R50/53 Have You Ever Pulled Up To A Hummer H2...
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From: Edina, MN
Originally Posted by mataku
the H2 is safe? For who? As you see the H2 doesn't fare up that well against other big cars. However, my main concern has always been the safety of others and the fuel economy. Great, so you're eating all the fuel to lug around a 6000 pound vehicle while getting to the supermarket. It's not only about price. People with H2 always seem to mention price. About being able to afford the car and the gas, but maybe some people just find it dumb to be wasteful.
As for safety, these cars SEVERLY limit the vision of every other vehicle on the road. And if you were to get in an accident with a smaller car, maybe an economy one that doesn't have side airbags, you'd be crushing them. Also in any emergency situation, you wouldn't be able to move quickly enough to get out of the way. This isn't a problem off-road where it is meant to be, but driving on the street and highway is just outright dangerous to others.
For me, the H2 is the ultimate symbol for "I only care about myself." and the the person doesn't care about the environment or the safety of others. they only care that this car looks cool.
As for safety, these cars SEVERLY limit the vision of every other vehicle on the road. And if you were to get in an accident with a smaller car, maybe an economy one that doesn't have side airbags, you'd be crushing them. Also in any emergency situation, you wouldn't be able to move quickly enough to get out of the way. This isn't a problem off-road where it is meant to be, but driving on the street and highway is just outright dangerous to others.
For me, the H2 is the ultimate symbol for "I only care about myself." and the the person doesn't care about the environment or the safety of others. they only care that this car looks cool.
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From: Richmond, VA
Originally Posted by Cdnsnowman
The picture tells you nothing. Was it a head on, was the Hummer stopped ... you just don't know. I'm a Mini fan on safety -Full stop. If the pickup did that much damage to the H2 - a driver of a mini in such a collision, which we have no details on, would have been worse off and not here today.
Get real.
Get real.
Since i love looking at investigations on our cases... i'd like to say the hummer crossed onto the trucks side of the road and then overcorrected, or didn't give himself enough reaction time while speeding, collided with the truck, overcorrected, and spun around. This caused the truck to be pushed back and a little to the left. I'd ASSUME head on since the front ends are both messed up.
...But i wouldn't know if other cars were involved. Maybe the hummer was chasing a mini out of the way, and the mini was able to get the hummer to chase it to the other side of the street, and got out of the way in time with it's quick maneuverability, thus causing the truck and hummer to collide.
Or it was just my first guess.
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From: Jacksonville FL
My last vehicle
I miss her, I could scare people into getting out of my way. I was always amazed by how many people would cut me off or pull out in front of me with out thinking about how long it would take me to stop. Seen lots of horrified looks on childrens faces because of thier parents stupidity!
But now I can drive away from stupidity w/ my MINI....if I can ever pry my keys away from the wife!
I miss her, I could scare people into getting out of my way. I was always amazed by how many people would cut me off or pull out in front of me with out thinking about how long it would take me to stop. Seen lots of horrified looks on childrens faces because of thier parents stupidity!
But now I can drive away from stupidity w/ my MINI....if I can ever pry my keys away from the wife!
glad i got the yellow mini instead.
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From: Weeblegabber West (aka WLA)
Originally Posted by Cdnsnowman
We're all allowed our opinions. I use my hummer off road a lot. I agree that there are a lot of big vehicles on road. The Ford F150 is just as big! Why don't we see some slams on this vehicle.
Hope that helps.
Clover
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From: California S.F. East Bay
Originally Posted by Cdnsnowman
After reading the above emails I laugh. I own a MCSC and a H2. Both vehicles have their place.
The biggest joke is those who make comments about the H2 and have never driven one. Next joke is those who say how bad they are off-road and have never driven one off road? Have you taken one on an extreme off-road course? You can't experience how good an H2 is on a test drive. The H2 will never be an H1, but an H1 as a daily commuter is also wrong.
The biggest joke is those who make comments about the H2 and have never driven one. Next joke is those who say how bad they are off-road and have never driven one off road? Have you taken one on an extreme off-road course? You can't experience how good an H2 is on a test drive. The H2 will never be an H1, but an H1 as a daily commuter is also wrong.
Originally Posted by Cdnsnowman
One last comment. The consumer satisfaction quote above. Both the Hummer and the Mini were rated at the bottom: the mini for ranked lousy on size and the hummer on fuel economy. Well we all know that the mini is the most fun for the dollar as a car and if you buy a hummer that is 6300 lbs and you were expecting great gas mileage, then you're quite stupid. If you can afford the price tag of a Hummer you're not worried about the gas mileage. The safety comment - the H2 is very safe and after seeing all the accidents on the road and nuts out there - the Mini and the H2 are the best bets for safety.
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From: Arroyo Del Valle
Mini saves Hummer offroad
I don't know about those Hummers being so great off road. Check out this picture of a Hummer that fell over the side while off roading. It was pulled out by the little classic Mini. It was a Rescue Hummer too. Great shot from the Helicopter don't you think? 
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From: New York
I cant find it but there is a great video of the H2 off roading over a MINOR rock formation. Something A Jeep of Defender could handle easily and as they are driving the axle snaps and the wheels cave inward! Its hilarious. Also it was posted before somewhere on NAM...there is a video where and H2 showed up to a Jeep off roading meet and got stuck on a tree stump in the PARKING LOT and had to be pulled out by a 1970's make Wrangler. Its not that great off road and too big to fit off road where Jeeps can go. The thing has independt front suspension for christ's sake! Any serious off roader knows that it is a big no no.
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From: Richmond, VA
Originally Posted by MCLeonard
I don't know about those Hummers being so great off road. Check out this picture of a Hummer that fell over the side while off roading. It was pulled out by the little classic Mini. It was a Rescue Hummer too. Great shot from the Helicopter don't you think?
My little brother and cousin got into hummers for a while. Guess what their new obsessions are?
YES! THE MINI! I CONVERTED TWO TEN YEAR OLDS TO MINIS!! :P my cousin is starting a collections of toy minis, and his dad wants an S bad, and my little brother has a poster of a yellow S on his wall (no wonder i like him), and a little red super slick MINI. I race him with my little EB super slick
* sadly, they both still have their collections of Hummers.Has anyone seen the H1 pulling the silver mini at walmart? I kept putting off buying it because it had the hummer in the pack, but now i'm going to kick myself if it's gone!
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