[MarkL]

Damn!

I really had no idea about all the problems that the military is having with HMMWVs!

I wonder if one of the problems is that the military procurment process requires getting parts from the lowest bidder... While the civilian version (still with very limited passenger space, but then I hate people in general, and probably wouldn't be driving people around!) uses more expensive, civilian parts, like tires and wheels. I don't know... Just guessing. But if someone were to buy a $120,000 playtoy that breaks down every few thousand miles (other than those designed to do so, like a Lamberghini), you'd think that it would be all over the press.

Thank you for your service

Have a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!

Mark

[Criminal Number 18F]

Afghanistan is real hard on vehicles... so it is the ultimate torture test. Our standing joke was that when peace breaks out they can have a rally from Kabul to Kandahar via Bamian and Mazar-e Sharif. It would make the Paris-Dakar look like a drive on the interstate even if no one was trying to blow you up.

On the plus side, the uparmoureds take getting blown up pretty well, also, cascading into a riverbed... the vehicles get totaled but the guys live and keep their extremities. In the Toyota you risk limb loss on an anti-tank mine.

Thanks back to you and all the Americans that we knew were behind us 100%!

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F