Hummer: And then there were three

Whoever buys Hummer should take advantage of its heavyduty suspension and convert it to electric. Imagine an electric Hummer charging in your driveway. Not only is it the meanest car on the streets, but suddenly it's also the greenest. Take out that big'ole engine and drivetrain and you can fit a lot of batteries on that platform. The power that takes the Tesla from 0-60 in 4 seconds (or thereabouts) will be plenty on this behemoth for 'normal' use, though some will still want more and there's plenty of room on the chassis to add more. The car has already passed U.S. safety requirements and already has a cult following. People who buy a Hummer are already expecting a certain pricetag. If done intelligently, I think it would work.

 

I've never understood why the H1 was even offered to the public. A lot of folks had more money than brains, I guess. They were quickly surprised at how cramped and uncomfortable the civilian H1 was

Perhaps the best year of the H1 was the last year it was offered, with the Duramax diesel and Allison 5 speed auto. Compared to the genuine HMMWV, the Duramax civilian version is a luxury car

Even the Army is now interested in hybrids and electrics

Army?s Diesel-Electric ?Aggressor? Vehicle Could Be Iraq?s First Hybrid - Popular Mechanics

I'm sure a lot of "big truck" fanboys are clutching their chests in unison over just the thought of an Army hybrid vehicle

As far as the "tough boy" image H2 (Tahoe) and H3 (Colorado), I doubt anybody will miss them when they're gone. If the used market is any indication, the depreciation is downright frightening

 

Let's not forget about the fun you can have on ice with a tank

 

Huh. Interesting, hope it works out

 

Nice, thanks for the link.

 

Not to mention, if you actually lose control and drift into something, it ain't gonna hurt the 50 tonnes of tank!!!

The item you drift into though ...H'mmmmm

Oh yeah, let the Government buy Hummer. After all the armed forces buy more of those things than everybody else. Why buy retail, when you can buy wholesale!!!

 

I could never understand why a gun was never an option.
Most of the people who own a Hummer really want to drive a tank.

 

Most of the people who drive an H2 *pretend* they are driving a tank

 

Re: Hummer gets jolted back to life

I always hated Hummers and big trucks well before the gas-mileage and pollution issues came into the light.

I know several people (in my family, unfortunately) who love big trucks like the Tahoo, Excursion, Ford F350, and the Hummer. I guess that is what I get for living in Texas. Even my 18 year old cousin (who is a female!) is like this. Her dream vehicle is to drive a F350 dually. She doesn't haul anything, has no need of the utility it offers. She just wants it to drive around town in and go about her business.

My brother loves to have the biggest vehicle on the road. It makes him feel very manly. He goes through different trucks several times a year, he's never happy. He's had trucks that were just barely street legal because they were almost classified as monster-trucks. I think he got like 4 or 5 miles per gallon in those things.

But I always hated those types of vehicles because I fully understood the mentality of people on the street driving them. How they feel so big and bad in their giant vehicle. I was SO GLAD when gas prices shot up last summer. I know plenty of people that would hate me for saying that. But it had the effect of making those vehicles undesirable, which was a good thing for me.

Have you ever tried to pull in or out of a parking space at the supermarket when somebody has parked their F-350 dually next to you? I got stuck one time where I had a big monster like that parked on each side of me. There was no way to get out of my parking spot. I had to sit there until somebody moved. It ended up being the car in front of me allowing me to cut through the parking lot. I mean, what a load of jerks.

It gives me pleasure to see those Hummer dealerships dying off.

 

What heavy duty suspension ?????

Look closely a 19 seconds

 

Of course. It's a Tahoe with a tough looking exterior