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Are you ready for some driving?
Monday Night Football broadcaster John Madden hates flying, so he travels by bus. Not one to let a marketing opportunity pass by, the people at Motor Coach Industries want you to know these wheels cost about $750,000. What they won't tell you are some of the other stats:
* The MCI E4500 holds a super-sized shower, a queen-sized bed and three Sony flat-screen televisions.
* Madden puts more than 80,000 miles on the odo a year.
* 45 feet long and tipping the scales at 45,000 pounds, it covers the 40 in 12 seconds. Slow even for a lineman.
* Coast-to-coast trips are done in 40 hours with two to three drivers who are always at the ready.
* While it holds 200 gallons of diesel fuel, it boasts only a 30-cheerleader cargo capacity.
Source: HighBeam Research, ...But Wait, There's More.(BWTM)(Brief Article)