I just want the gun youtubers to pool their funds to buy one and test it out. I'm curious how it does against tungsten cored rounds of various calibers such as 5.56, .308, .338 and maybe some .50 BMG.
BMW's Ultimate Driving Machine, for Driving Through Gunfire and Grenades
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#32It's an extremely lucrative grift to prey on the paranoia of the very rich.
Spot on. Musk is doing it with the cybertruck as well. It's a dog whistle for the rich being mindful about the unwashed masses finally picking up pitchforks.
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#33What the hell is this website? my *whole Firefox stops* working
Part of the series 7 protection features!
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#34Reminds me of the Escalade with… A POP UP GUN TURRET on the roof.
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#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
Many cars like this have their own private jet to deliver it where it is to be used. You'll see many such cases around any major environmental conference.
I’m sure they offset it with some bullshit carbon credits, don’t worry.
To kill a senior states-person will certainly lead to war which is itself highly un-environmentally friendly. The carbon credits in this case are the expected value of any averted war. A single F-35 burns something like 1,500 gallons/hour.
Taking the car is a small price, economically and environmentally, to avoid the potential of war.
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#36Has this sort of armored vehicle ever been put to use? I mean the safety features, not the driving around part.
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#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
Many cars like this have their own private jet to deliver it where it is to be used. You'll see many such cases around any major environmental conference.
I would bet money that this is exceedingly rare. You'd probably have to have a 767 or larger for this to make sense, and only a tiny fraction of private jets are this large. And then it would still have to be extensively modified to be able to fit a car. Not saying it never happens, I'm sure there's some oil prince or oligarch with a 787 that has a garage, but "many cars like this" is likely a huge stretch. Happy to…
Is that too unbelievable? I mean for private users maybe but state users, should be a drop in the bucket when you blend it into military expenses.
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#38I ran into an old diplomat BMW 7-series in the junkyard in the 90s and that thing was so cool. It had a gun holster in the rear arm rest, like 2" thick windows, probably weighed like 7,000lb from all the armor and everything. Which has me thinking, all this is cool, but the EV portion and all that weight just feels like you'll be a heavily armored sitting duck if you can't get away quick enough and the battery runs o…
If you own an EV version of a vehicle like this, by the time you're close to running out of range in an emergency your helicopter-borne QRF should be there setting up a perimeter waiting for your backup convey to arrive.
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
I’m sure they offset it with some bullshit carbon credits, don’t worry.
To kill a senior states-person will certainly lead to war which is itself highly un-environmentally friendly. The carbon credits in this case are the expected value of any averted war. A single F-35 burns something like 1,500 gallons/hour. Taking the car is a small price, economically and environmentally, to avoid the potential of war.
I think you'd be shocked just how many highly influential senior statesmen and business people can be killed before anyone gets even close to a war.
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
To kill a senior states-person will certainly lead to war which is itself highly un-environmentally friendly. The carbon credits in this case are the expected value of any averted war. A single F-35 burns something like 1,500 gallons/hour. Taking the car is a small price, economically and environmentally, to avoid the potential of war.
I think you'd be shocked just how many highly influential senior statesmen and business people can be killed before anyone gets even close to a war.
But sometimes it only takes one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archduke_Franz_Ferdinand_of_Au...