Thread: SAD times for HUMMER

Sigh, sadly the Hummer venture was ill-starred at the beginning, whatever possesed GM to simply introduce the first version of the vehicle with non-military components when it's really slloooowwww, heavy, and a big giant gas-guzzler? That's great for a piece of equipment to go on any terrain, but not to drive every day. The Hummer is NOT a jeep. Then it was the mini version, which was too low to the ground to go climb a mountain (which is the major strength of the Hummer - goes everywhere). Third try looked like they possibly got it right - but by now they've thrown way too much money at production and owners of the "older" versions were quite unhappy.

Hello, R&D and marketing, this was a good idea than could have worked, but you fell asleep at the wheel.

I'm sad it looks like they are taking Saturn out. There were some good ideas in that line.

Originally Posted by Silverbird

Sigh, sadly the Hummer venture was ill-starred at the beginning, whatever possesed GM to simply introduce the first version of the vehicle with non-military components when it's really slloooowwww, heavy, and a big giant gas-guzzler? That's great for a piece of equipment to go on any terrain, but not to drive every day. The Hummer is NOT a jeep. Then it was the mini version, which was too low to the ground to go climb a mountain (which is the major strength of the Hummer - goes everywhere). Third try looked like they possibly got it right - but by now they've thrown way too much money at production and owners of the "older" versions were quite unhappy.

Hello, R&D and marketing, this was a good idea than could have worked, but you fell asleep at the wheel.

I'm sad it looks like they are taking Saturn out. There were some good ideas in that line.

You can blame AAAnold SwarzenShriver-Kennedy, AKA: Da Governator, for making GM think selling a military vehicle to the public was a good idea.

Originally Posted by Silverbird

Sigh, sadly the Hummer venture was ill-starred at the beginning, whatever possesed GM to simply introduce the first version of the vehicle with non-military components when it's really slloooowwww, heavy, and a big giant gas-guzzler? That's great for a piece of equipment to go on any terrain, but not to drive every day. The Hummer is NOT a jeep. Then it was the mini version, which was too low to the ground to go climb a mountain (which is the major strength of the Hummer - goes everywhere). Third try looked like they possibly got it right - but by now they've thrown way too much money at production and owners of the "older" versions were quite unhappy.

Hello, R&D and marketing, this was a good idea than could have worked, but you fell asleep at the wheel.

I'm sad it looks like they are taking Saturn out. There were some good ideas in that line.

Yeah I was suprised with Saturn also.

CB

I'm not going to try and defend the HUMMER line to people that just don't have a clue about the vehicle or it's capabilities, only to just regurgitate the same vomit and venom like they are in the know ..You have formed your ill informed opinions and that is fine (ignorance should be painful)...But before you rag on HUMMER, at least the H2 and H3 models..realize you are dogging a Chevy Tahoe with an outer skin of an H2 and the Chevy Trailblazer with an outer skin of an H3..Gas guzzler? LMAO!!! this is usually the ignorant arguement people use against HUMMERs..Lets' compare a lesser varity of 4X4s and pickups and SUVs that get TERRIBLE mileage, yet people seem to ignore these facts..Caddilac Escalades, Lincolns Navigators, Toyotas Land Cruiser, Lexus SUVs, Infinity SUV, Chevy Suburbans, and a dozen more Pickups and 4X4s..All of which get worse mileage than any H2 or H3..My H3 gets 21 MPG average...And It, with me, provided a service to my communtiy when the roads were impassable due to Ice and Snow, yet me and my HUMMER were able to get out in it and deliver old folks to hospitals and deliver food to elderly and sick that normal gas pinchers couldn't do for days..As do may Hummer owners do.
http://blogs.fourwheeler.com/6473028...cue/index.html

And BTW to further educate the tree huggers that think they know all there is to know about the HUMMER..The H1 Humvee everyone calls a HUMMER, was discontinued form production back in June of 07, to fulfill the Military needs..And it was a diesel.

Yes, it was unfortunate. The first version was so slow and gas eating that its reputation got to all the other versions - that's why I kick the Marketing department as well as R&D. Old tales of less than 10 MPG, overweight, and terrible accelerations went on to all other models, so debunkers of the H2 would make it a mini-Humm that eats gas, moves like a snail, and has a low undercarrige, even though only the undercarrige and the size were true.

The Gas Guzzler that moved too slow: Original Hummer on commercial market. Unfortunately called "Hummer"

Hummer II: Too close to the ground to have the complete package of Hummer fun with

Hummer III: Finally got it right, but you spent lots of money and lost customers with Hummer I and II...

I liked the H3, but I never buy anything that doesn't have a couple years on the model, and I don't need an all terrain vehicle, and it's just me and the sig other in the car. The only road hazards we have are bad drivers and K Street (sorry had to make a DC joke).

Originally Posted by Silverbird

Hummer III: Finally got it right, but you spent lots of money and lost customers with Hummer I and II...

I liked the H3, but I never buy anything that doesn't have a couple years on the model,

So you are in luck..The H3 has been out since 06 and the latest models are really sweet with creature comforts and special standard features...If you you do nothing else, you will be happy if you just go test drive one for grins and giggles..you may find yourself pleasantly surprised..the prices have dropped to ridiculous low amounts on these right now..and reliability is phenomenal

Hummer = evil golbal warmer

Jason

Originally Posted by rawiron1

Hummer = evil golbal warmer

Jason

Not only are you ignorant, you can't spell.

Originally Posted by Buster

Not only are you ignorant, you can't spell.

Thanks Buster - that made me burst out laughing

Ahh man that's good. It's few people that just say whatever and never think twice about it.

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors Corp.'s auditors have raised "substantial doubt" about the troubled automaker's ability to continue operations.

The company revealed the concerns, raised by the accounting firm Deloitte & Touche LLP, in its annual report filed on Thursday.

GM has received $13.4 billion in federal loans as it tries to survive the worst auto sales climate in 27 years. It is seeking a total of $30 billion from the government. During the past three years it has piled up $82 billion in losses, including $30.9 billion in 2008.

GM says in its report that its auditors cited recurring losses from operations, stockholders' deficit and an inability to generate enough cash to meet its obligations in raising substantial doubts about its ability to continue as a going concern.

The company said in its filing that its future depends on successfully executing the viability plan submitted to the government in February to justify the loans.

"If we fail to do so for any reason, we would not be able to continue as a going concern and could potentially be forced to seek relief through a filing under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code," GM said in the annual report, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

GM, the report said, is highly dependent on auto sales volume, which dropped rapidly last year.

"There is no assurance that the global automobile market will recover or that it will not suffer a significant further downturn," the company wrote.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090305/..._annual_report

Originally Posted by Steadygain

Thanks Buster - that made me burst out laughing

Ahh man that's good. It's few people that just say whatever and never think twice about it.

Sorry, but I call a Spade a Spade (see my signature)

On Tuesday’s radio program, Rush Limbaugh commented on a couple of recent stories out of the New York Times from that feature HUMMERs. One is about the sudden HUMMER demand in Iraq, and the other a feature on Lynch HUMMER out of Missouri. Following his recap of the articles, he went on to say that HUMMERs are “being tarred, feathered, and destroyed by the Obama administration and the American left.” Full text after the video and the jump. Take a listen or look, then tell us what you think in the comments section.

I posted conversation otherwise you can go to www.hummerguy.net and click on the box to listen.


LIMBAUGH: ” ‘Iraqis love Hummers because they’re a symbol of power,’ said Mr. Hilli, a chubby 37-year-old who couldn’t stop laughing. Hummers in Baghdad are symbols of much more besides: increasing security, returning normalcy and a yearning for the trappings of sovereignty.” That’s what a Hummer represents to Iraqis. It helped that we didn’t have such a bad opinion of the Americans in one of the provinces, said Ali al-Hilli. ” ‘People often asked the soldiers to stop their Humvees so they could get their pictures taken in front of them. Soon conditions improved enough to drive all over the city. Hummer H3s began rumbling off the lot, at 50 to 60 thousand dollars apiece, in dollars, and all the money down, fully loaded. (No one wanted them any other way.)” No Iraqis wanted a bargain-basement Hummer; they wanted them fully loaded. “Iraqis are paying historically high prices for gasoline. At $1.40 a gallon, that wouldn’t break any Americans hearts, but not long ago in Iraq it was 19 cents a gallon.” It’s now a buck forty. The increase had no effect on sales of Hummers. ‘If you can afford this car, you don’t care how much gasoline costs,’ said Mr. Hilli. Iraqis love their cars. In Iraq, people judge you by your car, and you’re not a man without one,’ ” he said. … When it comes to Hummers, they’ll always nearly be bigger than anyone else’s car.”

Now, I have another story out here of St. Louis. Chesterfield, Missouri, near St. Louis, and it is — well, it’s The New York Times as well, I think: “A dealer’s big bet is on the line as Hummer falls from favor.” Now remember, you just heard about the Hummer. Iraqis love it, and they’re buying them as fast as they can, at full price and fully loaded. In a nation that is just emerging from the seventh century, thanks to us, and the people over there are buying Hummers and they’re excited. And here in the world’s greatest superpower, the greatest outpost for freedom ever in the world, the same automobile is being tarred, feathered, and destroyed by the Obama administration and the American left. “

Source: Mediamatters.org