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No Hummers allowed in Ensenada ?

mtgoat666 - 11-7-2006 at 05:57 PM

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Originally posted by Hose A
Yesterday on Cortes St. in Ensenada the driver of a new Hummer was cut off front and back by black SUVs and taken out of the Hummer at gun point.
He was pushed into one of the black SUVs and has not been seen since.

Someone must not like people that drive Hummers.
The Ensenada police have taken the Hummer into custody for safe keeping.:biggrin:


Hummers ("Dummers") are all bling bling. Have that pimp look. Popular look for materialistic people and the poorly endowed. Probably a poorly endowed materialistic bad guy got snatched from the street. Good riddance. One less Dummer, one less bad guy.

DENNIS - 11-7-2006 at 06:03 PM

He probably just forgot to make a car payment or two and his modest ride was repossesed. Happens all the time.

Baja Bernie - 11-7-2006 at 06:16 PM

I've met some bad guys who made a living in the repo business but never heard of repossessing at gun point.

Al G - 11-7-2006 at 06:26 PM

I would hope it was a bad guy and not the chief of policia needing parts for his hummer. The black SUVs make me think it was a bad guy and the State Policia nab him. Wish they had taken the Hummer and not Ensenada Policia. It will probably be returned to the cartel...I have no ideal and just rambling...:lol::lol::lol:

toneart - 11-7-2006 at 07:34 PM

Sounds like more of the same...cartel kidnappings for ransom...and to make a statement. Add the fact that Hummers are so ostentatious that they scream, "take my driver, take my driver". Hey, you wanted to get noticed. It worked!

toneart - 11-7-2006 at 07:37 PM

Put pontoons on it and move it to Mulege. I'll take it!

toneart - 11-7-2006 at 07:46 PM

Oops!

Regarding my last post, "put pontoons on it and move it to Mulege. I'll take it", was intended for the Solar house in San Felipe string. But OK....I kinda like it here.:spingrin:

bancoduo - 11-7-2006 at 07:56 PM

I got my hummer at rosy's bar. $25:o

bajaguy - 11-7-2006 at 09:10 PM

Sounds like Hummers are ok, it's the drivers (or specifically, one driver) that have the problem

Corky1 - 11-9-2006 at 08:37 PM

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Originally posted by bancoduo
I got my hummer at rosy's bar. $25:o



You paided to much!!!!!!

Corky:lol::lol:

FARASHA - 11-9-2006 at 11:37 PM

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Originally posted by Hose A
The Ensenada police have taken the Hummer into custody for safe keeping.:biggrin:


Until I'll come and pick it up, next time around!
One of them has been reading my thread about HUMMERS in Baja. And told me not to worry anymore how to get one. :biggrin:

El Jefe's Ride

MrBillM - 11-10-2006 at 10:20 AM

There was a newspaper article many years ago regarding the rampant car theft in the Southwest U.S. and subsequent appearance of those vehicles in a large wrecking yard in Tijuana. When the reporters went to investigate the yard, they found that it was under armed guard by the Municipal Police and the Tijuana Police Chief was seen leaving the location in what appeared to be one of the stolen vehicles. Big surprise there.

I'm sure that such corruption no longer exists among the current legal authorities in Baja, Right ?

As far as the Hummer goes, remember the old saying to the effect that "a robber goes where the money is" ? There is, no doubt, a valid reason for assuming that someone driving a Hummer would make a better target than someone driving a Yugo.

FARASHA - 11-10-2006 at 10:24 AM

HM, MrB, seems right what you say, will have to reconsider and switch to something less flashy. But what is a YUGO?

toneart - 11-10-2006 at 11:02 AM

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Originally posted by FARASHA
HM, MrB, seems right what you say, will have to reconsider and switch to something less flashy. But what is a YUGO?


Farasha,
A Yugo was a car that was imported from Yugoslavia during the '70s. It was somebody's idea of an answer to an economical gas saver, brought on by the gas shortage at the time. (The above may not be exactly factual. It is the best my brain's recall faculties can muster). Anyway, the car was a piece of crap; ugly, mechanically unreliable and they fell apart easily. They became a popular target for comedians, late night TV show hosts, etc.
Needless to say, they didn't sell very well and became extinct very quickly.:barf:

It is also doubtful that anyone who was so uncool as to buy one ever got a hummer :o:o:lol::lol::lol:

[Edited on 11-10-2006 by toneart]

bigzaggin - 11-10-2006 at 11:21 AM

The consistently undeniable hilarity of its name not withstanding (it's a synonym for oral sex - SO FUNNY!!!!!!), I got $50 sez a Hummer rolling through Ensenada is substantially more fuel efficient than an F250 trailering a boat to BOLA...and I doubt we'd cast stones at anyone doing that.

They're ugly as sin I agree (especially since people seem hellbent on getting 'em in orange & yellow) but I bet they go great offroad.

toneart - 11-10-2006 at 11:27 AM

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Originally posted by bigzaggin
The consistently undeniable hilarity of its name not withstanding (it's a synonym for oral sex - SO FUNNY!!!!!!), I got $50 sez a Hummer rolling through Ensenada is substantially more fuel efficient than an F250 trailering a boat to BOLA...and I doubt we'd cast stones at anyone doing that.

They're ugly as sin I agree (especially since people seem hellbent on getting 'em in orange & yellow) but I bet they go great offroad.


How fuel efficient would a Hummer be trailering a boat to BOLA?

FARASHA - 11-10-2006 at 11:43 AM

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Originally posted by toneart

They became a popular target for comedians, late night TV show hosts, etc.
Needless to say, they didn't sell very well and became extinct very quickly.:barf:

It is also doubtful that anyone who was so uncool as to buy one ever got a hummer :o:o:lol::lol::lol:

[Edited on 11-10-2006 by toneart]


OMG yes, I know those cars, seen them in Ex Yugoslawia during our summer holidays, when I was a kid. The reason why they fell so easily apart was, that the Country couldn't afford any other kind of Birthcontrol. :biggrin:

bigzaggin - 11-10-2006 at 11:43 AM

"How fuel efficient would a Hummer be trailering a boat to BOLA?"

I imagine it would be INefficient in every way...though I've never seen such a thing. Every boat I see on the cuota en route south is lumbering behind an F250 or some dually beast.

Summanus - 11-10-2006 at 12:16 PM

My 3/4 ton single rear wheel beast/diesel with 263,000 miles gets around 19-20mpg empty at 60-65mph and around at same speed makes 16-17mpg pulling a 2800lb loaded trailer. All things equal speedwise and load... does anyone have any actual figures or know what would be a Hummer's mpg? Purely a casual interest.

Bajamatic - 11-10-2006 at 12:18 PM

8 mpg, w/o load.

FARASHA - 11-10-2006 at 12:18 PM

As far as I remeber from my Hummer Thread - there are 2 Board members with a Hummer. Ken Bondy and GEOROCK.

Gulp!..and I DO mean gulp...

Summanus - 11-10-2006 at 01:04 PM

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Originally posted by Bajamatic
8 mpg, w/o load.


Thanks...I will spend my savings on fishing gear!

Geronimo - 11-10-2006 at 03:36 PM

Which Hummer?

H1 6.2, 6.5 turbo, or alpha with Duramax? I am not sure of milleage of these motors.

H2 only only motor 6.0 or 8.0?, not sure = 6 to 8 mph empty

H3 inline 5 gets 17 to 20 but wont pull much

Yugo

MrBillM - 11-10-2006 at 05:07 PM

The Yugo was a Fiat Design (128 I think) built under license in Yugoslavia. A crappy Italian design built by Socialist laborers. Doomed from the start.

toneart - 11-10-2006 at 05:18 PM

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Originally posted by MrBillM
The Yugo was a Fiat Design (128 I think) built under license in Yugoslavia. A crappy Italian design built by Socialist laborers. Doomed from the start.


Italian, huh? One thing is for sure...the Yugo wasn't built like a Mazzaratti, a Farrari or Sofia Loren.

No Ferrari !

MrBillM - 11-10-2006 at 05:44 PM

No, it wasn't built like a Maserati or a Ferrari. It was built like a Fiat, which already owned the WORST Frequency of Repair record in the U.S. market. Built by a bunch of Dregs in Commie Country.

My favorite Yugo joke

DanO - 11-10-2006 at 05:58 PM

Yugo?

No. First, I go. Then you go.

DENNIS - 11-10-2006 at 06:16 PM

When all is done and said, what self-respecting vulnerable person would ride around in a Yugo? I mean, they do understand style, dont they?
Come to think of it, Why would anybody want to ride around in a car that looks like an ammo box?

DanO - 11-11-2006 at 12:07 PM

Nah, the VW Thing was the car that looked most like an ammo box. The Yugo looked more like a cardboard box. Come to think of it, I've had some refrigerator boxes that were more durable than a Yugo. Probably faster, too, if you slapped some wheels on 'em.

DENNIS - 11-11-2006 at 12:24 PM

Actually, it's the Hummer that reminds me of an ammo box but, you're right. The Thing has it beat.

Roasty - 11-11-2006 at 12:28 PM

Guy goes into a car parts store, walks up to the sales counter and asks "gas cap for a Yugo ?" Salesman looks at him and says "Thats a fair trade !"

Roasty - 11-11-2006 at 12:34 PM

Last joke - I promise !
What do you call a Yugo with twin exhausts?......A wheel barrow !

DanO - 11-11-2006 at 12:51 PM

ROTFLMAO!!!! More Yugo jokes, pleeeeease!

Thing Ownership

bajaguy - 11-11-2006 at 12:52 PM

I have a 1973....painted desert camo. Great summer runaround car, and Libbie "the wonder dog" likes it.

Roasty - 11-11-2006 at 01:23 PM

Oh allright then........................
Why does a Yugo have a heated rear window ??
To keep your hands warm when you are pushing it !!!

How do you double the value of your Yugo ??
Put a gallon of petrol in it !!

The last Yugo made had 16 valves.......
4 in the engine and 12 in the radio !!!!

FARASHA - 11-11-2006 at 02:33 PM

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Originally posted by Roasty
Last joke - I promise !
What do you call a Yugo with twin exhausts?......A wheel barrow !


we had the same joke also for the VW BUG (which DID have twin exhausts), and the Joke would continue with " why they have so small windows" - So you can't see which idiot owns such a car.
And "Why they don't have reclining seats?" - so those Idiots can't multiply!:biggrin:
And so it went on and on.
(my Dad's first car was a VW Bug, I grew up with them :biggrin: )
And it was also MY very first car :cool:

abreojos - 11-12-2006 at 07:57 AM

The Yugo was brought to the US in the 80's by a friend of mine, Malcolm Bricklin, who was also the original importer of Subaru and manufacture of the Bricklin car. Yugo was crap and faded into the sunset when Yugoslavia fell into civil war. He is now setting up a company to import cars from China. http://www.vvcars.com/ for all those who may find it interesting.

Summanus - 11-12-2006 at 08:25 AM

...and then there was that piece of junk...the Chevy NOVA...'No Go'...who hasn't heard that joke?

FARASHA - 11-12-2006 at 08:33 AM

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Originally posted by Summanus
...and then there was that piece of junk...the Chevy NOVA...'No Go'...who hasn't heard that joke?


ME hasn't heard it! :no:

Nova ?

MrBillM - 11-12-2006 at 10:23 AM

Beginning in 1962 (or thereabouts) the "Nova" designation has been used on a number of Different Chevrolet vehicles, including their joint project with Toyota in the U.S. where they built both the Toyota Corolla and Chevrolet Nova (same car, different logos). That vehicle got pretty good ratings by Consumer Reports and others. I'm not sure what the current Nova is (if they're still using it).

Which one didn't YOU like ?

Ken Bondy - 11-12-2006 at 10:44 AM

My H1 Hummer 6.5 liter diesel gets a reliable 10mpg.

Summanus - 11-12-2006 at 10:46 AM

"...gets a reliable 10mpg." Now THAT'S funny.

Ken Bondy - 11-12-2006 at 10:50 AM

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Originally posted by Summanus
"...gets a reliable 10mpg." Now THAT'S funny.


Porque?

Summanus - 11-12-2006 at 10:53 AM

I don't doubt the mph, Ken, I just thought it was rather expensive to run and you were being humorous. Maybe you were just stating a simple fact.

Ken Bondy - 11-12-2006 at 11:00 AM

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Originally posted by Summanus
I don't doubt the mph, Ken, I just thought it was rather expensive to run and you were being humorous. Maybe you were just stating a simple fact.


No question about how expensive they are. You have to be crazy to own one :lol:. Although in hindsight it is kinda funny, but I was just responding to an earlier post about mileage.