The New H2 Hummer

[supersizeme]

What are your thoughts on the new Hummer? So far I have seen a couple of them around Dallas, both of which were yellow. I'm not even sure if they make a color other than yellow since that's the one that's on the commerical, too. Living in Dallas, I've grown to hate SUVs. I've seen one too many soccer moms lose control of her $50K Navigator and plow into some poor bastard in a Honda Civic who never stood a chance. But I'm not gonna go into one of my anti-suv rants. I do dig the new Hummer though. I like the chrome grill, and it's nice to see a rounder, more smooth looking Hummer, despite the fact that it has now given up a lot of the Schwarzenegger factor. I don't think this vehicle looks tough for Ahnald anymore. Perhaps if you wrapped some barbed wire around it and stuck a 50 caliber machine gun on the roof, it might suffice. All I know is, since the price of owning a Hummer has now dropped to low $50Ks w/o options, we are definitely going to be seeing more of these mofos around town. You'll obviously see more H2's than regular Hummers and Range Rovers, but not quite as many of them as you have Land Rover Discoverys. And it's only a matter of time before some jackass sticks 20's on an H2. Actually I don't know if that would look retarded or not.

 

[havoc]

The New Hummer is solid.

 

[WODIN]

The New H2 is a school bus for rich bitches.

Get a lincoln Nav. Now there is an suv that says fuck everybody!

 

[supersizeme]

lmao is that guy on gear?

 

[havoc]

lmao is that guy on gear?

I don't know, but he is solid like the hummer.

 

[WODIN]

I have only seen one other person in my life that was a fireplugged up as that guy. And it was a woman.

You see...I know the true meaning of fear.

 

[HUGHJORGEN]

The Hummer is a nice ride, but the interior is hokie as hell. Looks VERY cheap. It is unique- but not as fuctiuonal as other luxury SUVs. Not to mention that you will pay more than MSRP because they are underproducing on purpose, and you will have all the problems of a first year vehicle!

 

[Y_lifter]

He looks like a stretched Fat TATOO from Fantasy Island..

Anyway, back off tangent...

I saw a nice looking Maroon one yesterday and it actually looked a bit civilized...

As for the SUV that says FU, one word ESCALADE

 

[MattTheSkywalker]

By Hummer dropping down 3 tax brackets, it makes the Range Rover more exclusive.

Hummer goes middle class. Who'd have seen that coming? Hummers are passe now.

 

[HUGHJORGEN]

Matt,

your right, and if you can find a 2002 Rover you can get it for around $55K right now!

 

[HappyScrappy]

My friend worked for the consulting company that advised HUMMER on the H2.
IIRC it is part of some merger with GM and it is largely a Blazer with a hybrid of HUMMER parts.

they were effectively shooting to skimp on the HUMMER solidness and quality, and really only sell on the name.

I write it as "HUMMER" because I've never seen them refer to themselves in anything lowercase.

I can e-mail him and try to find out more info - now that he doesn't work for that consulting firm anymore, he can probably talk more about it.

I definitely remember him saying to avoid it thought becuase it was "overpriced crap with a name"

 

[MattTheSkywalker]

Matt,

your right, and if you can find a 2002 Rover you can get it for around $55K right now!

Not an 03.

H2's are 03, right?

 

[supersizeme]

Yeah, I have to give Cadillac credit for coming out with by far the smoothest SUV on the market. I was at the pet store Sunday and some old lady pulled up in a black Escalade (the one with the truck bed, not the full SUV...i think they call it SUT or SVT or some shit) and it had chrome 20s on it. I was like, damn granny, you are rolling hard and you're probably not even aware of it.
And just so you all know, Porsche is supposed to be coming out with an SUV that has in the neighborhood of 400hp. Good lord. Here's hoping that Ferrari stays true to its sports car roots and doesn't start cranking out soccer mom mobiles. Shame on Porsche.

 

[HappyScrappy]

Laborghini (sp?) has been making SUVs for awhile now - they look a lot like the hummer.

Porsches disaster on wheels looks like a hummer that was raped by a gang of Toyota RAV4s.

I remember talk of a Ferrari SUV - but if I really wanted a high end SUV, I'd want the engineers at McLaren (sp?) behind it.

 

[velvett]

They should have called it:

The Chubby



The guy next door has one in black (doesn't make him any less a jackass though).


The new one is more people friendly vs. military friendly.

 

[manny78]

Fuck it, get a BMW X5. Hummer are uggly IMO....

 

[HappyScrappy]

Fuck it, get a BMW X5. Hummer are uggly IMO....

I want the fast X5 - someone down the street from me has one.

I call them Mr. Fancypants. even though I've only ever seen women driving it.

 

[Y_lifter]

I will never forget the time I was dropping of my Daughter at School and this Original HUMMER comes lumbering up to the drop off Circle.

The thing was loud, and barely made it around the corner without hitting the tires on either side.

The door opens and this tiny little girl steps (or more like falls) out
all alone.

I look inside the thing, and there is this tiny petite woman sitting behind the huge dash and fighting the steering wheel.

 

[HappyScrappy]

also, the X5 literature that BMW puts out goes into great detail to discuss how good it is at going down hills. it talks about a revolutionary system where you don't have to use the brakes as much.
it sounds an awful lot like downshifting, but what do I know.

 

[HappyScrappy]

my dad looked at getting a hummer - but they are pricy for really nothing. in order to get them decked out, you have to pay way more than the already inflated price.
the strip off a lot of the cool shit that the military ones can do (beyond the guns and shit).

a guy I used to work with was a hum-vee mechanic in desert storm. he was pretty much obsessed with that vehicle and it was pretty much his god. he worshipped it and tried to get everyone to convert to worshipping it as well.
that said, he drove a neon sport with an underpowered custom sound system so that its subwoofers would distort easily, causing him to blow multiple windhields before I explained to him why sound quality is good, and being aware of resonant frequencies might save some windshields in the future.

 

[HUGHJORGEN]

Not an 03.

H2's are 03, right?

Yeah, the Hummer is an '03. Rover dealers should still have 1 or 2 new '02's on the lot, almost bought one , but since I need 2 vehicles, got a Dicovery instead!

 

[supersizeme]

i always thought i was pretty good at going downhill but you don't see a brochure out about me.

 

[manny78]

my dad looked at getting a hummer - but they are pricy for really nothing. in order to get them decked out, you have to pay way more than the already inflated price.
the strip off a lot of the cool shit that the military ones can do (beyond the guns and shit).

so you mean they take off the ballistic protection from the Hummer ? and the bullet-proof glass too ?

 

[supertech69]

I think the H1 or original HUMMERS are nice but,the H2's front end is ugly as hell they look very stubby. There was a story on the news about them & they said that the target customers are women so does that mean it's a bitch ride? Kinda like a guy driving a VW cabriolet. LOL Sorry to the guys who drive one but, it simply looks funny.

 

[supersizeme]

yeah the VW cabriolet is by far the most off-limits car there is to guys. i think in the brochure for the car it specifically states that men should not drive this vehicle. especially a white one. i think the white ones actually come with panties installed in the driver's seat and a built-in nail file on the steering wheel with an optional oven to replace the backseat.

 

[Y_lifter]

yeah the VW cabriolet is by far the most off-limits car there is to guys. i think in the brochure for the car it specifically states that men should not drive this vehicle. especially a white one. i think the white ones actually come with panties installed in the driver's seat and a built-in nail file on the steering wheel with an optional oven to replace the backseat.

LOL

 

[HappyScrappy]

so you mean they take off the ballistic protection from the Hummer ? and the bullet-proof glass too ?

there was a dealer in Rochester that would buy fucked up military versions that actually had all the military shit on it. then he would restore them and paint them up so they looked all sweet.
those still had the thicker glass and such (so he claimed) - but that would fucking rape you on an already piss poor gas consumption rate.

I think the coolest feature is that the axel goes into the top of the wheel to allow more clearance, and it is not exposed.
also the wheels can adjust themeselves with more or less air (nothing like self induced flats - but I would assume it is a traction or head clearance deal).

some of the military ones can burn use their oil for fuel if the gas runs out - I thought that was pretty cool.

 

[Y_lifter]

The adjustable aie in the tires is for off road traction..

When you are about to traverse a sandy of rough patch, lowering the air pressure of the tires gives much better traction.

After you are throught the rough spot, push a button and pump them back up.... sweet

Us poor folks must carry a 9v air pump...

 

[grafix-GNC]

H2 sucks, go with the original, the hummer isnt supposed to be pretty

 

[HappyScrappy]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again - if you aren't driving a Yugo, you aren't driving.

 

[JarHed]

Here's some more info on the H2 Hummer...

http://www.4x4review.com/news/2003-H2-Hummer.asp

 

[Auriflex]

I live in the same area as the Hummer plant - and it's a little eerie to see a convoy of multicolored hummers heading over to the testing grounds or whatever. They are some big sonsabitches. (The old ones).

I see fewer H2's around here. But I'm drunk a lot too.

 

[2Thick]

Porsches disaster on wheels looks like a hummer that was raped by a gang of Toyota RAV4s.
.

LMAO!!!

 

[manny78]

Porsches disaster on wheels looks like a hummer that was raped by a gang of Toyota RAV4s.

you mean the Porsche Cayenne ???

 

[Latamier]

I personally like the H1 a lot better, but the price for the H1 is about double that of the H2.

 

[big4life]

The H2 is just a way to rip off people who think that they are getting something like the original Hummer, when they are really getting a beefed up Blazer. When you see the two Hummers side by side you realize there is no comparison.

 

[MattTheSkywalker]

The H2 is just a way to rip off people who think that they are getting something like the original Hummer, when they are really getting a beefed up Blazer. When you see the two Hummers side by side you realize there is no comparison.

word.

 

[casavant]

As far as I'm concerned, the only real Hummer is the original. Fuck this scaled down shit- the whole thing that made Humvee's so cool was that they were an adapted military vehicle that still had that monstrous width and ground clearance and oozed testosterone. Fuck this new shit. Fuck it and feed it fish heads.