DFW hummer owners, I need your comments and experiences

[ctupton]

Thanks for all the responses... I've gotten in touch with Brian over at Sewell, to see if there is anything he can do about that GM loyalty certificate, I found his website a few nights ago and decided to drop him an email... The dealership I was talking with first was Classic in Grapevine, and the guy there Scott, was a real nice guy and wasn't the typical car salesman... really liked him, but his Sales manager said the certificate has to be in hand... so If Sewell has a more base model vehicle I can get into and honor the certificate before our friends at USPS bring it, then Sewell would definetly have a chance of my business... I've worked with Sewell on our SRX and they have been great as far as service dept. I live over in Keller so Sewell Hummer would be to far for service. What time of year do the DFW area hummer dealers sponser the offroad events?
The SRX is the wife's car but she starts a new job this next week that requires a ton of driving so she's getting to take over the commuter car and I'll drive it (or whatever family hauler we get). When we decide to have our 3rd kid we have already discussed we might have to just bite the bullet and get a mini-van, but that can be her next car

[HummerJim]

If you are in the DFW area Sewell and Brian are the people to deal with. There are numerous threads about the excellent service from these people. IMHO Sewell and Lynch are in a class by themselves.
I used my H3 as an everyday driver and never got worse than 15 mpg on the highway and never better than 18 in 44,000 miles of driving. 16.5 mpg is a good target figure.
Kids love Hummers - plain and simple and as a kid hauler they do well. My only problem with the kids was backing up, so I had an aftermarket backup cam installed and I tried to park so I could pull forward all the time. If you go to Utube you will find many kids on offroad jaunts. This one is one of my favorite father and son Hummer videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCp_H4ZTBUk
Reliability wise, the H3 only went back to the dealer twice in two and half years for minor stuff.

[HummerHippy]

I kept track of my milage for the 1st year of ownership. Mostly highway, not much stop and go city driving. Thru a whole NY summer and winter, I averaged 18.75 mpg. I always get > 19mpg in the summer. total milage for the year was about 20K. In just over two years, I have 42K miles. Reliability is pretty good.
I did a trip to the Adirondacks on a full tank of 10% ethonol, last month. Still got about 20mpg, with the truck 2/3 filled with camping gear.
Hope that helps.

[rck0025]

I used to get right under 20 mpg on the highway with my alpha. After the rims, m/t's and torsion crank, I really have to work to keep it within 16-18 mpg. Probably 12-14 mpg in the city.

The h3 is a pretty unsophisticated/uncomplicated vehicle. Not nearly as complicated as your previous GM luxury vehicle if we are thinking about the one that rhymes with sadillac. However, the h3's interior is more comfortable than most comparatively priced and off road equipped SUV's - much nicer than the Jeep unlimited, and in my humble opinion, better road manners as well.

No kids, so I can't answer the last two questions.

Final word - the hummer is a wicked off-roader and commutable daily driver at a great price. I love mine

[ctupton]

Well we were on our way to go to the dealer (got half way there) and my wife, put a stop to it... not enough room for the 3rd kid. So I'm very bummed right now.. last weekend she thought was a good idea but I let her sleep on it... and well it has bitten me in the butt... but I guess it makes since if I was going to have to trade it off in a year or two.

[HummerJim]

Two child seats are definitely no problem in the H3 and my son hauls his 3 kids in the back all the time. Whose car is this going to be hers or yours? If it's yours go for it, Hummers by their very nature are in your face vehicles. Not as much room for three kids in the 3 as an H2, but it can be done. You can over what-if a vehicle purchase to death. Life is short, if you want and can afford it, go for it! Prices will never be this good again on new ones.

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

Both my X-wives and my grown daughter make fun of my 2 1/2 year old 34000 mile YELLOW H-3 which gets 19-20 mpg on the highway and 13-17 mpg in town...

know what I say...***** EM ALL

3 people in the back seat is pushing it...

[ctupton]

Originally Posted by HummerJim

Two child seats are definitely no problem in the H3 and my son hauls his 3 kids in the back all the time. Whose car is this going to be hers or yours? If it's yours go for it, Hummers by their very nature are in your face vehicles. Not as much room for three kids in the 3 as an H2, but it can be done. You can over what-if a vehicle purchase to death. Life is short, if you want and can afford it, go for it! Prices will never be this good again on new ones.

The Hummer would be mine, we went to look at tahoes last night and they are just more than we want to spend... and the salesman was like I recommend a trailblazer... where I then made the comment... if my choice is a trailblazer then I'd rather have the H3.... so we went back to the hummer dealership, and looks like I'll try to finalize things today after work.