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Hummer is dead.
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Hummer had one of the best car commercials that I've ever seen (certainly better than any car they ever made), back in the early aughts:
Hummer H2 - The Big Race
Beautifully shot with a British Invasion soundtrack, it's like a minute-long Wes Anderson movie, yet the attitude/message is perfectly tailored to the Hummer audience without offending the rest of us.
Hummer H2 - The Big Race
Beautifully shot with a British Invasion soundtrack, it's like a minute-long Wes Anderson movie, yet the attitude/message is perfectly tailored to the Hummer audience without offending the rest of us.
silentspork
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The only sad thing about Hummer dieing is the people that are losing their jobs, I wish them luck finding something else.
Ninja Scooter
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"There hasn't been this much news about a Hummer since Clinton was in office!"
iamaustrian
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every car of that size and with that thirst should be banned from earths surface.
completly unnecessary (exept for army)
completly unnecessary (exept for army)
speculawyer
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You know it is bad when Chinese government is trying to be more responsible than your own government.xbhaskarx said:
speculawyer
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~10miles/gallon I believe.hteng said:
Lunchbox said:
No way. The death of Pontiac was far more a tragedy than this. Good Riddance to a bad company. It's a shame to see this happen to people with their jobs, but point your fingers at GM, and how they brought it upon themselves, in multiple ways at that.
Corvettes, Mustangs, Camaro's, and Firebirds. They're the "apple pie" here. Not some monstrosity that should've stayed on the front lines, not on the roadways.
timetokill
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JAD0109 said:But I wanted to ride in a Hummer-limo someday.
They're pretty damn awesome
neorej said:Except army doesn't drive hummers.
Hummer is a stripped down version of the Hummvee, which allows for one of the safest cars on the road (for everyone except the person inside the Hummer)
Hummers are not stripped down Humvees, they are chevy tahoes with bodykits. They share nothing with the HMMWV.
iamblades said:
Yeh you're right...
has nothing to do with
LOOKS NOTHING LIKE IT!
what was I thinking...
edit:
http://www.gmhummer.com/history/history.htm
Hmm...
iamaustrian
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neorej said:Hummer is a stripped down version of the Hummvee, which allows for one of the safest cars on the road (for everyone except the person inside the Hummer)
wtf?
I thought they are quite robust but this looks ridiulous.
The schoolbus doesn't even seem to be that damaged.
Snytbaggen
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At first I thought this thread was about lobsters, since "lobster" in swedish is "hummer" :lol
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
The H2 (the first one you posted) has NOTHING to do with the old H1, which was canned a long time ago. Since then, Hummer made nothing but crappy GM SUVs with different bodies.neorej said:Yeh you're right...
has nothing to do with
LOOKS NOTHING LIKE IT!
what was I thinking...
edit:
http://www.gmhummer.com/history/history.htm
Hmm...
akachan ningen
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mj1108 said:
fortified_concept
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I have seen two Hummers in my entire life iirc. It's the most appalling, worst constructed, fugly car I've seen in my entire life. I immediately fell sorry for normal americans who have to deal with these monstrosities their entire lives. One of the two was in front of me and was blocking my view of the entire road! Fucking hideous.
Jexhius said:
Can you name the truck with four wheel drive,
Smells like a steak, and seats thirty five?
Canyonero! Canyonero!
Well, it goes real slow with the hammer down,
It's the country-fried truck endorsed by a clown,
Canyonero! Canyonero!
Hey, hey!
Twelve yards long, two lanes wide,
Sixty five tons of American pride!
Canyonero! Canyonero!
Top of the line in utility sports,
Unexplained fires are a matter for the courts!
Canyonero! Canyonero!
She blinds everybody with her super high beams,
She's a squirrel-squasher, deer-smackin' drivin' machine,
Canyonero! Canyonero! Canyonero!
Whoa, Canyonero! Whoooooaaaa!
nelkon and parker
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Why do people buy such huge ass cars!?
POWERSPHERE
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FUCKING AWESOME! EAT SHIT HUMMER!!!
As soon as they went beyond making military vehicles, they became limos and shells on shit urban 4wds.
As soon as they went beyond making military vehicles, they became limos and shells on shit urban 4wds.
akachan ningen
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daw840 said:
Why would you say something as asinine as that?
akachan ningen
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daw840 said:
People in this thread are hating on the Hummer because it's ugly and takes up too much space. I haven't seen anybody saying anything about gas mileage. Show me where anyone is touting hybrids.
akachan ningen said:
LOL, defensive much? Many people in this thread have said things about the gas mileage, and things like "GOOD RIDDANCE!" Yay, something that you may not have like aesthetically is gone, something that never affected you in the slightest, ugly is subjective there buddy. I find that usually the people bitching and moaning about other people who drive big cars that don't get 40 mpg are the ones who go around rockin a Prius. Go about your own life and stop worrying about other people. So someone bought an H3. So what. Maybe they needed a bigger car to haul the kids around in and just liked the H3. Why do you care?
edit: Save for the H1, they other Hummers don't really take up any more space than other full-size SUVs.
twinturbo2
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This. I can tell that they're going to dictate what cars they want us to drive, and I can't get my muscle car because of that. :-(perfectchaos007 said:God dammit Greenpeace, look what you've done
POWERSPHERE
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daw840 said:
yeah man, hot car
akachan ningen
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daw840 said:
...no, what exactly am I being defensive about? You're being extremely defensive about these hummers. People who drive them ARE affective other drivers because of the size of the monstrosities.
akachan ningen
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daw840 said:
Yeah, I do have problems with all big trucks. Unless somebody needs to haul shit because of their jobs, they don't need big trucks. I hope you know that most people get these things because of what they represent, not what they do, right?
Trucks aren't as bad though, since they aren't as blocking as much shit. But they still make parking in a tight lot a pain in the ass.
samus i am
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I used to want one. It was to subconsciously let people know that I also have a big penis.
akachan ningen said:
I drive an FX45, it's not a huge vehicle by any means, but I bought it because I am planning on having a couple of kids in the near future and it has a back seat. Now, if I had a 3rd or 4th kid I would need something bigger. My options at that point would be a.) a minivan or b.) a full size SUV. Now, I probably wouldn't buy a mini-van just because I really don't like them, no other reason really, so that would leave me with a full size SUV, which you say I don't need. Or let's look at it this way. Even if I don't have kids, maybe I want to be able to haul shit around when I need to. I go buy a new TV, a desk, a couch, lumber for a new fence I am going to build, etc, etc. I need a bigger vehicle to do that in. Personally, I have an old F-150 as a 3rd vehicle for those sorts of things. Do I NEED it? Probably not, but every now and then I do use it. My friends and family probably use it more than I do to be honest, because everyone needs to haul shit every once and a while. I would rather own the car that I need, or might need, rather than have to borrow/rent/hire to get something done.
CharlieDigital
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daw840 said:
Generalize much?
The hate for the Hummer is justified. It symbolizes everything that went wrong with the American automakers with the focus on increasingly enormous and increasingly useless vehicles while the price of oil continued to increase and the competition continued to refine their mid-size/large family sedans as well as fuel efficient alternatives. And while they invested heavily in these platforms, they relegated their small and mid-size sedans to the backburner.
The likes of Hyundai, Honda, Nissan, Toyota, and even the Germans like BMW were focusing on fuel economy and technology, while the Americans were focused on who could build a bigger land boat.
You should realize now that the Hummer brand dying now is because of one reason only: the free market. There's simply not enough demand to justify the brand because people have seen past the shallowness of the brand beyond the novelty.
And for reference, I drive a Frontier pickup and my wife drives an FX-35.
Alright, I apologize for the Prius remark, it was not warranted and a knee jerk reaction.
Oh, very nice! I actually just bought an 2003 FX45 and I love it, although it gets TERRIBLE gas mileage and takes premium. :/
The Frontier is definitely a nice little pickup, always liked those.
CharlieDigital said:
Oh, very nice! I actually just bought an 2003 FX45 and I love it, although it gets TERRIBLE gas mileage and takes premium. :/
The Frontier is definitely a nice little pickup, always liked those.
Hummers do affect other people. They are huge, they don't fit in most parking spots and they block your view easily. The owners are always like "I dont give a fuck I'm taking up two parking spaces, I don't give a fuck you can't see". I'm generalizing, but I live in the South where hummers and F-250's rule.
otake said:
And I live in Kansas City, same deal here. Doesn't bother me at all. Now, what pisses me off is when people don't realize they are in a big vehicle that blocks your view at intersections and pull way out when they don't need to, but I have grown up here so I guess I'm just used to it.
POWERSPHERE
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daw840 said:
Makes me cry that a car will never be made to be as rad as the 69 Charger...
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
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Every time I see this thread I think it says, "Hammer is dead." And I cry thinking that Sheriff Hard Hittin Hammer is no longer with us. Then I see the actual title and the world becomes just a little bit brighter.
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