H3 test drive - impressions and questions

[poul]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">I practically live on a dirt road but until my mudflaps come in, I am too paranoid to go fast enought to see how it handles. Was stabilitrak activated? I do prefer dirt roads that are packed gravel and not loose </div></BLOCKQUOTE>well, it was *rental*, what do I care? Of course when I buy my own baby hummer I am going to install biggest baddest mudflaps I can find, with silhouettes of naked chicks on them. As I said, I tested both configurations: auto 4wd with stabilitrack on, and locked 4wd with stabilitrack off. No much difference. And the whole point of offroad vehicle is that you don’t get to choose the roads, you just take them, no? I would take it easier if Honda Elements would not pass me by every 5 minutes, you know?
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">And please tell me that cigar was not lit. </div></BLOCKQUOTE> of course it was lit. duh! And music was blasting. It was more fun that way.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">I have Wrangler, and let me tell you on a loose gravel road, the Wrangler goes sideways faster than the Hummer. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>ah, that explains it, I guess. But wranglers were passing me too. I guess they are not that heavy...

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">I have driven front wheel drive auto for the last 18 years and was able to go places that most people had to lock in their 4-wheel drive. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>I’ve driven both FWD and RWD, and for me RWD with manual transmission is easier to control - I just do throttle steering, like on a racing course – something you cannot do on FWD. BMW has the whole litany somewhere online about how RWD is better on snow, ice etc. The thing is, Hummer’s 4WD is controlled by computer, not me, so I don’t know what the hell is going on in its little semiconductor brain. I wish I could turn 4WD off altogether and keep it in RWD mode. How about another button, Hummer engineers?

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Live on a gravel road which depending on the season is dusty & dry, wet & slippery, snowy & mushy, or 8 inch frost heaves!...And that's while avoiding deer and other critters. </div></BLOCKQUOTE> for roads like this, I would rather buy Subaru. I’ve driven WRX on roads like this, and it easily goes 50MPH where other cars fall off the road at 30, with traction to spare. It can also drive circles around Hummer on a highway

Seriously, every vehicle has its purpose. Where I live, everything is paved, except when it’s not, it’s really unpaved and only Jeeps and Land Rovers venture there, so Hummer sounds just perfect. For you – maybe not so much. Rent it for a day or two, like I did, you’ll get the idea.