Dino DeLellis - Cars » Hummer http://dinodelellis.com A DeLellis Blog. Dino fav Cars Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:30:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Knowing more about the Military Humvee http://dinodelellis.com/carsandfuel/knowing-more-about-the-military-humvee/ http://dinodelellis.com/carsandfuel/knowing-more-about-the-military-humvee/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:41:21 +0000 Andrew Moore http://dinodelellis.com/carsandfuel/knowing-more-about-the-military-humvee/ If you are someone that is or has been in the army, then I am pretty sure that you have had the chance to see or even drive the Military hummer. This is car that was basically designed in the eighties, as the military was in a drastic need for a car that would help the soldiers cross the enemy lines and practically ravage their defenses fast, so that they don’t have time to retaliate. When it was designed, it appeared to be like a boxy car and even though it was not one of the best looking cars, it was surely one car that was meant to enter in history.

There were more than two hundred and forty five thousand Hummers produced since the eighties and it is no doubt that they have served the military a lot. The Hummer was dubbed by the soldiers as the “army humvee” and it actually features a machine gun on top of it that is operated by a solider who will need to slip up through a vent.

When it comes to the armor of the car, it is made out of different materials and you will see that even if Kevlar was used in the past, nowadays, the US military forces are actually employing secret metals in order to facilitate a better protection for the soldiers that are using the cars, and these armor types are so great, that they can even withstand the attack of an anti tank rocket. As you would have expected, the modified version of the Hummer will also use more fuel than a normal Hummer, sometimes even double.

The weight of the car is also dependant on the type of armor that is used and on the number and weight of machine guns employed. You will not have to be surprised when you will drive a Hummer that is over 3 tons in weight. The 4 speed automatic transmission is optional. The 2010 H3 model though, has been upgraded and now it can reach from zero to 60 mph in just 11 seconds.

The engine is a V8 five point three liters that stacks three hundred horse power. With it under its hood, the Hummer is able to reach sixty miles per hour in just eight point eight seconds.

But there is news that the car will soon be out of production, as it will be replaced with another model, a model that is far superior to it and it will soon reach the production line, if things will develop on time.

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]]> http://dinodelellis.com/carsandfuel/knowing-more-about-the-military-humvee/feed/ 0 All Terrain Automobile – Hummer ( not particularly fuel efficent ) http://dinodelellis.com/carsandfuel/all-terrain-automobile/ http://dinodelellis.com/carsandfuel/all-terrain-automobile/#comments Sun, 26 Oct 2008 03:45:40 +0000 dino http://dinodelellis.com/carsandfuel/all-terrain-automobile/ It would be a dream come true having a Yellow Hummer H2 while donning a pair of cool Sunglasses and a Hawaiian shirt, looks cool though but I think It would be really expensive over $50,000 for the vehicle alone just to have that soldier of fortune look. Driving a HUM-V is one of my greatest dreams and do Off- Roading or driving a specialized vehicle on unpaved roads, such as sand, gravel, riverbeds, mud, snow, rocks, and other natural terrain would be a great adventure.
It would be a great adventure owning an all terrain vehicle and having a safari adventure in the tropical country of Africa, stereotyping Indiana Jones encountering tribes and hunting treasures and wiping off dust and dirt on Reading Glasses.
In tropical countries like africa 4×4 are the most common transportaion. Unpaved roads can attain ‘off-road’ aspects during the rainy season, when extra gears and four-wheel drive can become desirable or even necessary. Although In Western countries the term is frequently used usually more specifically for recreational pursuits.
Although this type of vehicles may look too unfit in city streets, it’s the macho look that counts for men HELL YEAH, but if you are pencil thin and you own a HUMMER it is not macho at all if you look like an antenna beside it. Just like wearing an eyeglasses without lens on it, even if it’s just Designer Frames but if you feel genius it would make you stupid if you can’t solve a simple arithmetic problem.
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Just a reminder though before buying vehicles we have to be aware of the standards in the country we are in and we should be very particular with the terrain and conditions. For example we cannot use a left hand drive vehicle in Europe because their standard for driving vehicles are all right handed. This is not really a big deal though but we should be carefully aware of that. Specially matching the terrain and tires we don’t want to drive low-rise cars on rough terrain do we? Or It will be damaged all over. Tires have certain standards for specific terrains unlike all terrain vehicles it is designed for almost everywhere dune, rocks and mud. So as we can see a Hummer is the perfect vehicle for anyone who are willing to travel around the world but one of it’s downsize is the size itself it’s just too over sized, occupying almost one lane of the highway unfit for countries with small roads like Asia unless we have a bike in the back of the trunk for backup.

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