Re: [biofuel] Unimog: was Re: Thinking about buying a car?

2001-12-09 Thread Keith Addison
If the Unimog's overkill for you try the Mercedes G-Wagen. The US military's using them now because the Hummers get stuck and the G-Wagens don't. snip I don't care for the Unimog or the Mercedes. The Unimog is more like a tractor than what I need, and the G is more for my wife to haul

[biofuel] Unimog: was Re: Thinking about buying a car?

2001-12-09 Thread motie_d
Hardly in the same class as a G, that's just a car. Friend in Sweden shook one to pieces in a couple of years. Her driving is nearly all onroad, hauling groceries and/or grandkids. For general driving around here, they seem to be good for 200,000 miles. I'll probably end up buying a 4

Re: [biofuel] Unimog: was Re: Thinking about buying a car?

2001-12-08 Thread Thor Skov
Hummers also get about 8 mpg, are outrageously expensive, and don't carry much. They are not trucks. They do get around, though. --- motie_d [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Alan S. Petrillo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: steve spence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The

[biofuel] Unimog: was Re: Thinking about buying a car?

2001-12-08 Thread motie_d
I've got their site bookmarked. I'll study it later. I've been considering a Hummer, but they are more of a luxury car than I want or need. I don't need heated leather seats and a 10 CD music player in a work vehicle. If the Unimog's overkill for you try the Mercedes G-Wagen. The US

[biofuel] Unimog: was Re: Thinking about buying a car?

2001-12-07 Thread Alan S. Petrillo
steve spence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Mercedes Unimog is a decent little truck. [snicker] A nice little truck. Some pretty fine not-so-little ones too. If you want to build the world's biggest, baddest, go anywhere RV there's nothing better. There's a company that does just that.

[biofuel] Unimog: was Re: Thinking about buying a car?

2001-12-07 Thread motie_d
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Alan S. Petrillo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: steve spence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Mercedes Unimog is a decent little truck. [snicker] A nice little truck. Some pretty fine not-so-little ones too. If you want to build the world's biggest, baddest, go