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    Texas Armoring Shares Secret Tech Of Automotive Protection

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    Image of LuciferV8 LuciferV8
    06/12/09

    In reply to Texas Armoring Shares Secret Tech Of Automotive Protection
    This is bringing out all of my James Bond style supercar fantasies.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/11/09

    In reply to Texas Armoring Shares Secret Tech Of Automotive Protection
    I'll take some of that glass for my 244. The rest of it would be redundant.
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    Image of domino domino
    06/11/09

    In reply to Texas Armoring Shares Secret Tech Of Automotive Protection
    great news! now i can dj in downtown detroit again!
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    Image of beercheck beercheck
    06/11/09

    In reply to Texas Armoring Shares Secret Tech Of Automotive Protection
    According to advertising claims and certain editors' understanding of physics, if someone really wanted to survive an attack, they'd be much better off in an armored Smart rather than one of these heavies.
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    Image of TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah
    06/11/09

    In reply to Texas Armoring Shares Secret Tech Of Automotive Protection
    Just need the top mounted mini gun from a few months ago, and bam.


    I'll show them soccer mom's who has the best Yukon

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    Image of technoindigo technoindigo
    06/11/09

    In reply to Texas Armoring Shares Secret Tech Of Automotive Protection
    If they can armor a Suburban from multiple IED's, of all things to armor, why can't our military give our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan the same protection from IED's? Too many soldiers have been severely injured or killed from those nasty devices because the underbelly of their tanks and other vehicles have inadequate protection.
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    Image of Matt Hardigree Matt Hardigree
    06/11/09

    @technoindigo: It's an interesting question and one I posed to TAC. They don't specifically advertise protection from IEDs because the "I" in "IED" stands for "improvised." It could be three sticks of dynamite or it could be three hundred sticks. Occasionally, they'll use 500 lb bombs.


    There's definitely an issue with inadequate floor protection for many military vehicles, but at the end of the day it's difficult to apply this survival case to all of them.

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    Image of Matt Hardigree Matt Hardigree
    06/11/09

    In reply to Texas Armoring Shares Secret Tech Of Automotive Protection
    Also check out the "various" photo section for a shot of me holding the AK in a way that would seriously result in me winding up on the floor.
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    Image of dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity
    06/11/09

    In reply to Texas Armoring Shares Secret Tech Of Automotive Protection
    a head-of-state in need of serious protection from landmines (we'll let you guess where that might be)

    Gordon Brown?
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    Image of the good dr zero the good dr zero
    06/12/09

    @Dwegmull, preview free since March 2009.: Shit, Gordon Brown is a place now?
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    Image of nataku8_e30 nataku8_e30
    06/11/09

    In reply to Texas Armoring Shares Secret Tech Of Automotive Protection
    I'd like an armoed Grand Wagoneer please.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    06/11/09

    @nataku83: Redundant.
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    Image of BlakeDaedalus BlakeDaedalus
    06/11/09

    In reply to Texas Armoring Shares Secret Tech Of Automotive Protection
    -If you think about it, it's more of a mental protection, if someone is out to get you it's going to happen no matter what you do with the car,
    In the demo videos they only showed 1 shot of an ak-47, I don't think the car will stand up to a fully automatic ak-47 with a drum clip and Armor piercing bullets.
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    Image of Matt Hardigree Matt Hardigree
    06/11/09

    @BlakeDaedalus:
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    06/11/09

    @BlakeDaedalus: Plus it's designed so that you can take a few hits, and hopefully get out of there. It's like buying a chance to escape.
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/11/09

    In reply to Texas Armoring Shares Secret Tech Of Automotive Protection
    The bulletproof G-Wagen is a car I really, really want.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    06/11/09

    @Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: Yeah but avoidance maneuvers would be difficult in that- it has a narrow track.
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/11/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli: Run the bitches over.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    06/11/09

    @Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: Yeah but, okay what if, how about, forget it- I can't argue with that answer- I have no retort.
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/11/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli: It's my answer to most of life's problems.
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    Image of Robert Fletcher Robert Fletcher
    06/11/09

    In reply to Texas Armoring Shares Secret Tech Of Automotive Protection
    Did that idiot just fire that AK-47 at a windsheild placed next to an OPEN garage door? I wonder how the people living next door feel would about that? Any respect I may have had for their work just went out that same door.
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    Image of Matt Hardigree Matt Hardigree
    06/11/09

    @Robert Fletcher: @HoubaHouba!: There's not much on the other side of the parking lot. It's more a faith in his shooting ability.
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    Image of Robert Fletcher Robert Fletcher
    06/11/09

    @Matt Hardigree: An AK-47 bullet will travel a looong way and penetrate through quite bit that isn't armored.
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    Image of mikedrawcar mikedrawcar
    06/11/09

    @Robert Fletcher: just a guess, but you may not be their target market. So I'm not sure they're worried about losing said respect.
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/11/09

    @mikedrawcar lost his star: Holy shit, you got your star back!
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    Image of TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah
    06/11/09

    @Robert Fletcher: The whole idea is shooting it at something that the bullet will not pass threw. And I'm pretty sure at that range, he won't miss.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    06/11/09

    @TexanIdiot25- needs a edit buton... EDIT: Needs an edit but...: I'm pretty sure that when I go out on a motorcycle, I won't crash, but mistakes happen. For this guy, it's a simple matter of placing the target somewhere that will not cause a stray bullet from his assault rifle to not fly into the open if he somehow slipped or was distracted.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    06/11/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: I'm pretty sure that when I go out on a motorcycle, I won't crash, but I still wear a helmet as mistakes happen...
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    Image of TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah
    06/11/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: Moving vehicle, many miles, lots of time, lots of traffic, lots of variables.


    Shooting into a box, that's all metal, at a large target, with more bullet proof material behind it, shooting from roughly 20 feet away.


    Very, very different scenarios.

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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    06/11/09

    @TexanIdiot25- needs a edit buton... EDIT: Needs an edit but...: So you are saying that there is zero possibility of an accident? How would it not be better to choose a safer shooting location?
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    Image of TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah
    06/12/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: I'd bet my CST10 a trained rifleman shooting into a heavy steel box at a bullet proof material with another bullet proof material behind it at close range is MUCH safer than riding a motorcycle where there are an infinite number of uncontrollable variables in contrast to this.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    06/11/09

    In reply to Texas Armoring Shares Secret Tech Of Automotive Protection
    I have no reason for it, but I've always wanted one of these.


    I particularly like the Suburbans and large German sedans.


    I especially like it when they have gun ports.

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    Image of .357 .357
    06/11/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli: A bulletproof Bentley coupe, real Jay-Z style.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    06/11/09

    @Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: That would be pretty cool. But there's something about a sleek A8 or S-class Mercedes, in all black, barreling down the road while escaping attackers. Too many movies I guess.
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/11/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli: The only thing is, you can get the S-Klasse Guard. Which I really want.
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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    06/11/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli: Even better, 2 White or Black S-Klasse. Or even better than that, 1 Armored S and 2 Armored G-Wagens, Putin Style.
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    06/11/09

    In reply to Texas Armoring Shares Secret Tech Of Automotive Protection
    Why on earth would a Nigerian businessman need an armored car? All they are trying to do is distribute lottery winnings to everyone.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    06/11/09

    @Prius Racing Fanatic: @Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: That would be pretty cool. But there's something about a sleek A8 or S-class Mercedes, in all black, barreling down the road while escaping attackers. Too many movies I guess.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    06/11/09

    @Prius Racing Fanatic: Ignore that, it belongs somewhere else.


    I'm failing at the internet today.


    And I agree, who would want to kill a guy who wants to give you money?

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    Image of wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx
    06/11/09

    In reply to Texas Armoring Shares Secret Tech Of Automotive Protection
    Do you think you can armor a 1998 Mercury Mystique? I'd quite like to enter that shitbox in a demolition derby. I think I'd win with some armoring.
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/11/09

    @wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx: Armoring isn't cheap.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/11/09

    @wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx: Is it a 2.0/auto (and you're fed up with the gutlessness and NVH) or a V6 (and you're fed up with the constant repairs)?
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