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!"

Comments

Re:Very few people need an SUV.

[grammar nazi]

Take a note from the grammar nazi:

You don't enquire you inquire.

Please be a little more careful since the Slashdot editors won't catch these mistakes.

UNIMOG

[clinko]

This is actually a redesign of a very old "S.U.V." called the UniMog
Unimog info

I resent the underlying sexism of your comment.

[20721]

Soon to be seen in a grocery-store parking lot near you driven by a harried woman with 3 kids, one of whom is screaming, the other watching a DVD, the third throwing items out the window while Mom attempts to talk on her cellphone, drink her double non-fat latte, fish a hairbrush out of her purse, ...

The clear implication of your comment - that mothers who drive with their kids are dangerous, distracted drivers - is patently false and I suspect based on a subtle anti-woman bias.

Mothers are if anything more conscientious drivers than the public at large - and certainly more conscientious that the young, single men who populate websites like slashdot.

Mothers with kids have fewer accidents, because they are focused on taking care of their children, and protecting them from the hazards of the road (as well as movies, books, etc.). You could look it up.

The vehicle of course will never see anything rougher then the family's paved mini-mansion driveway ...

Again, you are making the highly sexist assumption that mothers don't drive off-road, or drive in the winter (do you have snow where you live?), or go camping with their children. Think again - mothers can do all this and more.

So lose your attitude about SUVs. For some people, mothers included, they are the only vehicle that makes sense.

Uh, probably not

[autopr0n]

If you'll read the site you'll see you'll need a special drivers license just to drive the thing (well, maybe the cops won't know that :P) so I doubt it'll be used by soccer moms.

I have a feeling this is mostly going to be used by people who actually need one.

small penis car

[bendawg]

Do you think that the owner of this thing might be compensating for something?
You'd have to have an electron microscope to find that teeny weenie.