Hummer wave

[H2illBilly]

I get flashed all the time at night, people think the high beams are on. During the day I would not flash my lights unless I was warning someone ther was a cop ahead. Back to the wave.... I think everyone on here would wave to one another. It's the people that are not part of any forum and dont have any pride in there Hummers that just dont get it.

[Pure_Justice]

I always try to acknowledge my fellow H2 brothers by either flashing the lights when I see them coming the opposite direction or waving if I am heading in the same direction on the road. I never ever, ever never, ever ever, I mean never, cut off my fellow H2 brothers and sisters. I have too much love for them.

I am always on the road traveling back and forth from VA to South Jersey. I am now up to 110,000 miles in 3 years, without an issue.

On a different note, I recently decide to start going car shopping to supplement my H2. It was an awful experience. All I kept doing was comparing the vehicles to my H2. I kept saying, why am I so low to the ground, why is everything so close, etc, etc.

I have come to the realization that either I will have to get another H2 or buy an armored truck and customize it. I don't think my wife will let me buy an armored vehicle and park it in the garage.

[2010_5thgen]

dont get rid of it! these motors will last quite a long time. i have a 2001 silverado with the 6.0 in it, and it has 263K on it. still running great. just rock it till it dies.....then replace the motor

[guruerror]

Originally Posted by 2010_5thgen

dont get rid of it! these motors will last quite a long time. i have a 2001 silverado with the 6.0 in it, and it has 263K on it. still running great. just rock it till it dies.....then replace the motor

[VegasGuy]

Originally Posted by H2illBilly

Back to the wave.... I think everyone on here would wave to one another. It's the people that are not part of any forum and dont have any pride in there Hummers that just dont get it.

While the wife and I are walking each morning we wave at another H2 owner that lives in our neighborhood. I don't think she even knows we have an H2, also.

[zdawg8394]

its always the really "chromed out" hummers that dont wave back in my experience anyway. shoot i saw another hummer in the parking lot the other day and parked right beside it. (it was blacked out) and when i came back out the guy was waiting for me, complemented my ride and i returned the compliment. sat there for a while and talked

[guruerror]

Originally Posted by zdawg8394

its always the really "chromed out" hummers that dont wave back in my experience anyway. shoot i saw another hummer in the parking lot the other day and parked right beside it. (it was blacked out) and when i came back out the guy was waiting for me, complemented my ride and i returned the compliment. sat there for a while and talked

I think it all goes back to the 'enthusiast' comment earlier in this thread. Enthusiasts usually have an interest on a level that makes them more involved/vested in things like: what it can do, how it works, how to make it better, its lineage, etc. This interest oftentimes extends all the way out to other owners and their trucks.

Chroming these trucks out, IMO, doesn't put the owner in the enthusiast category...in MOST cases. I know a lot of dudes that have 'chromed out' Corollas...but they're not Corolla enthusiasts; they just like shiny things and happen to live near an Autozone. I think that's why you don't get a lot of waves from chromers.

The owners that bought their truck for what it can do, not what they thought it symbolized are the ones that I find wave the most...especially if they think you're of a like mind. The problem is, unless it's running over-sized tires and got mud up the side it's hard to tell what kind of owner you're looking at.

...lately I've been branching out, I wave at any jacked up dirty truck. I get a lot more waves back...I guess it goes back to the 'like minded' thing...that big tire, big truck, 4-wheel drive, dirt road mentality.

[zdawg8394]

most of the chrome rigs have taken theirs to a shop and payed them to change it all out, or bought the autozone stick ons and went to town on it. and i also get wayyyy more interest from the truck guys around, take it there are alot more of them

[2010_5thgen]

oh man....where to begin..... ok. i have a 07 H2 wi the chrome package. it came this was from hummer. i just bought 20" chrome wheels and im putting on 37" tires..... does this mean im not an enthusiast? i love this truck. ive had it over 3 years now and havent had any intuition to get rid of it. i am a true enthusiast. absolutely not. do i have to have black wheels to be an enthusiast just because you dont liek chrome? no...this is getting out of control. do i take my hummer off road? nope. never took it through a trail or anything. i bought the truck because i lve what it stands for. just because LeBron put 30's on his hummer, doesnt mean hes not an enthusiast. I cant stand the guy, but ill accept him as part of the hummer community. chrome or not...its a hummer and they all are accepted in the community. as stupid as it sounds, the color of the wheels has nothing to do with being an enthusiast. you guys are too wrapped up on "chrome wont get you home" and all this other BS. im not a fan of chrome on some cars. like my camaro. but i dont make fun of or tell someone that chrome on your car means your not an enthusiast......



rant over.....

[guruerror]

Originally Posted by 2010_5thgen

oh man....where to begin..... ok. i have a 07 H2 wi the chrome package. it came this was from hummer. i just bought 20" chrome wheels and im putting on 37" tires..... does this mean im not an enthusiast? i love this truck. ive had it over 3 years now and havent had any intuition to get rid of it. i am a true enthusiast. absolutely not. do i have to have black wheels to be an enthusiast just because you dont liek chrome? no...this is getting out of control. do i take my hummer off road? nope. never took it through a trail or anything. i bought the truck because i lve what it stands for. just because LeBron put 30's on his hummer, doesnt mean hes not an enthusiast. I cant stand the guy, but ill accept him as part of the hummer community. chrome or not...its a hummer and they all are accepted in the community. as stupid as it sounds, the color of the wheels has nothing to do with being an enthusiast. you guys are too wrapped up on "chrome wont get you home" and all this other BS. im not a fan of chrome on some cars. like my camaro. but i dont make fun of or tell someone that chrome on your car means your not an enthusiast......



rant over.....

WOW! Ok...

Perhaps I should start by clarifying my usage/definition of the term 'chromer.' In my opinion a chromer is anyone who goes out of their way to replace, coat, and cover as many accessories as they can on their truck with some form of plastic or metal chrome. I'm not referencing those of us that sport the stock chrome packages; hell, if I was, then I was a chromer for years while I rocked the chrome grill, brushguard, side-steps, and mirrors.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chromer

Now, back to my response: By definition an enthusiast is simply a person who is filled with absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest. Can a chromer be an enthusiast? Sure. Can a stocker? Sure. Hell, even that Corolla-owner can be a Hummer enthusiast. Anybody can...

I merely said, "chroming these trucks out, IMO, doesn't put the owner in the enthusiast category..." I'm not saying that it 'excludes' them from being an enthusiast; I just wouldn't automatically lump them into the category because I see they've spent a couple Gs to bling up their ride.

That said, I admit that I do use chrome as an 'indicator'...I have found, in my opinion and in my neck of the woods, that those who bear the loads of chrome tend to be enthusiastic only about being seen and noticed and would prolly be just as happy in a chromed out Navigator. In my experience they usually are not 'Hummer' enthusiasts (they just want some paparazzi)...hence the non-waving.
SIDE NOTE: I bet they'd wave at me if I was in that chromed out Gator.

In the end it's to each his own...this thread was just trying to dissect the possible motives behind the wavers and the wave-nots.

PS: But the chrome really won't get you home...well, unless you're stranded, then I guess it would reflect the spotlight from the search chopper better then some of the blacked out rigs.
...just POKING FUN! ...but seriously...