My $.02

[RonB]

It's funny, the one question people ask me when they find out I have an H2 is about the gas mileage. I have been paying close attention to my mpg for the last 3 months and I seem to be getting 9 to 11mpg around town (and in stop and go traffic on the freeway...which is often here in LA) and 14 to 16 on the freeway as long as I stick to 70 instead of my usual 80 (duh). I have to remind people that it is a truck, and a 7000lb one at that. I had a V6 Passat wagon for three years and never got better than 19 city/24 hwy (the sticker said it would get 23 city/27 hwy...hmmm).

Parking garages are a problem...I took off the roof racks and stay out of garages less than 7ft -- most seem to be at least 6'8 which may work (my H2 without racks is 6'7ish -- too close for my comfort) but you never know what pipes/sprinklers are hanging down awaiting your arrival. Plus the Sierra club will post pictures of you emerging from the garage with roof damage!

You'll love it off road -- keep it dirty, it just looks better trashed.

ron