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Post by Stod on Mar 15, 2003 3:51:39 GMT -5
OK, don't mean to be sexist here: But, I've seen about a dozen Hummer II's. All on my road trips to Los Angeles (maybe one or two here on the Central Coast). EVERY ONE is being driven by a woman...all shiny and clean. No sign of mud, no sign of wear on their "all-terrain" tires. The last spotting really freaked me out...there was a bunch of troll dolls on the dash!!!!
From an off-road standpoint, it has great ground clearance, good traction, big engine - huge grunt, good approach/departure angle, but that thing is so wide it would never fit on any trail in the U.S.!!
Possible fun for a high-speed run in the desert with the windows open so the troll dolls' hair could be blowin' in the wind!?
Cheers from troll-doll-nightmare land!
Stod
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Post by blinginlilwhodi on Mar 17, 2003 9:58:56 GMT -5
lol.. i was at panama city beach this weekend for a car show and afterwards me and my friend rode the strip up and down a few times and saw 2 H2's one full of girls. but what sucks is having guys shout to me 'hey nice ride. too bad it's your boyfriend's!' i just throw the middle finger up. they cant read the huge banner on my windshield that says LADY syndicate?
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Post by skidplate98 on Mar 17, 2003 11:56:45 GMT -5
Sometime ago I saw a Hummer in a Baja race on TV. The Hummer couldn't keep up with the fast vehicles at all. As I recall the Hummer didn't do very well in that race. As for good traction. For real 4 wheeling I would say not. It has hardly any down travel. The Hummer was built to get in and out of a area fast. (Military fast not Baja fast). It wasn't built to go down a boulder field. But the Hummer does have some cool features; great ground clearance, great approach/departure angle, able to traverse a steep slope. I can't believe how many H2s I have seen. When the Hummer came out I saw a few around town, but they never really cot on. But since the H2 can out, I see them every where in town. But I have yet to see a hummer or a H2 on a trail though. Steve OK, don't mean to be sexist here: But, I've seen about a dozen Hummer II's. All on my road trips to Los Angeles (maybe one or two here on the Central Coast). EVERY ONE is being driven by a woman...all shiny and clean. No sign of mud, no sign of wear on their "all-terrain" tires. The last spotting really freaked me out...there was a bunch of troll dolls on the dash!!!! From an off-road standpoint, it has great ground clearance, good traction, big engine - huge grunt, good approach/departure angle, but that thing is so wide it would never fit on any trail in the U.S.!! Possible fun for a high-speed run in the desert with the windows open so the troll dolls' hair could be blowin' in the wind!? Cheers from troll-doll-nightmare land! Stod |
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Post by 2000ute on Mar 17, 2003 16:19:12 GMT -5
seems as though the tough and reliable hummer has been tamed and restricted to street wheeling.   if i had the money to spend i would pick up a used h1 on some 36's and go from there, not an h2. |
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Post by we2golf on Apr 1, 2003 11:32:48 GMT -5
 Was out on a trailride a few years back in Mass., on a trail called "Paper Cut". Two H1's joined our crowd of mixed Jeeps and Toys. We all smirked and figured these guys were never going to fit on these narrow trails. They did much better than we figured. They had some problems on tight turns, but in narrow gulches that we worked our way through, they just straddled them and cruised. In the boulders their ground clearance allowed them again to straddle over boulders that we were fighting to get around. Obstacles that were fun and challenging to us, (picking lines and watching our spotters), they would just drive over. We started to chant "boring" at them and they got a big kick out of that.
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Post by 2000ute on Apr 2, 2003 5:02:04 GMT -5
Was out on a trailride a few years back in Mass., on a trail called "Paper Cut". Two H1's joined our crowd of mixed Jeeps and Toys. We all smirked and figured these guys were never going to fit on these narrow trails. They did much better than we figured. They had some problems on tight turns, but in narrow gulches that we worked our way through, they just straddled them and cruised. In the boulders their ground clearance allowed them again to straddle over boulders that we were fighting to get around. Obstacles that were fun and challenging to us, (picking lines and watching our spotters), they would just drive over. We started to chant "boring" at them and they got a big kick out of that. I watched a show once called "Extreme Machines:The history of the 4x4." That is where I saw what the H1 could do. Ford up to 30 some odd inches of water, withstand a landmine blast, crawl a 60%grade, a 13 year gaurantee from date of purchase(new I'm assuming,) under ANY driving conditions, I figure you can't go wrong. ALOT of cool stuff on that program, 800hp Icelandic hill climbers that could drive on water, a modified Toyota Landcruiser(first 4x4 to cross Antartica), Landrover driving school, the MacPherson Baja racing truck, the Dakar Rally, etc..... Cool stuff. 2000utesport |
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Post by we2golf on Apr 2, 2003 21:24:56 GMT -5
 Those Icelandic Hill Climbers are a blast to watch. Especially when they hit the Nitrious and launch straight up the near verticle hillside, going totally airborn at the top and hoping to land on top! Man when they crash and burn they do it big time!
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Post by 2000ute on Apr 3, 2003 15:06:26 GMT -5
Those Icelandic Hill Climbers are a blast to watch. Especially when they hit the Nitrious and launch straight up the near verticle hillside, going totally airborn at the top and hoping to land on top! Man when they crash and burn they do it big time! Hell ya! They do GO FOR IT too! They don't get a run at the hill's either, they just sit at the bottom and HIT IT! It's beyond belief that they can crash and basically fall apart and be rebuilt to go again the same day, some in as little as 15 minutes! Yo, did you see the part about the Antartica crossing? UNREAL. What about the lighter fuel tire reinflation trick? 4WD junkie 2000utesport |
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Post by we2golf on Apr 3, 2003 17:05:17 GMT -5
The lighter fluid trick works, but can be risky. You can lose a lot of body hair and eyebrows if your not careful. Seen it done on the trail once when a guy popped the bead on both front tires in a steep rock climb. We winched him up the top with a Jeep TJ that we ancored to some trees. (we actually popped the second front tire off the rim during the recovery) It would have been impossible to fix the tires where he was. Once on top the fix-it guys in the group dismounted the wheels and did the lighter fuel trick to seat the beads again. I was glad I was about 15 feet away when they threw the match.
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Post by 2000ute on Apr 4, 2003 1:39:06 GMT -5
Maybe that's the REAL reason Jeepers always carry fire xtinguishers!LOL ;D Hey but how about this one, the MacPherson Baja Truck can take a 24 inch bump at 120 MPH! SIIIIICCCCKKKK  2000utesport |
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if i had the money to spend i would pick up a used h1 on some 36's and go from there, not an h2.
