How Much Would You Pay for This Vehicle?

It's called the Growler Light Strike Vehicle:
It's top speed is 35 miles per hour, it's only 50 inches wide so it can fit in a small cargo plane and is designed to surmount an obstacle 12 inches high. It is based on Vietnam-era jeep technology, and uses some of the same parts. It is unarmored and so can't be used in urban environments. It's sole mission is to tow a mortar and haul ammo in uninhabited areas. The commercial version is $15,500 and a military model sold to the Dominican Republic was priced at $33,000.

The U.S. Marine Corps is paying $209,000 each. You may be shocked to learn that the company which makes them is run by a retired U.S. Marine Colonel.

I have a better option: mules. They cost about $3,000 each after training and can climb over obstacles greater than 12 inches. I don't know how much they can haul, but I imagine a team of 4 could pull quite a bit and you'd still be $197,000 ahead on cost. On the downside, they'd shit all over the place. On the upside, you could eat them if you get in a tough spot. Can't really eat your $209,000 jeep.

Comments

[Glomarization]

I'd use it for golfing.

[Mithras]

Mules don't golf.

[upyernoz]

you can too eat jeeps. it's just a matter of how they're prepared.

mmm, expensive jeeps.

[Mithras]

You can't that raw.

Mrs Non-Smoker: Oohh hello, Mrs Smoker.

Mrs Smoker (Graham): Hello Mrs Non-Smoker.

Mrs Non-Smoker: What, you been shopping then?

Mrs Smoker: Nope ... I've been shopping!

Mrs Non-Smoker: What d'you buy?

Mrs Smoker: A piston engine!

Mrs Non-Smoker: What d'you buy that for?

Mrs Smoker: It was a bargain!

Mrs Non-Smoker: How much d'you want for it?

Mrs Smoker: Three quid!

Mrs Non-Smoker: Done. (she hands over the money)

Mrs Smoker: Right. Thank you.

Mrs Non-Smoker: How d'you cook it?

Mrs Smoker: You don't cook it.

Mrs Non-Smoker: You can't eat that raw!

Mrs Smoker: Ooooh ... never thought of that. Oh, day and night, but this is wondrous strange ...

Mrs Non-Smoker: ... and therefore is a stranger welcome it. There are more things in Heaven and Earth Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. But come, the time is out of joint. Oh cursed spite, that ever I was born to set it right. Let's go together.