I rode in my neighbor's. It rides over bumps like clouds. But it does make you feel like you are in a tank and you are headed for the Stockade. And it guzzles gas like there is no tomorrow.

Usually I say "social penis envy" when I see one. If it's painted yellow, it's "yuppie short bus."

I just can't even fathom why someone would drive one other than "It's two inches when erect." I mean, I'm against SUVs in general, but I admit my aunt needs one to get down her driveway when it's been snowing. But a Hummer? Ffs, you can get penis-enlargement pills on the internet for less than it'd cost you to drive 100 miles in it.

The Hummer has become a symbol of our arrogance in relationship to nature, it seems. On the one hand, it is just another car -- somewhat larger and less efficient than others, but still useful. On the other hand, it seems people are buying them to make a kind of "statement" about their indifference to the environment, a kind of "I am an island" ... a crowing at the moon.

The U.S. has 6% of the world's population, but consumes about 50% of the world's energy resources. This cannot possibly scale -- we can't have every Chinese family live at the same standard as we've come to expect in the U.S. -- this is obvious. So what makes us so special, so deserving of consuming more than what the planet can support for everyone? That's the question that gets ignored in the typical Hummer or mega-SUV purchase decision. It's about me and my ego, it's an "I don't care about the rest of humanity enough to limit my intake of resources".

That's what makes the car ugly. That and the fact that it looks like a box of Kleenex(tm) without the pastel prints.

I agree with you. However there is something inside this 5' female that would love to have one. I think it is because I am small as I would also love to be a Monster Truck driver and win, so I could get out of that truck stand there looking like a kid, and prove I could handle all that machine power. Boy I just told on myself!!!!!

I am in total agreement with your assessment.

They suck 47 different kinds of ass. Let me point out some of their flaws.

* Can't go everywhere - The civilian versions are far less able than their military cousins. Furthermore, there are MANY places that they are too wide to go. I couldn't take it through the woods around here. It's sad that my '87 Corolla climbed a mountain that a Hummer cannot attempt.

* Customer satisfaction rating - Last I checked, the Hummer H2 racked up an average of 247 complaints per 100 vehicles; the worst of any on the lot. That leads to....

* Poor MPG - This was the most common complaint about the Hummer. It never ceases to amaze me how shtooooopid people are. You don't get a vehicle that big, that heavy, that torquey and still get double-digit gas mileage.

* Acceleration - Zero to 60 in 20 seconds. Again, worst on the lot. My old 72 horsepower Corolla did it in 14 and that was DANGEROUSLY sluggish. Most cars do it in 8-10.
If I tried to take a left turn at the end of my road, I WOULD get T-boned or rear-ended.

* Ugly - It's a box. And unlike the Element or Xb, it's not a good looking box.

* Width - Try parking it in a crowded lot.

* Price - If I had that much money to blow, there are FAR better vehicle out there. The only reason to get one is to prove that you can afford the prodigious amounts of fuel it requires. Personally, I think a gold-plated, jewel-encrusted Bugatti Veyron would be a better display of excess.

Agree, agree, agree. Waste, useless, and an incredible arrogant statement about what kind of values the person has.

H2 and H3 I think are ridicules and shouldn't have the same name as the original. If you need to take over a small country and transport an anti-aircraft gun then the decked out original is a pretty cool machine, I mean push button tire deflation and inflation, awesome!!! I don't see many civilian uses, but still a pretty radical piece of equipment.

I gotta agree with you there. I think the are too big, ugly, over-priced, and, of course gas-guzzlers.
And people used to say what I drive (a Cherokee) was boxy and ugly! my wheels look like a luxury car next to those beasts!
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I don't really care for them. At least they are not Lear Jets though.