Original Owners ?

[HummerMann]

My wife traded her green '06 H3, bought new, for a white '08 in January of '08 also bought new. Except for the cylinder head issue covered under warranty on the '06 and a window lift conking out, no big issues. She liked the Shadow Green Metallic so much, I had her '08 painted that color for her while she was visiting her sister. Maaco did a nice job for$1100 and I've been happy with the quality of work and how it's held up. I'm loving my H2 and my son has an H3 he bought used in '09, so we're a three Hummer family.

[f5fstop]

I'll just say, I am NO Longer a Hummer owner!

[HummerJim]

Originally Posted by f5fstop

I'll just say, I am NO Longer a Hummer owner!

Another one bites the dust! Thanks for all your great and informative input in this forum during the early years of the H3!!! Happy Trails

[HummerHippy]

Another one (me bites the dust). Traded 06 H3 for an 09 H3T.
Just traded H3T in for 2015 GMC Sierra 1500. She had 95K on her.
I will miss the 3s. But I do like the bigger truck bed, heated seats and mirrors.

[Wazzu1336]

I bought an 08 H3 Base back in 09 with 18.5k miles on it and ended up selling it due to school expenses when it had 65k miles with no issues. I've had some serious withdrawals and looking at getting a new one. The ones that are in my budget typically have around 80-110k miles. Are there any things I should look out for when buying one with that many miles? I see a lot of 3.5L with upwards of 150k miles. I loved the 3.7L but is there that much of a difference between the 3.5L and the 3.7L? I'm open to either engine but want to know what kind of expenses I could be looking at getting into with those higher miles, anything I should look for?

[f5fstop]

Just remember the 3.5 was first year H3 so there could be a lot of other bugs besides the engine. You would hope in 150K miles all those bugs would have been fixed...but who knows.

There was a noticeable difference between the two engines. I had a 3.5 and then got rid of that and purchased a 2008 with the 3.7; big difference on the highways and especially in the mountains of CO and UT.

I had a 2008 H3 with 55K miles up for sale, for quite a long time, for 15500 and no takers. Ended up trading it in for a big more than I was asking.

[Wazzu1336]

Thank you, are there any major specific bugs that you know of to look at prior to purchasing possibly for the 3.5L's or any thing else with the '06 H3's?

I did really like the 3.7L in the one I had. If I could find a good one in my price range I will definitely consider that over a 3.5L. What kind of differences have you noticed?

I'm hoping to find an '07 or 08' with around 75k miles if I can for around the 12-14k range, if I can.