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Greg Berger (Greg_lc)
New Member Username: Greg_lc
Post Number: 2 Registered: 03-2003
| Posted on Friday, May 30, 2003 - 12:12 pm: |
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http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/30/automobiles/30HUMM.html?pagewanted=1&a mp;8hpib |
   
Tripp Westbrook (Tripp)
Member Username: Tripp
Post Number: 145 Registered: 08-2002
| Posted on Friday, May 30, 2003 - 01:17 pm: |
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I'd say this kind of sums it up. But to pay $3,575? sheesh "Even the Hummer owners drive the camp's H2's rather than their own. That gives them license to run risks they might never take with their own trucks. (Hummer drivers don't typically drive off-road � that's what Hummer camp is for.) "This is too nice a truck to do this to," said Mr. Mills, the jowly, mustachioed lottery winner, appraising a camp loaner that was covered with dirt and scratches after becoming so bogged down in mud that it took a winch to pull it free. "They said they had their own trucks. I was like, `I'll come.' " |
   
Jeremy Katka (Jkatka)
Member Username: Jkatka
Post Number: 249 Registered: 02-2002
| Posted on Friday, May 30, 2003 - 02:25 pm: |
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How is this diffrent from the Equinox www.equinoxresort.com I believe they let you drive their LR's and are a certified LR driving centre. I believe there is also a school called Greenbrier on the East Coast that has a similar program where you drive their trucks. Both of these schools charge over $100 an hour. I am sure that you would find a number of their customers saying the same thing but behind the wheel of a RR or LR. JK |
   
Carter Simcoe (Carter)
Senior Member Username: Carter
Post Number: 562 Registered: 04-2002
| Posted on Friday, May 30, 2003 - 02:28 pm: |
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Yeah but I don't think most of us like THAT crowd either Jeremy. |
   
Kevin Bridges (Craniac)
Member Username: Craniac
Post Number: 146 Registered: 02-2003
| Posted on Friday, May 30, 2003 - 07:23 pm: |
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Come on Carter, if your going to pay for a "camp" anyway why not thrash their vehicle???? |
   
Mike Goodell (Mikegoodell)
Member Username: Mikegoodell
Post Number: 49 Registered: 11-2002
| Posted on Saturday, May 31, 2003 - 04:47 pm: |
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As far as the Equinox goes you have to use there vehicles because of insurance. The 4x4 Center in Williston, just south of Rovers North has the same kind of deal. They have all of their Rovers "expedition ready" and charge by the half day. I had just seen somewhere that LRNA is closing or has already closed the Equinox, so they can concentrate their efforts and attention on the greenbrier and their west coast operation, who's name escapes me at the moment. Mike G. 96 Disco SD |
   
Christopher Boese (Christopher)
Member Username: Christopher
Post Number: 54 Registered: 10-2002
| Posted on Saturday, May 31, 2003 - 05:30 pm: |
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Here's the press release: http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=15201&make_id=625 |
   
Jeremy Katka (Jkatka)
Member Username: Jkatka
Post Number: 250 Registered: 02-2002
| Posted on Saturday, May 31, 2003 - 08:14 pm: |
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Carter... I dunno I wouldnt mind taking home the lotto and trying out some new things ;) JK |