Lately i have been getting crap from h1 owners for having the "sissy" of the line.. anyone else get anything similar from those who are simply jealous?

Lately i have been getting crap from h1 owners for having the "sissy" of the line.. anyone else get anything similar from those who are simply jealous?

I've had a bunch of people say the same to me, usually my response is "Where's your Hummer?" which shuts them up. Another time I was arguing with a moronic sales rep from Polaris that my Banshee would rip they're new Predator to pieces, he asked me if I had 10,000.00 to bet, or if that would be my life savings. I looked at him and just said "10G's? I drive a hummer for a daily driver" "Oh yeah?" he says, "Me too, but not a fag ass H2" "Oh, my toy car is a 2k3 Z06," I say. "Me too" Thats when I laughed at him and walked away. People are rediculous.

-Grim

2003 Sunset Metalic Orange H2 - Breathless Stage 2B, HID's, Gobi Rack & Ladder.

2003 Millenium Yellow Z06

Don't even get me started!!!

At EVERY event and offroad trailride I organize for my club....we have about 3-4 H1's in the shop that can't make the run AND we have an H1 breakdown and mess-up the day!!! The H2's just keep on going and always complete the trail.

The H1 is a bit more capable: it's got a few more degrees of side-slope, can go through deeper water and has more clearance...but that's not where it's real capabilities are.

The REAL capabilities of the H1 is to break it's half-shafts, shear it's universal joints and have front-end issues. This bad-boy can deplete a bank account and make a mechanic rich faster then Rosie O'Donell can clear a buffet!

But wait...it gets better: you can't hear yourself think inside these things, they'll rattle your teeth loose and you'll need a chiropractor to work on you if you ever get stuck sitting shotgun.

Parts are expensive, the traction control systems are lousy, the maintenance is a nightmare and they're too wide.

And the worst part is....I still want one!!!

Course....the other thing is....at all our events the H1's have to follow me in my H2.

I've yet to find an H1 that can keep up with me racing through the forest.

The money I saved not buying an H1 is a large part of the down-payment for a vacation home I planning on buying in Lake Arrowhead.

Just tease them back, it's all part of the fun. Sooner or later they'll breakdown and that's when you pour the lemon onto the wound. Payback's a bitch!

I have to agree with Steve 100%! A few more capabilities but a 50k difference in price tag

I'd just follow up with my usual response to these kind of "fun suckers":



Over the recent years I've learned to rid my life, or distance myself, from people and things that are discouraging and dispiriting. I have to say, life is much better without it.

- Dan

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SUT on order - 13 months to go!
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Steve
You took the words right out of my mouth on both posts...

The perfect compliment to my H2 would be an H1 sitting next to it in the driveway

- John

I'm with Steve and John my H2 is a stepping stone to a H1. Don;t get me wrong I will keep the H2 too.......lol come to think about it I want the SUT too.

Steve R,

Thats why my dealer can't keep H2's in stock and why he has to give a 20k to 25k discount off msrp just to get rid of an H1. C

First American Properties Inc. 916-858-2383
White 03-H2-LUX

With a full time mechanic too I guess.

Phil, I took a look at your website. Do you still have that H1???

Hummer sold 400 H1 in 2002, sold 700 in 2001. 43% drop. Let's hope they will keep H1 around for many more years to come. Strictly dollar and cents, there is really no reason to keep it on life support.

There are only 2 siblings in the Hummer family, not including the brothers and sisters in arm. What is there to gain by fighting within the family? Both are kings of the hill, I think one even degrades the ultimate status of the Hummer by comparing them with any other automobiles.

When you are successful in rank or office or finance, there are always some less fortunated ones who linger in the backroom no matter how hard they tried, it is only natural that very few of them would be bitter and engage in rumor and false accusations. A confident individual does not concern himself/herself with such irrelevant nonsense, nor does he/she gloat the less fortunated and less educated ones with the hard won success.

Let's drop the charade, shall we? The vehicle is a mutt. It's a combination of Tahoe, Suburban and Escalade with a HUMMEResque body. We can put the rumors to bed right now. This vehicle has almost zero resemblance to the H1. The only similarity I can find is that they're both built in the same city. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE my H2 and can't think of another vehicle I would rather drive, but who are we kidding?

CO H2 Club Rocks!
aps101374@yahoo.com

This argument has merit until you take your Tahoe/Suburban/Escalade offroad. Then compare it to those and the H1 and see which you think it's closer to. I, for one, wouldn't be caught dead in Moab in an Escalade, would you?

Kelley

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Adam in CO:
Let's drop the charade, shall we? The vehicle is a mutt. It's a combination of Tahoe, Suburban and Escalade with a HUMMEResque body. We can put the rumors to bed right now. This vehicle has almost zero resemblance to the H1. The only similarity I can find is that they're both built in the same city. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE my H2 and can't think of another vehicle I would rather drive, but who are we kidding?

CO H2 Club Rocks!
aps101374@yahoo.com<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Oh, and one other thing: in Grass Valley in the snow we had two H1s hopelessly stuck. One had to be winched out, the other winched AND dug out. How many H2s got stuck that weekend? Exactly zero.

So I'm reluctant to say that I'm kidding myself.

Kelley

Hey guys...

Don't be so hard on Adam. If you re-read his post you'll find he was grossly misunderstood. I'm beginning to think it's an evil-Colorado thing???

There is that Rocky Mountain hard edge in the Colorado boys, a bit of dark streak attack mode, never know when you'll suddenly turn or go negative on you. Nice, keep me awake. I'll bet they are not Mormons, I have nothing but admiration for the Mormons.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by JSA_3:
The perfect compliment to my H2 would be an H1 sitting next to it in the driveway <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Absolutely! If you can get the tow-truck guy to drop the H1 in your driveway it's much easier to work on it there. Just make sure it isn't going to block your other vehicles from accessing the garage!

Thanks for all the compliments on my responses guys....but fyi...the properly accepted terminology to use when in agreement with me is the ever-classic "amen". While I'm not the least bit religious (except on extreme side-slopes)....the "amen" thing seems to chap MAC's hyde.

Ya know...the funny thing is...the H1 guys and the Disco guys have something in extreme common: they both fiecely defend their rigs and adamandtly love them...BUT once you get past the resilient exterior you'll find a group rattled with maintenance, reliability and quality issues.

A cross of tahoe/suburban maybey, but definetly not the escalade. in my eyes, the escalade is purely a comfort vehicle. close to no offroad capabilites and an extremely bulky body for its class. i hardly ever see them offroad anyways so why it would come into this even as a suggestion, i do not know.

Hi all, I posted a similar message on another thread. Now that you've all gotten that out of your system. I was told by "Bill" over at Colorado4x4.org (I'm new there as well) that I should get in touch with "Alec W." and "Adam in Co" because I'm looking for partners to off-road with when I come up from FL in late Aug and early Sept. When I mentioned "H1" over there, it was pretty much over...

Hi Alec,
I'm thinking of concentrating on trails in Chaffee and Gunnison counties so I'm thinking between Bueana Vista and Crested Butte especially since there's a trail which connects them over Schofield Pass? Never been on it although I've been in both towns. I am quite flexible although I would say that I was on most of the trails around Ouray and Telluride last year.

The maintainace isnt that bad on the newer models, at least in my case, i haven't had one problem with it. Everything is scheduled and free on the '03+ models which is nice. Oh and just ignore the my rig is better than yours, its just childish!

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Cal:
The maintainace isnt that bad on the newer models, at least in my case, i haven't had one problem with it. Everything is scheduled and free on the '03+ models which is nice. Oh and just ignore the my rig is better than yours, its just childish! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I love my H2 nut would also like to eventually get an H1. I also have this same ? as quoted above:

How reliable are the newer models? Later years, 04, 05, 06? The Alpha?

Just curious - I would love to get a reliable used H1 down the road, assuming the newer models are more reliable than the older ones...

-Matt

Newer models are neccessarily more reliable than older years. '92's are really reliable from what I have heard. The 6.5NA and the 6.2L engines are really good but could be a little piggish.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">ust curious - I would love to get a reliable used H1 down the road, assuming the newer models are more reliable than the older ones... </div></BLOCKQUOTE>


The H1 factory recommended maintenance doesn't change from year to year - The '92 maintenance schedule is virtually the same as the '04 maintenance schedule.

The H1 gets an "A" service every 3k, and "A & B" service every 6k, and an "A,B & C" service every 12k miles. These maintenance intervals are cut in half for "Severe Operation", so 1500/3000/6000 miles instead of 3000/6000/12000 miles.

Here is a maintenance checklist for the A, B & C services:
http://www.amghummer.com/Maintenance...duledMaint.htm


The newer trucks aren't any more "reliable" per se than an older truck, although the N/A trucks seem to be more easily understood than the electronic engine management associated with the 6.5 TD engines.

If you have an H1 that has been properly maintaned, and you continue to properly maintain it - you will likely not have any unexpected problems. Most H1 horror stories you have heard are associated with a "used" H1 that did not have regularly scheduled maintenance & the new owner is beside him/herself.

Keep in mind that there are only a few hundred H1's produced each year, compared to 30,000 or so H2&3's produced, so the technicians and mechanics rarely get to see & work on them...making it take more time & cost more at the dealer. The H1 systems (geared hubs, ctis, etc) are unique, and dealers do not commonly "stock" very many H1 parts & are unfamiliar with troubleshooting these systems, making them tend to replace more than they need to so the customer can get back on the road quickly.

Many H1 owners rely on the "Hummer Maintenance CD" and the HML & do their own maintenance because it's a very easy truck to work on & in many cases it's quicker to do the maintenance repair yourself than go to the dealer & wait for parts.

You can see why many H1's are in ill repair - if you wheel on a regular basis (severe operation), just the C service needs to be done every 6K miles & the dealer cost is over $1,200 to perform it.

I'm not particularly mechanically inclined, but I do all my own maintenance, and have not had any problems in 45k miles. I wheel with a group of other H1's owners that have had similar experience.

Good luck, there are several resources to look into before buying an H1. Get a good one & enjoy it!

Ive had my truck for almost 3 months and have put about 4k miles on it, i have not had one problem with the truck and i have taken it offroad several times. I plan on upgrading to an alpha next summer if the price falls under 100k. Take into account that '03 models and higher have scheduled maintance so almost everything is free!

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by KhaiDog:
Hi all, I posted a similar message on another thread. Now that you've all gotten that out of your system. I was told by "Bill" over at Colorado4x4.org (I'm new there as well) that I should get in touch with "Alec W." and "Adam in Co" because I'm looking for partners to off-road with when I come up from FL in late Aug and early Sept. When I mentioned "H1" over there, it was pretty much over... </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Are you bored? Why are you digging up these years plus old threads, dude?

K

Already got slammed for it twice, dude.

Does it sound like I'm bored, newly subscribing and looking for somebody to wheel with?

Looks like 6 other posters didn't mind me resurrecting it, though.

Wanna meet me in CO to wheel???

Can't, but would love to... I did post a note re: the Hummer Ambulance you photographed, was it a "surplus"? and if so, where did you see it?

I'm kind of in the market for one...

K

I got it in PA coming back through after buying the HMMWV. The place was so-and-so's Surplus and he had a bunch of them (about 4 years ago now). They seemed really cheap and it fit on top of the HMMWV being pulled so it was an easy get. I put a couple more pics of it on the H1 Gallery that I made, today.