Daniel Karolat doesn’t have to do much to make people turn to look at him. It just has to be in Auto get up and go.
Because be Chevrolet Suburban is one of the most eye-catching vehicles in all King Wusterhausen, probably throughout District of Dahme-Spreewald. And not only because it is more than five meters long, weighs three tons and is therefore a top-class projectile. Karolats vehicle was part of the vehicle fleet in its first life New York Fire Department, the New Yorker fire Department. It has not been in use for a long time, but the appearance has been preserved by its owners since then: Everything is original, from the paintwork to the light bar, which is still working perfectly. Even the siren can still wail. “Of course,” says Karloat, and laughs. “Everything in Germany on one vehicle it has to be functional. “
Police car wanted, fire engine found
The 45 year old from Niederlehme doesn’t drive the car by accident. American sledges are his great passion, he drives them consistently and exclusively, he says. He already owned nine of them. Cadillacs, Chevrolets, all long, all with V8 engines, all with immense fuel consumption. But beautiful, as at least Daniel Karolat finds. At first he only drove them for two years until the next TÜV was due. But with age you get calmer, he says. In the meantime Autos to stay longer.
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More than five meters long, weighing more than three tons: Daniel Karolat’s Chevrolet.
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He got the idea of the fire truck at a car meeting last year. There were some visitors with American people Police cars popped up. Every now and then they threw on their beacons, which was an impressive sight. I liked the glow Daniel Karolat. So he went looking for a similar vehicle on the Internet – and promptly came across the fire engine on a sales platform, which he had never seen before on the streets of the region.
Car is said to have been in use on September 11th
Built in 1999, it was no longer brand new, it had around 150,000 miles on the clock, which corresponded to almost 250,000 kilometers. But it was exactly what happened Karolat presented: Striking, unique and American through and through. Plus with a story: Because that vehicle once belonged to the fire Department in Greenwich Village and is also said to have been in use on September 11, 2001. Then the license plate had to fit. Karolat chose KW-NY 911, which goes just as well with the American emergency number printed on it.
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Why is it such a thing? Schiff has to be that consumes 20 liters of diesel per 100 kilometers Daniel Karolat explain in a few words. “It’s the engine,” he says. Eight cylinders, more than five liters of displacement, this package puts power on the wheels. And the right torque. It feels best when you drive at a little more than 80 kilometers per hour on the country road. Or cruising, like Karolat says. The machine then hums at low speed, which makes a very unique sound with American engines. Lovers call it “bubbling”.
Driving comfort like a W50
Admittedly, the driving comfort is more pleasant in every small car. There are practically no special equipment, not even an electric window regulator. The suspension is designed for a maximum weight of four tons, so it’s quite hard. “Anyone who thinks that an American sledge drives like a sofa is wrong. It feels more like an Ikea sofa bed, ”says Karolat and laughs. “It rattles and rattles like a W50, only that it also swims easily on the road.” You have to get used to that. “In the first week I already asked myself regularly: What did you do?”
