Advertising 2000 Chevrolet Tahoe LS [GMT820] Ep. 1.03Class: Cars, Off-road / SUV — Model origin: 
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Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
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◊ 2010-01-30 06:02 |
![[Image: 57834594.th.png]](http://img190.imageshack.us/i/57834594.png/ "http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/1417/57834594.th.png") Ep. 1.03 |
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◊ 2010-01-30 06:07 |
Owned by the US Border Patrol. It has 4-wheel-drive, upgraded off road suspension and armored. I would assume since it is used for off road tactical purposes it has the G80 automatic locking rear differential. 2-speed electronic transfer case with low-lock is standard. |
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◊ 2010-01-31 01:30 |
It's not armored. Those are simply protection screens over the windows that are installed on some Border Patrol units since it's fairly common place for border crossers to throw rocks at the agents. They're mainly installed on vehicles assigned to patrol along the fence where they are susceptible to thrown debris from either border crossers or simply Mexican citizens on the other side. |
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◊ 2010-01-31 01:34 |
That’s what meant by armored, but perhaps armored wasn’t the proper word?  |
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◊ 2010-01-31 01:37 |
Another, towing a hovercraft also used by the Border Patrol. Seen here in the process of being launched into the water. ![[Image: 20312761.th.png]](http://img27.imageshack.us/i/20312761.png/ "http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/1346/20312761.th.png") Ep. 1.03 -- Last edit: 2010-01-31 01:37:25 |
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◊ 2010-01-31 01:46 |
Armored usually refers to a vehicle that is bullet-proof or bomb-proof. I suppose since I'm more familiar with the term then I would be the one to nit-pick The Tahoe in your thumbnail is newer as it is dressed up in the Border Patrol's fairly new decal scheme. Now that's a true off-road vehicle right there. I love those Border Patrol modifications done on some of these vehicles. |
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◊ 2010-01-31 22:38 |
We know this kind of "stone-protection" from police-vans in Berlin: /vehicle.php?id=140082#Comment680307 It's usual since many years, because of the lot of demonstrations over there. When you have a close look to them, you will see, that there is not any single square-decimeter on them, which is not full with stone-dents. Everywhere around they are damaged. Since the European borders are open and no controls there, especially since Poland and the Czech Republic are in the EU, too, our border-patrol has nearly no special conversions any more. The freaks for the Volkswagen T2 and T3-vans like the old border-patrol-version very much, due two extras, which were extremely expensive for normal customers: the oversized sunroof, combinated with two sliding-doors. And a loveable Eberspächer-extra-heating was incuded, too. -- Last edit: 2010-01-31 22:39:13 |
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