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by undysworld » Wed Feb 24, 2010 7:07 pm
Hey Dave K.
I've been out here pushing for unrestricted use for you and the rest of the milvehs, including (no surprise) my Pinzgauer too.
Where have you been when 392 DID cover ALL milvehs??? Telling Jeff to support it too? Or not? (No offense intended, but I truly don't know whether you did or did not support 392 previously.)
There was no palm greasing involved, to my knowledge. Kevin's right about people blindly supporting 404. Whoever failed to support 392 sufficiently has no right to complain when those of us who did accomplish what we tried to do.
If you want to drive your WW2 Jeep to parades, your wish has been granted. If you want to use it for utility uses, why didn't you help us out earlier? Please don't go storming around trying to derail our efforts at this time. With 404 passed, the only hope for normal use is if we get 392 as well. If you want to be on that list, then let's start planning to get you on it. In either case, we could use your support. By all means, visit Rep. Steinbrink, but ask him to support the passage of 392.
At this point, I'll repeat what I posted previously. We've all supported your goal of getting 404 passed to satisfy the collectors. It is not unreasonable to ask that those collectors now back our efforts to get 392 passed to allow the rest of us to still use our trucks, even if we don't go to parades.
And for what it's worth, the US army now drives Pinzgauers too. Reportedly, they like 'em. Have you actually seen or ridden in one? Pinzgauers date back to 1971 and have been in use by numerous military groups around the globe. Just because my dad didn't drive one doesn't mean they have no historical value. History does not begin and end with the United State's borders. The last time I checked, nobody was complaining about an antique Italian Ferarri wearing historical "collector" plates, so what's your problem with Pinzgauers?
Also, you could consider the fact that if everybody in America wanted to own and drive a WW2 Jeep, very darn few of us could afford to actually be one of the lucky ones. You might not be. I think there is still sufficient room on the highways for all of us to be there, so let's not get selfish about who gets to.
Just my 2 cents.
Paul U