Motor Trend baloney heads....

[Razor55]

The wife snagged the H3 today for her trip to work. I'm heading home from my job in our old Z28, and see her coming towards me, then turning in front and heading down our street. Keep your 'me too' Xterra. It's awesome having the H3.

[HummerJim]

I never agree with Motor Trend either, but let's face it, magazines today are swayed by their advertisers. I have the H3 and my wife has had an Xterra for two years. She likes the H3 head and heels over her '04 Xterra. Some subjective observations from me: the Xterra doesn't do water and creeks as well as my H3, the Xterra bounces my head into the roof more often offroad, the Xterra rides much firmer on the highway than the H3, the Xterra has been stuck in mud on the trail to our house twice this year, the H3 ZERO, the AM radio on the Xterra is horrible and barely gets KMOX, which my H3 gets easily, the headlights are not as bright at night on the Xterra, and a major factor to me, the seats are nowhere near as comfortable as the H3, the brakes feel mushier on the Xterra, the Xterra gets a little worse mileage than my H3, and the only positive I would give it over the H3 is its visibility and ease of cargo loading and passenger entry.
All these observations are subjective after living with both vehicles in a true offroad environment on a daily basis.

[PARAGON]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by sfox:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by PARAGON:
Actually, no. It's probably capable up to 35 degrees if you have the balls to take it to that. Past that, and you will probably want to be on a good smooth surface such as rock with no bumps and you wouldn't want to go much past it.
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I drove H3 past 35 DEGREES sideslope today...it was not fun...the truck began sliding sideways.....the H2 didn't slide as much but neither of us wanted to do it again....

S </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Being off-camber at that angle AND sliding ANY amount is just not a fun place to be.

[Huck BB62]

One VERY important thing to remember side hilling is to NOT have the back axle locked up side hilling. This will cause side sliding very easily. It does make a difference.

[FLYINGBADGER2006]

This is a shot of my H3 at the October Hummer Happenings at South Bends Hummer Off-Road Course. This was the portion of the course where I drove at a 40 degree side angle.

Though I do wish that the pic was taken from the other side, It would have been more dramatic.

[FLYINGBADGER2006]

60 degree incline