Date:         Fri, 1 Mar 2013 14:15:45 -0800
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From:         Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Frydaye: Ultimate Syncro?
Comments: To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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But can you sleep and cook and stand up inside it ?

The price has to be way up there just for perecption and image at
least.  Otherwise it wouldn't be perceived as an ubermachine.
There are production cars that cost over 1 million dollars of course.

Lamborghini beat Mercedes to this concept by about 20 years.
called the LM400 I think ..
V-12 engine ..for high speed desertuse. Looks a somewhat like a HumVee.

re theserock crawler events ...
Do they have a class where you'd can't use a spotter ?
I think it's cheating to have a spotter.

oh ..and are any of these So Cal rock rigs 6 wheeled ?
Can 6 wheels always do more than just four ?

On 3/1/2013 2:01 PM, Don Hanson wrote:
> I yesterday saw one of those military 6xs....I have seen it before.
> Small-ish....diesel power, I think.  About the size of a Vanagon, but with
> a pickup body that this fellow had built a cab-high very nice shell.
> Former military  vehicle, I don't know how he manages to drive it in
> California...but he was on the highway...
>
>     Nearby (Ocatillo Wells Off Road Vehicular park) this weekend is the
> world championship off road contest....there are thousands and thousands of
> rock crawlers and jeeps of all kinds showing up for a $100, 000 prize in
> the contest....No real idea of what goes on, but I may have to go check it
> out....they've built this obstacle course that I would have a hard time
> negotiating with my legs and climbing boots....
>
>    It is truely amazing the amount of money these enthusiasts spend on their
> Desert rigs....That $600k Mercedes would be......nothing really special
> amongst THIS crowd...
> On Mar 1, 2013 11:53 AM, "Jeff" <vw.doka@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I want one:
>>
>>
>> http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/mercedes-benz-reveals-g63-amg-6-6-six
>> -173918528.html<http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/mercedes-benz-reveals-g63-amg-6-6-six-173918528.html>
>>
>> Only $500k
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Jeff
>>