| Author | Message | ||
     Burke Bell (Ncdiscod90) New Member Username: Ncdiscod90 Post Number: 9 Registered: 06-2003 |
I saw something very odd a few weeks ago on I77 in Charlotte. A transport truck with two brand spanking new M-B Unimogs on the back. I believe there was a red one and a blue one, and looked as though they were for private use??? | ||
| Art Vigil (Colorover) Member Username: Colorover Post Number: 186 Registered: 02-2003 |
http://www.allpar.com/model/ram/unimog.html http://mbspy.bacosys.be/unimogna.htm Seems like there was a lot of hype a few years ago about the new Uni coming to the US but I haven't really heard much since. It'd be cool to see some put to work. ~Art Vigil | ||
| Chris Marcel (Gumarcel) Senior Member Username: Gumarcel Post Number: 589 Registered: 11-2002 |
The old school unimogs looked better then the one on the second site!! | ||
| Burke Bell (Ncdiscod90) New Member Username: Ncdiscod90 Post Number: 10 Registered: 06-2003 |
Yep, that had to be what I saw. Guess all we need now is a CDL? A bit of cash wouldn't hurt... | ||
| Rob Davison (Nosivad_bor) Senior Member Username: Nosivad_bor Post Number: 521 Registered: 02-2003 |
i get to post the obligatory maximog link  http://www.maximog.com/ -rob | ||
| Chris Marcel (Gumarcel) Senior Member Username: Gumarcel Post Number: 595 Registered: 11-2002 |
I wonder if I could buy those? I also wonder what the MPG is, maybe 1 highway, 0 city... | ||
| Alan Yim (Alan) Senior Member Username: Alan Post Number: 584 Registered: 09-2002 |
comes with complimentary 10 mile long gas hose. | ||
| Chris Marcel (Gumarcel) Senior Member Username: Gumarcel Post Number: 596 Registered: 11-2002 |
damn they get 9.5 MPG, that is pretty good, thats close to what I get in my discovery. It is only 118 inches high also...And it has Heated and cooled drink holders!! And Pioneer 50” plasma panel video/graphics display with motorized ceiling suspension mount | ||
| Mark (Mistert) New Member Username: Mistert Post Number: 21 Registered: 02-2002 |
I don't understand what makes the Unimog such a great off-roader - it's so tall(high center of gravity) and narrow like a Gwagen | ||
| Rob Davison (Nosivad_bor) Senior Member Username: Nosivad_bor Post Number: 523 Registered: 02-2003 |
it's c of g isn't high. it's locked and deisel driven with overkill components. what makes it not a good offroader? rd | ||
| Andy Thoma (Andythoma) Senior Member Username: Andythoma Post Number: 277 Registered: 01-2003 |
In Park City Utah they use Mogs to plow the streets and pick up trash in winter. Mogs are really bad ass, check out this link; http://www.mercedes-benz.com/e/ecars/unimog/default.htm 46 deg departure angle, 51 deg approach angle, fording capability of 3.5'! 38 deg ramp over angle 45 deg climb ablity ability to relocate rail cars sells it for me | ||
| Andy Thoma (Andythoma) Senior Member Username: Andythoma Post Number: 278 Registered: 01-2003 |
Rob, they lack the leather seats, thats why they suck offroad. | ||
| Chris Marcel (Gumarcel) Senior Member Username: Gumarcel Post Number: 597 Registered: 11-2002 |
Well the Maxmog can go 6 feet deep, Ha beat that Andy! | ||
| Andy Thoma (Andythoma) Senior Member Username: Andythoma Post Number: 279 Registered: 01-2003 |
Actually I can, I'll just get a rr3 and go through 10' of water with that cool air reserve system. | ||
| Chris Marcel (Gumarcel) Senior Member Username: Gumarcel Post Number: 600 Registered: 11-2002 |
oh yea I fogot what corky said. Yea the RR3 is amazing. | ||
| mark allen (Markallen1) New Member Username: Markallen1 Post Number: 9 Registered: 02-2003 |
i saw one at the home depot, i was inspecting it when the driver came over. he was a salesman. he said i could buy it for 70k , the stripped down version..... | ||
| Perrone Ford (Perroneford) Member Username: Perroneford Post Number: 141 Registered: 02-2003 |
Mark, You can get older ones for 1/10 to 1/5 that price. -P | ||
| Stacey R Abend (Srafj40) Member Username: Srafj40 Post Number: 112 Registered: 03-2003 |
Two for sale in Utah as well as a 109/chevy/land cruiser. http://www.outbacklandcruisers.com/ | ||
| Gil Stevens (Gil) Senior Member Username: Gil Post Number: 331 Registered: 02-2002 |
i knew they were nuts in utah.. but these people are flat out insane. a $55,000 109?? a $4500 fj40 in pieces?? must be nice to live a secluded world.. | ||
| Andy Thoma (Andythoma) Senior Member Username: Andythoma Post Number: 280 Registered: 01-2003 |
Oh my heck Gil... we utahns like our own little world! It's the altitude, the thin air makes for inflated prices. | ||
| Chris Marcel (Gumarcel) Senior Member Username: Gumarcel Post Number: 617 Registered: 11-2002 |
Damn mormans.. | ||
| Stacey R Abend (Srafj40) Member Username: Srafj40 Post Number: 113 Registered: 03-2003 |
It could be the lack of a steady caffeine,(morning), and alcohol, (evening), diet. :-) | ||
| Christopher Boese (Christopher) Member Username: Christopher Post Number: 81 Registered: 10-2002 |
Unimogs are sold here under the Freightliner brand: http://www.unimogtrucks.com/ | ||
| Art Vigil (Colorover) Member Username: Colorover Post Number: 188 Registered: 02-2003 |
www.coldwarremarketing.com/ | ||
| Andy Thoma (Andythoma) Senior Member Username: Andythoma Post Number: 281 Registered: 01-2003 |
Its funny when your the only one in the office in the morning carring in the 22 oz of coffee... I guess because I like the booze and love my coffee, I too think those prices are high. On the bright side, LR resale prices are better than average here, good for the seller anyway. | ||
| Stacey R Abend (Srafj40) Member Username: Srafj40 Post Number: 114 Registered: 03-2003 |
The few the proud, the social club drinker. Andy, just curious. How does Starbucks do? Stacey | ||
| Andy Thoma (Andythoma) Senior Member Username: Andythoma Post Number: 282 Registered: 01-2003 |
Pretty well, there are lots of "gentiles" here in utah. So they tend to stick together, one good place is at coffee houses. Starbucks gets some good competition from local shops too. I tend to be a local coffee house fan, big fan of millcreek coffee beans (local roosted bean). But the farther you get away from salt lake county, and the city, you get more into areas where coffee houses aren't going to get any money, unless they serve caffine free diet coke. Except for park city and moab (park city for ski bums and rich people or Moab for 4 wheelers, mountain bikers,climbers,boaters) the rest of the state is quite mormon. You either can handle this states quirks or they drive you crazy. It drives me crazy till I realize it's a 3 hour drive to moab or a 30 minute drive to alta from my house. Plus its not 115deg like AZ. But somethings wrong when I go fishing after work with some co-workers and none want any beer! | ||
| Daniel Covaciu (Danielcovaciu) Senior Member Username: Danielcovaciu Post Number: 305 Registered: 10-2002 |
Andy, everyone who is not Jewish, is a gentile. Thus, all mormans are gentiles. So is it against the morman faith to have caffine? | ||
| Stacey R Abend (Srafj40) Member Username: Srafj40 Post Number: 115 Registered: 03-2003 |
Dan, http://www.fairlds.org/apol/misc/misc22a.html | ||
| Andy Thoma (Andythoma) Senior Member Username: Andythoma Post Number: 284 Registered: 01-2003 |
That's a good link to explain the whole caffine thing. I too always understood gentile to mean a non-jew. But the here in utah it means non-mormon. I gave up arguing to the contrary and just drink up my homebrew and ski perfect powder. Its funny to see mormon pass on coffee or booze, but inhale caffine pills and guzzle coke. Its all how you interpet the words of wisdom, my responce to it is "I'll drink to that!" | ||
| Stacey R Abend (Srafj40) Member Username: Srafj40 Post Number: 116 Registered: 03-2003 |
Good thing I am Luthern. All I care about is the grass in the yard. Is it green? Sould I mow twice a week to keep that fresh cut look? ETC.... | ||
| Art Vigil (Colorover) Member Username: Colorover Post Number: 190 Registered: 02-2003 |
Ahh, you have to love the fundamentalists: "...becasue it says so in the (insert applicable holy book)...in plain English!!!" ~Art Vigil |
