2006 H3 Thoughts

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I have 23k on mine now, purchased August 2005. It is my daily driver and I have a short commute. I haven't done any extreme rock crawling, but have spent a fair amount of time on wash board roads and on soft sand beaches. I also went from many years of V8 SUV's to the H3.
I am not a speed demon driver and don't think the H3 was designed for drag racing! I occasionally get up to 80 or so on the highway and really don't like going much faster than that in any vehicle, although I am sure you could drive the H3 at 80 all day and not have any problems.
Other than several false DIC warnings, I have had zero issues with this vehicle. Sure, I constantly pop tires and go in for alignments, but washboards do that to any vehicle. In fact, the washboards tend to destroy most vehicles and I am impressed at how the H3 has held up with that kind of punishment.
Everything works, I do have some rattles that annoy me which I have been unable to locate and correct, mainly due to my own impatience of taking the time to figure it out.
I have absolutely no complaints about the 2006 H3. I was worried with the head problems that some people were having, but as was pointed out by some of the Hummer technicians that frequest this board, the issue was confined to a very small percentage of the early build vehicles. In fact, I believe there is a thread somewhere on here that you may find the latest VIN number that was affected, which may help you with your purchasing decision.
When mine was delivered, I crossed the border into Mexico on a first year build H3 with less than 200 miles on it and thought this may have been the dumbest thing I ever did. Especially since there was no dealer within 1,000 miles!
Turns out that it was a great decision and I have to hand it to Hummer for taking the R&D time, cost and effort in making such a great vehicle.I know I will get some flack for this, but I believe most of the "underpowered" comments come from onroad users, rather than off road users.
I am definitely keeping mine until the HX comes out - assuming it will be
available with most of the concept options...