From: Ed Kirkley (mojoedd@bellsouth.net)
Date: Sun Sep 29 2002 - 18:10:52 PDT
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.
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 They have been replaced by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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