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The Ultimate S.U.V.
Max the Merciless writes: "Take one part KITT, one part 007, one part Unimog, throw in a whole lot of high technology and you get the MaxiMog, perhaps the ultimate SUV! The MaxiMog is a go anywhere, do anything 'expedition system'. The vehicle (and trailer) runs a total of 7 separate computers, a high speed network and a google of different communications devices. I enquired as to the operating systems, and apparently "real time and safety related systems control run under QNX, scheduling and communications management under Linux, and there are a few apps that run under OS9/OSX and WinNT (hate the NT stuff, but some of the communications software is yet to be ported to anything else)". However, my favourite feature is the "High Intensity Air horn system - two air horns producing 137dba at 15 feet in front of vehicle. Note -- Due to high sound pressure levels only for use off road when no personnel are nearby!"
Where's the turret?
Casual Games/Downloads
Fault tolerance for the computers doesn't matter for the following reason:
If you look closely at the tires, you'll notice Firestone lettering. I think that computer-safety is of minimal concern.
Keeping
Finally bringing the Beowulf cluster to the redneck/jock clique.
Job? I don't have time to get a job! Who will sit around and bitch about being broke and unemployed then?
Am I the only one who saw this thing and imagined it standing on its rear wheels shouting "transformer" ?
No, this machine isn't excessive. The add-ons are excessive. Jet boat and unmanned aircraft?
I guess the 'James Bond' types will be easy to spot in the near future. He's the guy driving the huge ambulance with a jet boat on the back and spy plane on the roof.
It will be an obvious choice who to kill for the bad guys.
Get your Unix fortune now!
You know they should put one of these in a movie. Then they could go to some island and get eaten by Dinosaurs.
Seems like a lot of really cool ideas from movies are being taken on as projects and being made into reality. This is making for some really fun new toys that we've always wished we could have. C'mon Hollywood, keep 'em coming!
All these computers, and no MP3 player!
Creature Comforts
* 5.1. Self leveling leather upholstered air suspension seats with five way adjustments, lumbar air bags, heat, and on/off road modes)
* 5.2. Inertia reel seatbelts with off-road lock
* 5.3. Refrigerator/food warmer/coffee maker
* 5.4. Heated and cooled drink holders.
* 12 disc CD changer (connected to entertainment AM/FM/CD player)
* 5.6. Retractable (air powered) entry steps (one on each side), provide access step for front and rear doors.
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Fellowship 9/11
>For some people, mothers included, they are the only vehicle that makes sense.
^^^
Mod parent up to "funny" plz
What is 25 tons, has tank tracks, armor plating and a vicious streak a mile wide? the ultimate SUV of course!
i have a friend of a friend who "claims" to have seen one in an off-road situation.
You must be joking right?
The average SUV driver would be so scared of scratching the metallic paint on there all terain vercle, they will never dare take it off road!
Anyone quoted by a reporter knows how little they understand
Don't believe what you read is the truth.
One extra feature not noted on the website is the row of full jerrycans in the bumper which help incinerate the evidence ( should you accidentally smash into a sub-compact at the mall ):
http://www.maximog.com/bumper.html
My MaxiMod was hacked and defaced by some Hummer activists!
Danny and I just had a kid, and of course we needed a bigger SUV. It's so big, last week we lost little Joey in the back and couldn't find him for an hour. Now on those trips to soccer practice, or during my trecks across the mall parking lot, I know my family is safe. Who cares if it only gets 3 miles to the gallon, I'm a mom, not a conservationist.
Can you name the truck with four-wheel drive,
Smells like a steak and seats thirty-five!
Canyonero...
Canyonerooo!
Well, it goes real slow with the hammer down,
it's the country-fried truck endorsed by a clown!
Canyonero...
Canyonerooo!
(Krusty)Hey hey!
The federal highway commision has ruled the Canyonero
unsafe for highway or city driving.
Canyonerooo!
Twelve yards long, two lanes wide,
sixty-five tons of American pride!
Canyonero...
Canyonerooo!
Top o' the line in utility sports,
unexplained fires are a matter for the courts!
Canyonero...
Canyonerooo!
She blinds everybody with her super-high beams,
she's a squirrel-squashin', deer-smackin', drivin' machine!
Canyonero...
Canyonerooo!
Yah!
Yah, Canyonero!
Yah!
Whoa, Canyonero!
Whoa!
That we stop referring to these vehicles as SUVs. Only a small minority of the owners actually use then for off road sporting type functions or use them to haul lots of equipment that would classify them as being a utility vehicle. Face it, 80-90% of them are used for commuting, running down to the store to pick up a bag of groceries and the ever popular picking up kids at school. How about these choices:
If anyone can think of any more, I'd like to hear them....Looks like I need to change my sig again. Damn
the good ground has been paved over by suicidal maniacs
I'm not sure about your waist, but it's well known that the human ass, like the goldfish, has a tendency to expand to fill its environment.
And I can't remember who I stole this joke from.