cross-posted from: https://lemmy.crimedad.work/post/145697
cross-posted from: https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/755907901353344482
Remember when the Hummer H1 was the biggest, most obnoxious passenger vehicle on the road?
This one is parked between two new Blazers, which are as wide and have distinctly taller hoods.
The police have a real humvee because the army gave it to them. My city’s police has an APC and mrap.
Some people have remarked that it might not be a real one. It looked legit in person, but now I’m not so sure.
I could be wrong, but the windshields have that delamination haze that’s common on older bullet proof glass/lexan laminates. That’s what makes me think it’s actually a humvee.
Just from image searching “hummer h1” and “humvee,” this looks like a humvee to me. The angle of the back seems to be more squared on hummers vs humvees, and the strip to separate the windshields seems different too, as do the mirrors.
And it would be consistent with the militarization of police as you noted. Why buy an inferior hummer when you can get the real deal for free or cheap from the military? The hummer is a luxury vehicle, the humvee is a workhorse, and if real mil not natl guard they’re bulletproof. Only thing they’re missing is a key system lol, just flip the switch (halfway, wait for the light, finish flipping,) and go!
Meh, they don’t have keys on fire trucks either and nobody steals them. Same halfway, all the way switch to turn it on.
Tbf, I want to steal a humvee SO MUCH MORE than I want to steal a fire truck. Never even thought about stealing a fire truck tbh, and now that I am I’m against it, they’re needed for emergencies. Humvees otoh…
Okay, this vehicle is definitely not an H1. I thought there was a question as to whether it’s even a HUMVEE.
I must have misunderstood because the title and the reply we’re under both mention “hummer” and “h1” by name, my mistake.
A HUMVEE and an H1 are the same size, right? That’s my main point, that this vehicle which was once considered totally oversized for public roads now looks normal or small compared to today’s SUVs.
Good question, unfortunately I do have a tape measure but not either vehicle lol, I’ll do some digging and see if I can find the dimensions.
Humvee: Length: 180in Wheelbase: 130in Width: 85in Height: 72in, reducible to 54inHummer: Wheelbase: 130in Length: 184.5 in Width: 86.5 in Height: 77 in 2004–06: 79 in Pre-2003 Wagon: 75 inLooks like Humvees are smaller by a little with the same wheelbase.
Maybe they reduced the height on that police HUMVEE. It’s not like we have a lot of wilderness around here through which to drive it.