http://www.usatoday.com/news/washing...rps-jeep_x.htm

More than 3x what other countries are paying for the damn things.

 

what the crap?

 

Nice lobbying by somebody, maybe Halliburton has stock in them?

Oh, I see it is a General Dynamics comany, that pretty well says it all....

 

Definitely a ripoff, but those look like fun toys. I want one!

 

...the kit version is only $7500, get one. Then figure out why the military bought them at over 100k each...

 

Now thats ****ing sad...

 

If you add the costs and markup associated with mil-spec'ing everything, labor, finishing, and new drivetrain costs, I wounldn't be surprised if these things are actually costing the builder $30-40k each.

If you are supplying a foreign military, you could ship them suzuki samurais and they'd be plenty happy.

 

But we are shipping these to foreign military, at 1/3 the cost of what the marine corps are paying.

 

The funny thing is that we only need these jeeps to fit on an aircraft that is shrouded in a cloud of controversy due to its sketchy record and questionable design...

 

Haha. That's the first thing I thought of.

I'm back, btw...

 

Welcome back. I hope you had lots of fun.

 

It seemed to me that they are talking about a different product, but my reading comprehension might be sufferring from ritalin deficiency.

 

...I'm glad I didn't have the wrong story then, those birds are an engineering nightmare...


welcome back, happy new year