What is wrong w/ yellow?

[DURAMAX TIM]

The wife got her yellow 04 yesterday and traded the white one in.
On the 60 mile drive home she said everyone was real aggressive driving around her.
She had semis racing ( they were running 60mph then she goes around and is up to 80 before she can get in) her not wanting to let her get back in on the interstate.
This communist state has the split speed limit 55 trucks and 65 the rest.
Even other cars and pick-ups were messing w/ her.
She's driven the white H2 for 7+ months on the same road and NO trouble.
Anyone else had these kind of problems?

Is it a YELL'R thing?

Yell'r 04 Lux w/ air, sunroof,F&R brush bars
Traded 03 White Lux
03 GMC D/A CC SLT LB soon to be 04

[Hummer Man]

Actually your wife was the one feeling more agressive. But everyone I talk to says the same thing "The H2 should only be made in a bold color like yellow - White & Pewter & Black are for whimps - Red and Orange are for the Wine & Cheese crowd and the green is for the ex-military and ex-conficts". Hummer & GM choose to promote almost exclusivley the YELLOW H2 in all of their commercials - It is the most common color in nature after Green & Brown. Green & Brown are the color of crap so they were not gonna promote those!
YELLOW RULES! it is still #1 in sales by 2 to 1 over the next closest color.

[DURAMAX TIM]

I asked her WHY were driving in the median http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Yell'r 04 Lux w/ air, sunroof,F&R brush bars
Traded 03 White Lux
03 GMC D/A CC SLT LB soon to be 04

[barbender]

Hummer Man:

I've got a Yellow Lux. I live in Longwood as well. I find people get out of my way since the yellow H2.

[argonaut]

The people I talk to tell me thay are glad that I didn't get yellow because it would make a pretentious car more pretentious. Apparently a lot of people view yellow cars as "hey look at me" vehicles. The color tends to incite more reaction from people. I personally don't see why. yellow isn't my thing, but it is only a different paint color. Kind of weird. I have and orange and I am a part of the wine and cheese crowd, but I also am a beer lover too. Around here, it seems the guys in the Yellow Hummers are the ones that glare at me or completely pretend to ignore me instead of being friendly and waving. they also are the ones that I never see muddy, even though yellow looks nice under a layer of mud. So that leaves me to believe that around these parts yellow is the poser color for the pavement pounders. It seems like the dirtiest ones I see (besides mine) tend to be pewter. When I ask owners if they offroad, just about everybody says yes, but then I ask them where and most people say, um on this gravel road, or on the way to camping. Something stupid like that. But the Pewter guys tend to list off their favorite trails.

The other day I ran into a guy at a restaurant that had a Yellow lowered H2 with huge chrome rims and tiny tires. I parked next to him completely covered in mud since I had just been offroading the day before. I heard people in the resteraunt saying that my Hummer is how they all should look and the yellow one was just some arrogant prick. This little tiny asian guy around my age leaves the restaurant at the same time I do and heads for the yellow one. When he sees me going to mine, he says in a really derogatory tone, "wow, you take that thing offroad." I reply smugly, "that's what they are for, don't you?" He looks at me aghast and says "this thing is too expensive. Aren't you afraid of scratching it?" I say "No, that';s what it if for. If you can't afford it, you shouldn't buy it." Then he got all tough and said "I could buy a hundred of these, it's nothing to me." and started acting like he wanted to fight or something. I just laughed and drove off. What a douchebag. That is the type of people that are Hummer owners around here. It pisses me off, but it is invariably yellow that they drive. I'm not saying anything about you yellow owners, you are all cool in my book because nbone of you seem like arrogant pricks, but that is what the yellow guys tend to be like around here.

[NJ H2]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Hummer Man:
"The H2 should only be made in a bold color like yellow - White & Pewter & Black are for whimps - Red and Orange are for the Wine & Cheese crowd and the green is for the ex-military and ex-conficts". YELLOW RULES! it is still #1 in sales by 2 to 1 over the next closest color.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Hey Hummerman, if White, Pewter and Black are for whimps and Red and Orange are for the Wine & Cheese crowd, what is Yellow for?

[89vette]

I was going to buy yellow and actually brough one home for a 24 hour test drive. I ended up with Sunset Orange. The yellow H2 was like driving a school bus! BTW, I do not eat cheese nor do I drink wine http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

03 Sunset H2!
89 Vette
02 Escalade

[Centerfire]

I have a red H2. Never thought of myself as the wine and cheese crowd.. Only one question is that a good thing or a bad thing.

Mike

[H2 REGION RATS]

I guess we bought the wrong color. Both my wife and I love wine and cheese and we have a pewter H2. I wondered why auto drivers always seem to pull-out right in front of me, now I know that they know we are wimps. If i trade it in on a Yellow H2 do I leave my wimpiness behind?

[Centerfire]

Well I like cheese , occasionly wine. don't like bed and breakfasts.. I gues I will just have to turn in my Certified Macho A Hole card and Badge. I'm doomed to be a certifed wimp cause I like my Red H2. Or is there hope for me I have a Green SUb and a Yellow S2000.. sO I guess there may be hope for me.

Mike

[unaslob]

argo....I think you are being a little too stereotypical... i drive a yellow H2... and it is extremely functional... I will tell you all why I drive yellow.... but first how I came about it.... when i went to the dealer in jan of this year, yellow was my only requirement.... there was one yellow one on the lot... options were not an issue... the yellow one is what I got.... the yellow and orange colors are by far the best... for one reason only... I had a yellow xterra before this and was doing alot of highway driving... putting typically over 300 miles a day on my car. I had to put it in the shop for about 3 days. during which time I borrowed someone elses silver jeep liberty. I drove just as aggressively as I did before, but this time I noticed that people would sometimes be turning into my lane and cutting me off... plenty of 'near' misses. I was shocked... when I picked the xterra back up... no problems.. I then realized that a yellow car is much more prominent in the rear or side view mirrors. so I did some looking around... I found out that yellow cars ar in far less accidents then others (obviously per capita).

to answer durmaxx's question... I actually experience the opposite... there is far less people getting in my way...

I love my h2... I love it even more since it is yellow.. I would have waited months to order a yellow one but was fortunate to have one on the lot... I really wanted the adventure series at the time, but was happy not to get it in retrospect,

my yellow h2 gets a big workout...

durmaxx if you want to solve your wife's problem, might I suggest an airhorn??? this is what i use when someone is giving me a hard time.. they quickly fall into line unaslob!!!

[Hummer Man]

Yellow is reserved for the best of the best!
Just added the traffic light changer to mine!
Now every light is green when I get to it!

Search EBAY for traffic light changers!
these new gadgets are great!

[buddy]

HM,

Why do you want the traffic light device? Are you in that big of hurry or don't give a **** about other traffic. Florida Highway Patrol made a statement on local news in Jax last night.. Illegal and criminal charges if you get caught with one. last I heard Orlando was in Fl...And I thought you was a little more responsible. Can you image the chaos around Orlando if your monkeys got their hands on this device...look what happened when they found your keyboard.

[Frank Hewitt]

the only thing wrong with yellow is that white is, in my opinion, better. As far as wine or beer? who the hell cares, just enjoy the embibe!!! Certainly Mac is for the cheese and wine (whine) so for the sake of argument, I'll take beer. Coincidentally, Mac owns a pewter metallic H2 (if he hasn't gone escalade yet) and he doesn't know what dirt is. This skews the assessment of correllating color with usage.
Why did you trade in a white H2 for yellow????? Personal pref. It's all good. Although I quite like the yellow for others, I have to side with the earlier post that the H2 incites its own fare share of a statement, and buying yellow only brings on more B.S. that you have to deal with from other folks who have the misunderstanding that you care about their opinion.

gasman

[Hummer Man]

Buddy, If the Monkeys ever touch my device I will spank them!

[DURAMAX TIM]

Frank, my salesman called Thursday evening and had a buyer for the old one and he only had 2 on lot Lux w/ air and sunroof so the choice was pewter or yellow.
I had to do the deal by Friday nite to get the extra $1000 off.
The wife didn't like yellow when she picked out the 03, actually she wanted pewter and found she liked white better once she saw them in person.
For the last couple of months she's been saying how she wanted to change and go yellow this time.
The next one will be white again (H1 http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif)

Yell'r 04 Lux w/ air, sunroof,F&R brush bars
Traded 03 White Lux
03 GMC D/A CC SLT LB soon to be 04

[H2Doc]

I didn't want to feel like I was driving a school bus, so I avoided yellow. Pewter looks good even when dirty. Besides, I think Pewter has a more rugged "military" look.

Brian
03 Pewter Lux

[DRTYFN]

Hummer Man likes yellow because it's the same color as the liquid in one of his fetishes.
And he desperately wants the traffic device so he can get home faster to try on his new high heels & panties.

HM, is your mom not only your dad's wife but his sister, too? Because that would explain a lot.
Sick monkey spanking tranny!!

[This message was edited by DRTYFN on 11-02-03 at 09:50 AM.]

[Hummer Man]

DRTYFN, It is so funny you said that because your Mom & Sister both think I'm great in bed!

And the yellow liquid you were commenting on came from them! But it's okay I loved it!

[DRTYFN]

Damn!! I should've laid money on you going to the "mom/sister/girlfriend" comeback. At least I tied mine into the lack of genetic diversity in your family tree.

Think you're gonna get the hang of that voting thing next year?
You are a pee-pee freak, aren't you? You SMST!!!

[Hummer Man]

Hummer Man, Does not like YELLOW Only! He has 3 H2's all different colors - But no Black or White!

[Tucson Beast]

White is Right - but I like all H2

"It's what you learn, after you know it all, that counts - John Wooden

[DRTYFN]

Great!! Now you're referring to yourself in the third peson. Or is that your monkey on the keyboard again?

[Orbital H2]

Personnaly I like the black if you can keep it clean, the Pewter looks good no matter how dirty it gets. call me a wimp, I don't have those sort of insecurity issues, I do like wine (Opus One when I can afford) love beer and cheese (from Wisconsin) but prefer a good Talisker 25YO a Ardbeg Provenance or a an Aberlour A'bunadh if I want to keep the price down... http://www.wineandliquordepot.com/distillery.php

H2 Black Lux, Air Suspension, AEM Intake, soon to be blacked out...
Black 02 Fatboy
300ZX TT 500Hp, 10.5Sec completely Blacked out, Wolfe Sport 600 Turbo, Billet Aluminum FlyWheel, Carbon Claw RPS Turbo Clutch, Dual Pop Intake, HKS Intercoolers/Exhaust

[Detonate]

I love mine in the Metallic red, and I hate wine and cheese with a passion.

However, I really want to get mine painted Midnight blue.

I think Midnight Blue means you have a big dick.

-Jim March
Arlington TX
2003 Red H2
Beauty is in the eye of the Beer Holder

[Andy C]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Around here, it seems the guys in the Yellow Hummers are the ones that glare at me or completely pretend to ignore me instead of being friendly and waving. they also are the ones that I never see muddy, even though yellow looks nice under a layer of mud. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>


Mines Yellow

[Andy C]

And I wave at everyone

[FrgMstr]

Sorry to bump an old thread here but I was about to purchase a Yellow H2 as I thought it was one of the best looking ones on the road. Very good presence. I am also of the mind that cars should only be made in black, red, and yellow, but that is just me.

Anyway, a buddy of mine asked what color I was going to get and I told him yellow. He looked at me seriously and said, "Every time I see one of those it reminds me of the short bus." Needless to say, I love my black one.

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Black 2003 H2 - Just like most of yours, just possibly with less crap bolted on.

My job: http://www.HardOCP.com

[RIC-H0]

Hey...Lets stop being so stereotypical, and start getting to know the person behind the color/Wheel.
I drive a Sage green H2, and I've yet to be convicted of any crime http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif, and when I do the scratch and sniff test it has yet to smell of feces http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif.
I think the color is a preference, not a personality.
I like all the colors of the H2's, but I am not real crazy about the lowering thing.
It still amazes people that we actually use out H2's for offroading.
Last time out went out to Devils Den, a guy made a comment about being sure not to scratch it. I think I changed his mind about how I drove my vehicle when I drove it up the waterfall area.

It's all in the attitude!!

Ric-H2

[Navigator]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Hummer Man:
Actually your wife was the one feeling more agressive. But everyone I talk to says the same thing "The H2 should only be made in a bold color like yellow - White & Pewter & Black are for whimps - Red and Orange are for the Wine & Cheese crowd and the green is for the ex-military and ex-conficts". Hummer & GM choose to promote almost exclusivley the YELLOW H2 in all of their commercials - It is the most common color in nature after Green & Brown. Green & Brown are the color of crap so they were not gonna promote those!
YELLOW RULES! it is still #1 in sales by 2 to 1 over the next closest color.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
I think you had way too much time on the short bus when you were a kid. You always wanted to drive that bus diddnt you? I'm off to do wimpy things now http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Rich

2004 H2 Adventure w/Corsa Sport.
2003 Nisan Murano
2003 Lincoln Navigator (for Sale)
2001 Ford Lightning W/mods
1999 F-350 W/mods
1999 Yukon Denali (for sale)

[FrgMstr]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by RIC-H2:
Last time out went out to Devils Den, a guy made a comment about being sure not to scratch it. I think I changed his mind about how I drove my vehicle when I drove it up the waterfall area.

Ric-H2<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Good for you Ric! You want to meet halfway one day and see who has the longest continuous scratch? http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif BTW, I just got my Meguiar's Scratch X (http://www.meguiars.com/) and will let you know how it works. I have some scratches that I don't think can be repaired at home, but we will see for sure. I love the look on everyone's face when you head down a narrow trail and get that "fingernails on blackboard" effect....

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Black 2003 H2 - Just like most of yours, just possibly with less crap bolted on.

My job: http://www.HardOCP.com

[RIC-H0]

Please let me know how that stuff works...
I'm always up for a good road trip, and some offroading.
It's funy to watch peoples faces when they see all your scratches in the dust after wheeling.
I've heard people say, he doesn't care about his car.
Little to their knowledge, the dust scratches come right off with a clalifornia Duster.
It's the deep sctratches that I worry about.

Keep in touch about the Meguires Scratch X.

Thanks,
Ric-H2

[Drag]

I'd have thought that yellow would be the natural color for the cheese crowd. Red for the wine crowd, and white for the white wine and white cheese crowd. So is Orange restricted to U.of Texas and Tennessee fans? Is there anyway I could get one made with the Notre Dame colors? http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Yes, this is my truck. No, I will NOT help you move.

[Jane]

Mine is yellow. I pick it up tomorrow, I am soooooooo excited *lol*.
http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[FrgMstr]

I just dropped mine off at the dealer to get the rear locker repaired. For some reason it keeps disengaging while off road. (Will post on it when I know more.) Anyway, the service guy sold me on buffing the whole car out. It was looking HORRIBLE with a number of deep scratches. Damn mesquite trees are brutal enough to dig into the plastin trim and leave marks. So I may not have a Scratch X update as soon as I thought, then again I have been thinking about scoping out Nacona, TX (http://www.agrwheelinranch.com) next Saturday.

I bought some of the mag sheilds as well but have not taken them out of the box yet....

http://ares.hardocp.com/files/hummer/scratches.jpg

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Black 2003 H2 - Just like most of yours, just possibly with less crap bolted on.

My job: http://www.HardOCP.com

[argonaut]

who's the hottie?

[FrgMstr]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by argonaut:
who's the hottie?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

That would be my wife and mother of our two children. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

http://ares.hardocp.com/files/hummer/Suzi-3point.jpg

I was using her for scale in the picture, as she is exactly 5 foot tall.

________________________
Black 2003 H2 - Just like most of yours, just possibly with less crap bolted on.

My job: http://www.HardOCP.com

[This message was edited by FrgMstr on 12-08-03 at 03:11 PM.]

[argonaut]

They build them well in texas, congrats. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif

[FrgMstr]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by argonaut:
They build them well in texas, congrats. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Thank you much sir. And while you are correct, we don't tell too many folks, but she is from New Orleans, LA. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

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Black 2003 H2 - Just like most of yours, just possibly with less crap bolted on.

My job: http://www.HardOCP.com

[RIC-H0]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by FrgMstr:
I just dropped mine off at the dealer to get the rear locker repaired. For some reason it keeps disengaging while off road. (Will post on it when I know more.) Anyway, the service guy sold me on buffing the whole car out. It was looking HORRIBLE with a number of deep scratches. Damn mesquite trees are brutal enough to dig into the plastin trim and leave marks. So I may not have a Scratch X update as soon as I thought, then again I have been thinking about scoping out http://www.agrwheelinranch.com next Saturday.

I bought some of the mag sheilds as well but have not taken them out of the box yet....

Ouch!!!
I hate it when that happens!!!
Looks like you had fun though.
Looks like your wife enjoys it as much as you do!
Nice Smile!
It's probably not a bad Idea to get the Dealer to buff them out. That way if they screw it up it'll be on them.
HA HA!!

Ric-H2

[HummerGRRL]

LOL, my stepmom is from baton rouge...

[Hummer Man]

FrgMstr, Does that pretty little wife of yours have a sister! Why do you need a car If she was at home I would never leave the house - She is a hottie!

[DRTYFN]

But she's not, and you still don't leave the house. Maybe because you're a registered sex offender with an electronic ankle bracelet. You better hurry back down to the basement before your momma sees you.

[Kevin B]

Frg,

Im sure you already know this but the rear axle lock disengages at any speed over 30 miles per hour. Its a safety thing and a real pain in the rear. Im wondering if that might be your problem? Mine seems to do it at lower speeds than that or im not paying attention to speedhttp://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[unaslob]

with regards to the rear locker disengaging, I have noticed that mine disengages early at times too.... really can suck especially if you dont notice then bam.. your stuck...

unaslob

Corsa Sport exhaust(offroad 'tip'), Gobi rack w/ lights & w/roof mounted tire w/ ladder, Warn Winch with rear power, Dual Wolo Airhorns w/ lanyard valve, Hadley Aircompressor 130PSI, 14" airtank, front and rear quick disconnects for air, Cobra 75 WX CB, Dual 4' Firestik fiberglass whips, front tinted windows, 7" Homer Simpson decal (teehee)!

[FrgMstr]

Hmm, anything over 30... I am very sure I was never moving that fast, but maybe the wheels are spinning at a faster rate.

Either way, that sucks ass. Having to get a running start at a 18 foot sand embankment that is very loose then fall off into the swamp behind it does not leave a lot of time to stop and reengage the locker.

I will be interested in what the dealer says for sure and if it is the case that it is working correctly....that sucks. I guess we will have to find a "fix" for if that is the case. Thanks for the information guys!!

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Black 2003 H2 - Just like most of yours, just possibly with less crap bolted on.

My job: http://www.HardOCP.com

[KenP]

FRGMSTR:
Take the shields out of the box!
Let us know how the scratch x works on the black. I have nothing in the world like the scratched you have, but I do have one or two teeny tiny ones. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

Black Lingenfelter Lux