I am in total agreement with your assessment.

I rode in my neighbor's. It rides over bumps like clouds. But it does make you feel like you are in a tank and you are headed for the Stockade. And it guzzles gas like there is no tomorrow.

The Hummer has become a symbol of our arrogance in relationship to nature, it seems. On the one hand, it is just another car -- somewhat larger and less efficient than others, but still useful. On the other hand, it seems people are buying them to make a kind of "statement" about their indifference to the environment, a kind of "I am an island" ... a crowing at the moon. The U.S. has 6% of the world's population, but consumes about 50% of the world's energy resources. This cannot possibly scale -- we can't have every Chinese family live at the same standard as we've come to expect in the U.S. -- this is obvious. So what makes us so special, so deserving of consuming more than what the planet can support for everyone? That's the question that gets ignored in the typical Hummer or mega-SUV purchase decision. It's about me and my ego, it's an "I don't care about the rest of humanity enough to limit my intake of resources". That's what makes the car ugly. That and the fact that it looks like a box of Kleenex(tm) without the pastel prints.

I agree with you. However there is something inside this 5' female that would love to have one. I think it is because I am small as I would also love to be a Monster Truck driver and win, so I could get out of that truck stand there looking like a kid, and prove I could handle all that machine power. Boy I just told on myself!!!!!

Usually I say "social penis envy" when I see one. If it's painted yellow, it's "yuppie short bus." I just can't even fathom why someone would drive one other than "It's two inches when erect." I mean, I'm against SUVs in general, but I admit my aunt needs one to get down her driveway when it's been snowing. But a Hummer? Ffs, you can get penis-enlargement pills on the internet for less than it'd cost you to drive 100 miles in it.

I don't really care for them. At least they are not Lear Jets though.

I gotta agree with you there. I think the are too big, ugly, over-priced, and, of course gas-guzzlers. And people used to say what I drive (a Cherokee) was boxy and ugly! my wheels look like a luxury car next to those beasts! (hmm, can't see the whole pic unless you click on it. gotta resize .gifs I guess!)

H2 and H3 I think are ridicules and shouldn't have the same name as the original. If you need to take over a small country and transport an anti-aircraft gun then the decked out original is a pretty cool machine, I mean push button tire deflation and inflation, awesome!!! I don't see many civilian uses, but still a pretty radical piece of equipment.

Agree, agree, agree. Waste, useless, and an incredible arrogant statement about what kind of values the person has.

They suck 47 different kinds of ass. Let me point out some of their flaws. * Can't go everywhere - The civilian versions are far less able than their military cousins. Furthermore, there are MANY places that they are too wide to go. I couldn't take it through the woods around here. It's sad that my '87 Corolla climbed a mountain that a Hummer cannot attempt. * Customer satisfaction rating - Last I checked, the Hummer H2 racked up an average of 247 complaints per 100 vehicles; the worst of any on the lot. That leads to.... * Poor MPG - This was the most common complaint about the Hummer. It never ceases to amaze me how shtooooopid people are. You don't get a vehicle that big, that heavy, that torquey and still get double-digit gas mileage. * Acceleration - Zero to 60 in 20 seconds. Again, worst on the lot. My old 72 horsepower Corolla did it in 14 and that was DANGEROUSLY sluggish. Most cars do it in 8-10. If I tried to take a left turn at the end of my road, I WOULD get T-boned or rear-ended. * Ugly - It's a box. And unlike the Element or Xb, it's not a good looking box. * Width - Try parking it in a crowded lot. * Price - If I had that much money to blow, there are FAR better vehicle out there. The only reason to get one is to prove that you can afford the prodigious amounts of fuel it requires. Personally, I think a gold-plated, jewel-encrusted Bugatti Veyron would be a better display of excess.

Big. Surrogate. Penis.

It was designed for the military, for military purposes. GM made a civilian version (and subsequently 2 more) because they sell. You can't completely blame a company for making money (they could've made it more fuel efficient), but you can blame people for blowing money on a vehicle they will never use properly. It was, and still is, designed for heavy off-road use. I challenge anyone to show me 5 in the same city that get regular off-road use (not gravel roads...). If people are going to blow their money on a vehicle they don't need, that's just how it is. I would like to see it go back to military only use. I've yet to see one used properly (by a company requiring its abilities) and therefore see no reason to continue civilian production.

I find it a bit ironic that the kinds of people best suited to USE an off-road vehicle will never have the money to do so, and the people who have the money mostly just use their Hummers to go through the drive-through at Starbucks. :|

I like them but they are not economical.I once got a hummer in a hummer.

Over rated.........................M.C.S.

Hey, if you can pay for one you can pay for the gas...but they are great suvs..

Agreed. A symbol of waste and gluttony. GM deserves to go out of business for foisting this upon the consuming public. Of course, people should be severely penalized for buying such a vehicle. The guy behind the Hummer built one of the largest private estates in the United States, on Long Island. Ira Lennert(?) I think is his name, his estate is the household version of the Hummer, an opulent, extravagant ecological nightmare.

its just a big chevy sububan with a giant jeep cheerkie body.

Although they are ecologically unsound and very costly to operate(to say the least). Theres something about the design and the fact that the H1 can pretty much go anywhere without much effort. I drive a Chevy Tahoe and i think that about matches the Hummer gallon for gallon gas wise. And to defend GM Motors, they have tried to become more ecomnomical by putting a 5 cylinder engine on their newest Hummer, the H3 so they are at least trying to keep up with the economical demands

I agree. Also, I would hate to parallel park one of them. :)