why do people hate the H2?? and no one EVER mentions the G500

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: SweetSweetLeroyBrown
the Suburban chassis is not a "pussy chassis" you ignorant fool

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[geno]

Originally posted by: Triumph

Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1250051 o yea pussy ass chassis that if it ever saw real offroading would sh!t itself. good one.

MIKE

Funny that you should post a thread that explains exactly why the H2 is so mediocre offroad. If you want to know why, read all of my posts in that thread. Same user name. Shall I summarize it for you? Those H2's are doing NOTHING that a stock 4x4 Tacoma, F150, Range Rover, Pathfinder, S10, Grand Cherokee, Audi Allroad, Volvo XC, Subaru Outback, etc. etc. etc. can do. The H2 is a piece of junk, by almost any measurable metric.

yep, pretty much what I was getting at with the "50K worth of Offroading" thing... it's really nothing special. To say that it sucks offroad isn't that accurate. To say that it sucks compared to the H1 or any other highly capable offroad truck is accurate IMO

 

[SweetSweetLeroyBrown]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: SweetSweetLeroyBrown
the Suburban chassis is not a "pussy chassis" you ignorant fool

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

hotperthcars?

what the...

 

[MikeMike]

ok ok. i guess since gm made a good decision, which had PROFIT written all over it, people hate them now.

MIKE

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1
ok ok. i guess since gm made a good decision, which had PROFIT written all over it, people hate them now.

MIKE

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1247580

Last summer, the Hummer H2 was the hottest thing on four wheels. Buyers eager to get the hulking, militaristic sport-utility vehicle waited months to take delivery and even paid dealers as much as $10,000 on top of the $48,000 sticker price. With profits topping $20,000 per H2, General Motors Corp. (GM ) looked downright clairvoyant for buying the Hummer brand from military contractor AM General Corp. in late 1999. The H2 was a bona fide hit.

Not anymore. Now it looks as if the big beast is starting to lose momentum just as GM is set to start production on its equally pricey pickup version, the H2 SUT, which is due out in June. Plagued by complaints about its abominable fuel economy, cheap interiors, and tiny cabin, the H2 saw sales tumble 33% in January over the previous year, the fifth straight month of declines. In October, GM even cut production. "Selling a Hummer was the easiest job in America," says Los Angeles dealer Howard Drake. "Now it's way harder."

Has Hummer lost its mojo? Not yet, but GM has its work cut out for it. Once on track to sell 40,000 units a year, the auto maker looks headed to move just 30,000 this year. Inventory has risen to 68 days' worth of vehicles -- about average for the industry, but almost triple what dealers carried a year ago. GM is counting heavily on the launch of the smaller, $28,000 to $35,000 H3 next year to boost annual sales to 100,000. To get there, the H3 -- which debuted as a pickup concept in December at the Los Angeles auto show but will appear in '05 as an SUV -- will have to trade on more than combat-truck styling and a macho image.

$50 EVERY 320 MILES. Taking the Hummer mainstream won't be easy. Even when sales were hot, customers had complaints. In a J.D. Power & Associates Initial Quality Survey taken last year, the H2 ranked near the bottom. The biggest gripe: While no one bought a Hummer for the sake of its thrifty gas mileage, its 11 to 13 miles per gallon was even worse than expected. Brian Walters, senior director of vehicle research for J.D. Power, said the firm spoke to owners who bought their Hummers in the fall of 2002. By the time the survey was taken in March, 2003, gas prices had spiked to $1.70 per gallon, forcing H2 owners to shell out more than $50 every 320 miles.

 

[geno]

Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1
ok ok. i guess since gm made a good decision, which had PROFIT written all over it, people hate them now.

MIKE

you mean had SELLOUT written all over it. This thing was hyped as a luxury H1, which it isn't. Result is an SUV that looks like it's carrying the torch to the H1's fame, but it flat out doesn't. THAT'S why people hate them

 

[amnesiac]

I find it funny how that here in So. Cal, the ONLY people I EVER see driving the G500 are rich Chinese people. That's it. Even the gangstarr wanna-bes have moved on to other things (mostly Escalades).

 

[Spencer278]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: SweetSweetLeroyBrown
the Suburban chassis is not a "pussy chassis" you ignorant fool

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Is this hosted on a modem or something. It is a very nice slideshow.

 

[geno]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: SweetSweetLeroyBrown
the Suburban chassis is not a "pussy chassis" you ignorant fool

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

In all fairness, that really doesn't attest to the chassis strength Just its steering components

 

[boyRacer]

Originally posted by: amnesiac
I find it funny how that here in So. Cal, the ONLY people I EVER see driving the G500 are rich Chinese people. That's it. Even the gangstarr wanna-bes have moved on to other things (mostly Escalades).

You should go over to west hollywood... Those outdoor cafes going to the beverly center are flowing with G500s, H2s, Maseratis, and SL500s...

 

[SweetSweetLeroyBrown]

So what if the H2 doesn't come close to the performance of the H1...HELLO, does any car come close to the H1? NO!

And furthermore, the H2 sells for about half of the H1...no H2 owner thinks they have the capabilities of an H1.

Finally, who the fvck cares that people do not "need" an H2 for city driving. HELLO! the average person does not need a Ferrari either! It's still cool to have tho!