As for the civy version having a 5 year bumper to bumper waranty...........yes it does..............dig a little deeper, GM commercial sales division.................6 month warranty. On the exposed brake lines................should we but them on the inside of the frame, so you can see them (it is a boxed frame they can only go on one side or the other) easy fix a piece of 1/4 angle iron, still waiting for someone to post the tragic story of how they ripped off brake lines off of a Milcot (much easier to tear a rear main line on the diff). As to where the secondary battery is?? learn to drive, look on the other side of the battery tray, you will see the frame, if you manage somehow to tear the secondary battery off...........you already have alot more problems going on, aka you have lost all mobility. The EMP option has always been available from GM Defence on the CUCV II and III platforms, I fail to see why the extra expense for this option should be warranted, as most operators/drivers will still operate the platform as if they had stolen it. The key to mobility is maintaing it...............once you break it by means of incompetance, you lose it. But I guess the bigger tires et al just make it so much more viable for all the cowboys, and wil help to keep all of our local GM dealerships very busy with all the repair work and waiting on non stocked parts at most dealerships, well yet another way to support the Canadain Economy. The CF has a systematic problem, that solely equates to a severe lack of driver training.