{"id":581,"date":"2006-11-03T00:31:57","date_gmt":"2006-11-03T00:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2006\/11\/german_hybrid_p.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:45:36","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:45:36","slug":"german_hybrid_p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2006\/11\/german_hybrid_p.shtml","title":{"rendered":"German Hybrid, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.salguod.net\/weblog\/images\/threeamino_salguod_net_image_1.JPG?resize=475%2C356\" width=\"475\" height=\"356\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/span><br \/>\nSo, I know many readers looked at that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salguod.net\/weblog\/archive\/001159.shtml\">Benz El<\/a> and thought, &#8220;Sure, I appreciate the unprecedented combination of big sporty German sedan and pickup utility, but what I really need is a crew cab.  I&#8217;m a family man, you know.<br \/>\nAnd, frankly, the loads of mulch to do my yard really requires dual rear wheels.  Yep, I need double the doors and double the rear tires.<br \/>\nOh, and if it had a matching land speed racer, that would be sweet.&#8221;<br \/>\nYour wish is my command.  I present a BMW 3 series, 4 door <em>truck<\/em>.  Why?  I dunno.<br \/>\nHT:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jalopnik.com\/cars\/custom-cars%252fhot-rods\/threeamino-dually-nuff-said-211701.php\">Jalopnik<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, I know many readers looked at that Benz El and thought, &#8220;Sure, I appreciate the unprecedented combination of big sporty German sedan and pickup utility, but what I really<a href=\"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2006\/11\/german_hybrid_p.shtml\" class=\"more-link\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">German Hybrid, Part 2<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>German Hybrid, Part 2 - salguod.net<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2006\/11\/german_hybrid_p.shtml\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"German Hybrid, Part 2 - 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