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Haw haw... funny anti-Hummer site (The Anti-MINI)

Old May 26, 2008 | 08:11 AM
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Haw haw... funny anti-Hummer site (The Anti-MINI)

I was just monkeying around online looking at cars that DON'T get mpg like my Mini (it makes me feel good, what can I say?) and noticed that on Hummer's website, they do not list their vehicle's mpg even in the specs section, only that its fuel tank capacity is 32 gallons.

So I did a quick Google search, and found this: http://www.fuh2.com/

(Warning: The site may contain ungentlemanly language.)

Motor on!
 
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Old May 26, 2008 | 08:33 AM
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That's awesome. Funny as hell, too.
 
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Old May 26, 2008 | 10:27 AM
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thats awesome!!
 
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Old May 26, 2008 | 10:59 AM
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I see too many soccer mom's driving these. If they want to waste there money let them.
 
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Old May 26, 2008 | 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted by MalteseFalcn
on Hummer's website, they do not list their vehicle's mpg
I'd heard the most complaints about Hummers in quality surveys were about their fuel consumption. I could never understand that, if you're buying something like that, what do you expect. However, if Hummer arn't admitting to it, maybe they really don't know what they're letting themselves in for.
 
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Old May 26, 2008 | 03:43 PM
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Old May 26, 2008 | 07:44 PM
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^^^
What's nice about that is that also applies to anyone driving a big, lifted truck (unless they truly off road in it, how many actually do?). I just laugh at the people in their 3500 Dually Diesel with chrome crap all over the place.
 
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Old May 26, 2008 | 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Ferroequine
 
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Old May 26, 2008 | 10:39 PM
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I always feel bad when I see an H2 that is clean...
 
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Old May 27, 2008 | 08:45 AM
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On David Letterman a few years ago, he showed an ad for Hummer cologne, and said "in case driving one isn't enough to tell the world you're an a-hole."

God Bless Mr. Letterman.
 
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Old May 27, 2008 | 09:01 AM
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Originally Posted by hemiheaded18
^^^
What's nice about that is that also applies to anyone driving a big, lifted truck (unless they truly off road in it, how many actually do?). I just laugh at the people in their 3500 Dually Diesel with chrome crap all over the place.
I never could understand why someone would want to drive a tank around town anyway.

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Old May 27, 2008 | 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by hemiheaded18
^^^
What's nice about that is that also applies to anyone driving a big, lifted truck (unless they truly off road in it, how many actually do?). I just laugh at the people in their 3500 Dually Diesel with chrome crap all over the place.
Well, dont laugh at me, since mine is only a 2500HD without a lift.
 
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Old May 27, 2008 | 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by nucknfuts
I never could understand why someone would want to drive a tank around town anyway.

Im glad you asked that...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iix6I...eature=related
 
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Old May 27, 2008 | 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by hemiheaded18
^^^
What's nice about that is that also applies to anyone driving a big, lifted truck (unless they truly off road in it, how many actually do?).
the funniest thing ever was watching a couple drive right off the pavement into the sand in their Kia minivan on Sunday at Corolla, NC. We drove right on buy in a lifted Ford on 36's.

my buddy has a Hummer....he's got a house at Swan Beach between Corolla and Carova....there's only one way to get there and a MINI ain't gonna make it any further than the Kia did.

Too much hatorade in this thread...
 
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Old May 27, 2008 | 01:11 PM
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There are exceptions to every rule. However for every SUV/Hummer owner that uses and needs it to actually go off road there are a hundred wasteful morons. Another gallon of Hatorade for me please.
 
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Old May 27, 2008 | 01:26 PM
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Old May 27, 2008 | 04:03 PM
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mmm... H2 flavored Haterade...
 
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Old May 27, 2008 | 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by MalteseFalcn
mmm... H2 flavored Haterade...
and you guys whine when a MINI is called a 'gay' car
 
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Old May 27, 2008 | 04:17 PM
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I can't possibly imagine driving a Hummer looking at my gas bill.
 
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Old May 27, 2008 | 04:20 PM
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That site bugs me to no end. Some of the pictures are very retarded, like flicking off a Hummer bicycle from the open window of their car (there's an environmental statement for you) or the guy who appeared to be in a Corvette flicking off an H2 (sure it's doesn't use as much gas but it's hardly the model of economy).
I don't like people buying excessively large and conspicuous fashion statements but it is a free market and if they can afford to buy and drive one of these things, they have every right to do so.
We're hardly beacons of green technology. Sure we're not as bad as SUVs but really our cars could do so much better. A lot of MINI owners bought their cars for their performance or for the appearance/status, not so different than why a lot of people buy Hummers. It seems our community might share more with a community of Hummer owners than we'd like to think.
 
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Old May 27, 2008 | 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by PGT
and you guys whine when a MINI is called a 'gay' car
To be fair I don't so much as whine as laugh condescendingly.
 
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Old May 27, 2008 | 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Deviant
That site bugs me to no end. Some of the pictures are very retarded, like flicking off a Hummer bicycle from the open window of their car (there's an environmental statement for you) or the guy who appeared to be in a Corvette flicking off an H2 (sure it's doesn't use as much gas but it's hardly the model of economy).
I don't like people buying excessively large and conspicuous fashion statements but it is a free market and if they can afford to buy and drive one of these things, they have every right to do so.
We're hardly beacons of green technology. Sure we're not as bad as SUVs but really our cars could do so much better. A lot of MINI owners bought their cars for their performance or for the appearance/status, not so different than why a lot of people buy Hummers. It seems our community might share more with a community of Hummer owners than we'd like to think.
Well, I partially agree with you and yes this is a free market country where you can buy and drive those things at will.
BUT, there is no denying in that Hummers are stupidly wasteful vehicles
in a same way celebrities own 6-10 million dollar houses in Malibu.

However, the difference is that the celebrities living in their private villages doesn't really harm me and the people.

The H2s, on the other hand, weighs 8500 pounds and gets 10mpg producing all the CO2s in the world.

Now, 8500 pound vehicle is dangerous to surrounding drivers no matter how nimble it is. Sure, crashing is never comfortable but who needs 8500-pound-non-commercial-vehicle on public roads?
 
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Old May 27, 2008 | 05:06 PM
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Seemed fitting to post this picture I took when I arrived at work one day.
 
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Old May 27, 2008 | 06:02 PM
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So does the Hummer engine weigh more than an entire MINI?
 
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Old May 27, 2008 | 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by nabeshin
So does the Hummer engine weigh more than an entire MINI?
I don't know about that, but perhaps a full Hummer gas tank weighs more than an entire MINI!
 
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