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    This Semi Truck Is Positively Angry

    30,000lbs. and 44 feet of 24 blown & nitrous cylinders of Detroit Diesel producing 3424 horsepower, which took 7 years to build and sold at auction in Saudi Arabia for $12M.

    https://www.autoblog.com/2019/11/18/...#slide-2186830
    https://www.autoblog.com/2019/11/26/...ls-12-million/



    There seems to be a bit of visibility problem...so four front cameras on screens in the cab give a clue to the driver what the rig will crush ahead.

    “Why”...because they could!
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    That was Mike Harrah's...I didn't know he sold it......Ben

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    WHY
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Grubb View Post
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    "sold at auction in Saudi Arabia for $12M"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phillbo View Post
    "sold at auction in Saudi Arabia for $12M"
    From the looks of it, it may have more than $12M in the constructions.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Grubb View Post
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    The video said he had $7M in it...$5M profit sounds like a good enough answer to the "why"......Ben
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    With fees it went for a little north of 13M.
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    Yep - if it can be built and someone will buy it, it'll be built.

    A technical issue: It just does not look like there would be decent forward vision with those blowers in the way. But, I realize it'll probably just sit somewhere to be admired and not driven much, if at all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by UTAH View Post
    It just does not look like there would be decent forward vision with those blowers in the way.
    Quote Originally Posted by The linked article above...
    Four cameras at the front of the truck pipe images to four 4x6-inch display screens mounted above the windshield so the driver can see what's on the road ahead.
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    Ahhh… yes - that makes sense, Ben. Maybe I should pay more attention to the text?

    On a side note, at the auction where this truck sold, only 4 of the 120 vehicles for sale found new homes. It was considered a disaster. But, maybe I'm just feeling sorry for a bunch of loaded Arabs, eh?

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    Quote Originally Posted by UTAH View Post
    Ahhh… yes - that makes sense, Ben. Maybe I should pay more attention to the text?...


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    Quote Originally Posted by wacojoe View Post
    Bringing enlightenment here is sooo tedious sometimes.
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