From: Darrell Ramsell (daram@comcast.net)
Date: Mon Jul 11 2005 - 00:34:44 PDT
I had a Marine guy once tell me that him and two other vehicle (LAV-25) were
taking part in an exercise at Ft. Hunter Ligget in CA. The decided to use
I-5 for a flanking maneuver. All went well until they were pulled over by
the CHP for doing 80+. He let them off with a warning.
Darrell
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Grammont" <islander@midmaine.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 7:59 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Looking for LAV-25 (Bison).
> Coincidentally just this week I read an article about the LAV-25 by a
> Marine driver. He said a guy in his unit was clocked at close to 80mph in
> a LAV-25 just before the MPs pulled him over. Apparently the speed
> governors are prone to "failure".
>
> Steve
>
>
> On Jul 8, 2005, at 11:22 PM, Cliff S wrote:
>
>> Doug,
>> the LAV aint as slow as you think..........believe me. It will outpace a
>> Hummer!
>>
>>
>>
>> Cliff Smith
>> SSgt USMC
>>
>> M880 (4 sale)
>> M274A5
>> 6K GenSet
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Douglas Thom <douglas.thom@gmail.com>
>> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>> Subject: [MV] Looking for LAV-25 (Bison).
>> Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 14:07:52 -0400
>>
>> Does anyone know if Bisons, Cougars or other 6x6 or 8x8 vehicles come
>> up for sale to the public? I must admit I've never seen one on the
>> road that aren't in a military convoy. For sale in Canada would be
>> handy, too.
>>
>> I just think they'd make great family vehicles to go to the cottage
>> with or other situations where you aren't in that much of a hurry. And
>> I think it would be hysterical to see the looks on the faces of
>> neighbours. :-)
>>
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