On Thu, 6 May 1999 23:41:33 -0400 jwinne@nettally.com (Winne, Jim)
writes:
>Hi again Julian,
>
>I believe, as one of the other list members theorized, it has more to
>do
>with economics than safety. They sell new Hummers (the civy version
>that
>is) for somewhere in excess of $50,000. It stands to reason that AM
>General does not want its military castoff hummers selling at the DRMO
>for
>$2, 000 or so dollars so they lobby their pals in congress to find a
>trumped up excuse not to allow them to be sold in tact. Makes
>perfect
>sense to me....dollars and cents!
>
>cheers,
>Jim
>----------
>> From: Julian Burke <julianb@esper.com>
>> To: Winne, Jim <jwinne@nettally.com>
>> Subject: Re: [MV] Reality
>> Date: Thursday, May 06, 1999 9:56 AM
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >Hi Julian,
>> >
>> >At the risk of belaboring the point, I must add that we are not
>born
>with
>> >information on special purpose vehicles nor are we all born with
>common
>> >sense. The only way we gain knowlege is to ask questions of people
>who
>are
>>
>>
>> I agree, However the point I wanted to make was if you have no
>knowledge
>> whatsoever of a deuce, you should start on something small and get
>to
>know
>> the "people". It seems that it's the person who tries to bite off
>something
>> too big that dictates policy with the DRMO's. Julian By the
>way, why
>is
>> there a demil policy on a hummer? Far more dangerous vehicles in
>the
>> civilian world!
>
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