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Irony of Ironies

OldManJimbo

OldManJimbo

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I wish I had my camera - driving along the coast of California this week. Came up behind one of those Mercedez Benz SUV machines. What do they cost - $50,000, at least?

This one was incredible. Silver and chrome. Fancy wheel covers. Satellite radio antenna on the roof. Everything. Wow.

The personalized license plate was easy to dicipher.

On this $50,000+ gas-guzzler, the plate read HUMLITY.
 
OldManJimbo said:
Came up behind one of those Mercedez Benz SUV machines. What do they cost - $50,000, at least?
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Am I the only one who thinks they look like a mid 90's mazda minivan?
 
Chappers said:
Are they gas-guzzlers? I thought the Germans were proud of their fuel economy.
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Well, it is a SUV after all, and not even the finest german engineers can stop these super-heavy monsters from guzzlin' the gas like there's no tomorrow...
 
It'll even be more ironic when they release Electric-Hybrid gas guzzlers in a few years. It'll then consume an average amount of gas per mile (or slightly better than today's average, I guess), and because of this, SUV owners will talk about how environmentally friendly they're being while other people are buying normal sized electric-hybrids because they REALLY want to decrease CO2 emission by a large amount.
 
Chappers said:
OldManJimb On this $50 said:
Are they gas-guzzlers? I thought the Germans were proud of their fuel economy.

I guess they couldn't spell 'humility" never mind show it.
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California plates only allow for 7 characters.
My favorite was a pickup truck being driven by a blonde. AU LOKS.
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KingSleaze said:
California plates only allow for 7 characters.
My favorite was a pickup truck being driven by a blonde. AU LOKS.
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Yeah, but that probably went over like a PB BLLN for most people... ;)
 
emw said:
Yeah, but that probably went over like a PB BLLN for most people... ;)
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I guess the AG LNNG is that, while most didn't get it, the few that did figured she didn't fit into the "dumb blonde" category.
 
mactastic said:
"FKNADER"
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Hard to get away with those anymore, at least in Illinois. You can't even have "69" in a vanity/personalized license plate unless you were born that year.
 
emw said:
Hard to get away with those anymore, at least in Illinois. You can't even have "69" in a vanity/personalized license plate unless you were born that year.
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There was recently an uproar in New Hampshire when some citizens got irate over their plate personalizations not being accepted. Sort of ironic that New Hampshire would censor plates - I mean, the state motto - right on the plate - is "Live Free or Die".
 
OldManJimbo said:
I wish I had my camera - driving along the coast of California this week. Came up behind one of those Mercedez Benz SUV machines. What do they cost - $50,000, at least?

This one was incredible. Silver and chrome. Fancy wheel covers. Satellite radio antenna on the roof. Everything. Wow.

The personalized license plate was easy to dicipher.

On this $50,000+ gas-guzzler, the plate read HUMLITY.
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Humility would have been if it had gotten stuck on the side of the road, and some POS 20 year old jeep helped it get unstuck (I just saw a link about this, and it was funny :p )
 
OldManJimbo said:
I wish I had my camera - driving along the coast of California this week. Came up behind one of those Mercedez Benz SUV machines. What do they cost - $50,000, at least?

This one was incredible. Silver and chrome. Fancy wheel covers. Satellite radio antenna on the roof. Everything. Wow.

The personalized license plate was easy to dicipher.

On this $50,000+ gas-guzzler, the plate read HUMLITY.
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Was it the ML series- rounded- about $45,000

or

Was it the G series- boxy- about $80,000

I looked at the G series- its really cool, but i like the range rover more. In an Auto Magizine I saw a 2006 or 2007 conecpt of the G class, it looks really cool.
 
EJBasile said:
Was it the ML series- rounded- about $45,000

or

Was it the G series- boxy- about $80,000
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It was the rounded version - funny, the relationship between ugly and cost. You'd think the boxy version would sell for less. Good example of "more money than brains."
 
Roger1 said:
Humility would have been if it had gotten stuck on the side of the road, and some POS 20 year old jeep helped it get unstuck (I just saw a link about this, and it was funny :p )
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damn straight, i saw that on the a jeep forum i browse. damn i love my jeep :). I like SUV's, but I think the H2's are worthless, unless you have enough money to put tv's and 24" spinners on it, then I like it.

iJon
 
OldManJimbo said:
It was the rounded version - funny, the relationship between ugly and cost. You'd think the boxy version would sell for less. Good example of "more money than brains."
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well, the G-class is a MUCH more capable vehicle for off roading. Its got some crazy technology for that stuff. Its very much a niche product, hence its high price. Its somewhat akin to the Hummer H1. Both are military vehicles recently made available for consumers, and carry hefty price tags because people will pay to be able to talk about how capable the vehicle is, even if they just drive it to work.

Though I think the G-Class looks a heck of a lot better than the ML class. The upcoming long wheel abse version of the ML-Class looks better, but the G-Class still looks better to me. I don't think boxy looks ugly.

That all sauid, screw the SUV's and give me an M5 any day.
 
I spent 14 years in the Rocky Mountains of Wyoming and the locals had a great saying about 4WD pleasure vehicles. They said, "Four wheel drive just lets the city folks get stuck in worse places."
 
OldManJimbo said:
I spent 14 years in the Rocky Mountains of Wyoming and the locals had a great saying about 4WD pleasure vehicles. They said, "Four wheel drive just lets the city folks get stuck in worse places."
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wheee, i love pulling people out of the mud or getting pulled out myself. its a lot of fun when my friends and i just find this huge rut filled road after it just rained, we now we are going to get stuck but it's still a blast.

iJon
 
Apple Hobo said:
The H2 blows. They took a kick-ass monster (H1) and turned it into a softy toy for rich, suburban, sudo-macho-wannabe yuppies. :rolleyes:
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Same thing happened to Land Rover and Toyota's Land Cruiser, which had its beginnings as a great off-road ultility vehicle.
 
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