Hummer "Sport Utility Truck"

Undertoad · 06-22-2004, 10:47 AM

My projection is that the retail sales for this item will be in the single digits and that it will come to be considered the Edsel of the 2000s.

Beestie · 06-22-2004, 10:53 AM

Whenever I see a guy driving a Hummer, I think of this:

jinx · 06-22-2004, 11:12 AM

Oh come on! Every drug dealer and pro athlete on your block will have one.

Beestie · 06-22-2004, 11:16 AM

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Originally posted by jinx
Oh come on! Every drug dealer and pro athlete on your block will have one.

I wish. The people on my block are either clients or fans

lumberjim · 06-22-2004, 11:23 AM

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Originally posted by Beestie
Whenever I see a guy driving a Hummer, I think of this:

I think that your graph is off a bit, beestie.....I paid 16,500 for my suv, and if it's accurate, i've been shorted an undisclosed amount of inches!

lumberjim · 06-22-2004, 11:27 AM

http://www.seriouswheels.com/2005-Hu...A-1024x768.htm

is that the one you mean, UT? with the little useless pickup truck bed on the back? this is just a chevy avalanche with a bigger bulkier body dropped on it. cadillac Escalade, whatever.....stupid looking, and an affront to the hummer name, IMO. The REAL hummers had 45 degree axles, and actual off road capability. these things are for dumbasses that want to be like Ahnold....

SteveDallas · 06-22-2004, 11:36 AM

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Originally posted by Undertoad
My projection is that the retail sales for this item will be in the single digits and that it will come to be considered the Edsel of the 2000s.

Yeah, that's what I would have said about the stretch Hummer limousine if you'd asked me.

elSicomoro · 06-22-2004, 11:45 AM

I was reading an article on MSNBC the other day that noted the sharp decline in demand for the H2 (and SUVs as a whole). I think it's mainly due to the rise in gas prices and not because of true lack of demand.

Imagine if gas prices had risen with inflation...would we have even had an SUV boom?

glatt · 06-22-2004, 12:32 PM

What's the saying? Something like "there's a sucker born every minute" or was it "no one ever lost money underestimating the intelligence of the American public."

These Hummer things you are talking about sound like they will sell just fine. I will mock the owners as I drive past them in my Geo Prizm while they stop for more gas at the corner filling station.

Troubleshooter · 06-22-2004, 12:37 PM

I think that the hummer is the single best icon of the downside of the american attitude.

Happy Monkey · 06-22-2004, 12:40 PM

How about stretch Hummer limos? I saw one of those drop off some kids at my sister's high school graduation. Gah.

hot_pastrami · 06-22-2004, 01:10 PM

H2's are the embodiment of excess and waste. I have no problem with someone owning a gas guzzling truck if they need it to pull a trailer or something, but the overpaid and undersmart drive these 10-12 MPG monstrocities as daily drivers. What they don't realize is that they're pissing in their own pool by driving the kids to soccer practice in one of these over-size, pullution-shitting poser vehicles.

Here's hoping that the Toad is right on the money.

FU, H2

jaguar · 06-24-2004, 09:52 AM

Is it possible for the public to buy a military class hummer? I know a guy in the UK who picked one up in Iraq which had been abandoned in a parking lot, badly damamged. he paid to get it repaired and got it shipped home.

Undertoad · 06-24-2004, 10:02 AM

Yeah, the public can buy H1s which are the original, for over $100,000, or H2s which are $50,000 Chevy Suburbans. The Hummer SUT looks like an H2 with the back cut out.

I believe the H2 has the worst reliability ratings of any US consumer-class vehicle.

lumberjim · 06-24-2004, 10:24 AM

AND, they stole the grille design from jeep. bastards

06-22-2004, 10:47 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Hummer "Sport Utility Truck" My projection is that the retail sales for this item will be in the single digits and that it will come to be considered the Edsel of the 2000s.

06-22-2004, 10:53 AM	#2
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	Whenever I see a guy driving a Hummer, I think of this: Attached Images __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

06-22-2004, 11:12 AM	#3
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Oh come on! Every drug dealer and pro athlete on your block will have one. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

06-22-2004, 11:27 AM	#6
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	http://www.seriouswheels.com/2005-Hu...A-1024x768.htm is that the one you mean, UT? with the little useless pickup truck bed on the back? this is just a chevy avalanche with a bigger bulkier body dropped on it. cadillac Escalade, whatever.....stupid looking, and an affront to the hummer name, IMO. The REAL hummers had 45 degree axles, and actual off road capability. these things are for dumbasses that want to be like Ahnold.... __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

06-22-2004, 12:37 PM	#10
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	I think that the hummer is the single best icon of the downside of the american attitude. __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

06-22-2004, 11:45 AM	#8
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	I was reading an article on MSNBC the other day that noted the sharp decline in demand for the H2 (and SUVs as a whole). I think it's mainly due to the rise in gas prices and not because of true lack of demand. Imagine if gas prices had risen with inflation...would we have even had an SUV boom?

06-22-2004, 12:32 PM	#9
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	What's the saying? Something like "there's a sucker born every minute" or was it "no one ever lost money underestimating the intelligence of the American public." These Hummer things you are talking about sound like they will sell just fine. I will mock the owners as I drive past them in my Geo Prizm while they stop for more gas at the corner filling station.

06-22-2004, 12:40 PM	#11
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	How about stretch Hummer limos? I saw one of those drop off some kids at my sister's high school graduation. Gah. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

06-22-2004, 01:10 PM	#12
hot_pastrami I am meaty Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Salt Lake City, UT Posts: 1,119	H2's are the embodiment of excess and waste. I have no problem with someone owning a gas guzzling truck if they need it to pull a trailer or something, but the overpaid and undersmart drive these 10-12 MPG monstrocities as daily drivers. What they don't realize is that they're pissing in their own pool by driving the kids to soccer practice in one of these over-size, pullution-shitting poser vehicles. Here's hoping that the Toad is right on the money. FU, H2 __________________ Hot Pastrami!

06-24-2004, 09:52 AM	#13
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	Is it possible for the public to buy a military class hummer? I know a guy in the UK who picked one up in Iraq which had been abandoned in a parking lot, badly damamged. he paid to get it repaired and got it shipped home. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

06-24-2004, 10:02 AM	#14
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Yeah, the public can buy H1s which are the original, for over $100,000, or H2s which are $50,000 Chevy Suburbans. The Hummer SUT looks like an H2 with the back cut out. I believe the H2 has the worst reliability ratings of any US consumer-class vehicle.

06-24-2004, 10:24 AM	#15
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	AND, they stole the grille design from jeep. bastards __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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