On Wed, 15 May 1996, Tom Forhan wrote:

> Joel said:
> 
> >are you SURE it was a Trooper?? and not maybe an imported VW Ilitis??
> >VW makes a trooper-looking sort of vehicle for the german army.
> 
> I think he could be right (again!):
> 
> This vehicle was seen in the Washington DC area, where you can often 
> find non-US models of foreign cars on the streets, because diplomats 
> don't have to comply with those pesky US DOT and EPA regulations. 
> 
> Also, the German military (airforce?) has a substantial presence
> in the DC area, as they have a training facility or something out at
> Dulles airport. They bring their own military vehicles.

Color was burgandy and I'm pretty sure it had Virginia plates.  Driver 
had a full beard which didn't look very military.  The vehicle did have a 
tubular grill guard kind of thing though.

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