Re: [MV] Humvees, AMG, are they nuts!

From: Carl Konefsky (cameraman@niia.net)
Date: Tue Mar 21 2000 - 20:06:37 PST


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Could not say it better if it were me and I was the Dir of Motor Vehicles or
Sect of State in some states I would contact the Military and ask them to
make there vehicles safe for the Highways of my state if the MFG said they
were unsafe.Hopes this makes sense.They have opened a can of worms
Carl
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From: DaveCole <davidcole@tk7.net>
To: Military Vehicles List <mil-veh@uller.skylee.com>
Date: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 8:58 PM
Subject: [MV] Humvees, AMG, are they nuts!

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>I agree with you regarding the don't ask, just do it policy. (My insurance
agent
>told me the same thing - tell them only what they have to know)
>
>I'd like to point out that the more rocks that AMG throws at their own
vehicles
>via ridiculous letters and comments, the more they look like total idiots.
From a
>laymans point of view, why would a responsible company produce a vehicle
that was
>not as safe as it's civilian counterpart? AMG would be stupid to try to
actively
>and publicly hinder the sale of any Humvee.
>
>If in fact, AMG made statements that the military Humvee was inferior from
a
>safety standpoint, I don't think it would take a lot of effort to get
>congressional representatives to question AMG's responsibility for making
an
>vehicle that was not a safe as standard civilian version of the same
vehicle.
>Also, what kind of negative spin could this put on the recent GM deal!
>
>To the AMG management who monitors this list: Wise up! And stop throwing
rocks
>at your own products!
>
>Dave
>
>
>Eugene Pantano wrote:
>
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>> I registered about 17 151 and A2 vehicles..no problems...I also
registered 3
>> HMMWV vehicles...ditto..no problems. DO NOT ASK ANY QUESTIONS WHEN
>> REGISTERING...JUST SHUT UP AND PAY FOR THE PLATES... Lets get on with
>> something important now... Gene
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jonathon <jemery@execpc.com>
>> To: Military Vehicles List <mil-veh@uller.skylee.com>
>> Date: Monday, March 20, 2000 9:02 PM
>> Subject: Re: [MV] M151
>>
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>> >>What are the primary reasons that some of the M151's cannot be titled
>> >>and registered. No form 97, don't meet federal emission standards...
>> >
>> >The emission standards argument is invalid as I posed the question to
NHTSA
>> >some years ago that "what if I did a permanent conversion to LP?" This
was
>> >ignored in thier reply and they then went on to discuss rollover safety
>> >issues realtive to the M151 and M151-A1 despite the fact the we where
>> >talking about -A2's. They were not interested in logic or technical
>> >details, it had been determined that these things were to be destroyed
and
>> >that was that.
>> >
>> >je
>> >
>> >
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