Just let me be clear here. Seiggy's a constipated angry man who has similarities to the Narrator from Fight Club? Gotcha.
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Check it out. heh heh heh. I'm gonna piss off Snay by saying one, evil sentance. Even though I don't mean it, it will still tick him off. Ready?
Ford Explorers are better than jeeps!!!!
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It just a joke, man. Anywho. I'm gonna go take a shower. In all honesty that last jeep pic on page 5 was very nice. If I had the cash, I would get a jeep like that.
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Actually it was the later, canary-yellow Hummer-concept I was referring to.
I couldn't get the pic as the greedy guys at supercars.net has started billing people for looking at their pictures, the prissy bastards.
Anyhow, the yellow concept Hummer has a big, matte-metallic, plastic-looking bumper looking like the one that Jeep had. Granted, it isn't the exact one as that jeep, it would be about two feet too wide. :-)
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General Motors (owners of the Hummer nameplate) are being sued by DaimlerChrysler (owners of the Jeep nameplate) over the Hummer H2 grill. As you can clearly see, the Hummer H2 (that is the H2 prototype in that picture, the "yellow" one isn't any different at all) has a large grill with 7 slots. All Jeeps, since their creation, have had a 7-slot grill. DaimlerChrysler claims this is a trademark and have been attempting to get General Motors to change the grill around for copyright infringement.
A judge recently threw out DaimlerChrysler's injunction on General Motors to delay the sale of the H2. The case is still ongoing though.
DaimlerChrysler also sued Korean automaker Daewoo last year over the design of their latest offroad vehicle (I forget it's name), which was nearly identical to a Jeep Wrangler (even down to the 7-slot grill). DaimlerChrysler won that battle, and the Daewoo "Jeep" was forced to be redesigned drastically before it could be sold. No, it's not sold in America, it's only sold in Asia.
-------------------- "Lotta people go through life doing things badly. Racing's important to men who do it well. When you're racing, it's life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting."
-Steve McQueen as Michael Delaney, LeMans
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Anywho. I'm gonna go take a shower. In all honesty that last jeep pic on page 5 was very nice. If I had the cash, I would get a jeep like that. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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