about the ‘crank windows’.
Just take it to the junk yard. What a POS.
How does he “own” it if it’s still titled in Clinton’s name?
Odds are it hasn’t even been started since 1986. Someone is gonna have to tear it down and replace every hose and gasket in the thing.
Yes, I'd love to see a forensic sweep of that trunk checked against open "missing persons" cases.
As long as there's a YouTube video... :-)
She hasn’t driven for decades. Remember when George H. W. was mocked for not knowing the grocery store checkout was automated?
This would be a front page national store if it were say Romney four years ago.
Only the peons drive. How can a candida relate to the average voter? Etc.
He never transferred the title?
How do we know it isn’t stolen?
I’d buy it and donate it to Trump and he could
charge 5 bucks a whack to hit it with a sledgehammer
to raise money for his campaign...
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