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    Anyone ever heard of the HUMMER?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andrew75
    Anyone ever heard of the HUMMER?
    No but if you whistle a few bars I might remember

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    The Hummer. Wasn't that where someone tried to design a better Mini Moke but it didn't work so they sold it the US Army instead?

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    Hummer - Hmmmmm are you sure you're not from Texas, that sounds like a very Houston type vehicle to me.
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    I too am a car enthusiest. Which means that I don't really have just one favorite, I have about 20, depending what I'd be doing with the car. :eek:

    I have chosen a few to share..... in no particular order.

    The two new models released by Elfin late last year look like great fun.

    The SL65 AMG by Mercedes. A 450kw, 1000nm, twin turbocharged 6 litre V12 is very hard to argue with.
    Throw in a nice looking convertable coupe with a folding metal roof.

    My absoulute favorite pure sports car is the Pagani Zonda, a low volume rocket, hand made in Italy.

    For highway crusing I'd go with the Brabus Maybach. You take your boring, average Maybach and hand it and your cheque book to German tuning company Brabus.


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    Give me a good old Falcon wagon any day. They're cheap as chips, go for ever, they're big inside, you don't care if the kids throw up in them and no-one wants to steal them. I bet you blokes with your fancy-schmancy cars wouldn't throw half a cubic metre of blackbutt flooring in the back seat. I'd get a ute but the kids don't like getting wet.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Andrew75
    Anyone ever heard of the HUMMER?
    Probably a Kings Cross working girl as a sideline to pancake making
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ben from Vic.
    I too am a car enthusiest. Which means that I don't really have just one favorite, I have about 20, depending what I'd be doing with the car. :eek:

    I have chosen a few to share..... in no particular order.

    The two new models released by Elfin late last year look like great fun.

    The SL65 AMG by Mercedes. A 450kw, 1000nm, twin turbocharged 6 litre V12 is very hard to argue with.
    Throw in a nice looking convertable coupe with a folding metal roof.

    My absoulute favorite pure sports car is the Pagani Zonda, a low volume rocket, hand made in Italy.

    For highway crusing I'd go with the Brabus Maybach. You take your boring, average Maybach and hand it and your cheque book to German tuning company Brabus.


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    hmmmm pagani zonday, now that would be a nice car to own

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    [QUOTE]Originally Posted by Andrew75
    Anyone ever heard of the HUMMER?

    I've heard of a humdinger,but it's not necessarily a car.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grunt
    What a waste. You could have spent that money on tools.

    And theres my problam too many damn expensive hobbies, cars, woodworking, women....damn i need to work 3 jobs to keep this up

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    Although I own a Landcruiser Prado I am still rather partial to Volvos, but only up to the 240 series.
    It was a red letter day when a volvo won the Australian Touring Car Championship. It put a lot of noses out of joint, particularly Dick Johnson who used to like to try and knock those lovely big bumpers off.

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    Quote Originally Posted by silentC
    I bet you blokes with your fancy-schmancy cars wouldn't throw half a cubic metre of blackbutt flooring in the back seat.
    Well no actually. I have a chap who takes care of all that sort of thing.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Andrew75
    Anyone ever heard of the HUMMER?
    Bloody big "yank tank" 4wd, that would be wonderful off road if it weren't so bloody wide. Around here you'll have to tkae a chainsaw to all the trees along the tracks to be able to squeeze one through. Loacal tourist operator runs them and has made a 4wd park specifically for them because there's no 4wd tracks wide enough to take them. BTW Hummer = Military version, Humvee = civilian version (or maybe that's the other way round :confused: )

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    Quote Originally Posted by adrian
    I am still rather partial to Volvos, particularly Dick Johnson who used to like to try and knock those lovely big bumpers off.
    Volvo: Swedish Valiant
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    Default Mummer - Bummer...Hummer

    Quote Originally Posted by Andrew75
    Anyone ever heard of the HUMMER?
    Rene Rivkin used to be driven around in one by his body guard!!!

    Something like $250K, if'n I remember right.

    Peter R.

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