found my Hummer... dual sun roofs and wood dash kit??

[sheag]

I am getting ready in mere days to buy my Hummer. I found one I really like, no, am madly in love with, at a local dealership (actually they have several in this color and model..at least for now). In addition, I am thrilled with the sales guy who is selling to me at MSRP, so I'm pretty sure this is it. It's Sunset Orange and has the Lux and Adv pkgs (I didn't really want the lux pkg, but nearly all dealer inventory here seems to have it, so whatever, as long as it has the adventure too, I'm cool). It also has the sunroof. The dealer is installing a *second* sunroof just behind the first one for people who want it. Does anyone here have this? It seems like it would be great for me, I live in Hawai'i so actually will get a lot of use out of the sunroofs. But I hadn't heard it mentioned here.

Also I've seen online that you can purchase a wood dash trim kit. Anyone here have one? I really like the look of the wood dash trim in the H1s I've seen, but I've never seen it in an H2. Comments?

Lastly, one of the Hummers on the lot had a tire and rims upgrade. It made it look unbelieveable. My sales guy said they could switch them out, but it's an additional $3600. Yikes! I wonder if it's worth it?

Thanks to all who answered my post the other day on dealer experiences. I visited four area dealers over the wknd, got ignored at one (I'm a female driving a Saturn, so no big surprise), condescended to at another. But at this dealership where my H2 awaits, I was treated great. I was test driving in about 3 seconds, doing 360s in the Safeway parking lot, taking her out on the highway and enjoying the dropped jaws. The sales guy spent a lot of time with me, they have one of the 49 anniversary edition H1s on the lot and he got the key and showed it to me and told me about his two weeks at the plant in Indiana. I know he's a sales guy, but it was nice to at least have a pleasant dealer experience. When I bought my Dodge Ram quad cab the idiot sales guys kept trying to talk me into a minivan.

I will be using this truck for serious offroading to surf spots others can only dream about reaching in their Wranglers. I can't wait!

Shea

[MAC]

Wow, what a party everyone had here, the house is a mess.

You know what? I read all the post on this subject again, real fast. I now don't even think that WES was even rude, I thought he was this AM when I first read it. It ended with Good luck, peace and a smiling face or something like that, didn't everyone see that? Maybe he was trying to be funny, just like what Steve said about evil Republicans, which I did not think was funny and didn't look like a joke to me(I am not upset about it.) I even mentioned to my wife as an example how strangely mixed are the people on the internet, "Honey, that Hummer guy you heard on the radio yesterday is a Liberal Democrat!, he said Republicans are evil."

It you read it carefully he was talking about the add-ons are very expensive, Shea better know how to spend that $10000. I don't think it was gender-specific, but not surprised some women jumped at it as a battle of the sexes. If I recalled Sheaq posted before sounded like she was asking for help, everyone lined up to help her, the next thing you know she is buying decked out top-line Hummer. My feeling is that Sheaq didn't need any help afterall, she is very confident. She knows what she want all along.

Maybe it is just me and after a day in a broadroom full of men-eating lawyers, or daily dealing with tough counterparts worldwide, I really don't think there was anything rude, at most a bad joke. The angry replies sounded a little scary to me, nice people turned posse with a rope to hang someone.

What's everyone been taking laterly? go easy on the coffee.

[Steve R]

Wow...a few flames a-flyin'...not pretty. As a matter of clarification, the ladies were not criticizing Wes for comments directed at women...they were merely pointing out the overly harsh 'tude that Wes was working. His comments about Sheag not caring about money, and particularly his not visiting a particular island...that's just plain mean, evil..and dare I say republican! (joke).

It's probably no big deal...more often then not humor can be misinterpreted...which is what I suspect the case likely here is. As a general rule, treat others as you'd like to be treated.

As for the H2, sounds great! The Land Rover has two sunroofs and it's quite safari-like. I've noticed MANY dealers loading stuff onto their H2's...it sorta forces buyers to pay for these upgrades. There's been lots of complaints about how dealers outfit the heck out of the H2's and then buyers come in and have no choice but to swallow the package whole. These same dealers automatically outfit their H2 immediately with lots of costly goodies. Yeah, they're "working it". Sounds like Sheag has a plan...driving an H2 in paradise! Love it! [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

[WES]

I like Hummer just the way Hummer makes it, period.

Sounds like you like to modify cars and trucks and have some experience at it, otherwise you would not be seriously considering to spend thousands on double Lux and Adv packages, $3600 tires and wheels, 2nd sunroof, fake wood dash, plus shipping to Hawaii, thats $10000 on top of whatever else you are buying in Hummer. Don't forget to add $10000 worth of GPS, 1000 watts stereo and 5 LCD screens. Doesn't sound like a helpless lady in the jungle of evil salesmen, clearly money is no object to you, you don't need any help from anyone else. Its your toy and your money, do what you want with them. Let me know which island you are shipping your Hummer to, so I will stay away from that island on my next Hawaii vacation.

Good luck and enjoy. Peace. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif[/img]

[MAC]

I wouldn't think of buying a bicycle without my wife's concurrence. She loves the Hummer as much as I did at the first moment we saw it on the lot, in fact she saw it first while I was still climbing the Cadillac Escalade. “Babe, forget that, see this Hummer!“ she was the one urged me onto the prompt purchase decision. On the other hand, if she doesn’t like whatever new toy I have my eyes on, she is always totally cool about me buying it. My wife is quite used to siblings buying new toys in her family.

[Beck]

Great, we are taking the site to a new level, demonlize the Republicans. What about guns, somebody gotta to hate guns too. What about animal rights groups, leather is bad and evil. You see what's happening here? I thought Steve was a neat guy, but I can't feel that way any more, he hates Republicans and think they are evil.

[Steve R]

....oh yeah....when someone types something and it's followed up with (joke)...that usually means it was a joke, and if it has this symbol: [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img] it definitely means it's a joke.

[ratesguy]

Whoa Wes, lose the attitude. Some list administrators will unsubscribe you for so blatantly rude comments. And politics has no place on a forum such as this. If you cant be positive dont post. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_mad.gif[/img]

[Alex]

Sheag,

If you are spending that amount of money get whatever you feel will make you happy! I like the dual sunroofs. I wish I had that option on mine. As for the wheels and tires, you said you would be doing some off roading, so it seems like the stock wheels and tires would do best. I would hate to damage an expensive set of wheels. Anyway, good luck on your purchase and invite me when you do the off-roading in Hawaii : ) !!


I'm not sure what was going through WES's mind during the reply, but it did seem a bit out of place. Unfortunatly, the anonymity of the internet allows people to say things that they normally wouldn't.

[sheag]

Yo Wes, dude, what's with the 'tude? For starters, I'm buying my H2 here in Washington and shipping it to Hawaii because I save approximately 10K in doing so. Most people who buy new cars in Hawai'i buy on the mainland and ship in order to save money. Cars at dealerships in Hawai'i are marked up beyond MSRP, the inventory is limited, and shipping from the West Coast is only $895.

I haven't ever customized a car beyond a nice stereo system. In fact, this will be only my second new car ever. I never said I was helpless, but I don't have a lot of experience buying cars. As I said in the post, I didn't really want the Lux pkg, but it's there, so what the hey. I have no intention of buying 5 LCD screens or GPS. I was just posting asking about some customizations I've seen that look interesting and wondered if others had them. Live and let live, man. And I live on the Big Island. Please feel free to stay away, mainland attitudes like yours are a drag.

Shea

[kelleymac2000]

Shea:

I wouldn't spend $3600 before pricing to see if you can get tires and rims cheaper. I checked out the MTs, and I can get them online for around $220 apiece that's about $900 in tires. I haven't priced rims, but bet you can get away for a lot less than $2700.

Check out America's tire. They seem to have good deals, and a lot of inventory/stores around.

Good luck!
Kelley

BTW, I don't comment on the sunroof, 'cause I specifically ordered mine without. I'm just not fond of them, but can see the draw for you in Hawaii. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif[/img]

[Zing]

Mac, I have decided to be the first to order the 2004. I went to the dealer a week ago and he tells me there is now a 3+ month wait on the sunroofs. I was on the fence before and that pushed me over to try and wait it out as much as I can hardly stand it for the 2004. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_mad.gif[/img]

So Mac are you one of the 70% who had to get clearance from your wife before you got the H2?

[bklynh2srock]

Oh my. I go away for a week and look what I miss! I'm never, ever going away again. BTW, picked ours up Monday and we are in hog heaven.

[HummerGirl]

Yeah!!! Don't you want to sleep in it????

~amy
Move it or Lose it...

[HummerGirl]

If she can afford the goodies, why not?

Go for it girl and get what you want! [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

~amy
Reality is merely a crutch for those with a broken imagination.~anon.

http://www.CelestialBath.com

[HeeHaw]

Sheag, can you get a picture of the Hummer with the second sun roof? Not really interested in getting one on mine, but I would like to see it before I completely rule it out.

HeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeHawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif[/img]

[Steve R]

I think the idea of a second sun-roof is kinda cool. The Land Rover's have them and it brings a neat 'safari' look/feel the the vehicle.

I would imagine the incision and opening is made such that it avoids the structural components of the roof support system...so it should still be quite safe.

As for warranty, many sunroofs are installed by factory aurthorized places, and those place almost certainly warrant their work. If they made bad stuff and didn't stand behind it, the dealership would cease using them. When we went to buy my wife her Yukon XL, the salesman insisted that the after-market sunroof was far superior to the factory unit. Let's NOT discuss that issue, just suffice it to say after-market can be done quite professionally and within parameters of the warranty.

[TS]

Dual Sunroof.. interesting, but a hot and humid environment like Hawaii may cause problems with the seals, warranty work may be difficult to obtain.
Upgrade wheels: I've seen a couple around town with huge big mud tires, looks great and probably very appropriate off-road. Dont do lowprofiles if you plan on doing any offroad trips.
Wood dash: I personally dont like them, but to each their own.
Post pics if you decide to go this way, and I think most of us on this forum wouldn't think twice about hanging out with an uber-cool surfer chick with an H2 in Hawaii.

[MAC]

I heard on the news a few weeks back that 30% of the Hummer buyers are women, and most of the 70% men bought because their wivies "approved" the purchase. Most drivers of the biggest SUVs I see around here are women, maybe 70%? its a non-issue to me.

Whats up with your Hummer purchase? Zazing of New York.

[Texas Red]

I got the Lux package with all the key options that make up the Adventure Package, so essentially the Lux + Adv. I'm glad I did. I love it. So go get'em Shea. Only you know what you can or should afford.

I do have one question. . .and that's the second "giant" sunroof. The body of the H2 is a welded shell that has certain structural capability. IMHO, you can't cut big holes in structure without reducing strength and stiffness, especially two big holes. I'm no expert, but, I've seen a Camero with big sunroof have his front windshield pop out due to body twisting as he bounced over a curb . The extra body twist was due to the hole in the roof.

There have also been some complaints of leaking around the sunroof, but I think those can get fixed at the dealer. The sunroof appears to be a GM afterthought, not an original design feature.

Jim
Red H2 in Texas