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Date:         Wed, 15 May 1996 13:01:41 -0400 (EDT)
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From:         William Alan Killian <killian@qnet.com>
Subject:      RE: Relabled Trooper

On Wed, 15 May 1996, Tom Forhan wrote:

> Joel said: > > >are you SURE it was a Trooper?? and not maybe an imported VW Ilitis?? > >VW makes a trooper-looking sort of vehicle for the german army. > > I think he could be right (again!): > > This vehicle was seen in the Washington DC area, where you can often > find non-US models of foreign cars on the streets, because diplomats > don't have to comply with those pesky US DOT and EPA regulations. > > Also, the German military (airforce?) has a substantial presence > in the DC area, as they have a training facility or something out at > Dulles airport. They bring their own military vehicles.

Color was burgandy and I'm pretty sure it had Virginia plates. Driver had a full beard which didn't look very military. The vehicle did have a tubular grill guard kind of thing though.

bill and diane killian zen and the art of ferrets http://userwww.qnet.com/~killian/zen_home.htm


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