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When a Hummer won't do

thestar.com — It can stop a bullet from an AK-47, shrug off a roadside bomb, and it makes a Hummer look like a chick car.

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  • stonebear, on 10/12/2007, -135/+33As if Hummers don't pollute enough, or use enough fuel...

    THANKS FOR HELPING, CANADA!
    • timmay, on 10/12/2007, -24/+112Your joking right? I bet you wouldn't be thinking about how clean the air is when your getting shot at.
    • charge, on 10/12/2007, -43/+5http://vice.typepad.com/vice_magazine/2006/08/new_york_this_j.html
    • josegutz, on 10/12/2007, -30/+105"When a Hummer won't do"

      Try a handjob!
    • BufordT, on 10/12/2007, -16/+42Yeah, let's make our soldiers live more dangerously so they don't cause more pollution. Are you nuts? This from the same side of the aisle that claims Bush isn't doing enough to protect the soldiers (body armor and so on).
    • halleyscomet, on 10/12/2007, -4/+164@timmay
      @BufordT

      I have NO problem with this as a military vehicle. Tanks don't get very good gas mileage either.

      My problem is with offering this small tank to consumers.

      I don;t need any more insecure little jackasses deciding that just because THEY have a big car it means they get to cut off everyone else.

      It's been my experience that beasts like these are generally bought by people who are insecure and compensating for a lack of assertiveness in real life. They use these vehicles as an excuse to be assholes, and to make matters worse, they don;t realize that the damn things have blind spots while driving.

      A few months ago I was run off the road by a middle aged blond woman driving a Hummer and yapping on her damn cell phone. She decided to change lanes even though I was pretty much beside here. I laid on my horn and swerved, ending up on the side of the road. She continued on, oblivious to the fact that she almost hit me.

      These damn things do NOT belong on the road unless they're part of a military convoy.

      Transporting soldiers? Good. Transporting the President and a Secret service detail. Fine.

      Transporting some twit who would be better off with a minivan? No, not so much.
    • yourstrulydave, on 10/12/2007, -33/+7Standard issue M1A1 Abrams Tank fuel usage...

      3 gallons per mile. Woot.

      btw... Stop Whining.
    • crilen007, on 10/12/2007, -23/+7“I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that”
    • bexmex, on 10/12/2007, -4/+25Atlantic Monthly had a good article about tanks and gas mileage:

      http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/prem/200505/bryce

      If you think MPG is not an issue for the military, you should pick up Sun Tzu sometime. Anytime you use resources, you need supply lines (read oil tanker caravans) that are subject to attack, loss, theft, and just plain mismanagement.

      Supplying our tanks with enough gas is a real logistical problem... and its only made worse by dinosaurs in the Pentagon and White House who think fuel efficiency is for wimps.
    • mfratt, on 10/12/2007, -33/+20@halleyscomet

      If I want to drive a bad ass truck, who are you to say I cant because (OH NO!) im polluting the enviorment. I *might* see your point if this were your average family car, but the consumer market for a $200,000 Armored is so small, that it WILL NOT make a difference. If you want to contribute to the enviorment by driving your hybrid, be my guest, but dont say that I cant drive what kind of car I want to drive. If someone is willing to spend $200,000, and $200 to fill up every other day, thats their choice.
    • halleyscomet, on 10/12/2007, -1/+48@yourstrulydave

      Well, I suspected a tank would get even worse mileage. A good military vehicle is going to get bad gas mileage. Armor is heavy stuff. Good gas mileage should not be a major design goal. Keeping the occupants safe while allowing them to efficiently kill people and break things should be the major design goals.

      As a military vehicle this sucker is a great idea. Small, compact yet armored to the gills.

      As a consumer vehicle, it will be another monstrosity.

      I don't give a moldy fig about the gas mileage. I'm more concerned about the fact that a bunch of people with a regular driver's license and emotional security issues will get behind the wheel of what amounts to a small tank and use it to commute. Cars like this should need a special license, just because so many incompetent and insecure jackasses buy them.

      If the asshollery I've seen from H2 owners is any indication this will just result in more people in smaller cars getting smashed into and run off the road by clueless suburbanites playing soldier in their big, expensive cars.

      I'm pissed about this because Jack Smalldick and his wife Fluffy will be endangering my life by owning a massive vehicle so they can compete with the Joneses and compensate for their lack of spinal fortitude.
    • toekneebullard, on 10/12/2007, -2/+31Um...the new hummers ARE chick cars. All the hummer ads feature women.
    • BufordT, on 10/12/2007, -32/+5@halleyscomet

      "A few months ago I was run off the road by a middle aged blond woman driving a Hummer and yapping on her damn cell phone. She decided to change lanes even though I was pretty much beside here. I laid on my horn and swerved, ending up on the side of the road. She continued on, oblivious to the fact that she almost hit me."

      Just because some woman almost ran you off the road means that no one else should be able to drive the vehicle of their choice. What about Semi-Trucks, School buses, Buses, Straight Trucks and so on? I'm sure you will say that they are ok because they serve a purpose, not just to please some rich *****. So that means we should all drive a Prius because anything else is a waste? Sure some people only buy them to gloat, but some people do buy them to haul stuff and go to exotic places. There is something in this country called free choice, trying to tell other people they can't drive something because it is too big or has blind spots is truly a denail of liberty.

      "Transporting some twit who would be better off with a minivan? No, not so much."

      It seems to me you have a superiority complex, and think you should determine who can drive what.

      "I don;t need any more insecure little jackasses deciding that just because THEY have a big car it means they get to cut off everyone else."

      It is up to you to drive defensively. It is up to you to realize that bigger vehicles do have blind spots, and it is your responsibility to respect them. Sure they have to look too, but as is often the case when driving big vehicles, there are some things you just can't see no matter what.

    • skyshock21, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9What do you expect?!?! Canada is our main foreign provider of oil.
    • barc0001, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10@BufordT
      "What about Semi-Trucks, School buses, Buses, Straight Trucks and so on?""

      Semi trucks and buses require special licenses and extra training. Not sure what you mean about a "straight truck" but if it's something like a cube van they aren't usually used for just driving around because among other reasons, they have the performance of a cinder block and are a huge pain to park anywhere. So I can't really see anyone using a cube van as a status symbol.
    • spanner, on 10/12/2007, -4/+18Way to go halleyscomet.

      Thats a great comment. I recently made way politely for a woman in an SUV to enter my lane, instead of getting a wave, or achnologement of my generosity, I noticed she was on a cell phone and oblivious that I had stopped for her. So there were 2 things I hated, SUV's and people on cell phones in them

      Personally I think males who need to drive those vehicles have small weeners, and the women? Who knows their psychological deformities...
    • rushiku, on 10/12/2007, -6/+4As much as some would like to have us believe that this will be yet another viable, available, vehicle for grocery getting and soccer momming, let's just cool down and realize that the couple of people who can even afford a ridiculous vehicle like this will be paying likewise ridiculous bills at the pump.

      This eyesore is no more viable, as a consumer vehicle, than the Unimog or the IH SUT.

      Besides, one well placed, 50 cent, molotov will turn it into an oven, just like any other APC.
    • CBTF, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6"As if Hummers don't pollute enough, or use enough fuel...

      THANKS FOR HELPING, CANADA!"

      Lmao what the hell? Yes, because a few convoys of these things is really going to damage the atmosphere. I mean, we were doing such a great job of taking care of the planet and then these came along.
    • halleyscomet, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11@BufordT

      You know what I'd favor?

      We have special licenses for a lot of vehicles. You need a special license for a bus, and you need a special license for a motorcycle.

      Just require a special license for an SUV. It won't have to be a HARD license to get, because the bad driving habits that make them dangerous to drive shouldn't be that hard to rectify.

      Hell, a brief orientation at the dealership about the blind spots on an SUV would be enough for some drivers.

      As for driving defensively, I do. That's why I'm alive after that encounter with the Hummer driver.
    • blizzwatch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11@ mfratt
      Did you even read halleyscomet comment?
      You just went off on a tangent about how you don't care how much gas your car takes because the market is so small when he was talking about being run off the road due to there size and the arrogance it causes its drivers. At least read what people are saying man, c'mon.
    • halleyscomet, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13@BufordT

      "I'm sure you will say that they are ok because they serve a purpose, not just to please some rich *****."

      No, I say they're just fine because their drivers had to get a special training and pass a licensing exam. In other words, someone taught those drivers how to handle such large, unwieldy vehicles. I rarely have problems with Semis or buses on the road. If more people knew how to drive their SUVs I'd have no problem with the vehicles.

      "There is something in this country called free choice, trying to tell other people they can't drive something because it is too big or has blind spots is truly a denail of liberty. "

      By that logic, it should be legal for me to go out and buy a sixteen wheeler to commute to work. After all, denying someone the ability to drive a vehicle they don't know how to handle is a denial of liberty, right?

      They're public roads, and driving is legally defined as a privilege, not a right. This is why we have driver's licenses, and why special ones are needed for different kinds of vehicles.
    • SpaceCoder, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11I think these vehicles make excellent additions to our military operations. I also believe these vehicles have no business being sold to civilians. Jeez, it hard enough to protect ourselves from the Hummer owners that can't drive.

      @mrfratt
      "If I want to drive a bad ass truck, who are you to say I cant because (OH NO!) im polluting the enviorment...."

      Personally, I don't care what you drive. If you must drive a bad ass truck to make up for some physical short coming, then be my guest.

      But your comment is an example of what is wrong with our society. People who have more money than brains feel that simply because they can afford it, they should be able to buy it and flaunt it.

      The cool part being, while you think you're being cool, the rest of the world see you as a fool. So it's a Win Win situation.

      BTW, I remember when everyone thought that there wouldn't be that many Hummers on the road due to its purchase price and cost of ownership... Boy we were wrong,
    • mfratt, on 10/12/2007, -8/+3SpaceCoder:

      a. Some people like driving hummers and what not because of an ego, but others just enjoy driving a huge ass truck. I personally do not, but I can see why people do. I drive a 5 year old Mercedes ML, not because I am trying to show off, but because I find Mercedes offers a product superior to that of American and Japanese companies.

      As for the second part of your comment, "Boy were we wrong," how many Hummers do you really see? The H2 and H3 dont count because those are basically regular SUVs with a hummer-like body, but how many real Hummers do you actually see driving down the road? In New England, I see maybe 1 or 2 per month, and I drive a lot.
    • laserdisc, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5Dunno why everyone is so angry about SUV owners. They're much more expensive to operate in most states than passenger cars. I agree that people who buy an full size SUVs as a "single occupant" commuting vehicle are nuts but I'm not going to stop someone from purchasing one.
      I don't know if this is true or not but I think SUVs aren't as safe as a passenger car. I read in newspapers all the time of SUVs getting hit by kids racing with their Corvettes, Porsches and Hondas and the people in the SUV are either badly injured or killed, meanwhile the guy in the coupe has a couple of broken bones and/or bruises.
    • pseudojd, on 10/12/2007, -12/+5This is America right? the United States? a Free country? I am going to buy Whatever the hell I want. you buy a prius. I will buy a H1. that is my choice. not yours to make for me. go live in china if you want to have your choices made for you.
    • SpaceCoder, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5@mrfratt
      "Some people like driving hummers and what not because of an ego, but others just enjoy driving a huge ass truck."

      Check out Hummer's current marketing campaign. It shows various people who are intimated by others, and cure themselves by buying a hummer.

      "As for the second part of your comment, "Boy were we wrong," how many Hummers do you really see? The H2 and H3 don't count because those are basically regular SUVs with a hummer-like body, but how many real Hummers do you actually see driving down the road?"

      Here in Mobile, Alabama we have a Hummer dealership that does a very brisk business. I see more H2s than H3s but I do see more than a few H1s. While I was at Auburn, there was a college baseball player whose father (benefit of a doubt here) bought him an H1.

      With that said, H2 is not much of an improvement to an H1 when they are tailgating you on interstate 65. For the record, I'm not a fan of the Ford Expedition, GMC Denali, or Chevy Suburban. Since these tend to be the ones tailgating me.

      Since I am reporting my observations... Interestingly, In Huntsville, Alabama, small cars, hybrids, mid-size SUVs, and XUVs (station-wagons) are more prevalent. This may be due to the large number of environment and space related industries.

      BTW, I agree with your choice in automobiles.
    • jumpingbeenz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6a drug dealer outside my house here in Mexico got his hummer shot up 111 times with an AK 47... not much was left of it http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/8900/shooting1fa6.jpg (note: i did not take that pic)
    • BassJunkie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I'd have to say I agree with halleyscomet on this one, in my job as a field engineer I sometimes have to drive around central London and there are plenty of people in these SUV's (although we call em 4*4's or Chelsea Tractors over in the UK!) As for BufordT regarding how we should drive anticipating these vechilies to hit us I partially agree but I'm willing to bet that if he (or she!) has side swiped by one of these vehicles that they'd say it was the SUV drivers fault and not his for not driving defensively! A special license for these cars would be good as most people don't realize the blindspots and other problems or driving such a large car - for example, I was in a car park the other day that had dozens of free bays (mostly singles) and a VW Torureg came past with 2 old people in and they spent ages driving around trying to find a bay to get the car into! - passing loads that a smaller car would easily get into! I'm not saying they shouldn't be able to choose whatever car they want but I think people have to consider where they are taking there cars! If all your doing is sitting in traffic in a city do you really need a 4wd SUV?
  • mwsherman, on 10/12/2007, -17/+67Gurkha Gurkha Muhammad Jihad

    • carve, on 10/12/2007, -15/+8that is "durka durka" to you.

      allah Muhommad Jihad
    • skyshock21, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3I read the title, thought I was getting pr0n... and THIS is what it was all about??
  • godmode, on 10/12/2007, -8/+10I wonder if the name comes from an Indian word for guard/gatekeeper
    • armbar, on 10/12/2007, -4/+27I wonder if the name comes from a Swedish word that only puppet chefs use.
    • GalacticCmdr, on 10/12/2007, -5/+14sigh, has the educational system fallen so far. Look up Gurkha and you will find that they have a very proud history of serving with several armies - specifically the British and Indian. They were considered some very bad-ass people to cross in WW2.

      Considering that this is a Canadian product and Canada's military is like an auxiliary of the British Armed Services - in the same way that the Boy Scouts are an auxiliary of the US Forces. The name is not that surprising.
    • rzza, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8@GalacticCmdr
      "Considering that this is a Canadian product"
      Sort of. They have offices and a manufacturing plant in Canada, but their history is American and British. It's much the same with GM, Chrylser and Ford, none of whose vehicles could really be called Canadian.

      "Canada's military is like an auxiliary of the British Armed Services"
      Not for a lot of years, Mr Education.
    • acceptab1euname, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2That's pretty pathetic that somebody wouldn't know what a Ghurka was...at the very least you'd figure the term "Ghurka Knife" might suggest something. HINT: take a look at those knives and you'll quickly see just how badass those folks were.
  • breakintheweb, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17I wonder how long until this is "redesigned" into a consumer vehicle.
    • Phr00t, on 10/12/2007, -7/+61"The first civilian delivery is for a "well-known personality" in California that will take place next month, Whyte says."

      Looks like some ***** is already getting one...

      "The customer, who is a friend of California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, intends to use it as daily transport, Whyte says. "It's a very California mentality to have the biggest and the best."

      ***** you, friend of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
    • LudicrousSpeed, on 10/12/2007, -9/+6I'm sure there's already someone in Chicago with one. We need this sort of vehicle in Chicago due to all the nasty hilly terrain.
    • halleyscomet, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15I wonder what this friend of Arnie's is compensating for?
    • nj10ii, on 10/12/2007, -15/+3***** you, Arnold Schwarzenegger

      we KNOW he has a little dick!
    • firebush, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4I've gots my keys ready!

      SSCCCCCRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAATTTTCCCHHHHHH!!!!

      MMMM. Can't wait.
    • manageMyRights, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3If Arnold is California's friend... I'd hate to meet its enemies.
  • chubbymidget, on 10/12/2007, -21/+8Sorry but, A "Hummer" will always do.
    • sublimetruth, on 10/12/2007, -14/+2buh-dum-chick!


      zing! very nice work!
    • texpundit, on 10/12/2007, -12/+2I think I need a "hummer" after seeing pix of that thing.

      *schwing*
  • JenadaeX, on 10/12/2007, -15/+7needs more wheels..
  • socbret, on 10/12/2007, -5/+36The Hummer IS a chick car.
    • Universal, on 10/12/2007, -29/+16The H2 and H3 are, the H1 is still the King!
    • halleyscomet, on 10/12/2007, -6/+35You're confused. It's not a chick car. A Hummer is for guys whose "gear" is so diminutive, you need a magnifying glass to tell them from chicks.
    • armbar, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13@halleyscomet:

      Just look for fat guys in upper management.
    • subscribtion, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13No, he's right, it is a chick car. Something has got to compensate for their lack of balls, right?
    • nj10ii, on 10/12/2007, -6/+5Yeah thats because I always get my Hummers from chicks!

      I'd never consider one from a dude, less of course I was in prison for over a week!
    • jbcghia, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11The Hummer is for morons.
      H1 was designed for all terrain use, retrofitted and polished up but maintained much of its off road capabilities. ***** uncomfortable, loud and seriously a waste of money if its being used on paved roads. Not even that fun off road, slow and tank like where is the challenge...much more fun can be had in an old pos Toyota/Ford/etc with a roll bar.
      H2 and H3 - poor off road abilities but made more comfortable and luxurious for soccer moms and kids. Still terrible gas mileage but who cares if you are buying one you are getting ripped off but are too stupid to care.
    • OrangeTide, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7a hummer is an attempt to make a humvee wimpy enough for soccer moms to use. too bad most people who buy hummers are too inexperienced at driving large vehicles to safely drive them.

      Remember people. a hummer != a humvee. It's got a whole lot less torque, it is less durable (it's just a humvee-shaped body on a pickup truck frame). well the H1 is a lot like the Humvee, but the H2 and H3 are just wimpified.

      Frankly a compact car is way more practical for city driving. I can stop on a dime, have excellently visibility, and can squeeze into any parking space. (even ones where stupid SUV ownders have gone over the lines).

      Car companies used to be satisified just selling families 2 cars each, but the SUV was invented so car companies could sell people the material equivalent of 4 cars. Wouldn't you like to sell people twice as much stuff without actually having to sell them twice as much or them getting the benefit of having twice as much? (kind of like supersizing your meal, you get twice as much bad tasting food. and you can never really finish the bucket-o-soda they give you, unless you want to be running to
      the bathroom)

      @armbar
      fat guys are the employees. upper management have personal trainers and time to go to the gym.
  • OMGWTFROFLMAO, on 10/12/2007, -4/+22I'm waiting for the DUB edition.

    Bling Bling bitchez!
  • technique, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19For $200,000 this thing should not only be better than a Hummer, but give you one too.
    • gwinerreniwg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8I dunno, 200K doesn't sound that outrageous for an armored vehicle of this caliber. Not that I would ever pay that, but for top of the line, state of the art security protection and armor, I would have guessed more. Just for a point of reference (all unarmored vehicles presumably within the price range of someone needed one of these):

      Hummer H1: 140K
      Porsche Cayenne: 112K
      Landrover: 90K
      Mercedes S-Class: 181K
      Bently Arnage 213K
      Rolls Royce Phantom 328K
    • foolfromhell, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Is the Hummer H1 Armored? Im not sure, if It was, I would like to start a personal Army......
  • mayh3m, on 10/12/2007, -28/+2A hummer will always DO!!!

    ZING!!! Badum psssssh! ill be here all week.
    • TheAngryMob, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17The hell you will.

      Get the pitchforks and torches guys!
  • gridbread, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9Great, hope the rich people in my area don't take it over our beatup bridge.

    ...

    Or maybe I do : D
  • pdesigns, on 10/12/2007, -10/+3tight
  • ReverendRodger, on 10/12/2007, -3/+31Can't wait to get ran off the road by a soccer mom driving one of these.
  • Wyattx17, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11Remember, Remember the fifth of November, gunpowered treason and plot. I see no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot.



    Let's get more fear in peoples' mind.
  • ZeroMP, on 10/12/2007, -9/+4That looks pretty mean. I want two of them!
  • ganlet, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10it was just a matter of time, only wish it ran off biodesiel
  • SPLASTiK, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18Neil Young drives a Hummer:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Young#Trivia

    But it's converted to run on alternative fuels.
    "I love it when people yell at me that about the environment... and then I tell them that I'm burning 90% cleaner than them."
  • josegutz, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6The Hummer is perfect for wives to dump the kids at soccer practice and go shoe shopping...
    • Cronus6, on 10/12/2007, -8/+13The only real problem I see with that is that she is taking them to soccer practice instead of American football....
    • nj10ii, on 10/12/2007, -11/+3Soccer sucks!

      Its totally ruined Little League, and Football.
    • rushiku, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Yeah, just like cars ruined horses!

      You bastards!
  • jsqurred, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15@mwsherman

    I'm pretty sure the Gurkha is named after the Gurkhas, famous soldiers from Nepal who also served in the British Army during its Imperial Days. They're known for their toughness and proficiency in battle.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurkha

    P.S. I'm from Nepal and that vehicle looks pretty damn sweet
  • silverSurfer84, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3Is the US running out of military dollars? Thats the only reason I can think of why they would have the same equipment our Canadian military has. :)
    • fartsniffer, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8its common for people to think that the canadian army is poor but they acctualy have the top notch stuff and in many cases better gear than the american army
      this is becuase we have such a smaller army and we can afford to give the best to the few we have

      btw canadian snipers have 50 cal rifles, stick that in your pipe and smoke it
    • silverSurfer84, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Do you even read? Im Canadian. (see OUR) and I was also joking. (See the smiley)
    • Jeebugorn, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3canada has a military?


      btw, the US has been using 50 cal sniper rifles for a while too....sooo, i dont see your point
    • beervolcano, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6They also have hockey sticks for close quarters combat. :-)
    • fartsniffer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2yes canada has a military and the core army is very hardcore
      the special forces are guys that are so trained that they could take out a whole building of people (100+) without even being hurt
      the reason im joininh the army when im 18 is because i will get a hell of a lot better training than most other country's and will have the best and newest gear to train with

      btw ***** all of u iggnorant americans who refuse to open your eyes
    • Jeebugorn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@fartsniffer

      LMAO @ newest and best equipment and best trained

      ohhh, is THAT why 1 1/2 years ago the canadian military bought alot of surplus (old) PAQ-4C (infrared laser sights) from the US Army. and is THAT why your "scientists" were training people how to use them sooo ass backwards i had to jump in and be like....stop, all you have to do is this (showed how to zero the sight). btw, i know this because they used my range as the "testbed". they brought that Princess Percy's Canadian Light Infantry (or whatever princess they are named after) to test them.
  • Ocelot13, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17only a matter of time before you see the rappers driving these with 28" chromed out spinners, with low profile tires. not to mention some chrome bumpers, strut grill, and some neon lights.

    "Coming soon to a rap video near you"
  • halleyscomet, on 10/12/2007, -5/+14The headline is inaccurate. It should read:

    "When not Even a Hummer will Compensate for your Shortcomings"

    Hummer: "The American Anatomical Compensator."
    • gridbread, on 10/12/2007, -10/+3That's immediately what I thought when I heard Arnold was getting one.
    • halleyscomet, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1@gridbread

      Well, steroids are known to cause impotence.

      He may be a wall of muscle with a salami stolen off a horse, but if the steroids robbed that unit of it's reproductive capabilities he'd have reason to compensate.
    • billyboobs34, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Impotence from steroids is only a temporary condition...
    • halleyscomet, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Which begs the question: Are we sure Arnie has stopped taking them? And if he has, when DID he stop taking them?

      I would suspect that impotence, even a temporary bout of it, would leave some substantial emotional damage, so he could be compensating for past psychological scarring.

      Then again, his need to drive a Hummer could be in compensation for something else. It could be entirely emotional with no physical source aside from a chemical imbalance.

      All we REALLY know (Thanks to his purchase of a Hummer) is that he's compensating for SOMETHING.
  • AndyManCan, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2Further proof that Canada is a terrorist power. These things are built in the Greater Toronto area even.

    Joking! Had ya going there for a second though...
  • LordofChaosIori, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16Next thing you know, people are going to be driving those CAT bulldozers...
  • fmaxwell, on 10/12/2007, -4/+13And how long before the idiots start buying these for their wives? This is just what we need: suburban moms on cell phones, turned around backwards to look at the kids, blowing through intersections in these. "But my love for my wife and children is measured at the weigh station!" the idiots will whine.

    If your wife needs something like this to keep her safe, then her genes really need to be pulled out of the pool, taking her offspring with her.

  • angrycat, on 10/12/2007, -7/+5Hummers are for men with microscopic penises
    • maninblac1, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Not really, most of the people i see driving hummers around here are women, does that make them feminists, maybe?
    • rondeth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3And mopeds are for dudes nicknamed "Mr. Tripod"? Who thinks this ***** up, anyway?
    • billyboobs34, on 10/12/2007, -8/+3hahaha mopeds... I always drive up really close behind those queers until they get scared, pull off the road, and let me pass.

      Damn mopeds shouldn't be allowed on the road.
  • baroo, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11Spinners, it needs spinners!
  • robohoe, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4Something will tip it over for sure.
  • ignition, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2A hummer has always done it for me.
  • Dosperros, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Not so sure about the "shrugging off a roadside bomb" thing. Seen too much about what those things do to vehicles and people in Baghdad every day to think anything short of a tank will do.

    That said, it looks like the perfect thing to take to Home Depot and Bed, Bath, and Beyond (if we have time) this weekend.
    • maninblac1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6They said it was 8500 kilos, in otherwords ~8.5 tons, or a mini-tank, i think it'll do.
  • maninblac1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Introducing the SUTAV
    Sport Utility Tank Assualt Vehicle
    Comming to a showroom near you.
  • robohoe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Matter of time before they start showing them in rap videos and homies will start pimping them out.
  • audioscience, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Team America (canada) ***** Yeah!
  • marvin69, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3All civilian and most military Hummers are not armored. I highly doubt this vehicle will be armored for civilian use.
    • maninblac1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Well, if it's not armored, i'm not seeing how you can get 9 tons out of it? I mean come on, most cars are ~3000 lbs, SUV's 4000+ as noted below nearly 19000 lbs.
  • Automatt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12vehicle weight: 8,620 kg = 19,004 lbs = NINE AND A HALF TONS
    Illegal on almost all residential streets in California
    And more than a few bridges
    • Wiman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"vehicle weight: 8,620 kg = 19,004 lbs = NINE AND A HALF TONS"
      One ton = 1000kg, so how do you get 8620kg to 9.5tons?
  • matthewaaron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Much better pictures at the Armet website...
    http://www.aavi.com/
  • schlongmeister, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2http://www.fuh2.com/index.php
  • Onibus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3All it needs now is a Giant Laser Beam add-on accessory! Those top mount look capable of such a worthy add-on :P
    Not only would it be great for fending off would-be dangerous situations, but it'd work just as well for road raging!

    Anyone up for Real World: Twisted Metal?
  • liveinabin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3What better way for Americans to increase their dependency on the middle east than to drive a car THIS thirsty :) Genius.
  • warmonger48, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1How wierd is this? I just got done reading this story on Dvorak's Blog.
  • foolfromhell, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Those that want to know. a Gurkha is a Nepalese Soldier that served in the British Army. They now serve partly in the Indian army, and are used to Guard Singapore and a lot of other countries.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurkha
  • Beanseh, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0smeh
  • maninblac1, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2I will have to say though, if i was rich, and it had good gas mileage, sorta. I'd buy it and drive it, nothing like pulling up to the person next to you in their Denali or a Seburban and the street seeps underneath your weight, and the look on their face of, holy crap!

    Or, you know, just start runnin the SUV's off the road. Stay out of my way! LOL!
    • halleyscomet, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4So, what are YOU compensating for?
    • RegisteredUser, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@maninblac1

      You can buy whatever you want. Just stay the hell out of the passing lane.
    • HalfBurntToast, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"nothing like pulling up to the person next to you in their Denali or a Seburban and the street seeps underneath your weight, and the look on their face of, holy crap!"

      Really? Whenever someone pulls up to me in one I have a good laugh at them. How they blew all that money on such a terrible car. Then imagine how my CAR could blow it off the road with ease and use 85% less gas in the process! Large cars dont impress me. They just annoy me.
  • bluering, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Proud driver of a Turbo Diesel Excursion here. 22 MPG and I can run on vegetable oil. suck-it OPEC.
    • rushiku, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7You can, but do you?
      (no)
      OPEC Called, they said to tell you "Suck it!"
    • bluering, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Actually I usually run on B20 Bio. Would go higher, but that's as rich as I can find at the pump around here.
  • SinNombre, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1That's awesome!
  • Seumas, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8If you want a hummer, get a real hummer from army surplus. Otherwise you're just buying a useless oversized SUV for soccer moms.
  • volscio, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2If they want to make vehicles safer against IEDs, they would raise them off the ground more and make the undercarriage less conducive to trapping the energy of the blast, i.e. angled plates to deflect the explosion. I think the Israelis have vehicles built like that, for IED sweeps.
  • DJcrayon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Its a good article and all, but it almost sounds like an ad for the company who makes these.
  • MrCalifornia, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Isn't this the guy who sold his ID on eBay?
  • Fotograffiti, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2http://www.aavi.com/ Some large Ghurka pics
    I guess this was posted earlier in the comments. Nevermind*S*
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