Re: [MV] hummer, H2

From: Patrick Jankowiak (eccm@swbell.net)
Date: Sun Sep 29 2002 - 20:53:39 PDT


Ed Kirkley wrote:
>
> I have to agree with Pete, well said! It takes some dumb yuppies to make
> the price of a truck go into the $50,000.00 range. They screwed up trucks,
> SUVs, cigars and just about everything else they have thought about
> touching. I know some people where I used to work that had to have 4WD
> trucks and NEVER had them off of the road. If they even got dirty they
> cried and whined about it for hours.

And then paid someone by credit card to wash them! :)

>
> Give me a break,
>
> Ed Kirkley KG4OUJ
> MVPA 18977
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pete & Renee Davis" <pandr@metrocast.net>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 21:00
> Subject: Re: [MV] hummer, H2
>
> > I've seen several on the road up here in Maine. They're cute. Kind of a
> militarized minivan.
> >
> > Get ready for a rant...
> >
> > SUV's are extinct! At least in the US market. They have been replaced by
> SLV's; Sport Luxury Vehicles. There is nothing Utilitarian about leather
> seats, CD players, cruise control, exterior
> > thermometers, climate control and all those other frills that the suburban
> crowd is so enamored with. SUV's were trucks. What passes for an SUV's today
> is a pimp mobiles on steroids. The old Land
> > Rovers, Land Cruisers, Four Runners and Carryalls and Suburbans were
> Utility vehicles. As of course are the vast majority of MVs we love so well.
> >
> > Pete Davis
> >
> > Patrick Jankowiak wrote:
> >
> > > Saw the hummer and the H2 together at the texas State Fair today. Hummer
> is as expected -a civilized HMMWV. H2 is merely another bloated $50K SUV
> with no ground clearance and very little in common
> > > with the hummer except a few external cosmetics and optional CTIS.
> Mechanically, reminded me of a Tahoe. Pity.
> > >
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