R50/53 I Love Hummers!
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Originally Posted by skitelluride531
Heheheh 
. For someone who is really skilled at photoshop, your picture would be a good candidate for a MINI version of this picture:
. For someone who is really skilled at photoshop, your picture would be a good candidate for a MINI version of this picture:
Originally Posted by planeguy
HEY!! I was lured into the wrong thread by the misleading title.
Though I do agree that that the H1 is the only real off road vehicle. I would buy a H2 or H3 in a second if I had 60k to blow. My only gripe is that they are overpriced for what they are (Tahoe or colorado)! I didn't buy a MCS to save trees or sip gas or any "sensible" reason....and I suspect most people on this forum didn't either. I bought a MINI because it was the best looking most capable cars on the market....The Hummer is simply the opposite end of the spectrum and if I had the money to waste I would buy one, becuase they are arguably the best looking and most capable OEM off road vehicles on the market.
Though I do agree that that the H1 is the only real off road vehicle. I would buy a H2 or H3 in a second if I had 60k to blow. My only gripe is that they are overpriced for what they are (Tahoe or colorado)! I didn't buy a MCS to save trees or sip gas or any "sensible" reason....and I suspect most people on this forum didn't either. I bought a MINI because it was the best looking most capable cars on the market....The Hummer is simply the opposite end of the spectrum and if I had the money to waste I would buy one, becuase they are arguably the best looking and most capable OEM off road vehicles on the market.
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Originally Posted by K9MINI
H1....Amen! preach on brotha!
There are horses for courses. The MINI is a street-legal go kart; the H1 is an unparalleled off-roader.
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From: Okemos, Michigan
Originally Posted by okraD La
Those Hummers are everywhere here in South FL, of course ALL of Southern Florida is flat as a pancake....Unless you are taking road trips up North or pulling a boat, That vehicle and any 4x4 is useless down here
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From: Near Baltimore, MD
Originally Posted by daemon2
After a nice twisty road trip Sunday I parked outside the bakery in an empty row of stalls.
I came out about 5 minutes later to this. I was soooooo happy! The one on the right even left me enough room to get into my car.
I came out about 5 minutes later to this. I was soooooo happy! The one on the right even left me enough room to get into my car.
Paul
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From: Verona, NJ
Originally Posted by Rick-Anderson
Ahh, that's a pet peeve of mine. These idiots park in spaces marked compact-only all the time thinking it is funny. I am waiting for one to do it in the building I manage so I can tow it away. That would make my day!
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No offense to you H2 and H3 lovers, but a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon is more capable and costs about half as much. Even the vaunted H1 has problems in trees, because of its size. IMO, the only hummer I'd drive is a surplus HMMV (ex-military H1), because I can't see paying $100K for an H1 I'm going to beat the crap out of.
-- mike
-- mike
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From: H-town
My take on Hummer H2's (and H3's) is that their 15 minutes is up. Where I live is a car town and when they first came out, seemed like the wealthy suburbanite thing to have, in fact I know a couple of people personally who succumbed to its lure. Now I think they're seen by most people as wasteful, impractical, and decadent in a bad way. I have one acquaintance who just recently got one and I'm not sure what he was thinking. I see less and less of them on the road, and more and more of them collecting dust on the local dealer's lot, fooey I say.
I bought my MINI because I think it is THE best available car on the road. Very undervalued for what you get. And I think it's best FUN car available, too. If someone thinks dropping $75 or more (and rising) in their gas tank of their Hummer or SUV is worth the expense of having one these over-sized beasts, then good for the economy and the oil companies. The last time I was in England just a few years ago, the biggest thing you saw on the road there was a small delivery vehicle. NO big SUVs, NO pick-up trucks...nothing that guzzled gas. In the months to come, you will see more and more Hummers and big SUVs on the used car lots.
I've only had my MINI S a few weeks and one of the joys I have discovered is getting along side one of these "Hummers" or other SUVs at a stop light and I like to think "I'm having more fun than you are!"
I've only had my MINI S a few weeks and one of the joys I have discovered is getting along side one of these "Hummers" or other SUVs at a stop light and I like to think "I'm having more fun than you are!"
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