2004-09-17
MACHO FOLLIES
Mowing Down the Hummer | International Truck And Engine Corporation has introduced the world's biggest Pick-up truck | I found out about it from WetAss Chronicles who reports:
Mowing Down the Hummer | International Truck And Engine Corporation has introduced the world's biggest Pick-up truck | I found out about it from WetAss Chronicles who reports:The CTX: The basic numbers tell the sad, sad story. Curb weight: 14,500 pounds (that's like 3 Hummers). Towing capacity: 20 TONS (for all the owners who like to take their double-wides wherever they go). Dimensions: 9 feet tall, 8 feet wide, 21.5 feet long (good luck parking). Gas mileage: brace yourself, 7 miles per gallon (that should make all the GIs dying in Iraq feel good). And last, but not least, price tag (brace yourself again, though there's probably a massive tax break somewhere): $93,000 (wouldn't, let's call it "enlarging" plastic surgery, be cheaper?). Here's the marketing slogan: "POSSIBLY TOO MUCH TRUCK. LIKE THAT’S A PROBLEM." (which translates as: "This truck is ridiculous, but we think there are a lot of morons out there"). And, you know what, there are. Why don't we just get it over with and start buying semis or M-1 Abrams tanks for everyday use...Just what the world needs, eh? ¶ 09:21
