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| Curvie Roadlover |
 May 27 2003, 05:54 PM
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Two trunks are better than one!  Group: Members Posts: 2,025 Joined: 29-December 02 From: Southeast Michigan Member No.: 42  |
Seriously, though, the Hummer was rated #1 for customer DISsatisfaction by J D Powers. And guess what the #1 complaint was from new owners? Get this--- POOR GAS MILEAGE!!! what the fuck did they expect? About the only transportation with worse mileage is a cruise ship for chrissake!!! And also interesting, #2 for customer dissatisfaction - Mini Cooper. Too many little glitches. Car went to market before it was really sorted out.
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| Aaron Cox |
May 27 2003, 09:35 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
QUOTE(Curvie Roadlover @ May 27 2003, 03:21 PM) QUOTE(Mueller @ May 27 2003, 03:10 PM) If one is that worried about saftey, maybe a 914 is not the correct car to have for the street (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Do you think Tony C could do a cage in a Hummer? I'd feel safe in one of those if it had a good cage. well.....my dad does work for the army, and they were doing humvee testung stuff.... so occasionally he brought home the humvee (milspec)...i drove it. will out turn a 914 (radius wise) extremely loud, feels like your riding on 800,000 pound springs...etc. totallty purpose built. in the "war on terror", some marines rolled one and got MESSED UP. no seatbelts etc... and mike z, the H-2 is just a "super duper suburban....." starbucks anyone? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) |
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| Aaron Cox |
May 27 2003, 09:39 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
QUOTE(Curvie Roadlover @ May 27 2003, 03:54 PM) Seriously, though, the Hummer was rated #1 for customer DISsatisfaction by J D Powers. And guess what the #1 complaint was from new owners? Get this--- POOR GAS MILEAGE!!! what the fuck did they expect? About the only transportation with worse mileage is a cruise ship for chrissake!!! it shouldnt have been released to the public...."its too ruff, gas mileage sucks, there is no cupholder...." the complaining continues.... for a street car, it is just a status symbol! duh, does the thing look comfortable? NO!!!! will it go farther and higher and outperform your stock jeep wrangler? YES!!!!! the people who buy them are just a bunch of rich snobs..... but the milspec one on the other hand......that is pita for city driving, park it for an hour and you got flatspots on your wheels! |
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| Hawktel |
May 27 2003, 09:43 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 818 Joined: 2-April 03 From: Ogden Utah Member No.: 506 |
Not a Fan of the H2, but large as I am, it might be a viable vehicle someday for me.
Milspec Hummers, or even Hummer 1's, Not to shabby machines. Less room inside that I expected. Honestly, if you wanted a hummer I'd buy this guys bummer.... http://www.kitcars.com/Classifieds/AdDetai...ssified_id=2110 Strangly enough, I kinda like that ride. Its missing something though.. a pintle mounted machinegun for roadrage I think... |
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| Aaron Cox |
May 27 2003, 09:48 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
anyone seen the wombat? aka the HUMBUG, kit car w/ a VW type 1 engine and a tube frame! good stuff.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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| Aaron Cox |
May 27 2003, 09:50 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
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| Aaron Cox |
May 27 2003, 09:52 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
if you dont see for yourself...its FUGLEE!!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon8.gif)
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| Mr.C |
May 28 2003, 08:36 AM
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Easy does it Group: Members Posts: 611 Joined: 31-December 02 From: Central Cal Member No.: 61 Region Association: None |
My buddy is a Sgt. in the Army and he said the Hummer is pretty tough. One was getting moved by a chopper and he estimates was about 25ft. up and the cable snapped. All that happened was the windows shattered, got in and drove it off.
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| Lawrence |
 May 28 2003, 12:21 PM
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Senior Member Group: Benefactors Posts: 1,661 Joined: 5-February 03 Member No.: 244 Region Association: None  |
QUOTE well.....my dad does work for the army, and they were doing humvee testung stuff.... so occasionally he brought home the humvee (milspec)...i drove it. will out turn a 914 (radius wise) extremely loud, feels like your riding on 800,000 pound springs...etc. totallty purpose built. in the "war on terror", some marines rolled one and got MESSED UP. no seatbelts etc... All M998s came issued with seatbelts (lap type) for driver and any passenger seats. They have since been retrofitted with a inertia reel shoulder harness type belt. Open troop carriers (solders in the back) do not have belts - but neither have any of the predecessor vehicles: 900 series cargos, 2 1/2 ton trucks or the FMTV series. It's pretty damned hard to roll a military HMMWV. Sounds like the alleged accident (combined with lack of seatbelt use) was caused by some signficant negligence. -Rusty |
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