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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | 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.
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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.
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DENNIS
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He probably just forgot to make a car payment or two and his modest ride was repossesed. Happens all the time.
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Baja Bernie
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I've met some bad guys who made a living in the repo business but never heard of repossessing at gun point.
My smidgen of a claim to fame is that I have had so many really good friends. By Bernie Swaim December 2007
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Al G
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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...
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toneart
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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!
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toneart
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Put pontoons on it and move it to Mulege. I'll take it!
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toneart
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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.
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bancoduo
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I got my hummer at rosy's bar. $25
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bajaguy
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Sounds like Hummers are ok, it's the drivers (or specifically, one driver) that have the problem
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Corky1
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bancoduo
I got my hummer at rosy's bar. $25 |
You paided to much!!!!!!
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FARASHA
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Hose A
The Ensenada police have taken the Hummer into custody for safe keeping.
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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.
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MrBillM
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El Jefe's Ride
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.
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FARASHA
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HM, MrB, seems right what you say, will have to reconsider and switch to something less flashy. But what is a YUGO?
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toneart
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| Quote: | 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.
It is also doubtful that anyone who was so uncool as to buy one ever got a hummer
[Edited on 11-10-2006 by toneart]
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bigzaggin
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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.
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toneart
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| Quote: | 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.
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How fuel efficient would a Hummer be trailering a boat to BOLA?
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FARASHA
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| Quote: | 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.
It is also doubtful that anyone who was so uncool as to buy one ever got a hummer
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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.
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bigzaggin
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"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.
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Summanus
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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.
Summanus....ancient Roman Nightly Thunder God. He liked refrieds too.
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Bajamatic
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8 mpg, w/o load.
yuletide
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