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So I was the the IH site looking for some information on my already oversided 1972 Scout. Then I saw this thing. Yes a vehicle for those that feel transporting their family in a Hummer is not enough. ( In the catalouge there is a atv in the bed, like a little pickup won't do)



Download the whole product catalouge here

I'd better see a friggin' fifth-wheel about 60 feet long and full of horses behind that ugly bastard! Who has such insecurity that they would buy such a thing to go get groceries? Can you say CDL?! Sorry, this is a pet peeve. The thing that really gets me is the 70-year-old in the "motorcoach" land-yacht abomination. You mean to tell me I can't drive a type-3 engine through town without a CDL but grandpa can trade-up from his already-dangerous cadillac just by dropping a gajillion dollars? AAARRRRRGGGHHHHHH!!

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You haven't seen them yet CB???? I know of atleast 3 on the streets here in Phoenix, 2 belong to Constuction companies and one belongs to Ernhard RV (atleast the signage on said puppies fit those descriptions)...I know that one of the contractors uses it for a daily driver as well.

What is truly bizarr is that this vehicle is apparently popular in the USA...while US journalists are scared by the thought of a proper utility vehicle:
http://www.cartalk.com/content/features ... index.html

They claim 10mpg. That's better than the 8mpg an original Hummer gets. Still far to little.
I'm just waiting for the day a 64ft 18 wheel truck is considered "a great family car" perfect for taking the kids to soccer practice. All those soccer moms with "my kid is an honor student at dumbfuck junior high" on the mud flaps instead of naked chrome ladies...

I have an 88 Toyota pickup with a little 4 banger that gets 25 mpg and probably gets about 5 times more "truck" use than the average luxury truck.

That said, I am in no position to judge. My previous car maybe got a bit over 10 mpg when the picture below was taken, but shortly after that trip, the transmission started slipping, and the fuel pump started spraying fuel onto the pavement, significantly reducing economy. I eventually replaced the fuel pump, but wasn't terribly quick to. I always wanted to get one of those "one less SUV" bumperstickers that people on their GEO Metros just to see if anyone got the joke.

I've seen on of those monstrosities. It looks even bigger in person.

I used to have a 1985 Ford Crown Vic which was a great vehicle. Did about 8 months worth of lights/siren runs to the volunteer fire dept I was on. Once drove it about 17 miles with out it getting into the overdrive gear on the highway. Sounded like a turbine! Loose grommet on the linkage and the transmission shop charged me a whopping $30 bucks for the repair. Gotta love that. Unfortunately because it had that weird hybrid carb, it got 12mpg, 13 on a good day. Sold it cheap after we moved to Virginia in 2001. It started to downshift in to NOTHING in the mountains in WV and E VA during the special road trip I made to pick it up from Cincinnati.

My GMC Safari gets about 18mpg, which is better than the crappy 2000 Caravan my wife inherited. $2300 in repairs in the last 18 months, not even 75,000 miles on it yet.

Hey RF where was that Pic taken and do You have any more of just the house?

Off of Washington Highway 142 on the Klickitat River. It was some kind of pumping station or powerhouse or something. The inside was completely collapsed, but you could see furniture and other stuff. Kind of a weird spot with springs bubbling through the ground all over the place.

Somewhere along here:

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=45.75908 ... &t=k&hl=en

Damn I miss the North west.