how many would buy an H3

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by kacyk:
The five seat capacity is an issue for me. I'd rather get a LR3 with 7 seats.

I wish they could have designed it to look "much" different than the H2. Although the H1 and H2 share the same lineage, at least they have individual characteristics.

The H3 tries too hard to look like its big brother. Perhaps that was GM was aiming for but I think it is a mistake. I think it degrades the H2.

2006 Black H3 LUX + Off Road (Wife's)
2003 Yellow H2 LUX (Sold)
2003 Pewter H2 Adventure (Sold)

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There's a little humor to be found in that one. With all due respect, of course.

[Orbital H2]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by HummerNewbie:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Orbital H2:
I saty in an H3 and it took me about 30 seconds to decide that the only way I would buy one is that I lost everything I owned, my job, house etc and had to start over with a McJob. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Sorry, don't think a McJob will cut it

Just curious, why do you dislike it so much or is it just that you like the H2 that much more and wouldn't switch to the H3? Just curious. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I just like the H2 that much better. I don't think the H3 would have attracted me to the Hummer line up. I certianly think it has its place, but I don't think its the step above that I was expecting out of Hummer.

[Orbital H2]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by RazM:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by frank6150:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by RazM:
An opinion shouldn't include stating things like "the only way I would buy one is that I lost everything I owned, my job, house etc and had to start over with a McJob"
I like the insinuations there! Very charming...

The H3 isn't for you, awesome, state what you don't like about it or how it doesn't fit your needs. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Like he was supposed to know you work at McDonalds! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>



Did you notice the spit in your fillet o'fish!? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>


ROFLMAO

[HummerNewbie]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Orbital H2:
I just like the H2 that much better. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Thats what I figured. I really like the H2 as well but the H3 fits the budget better these days. Will just have to upgrade down the road

[Intercooled]

I set out to buy an H3. Test drove it. Came back and test drove an H2 that I really didnt want to spend good money on. Well......I know own an H2. The H3 was way underpowered and much more cramped. NIce truck buut didnt compare to the H2. My wife would like an H3 and I'm all for her to eventually have one. But I'll stick to the H2!

[HummBob]

Same deal, My WIFE thinks they are CUTE ,
so I think we are getting her a black H3(has to be black or I won't let it in the garage ).

[Shane]

We have a h2 now and IMO the H3 is way to cramped and not near the power. Sure its cheapier and gets better mileage but you get what you pay for =)

Shane

[sharon]

just picked up our h3 this weekend .same stealth blue as our h2.

[kacyk]

We've just put a thousand miles on the new H3. We've also owned two H2's over the past three years. There's no doubt I like the H2 better than the H3. It's sort of the arrogant older brother that everyone gawks at. People really don't seem to notice the H3 as much as the H2. I did have buyers remorse but that fades every time I drive the H3 into town, park in tight spots and enter underground parking lots!

The H2 is great, but for every day use the H3 fits our needs better. For where we live the H2 had too many limitations on where we could take it.

If you're new to Hummers, I'd really take the effort and rent one for the day and see what life is really like with either.

[gwgjr31]

I know this thread is dead and gone, but I've been removed from the Hummer community for a while. I owned a 97.5 H1 wagon before the H2 came out, and then replaced it with one of the first H2s which I sold when I returned to school. So, I was avidly following the discussions about the H1 vs. H2. It's amazing how similar these comments are to those expressed by the H1 owners when the H2 was coming out. I find it highly amusing to see H2 owners deriding potential H3 owners. Each vehicle is different, but the H3 is important to the continuation of the H2, just as the H2 was to the H1. The arguements are eerily similar and should be embarrasing to those H2 owners with negative H3 views...

[RasterMaster]

Drop a V8 in the H3 and I'd get one for the wife.

[EricH3]

Just traded my H3 in last week for an H2.

While I had only owned it for 5 months, and it only had roughly 3500 miles on it at time of trade-in, the H3 turned out to be a tad too small for my family's needs. It was a very nice, solid, capable, well-optioned, well-appointed vehicle...perfect for daily errands or a weekend camping outing.

Going from an '03 Chevy Silverado 2500HD Crew Cab truck to an H3 was a bit of a downsize...perhaps too much so. As time passed, I found myself missing the large displacement 8-cyl. engine, larger towing capacity, and overall larger interior space.

The inline 5-cyl. in the H3 was adequate, especially for around town -- it did what it was designed to do. My biggest gripe with the H3 was the design placement of the window / door lock controls...they definitely need to rethink that. And the seatbelt could be a little hard to access. Also, there is just not enough room between the seats and the door panels/armrest to access the seat adjustment / heater buttons -- you nearly have to open the door to adjust them.

The H2, on the other hand, is 10 times what the H3 is with regards to size, interior room, power, and options. My wife and kids enjoyed the H3, but they are having a blast in the H2!

[ree]

We have an H2 and thought about getting an H3 as my wifes next vehicle, but then we pulled up next to one and it seemed awefully small in comparison. I know the H2 is not the largest thing out there, but we can't see going much smaller than an H2.

Other than size, it looks like a really nice truck.

[GLBLWARMR]

My wife would never let me buy an H3 for either of us to drive but we have been talking about buying my eldest son one in 2 years when he gets his license. We figured it would be a good learner car for him. Plus, I know how I used to drive when I first got my license and I will be damned if he is getting behind the wheel of my H2 even when the engine is turned off.

Wife also thinks the H3 is to soccer-momish (no insults intended) considering she just put SZMTRS on her license plate. And yes the H2 is hers while I got stuck with the montero sport. Works out better anyways because people can't drive here and they do not know how to open their doors. If the dents are from wheelin no prob it is just a little different when they are from an inconsiderate pr*ck.

[ree]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by GLBLWARMR:
My wife would never let me buy an H3 for either of us to drive but we have been talking about buying my eldest son one in 2 years when he gets his license. We figured it would be a good learner car for him. Plus, I know how I used to drive when I first got my license and I will be damned if he is getting behind the wheel of my H2 even when the engine is turned off.
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What? Buy an H3 for a kid!!!!! Even if you have the money to do this, that's just stupid. Make him borrow one of your Montero, or buy an older used somethingor other. Spoiling a kid, no matter how good he is, with a H3 or any other nice new car is a sure way to delude him even more about the harshness of the real world. He needs to learn to be without or at least have something basic.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">
Wife also thinks the H3 is to soccer-momish .. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

There's tons of non-blingy offroading accessories you could add to rectify that...oh and don't wash it very much.

[Field Rat]

To each their own. I could not buy one for me or my wife. It is not the tank that the H1 or H2 is. I love driving my H2s. I would like to add another H1 to the family.

[GLBLWARMR]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by ree:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by GLBLWARMR:
My wife would never let me buy an H3 for either of us to drive but we have been talking about buying my eldest son one in 2 years when he gets his license. We figured it would be a good learner car for him. Plus, I know how I used to drive when I first got my license and I will be damned if he is getting behind the wheel of my H2 even when the engine is turned off.
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What? Buy an H3 for a kid!!!!! Even if you have the money to do this, that's just stupid. Make him borrow one of your Montero, or buy an older used somethingor other. Spoiling a kid, no matter how good he is, with a H3 or any other nice new car is a sure way to delude him even more about the harshness of the real world. He needs to learn to be without or at least have something basic.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">
Wife also thinks the H3 is to soccer-momish .. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

There's tons of non-blingy offroading accessories you could add to rectify that...oh and don't wash it very much. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

When I said buy I meant co-sign for it . We have had the deal that I pick up the insurance and he pays the tab for the vehicle. I agree with you about deluding children and he understands the real world. Currently, he makes almost 500 dollars a month from mowing lawns. He bought his own mower and gas powered weed eater. He has to buy his own gas and everything else. If he continues to work the way he is and save the way he does I will put my credit up to give him the vehicle he wants. Like I said he has to pay the tab for whatever he decides he is going to purchase. Currently, he wants an H3 but we all know how kids are and they change their minds constantly. When the time comes whatever he wants and can afford I will help him out.

[HummerNewbie]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by GLBLWARMR:
When I said buy I meant co-sign for it . We have had the deal that I pick up the insurance and he pays the tab for the vehicle. I agree with you about deluding children and he understands the real world. Currently, he makes almost 500 dollars a month from mowing lawns. He bought his own mower and gas powered weed eater. He has to buy his own gas and everything else. If he continues to work the way he is and save the way he does I will put my credit up to give him the vehicle he wants. Like I said he has to pay the tab for whatever he decides he is going to purchase. Currently, he wants an H3 but we all know how kids are and they change their minds constantly. When the time comes whatever he wants and can afford I will help him out. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Now that's cool. Great to see a kid that actually knows how to work for something. He should be rewarded for his hard work. Everyone would have their own ideas of how to reward him but sounds like you have a plan. I am sick of all the spoiled little sh!ts running around here. My parents could have bought me any car I wanted, within reason of course, when I was a kid but they didn't. Back then, riding around with friends in there new Porsche, BMW, TA or whatever, I didn't appreciate it but I sure as hell did after I got a little older.

[ree]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by GLBLWARMR:

When I said buy I meant co-sign for it . We have had the deal that I pick up the insurance and he pays the tab for the vehicle. I agree with you about deluding children and he understands the real world. Currently, he makes almost 500 dollars a month from mowing lawns. He bought his own mower and gas powered weed eater. He has to buy his own gas and everything else. If he continues to work the way he is and save the way he does I will put my credit up to give him the vehicle he wants. Like I said he has to pay the tab for whatever he decides he is going to purchase. Currently, he wants an H3 but we all know how kids are and they change their minds constantly. When the time comes whatever he wants and can afford I will help him out. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Good deal. Sorry to jump you on that one.

[GLBLWARMR]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by ree:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by GLBLWARMR:

When I said buy I meant co-sign for it . We have had the deal that I pick up the insurance and he pays the tab for the vehicle. I agree with you about deluding children and he understands the real world. Currently, he makes almost 500 dollars a month from mowing lawns. He bought his own mower and gas powered weed eater. He has to buy his own gas and everything else. If he continues to work the way he is and save the way he does I will put my credit up to give him the vehicle he wants. Like I said he has to pay the tab for whatever he decides he is going to purchase. Currently, he wants an H3 but we all know how kids are and they change their minds constantly. When the time comes whatever he wants and can afford I will help him out. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Good deal. Sorry to jump you on that one. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Its all good.