Ace-Garageguy Posted August 13, 2013 Posted August 13, 2013 .................. the red "Ford" would be quite humiliating. You, sir, have the understatement of the year. I didn't know you could get so much puke-ugly in one place. Wow. Awesomely horrible.
Erik Smith Posted August 13, 2013 Posted August 13, 2013 I don't understand how any man would be embarrassed to be in one, I get if you didn't like the looks of it but it definitely doesn't look embarrassing If I was fighting a war, a fire, or working SAR, it's all good. Daily driver? Really? Plus the H1 was a real vehicle. Further incarnations are just ugly manifestations/wanna-bes.
Rob Hall Posted August 13, 2013 Posted August 13, 2013 If I was fighting a war, a fire, or working SAR, it's all good. Daily driver? Really? Plus the H1 was a real vehicle. Further incarnations are just ugly manifestations/wanna-bes. It's the H2 that has the really negative image.
Erik Smith Posted August 13, 2013 Posted August 13, 2013 It's the H2 that has the really negative image. Agree. H2 was bad. H3 was beyond bad.
Rob Hall Posted August 13, 2013 Posted August 13, 2013 Agree. H2 was bad. H3 was beyond bad. the H3 truck was kind of interesting..they didn't make very many of those.
Tom Geiger Posted August 13, 2013 Posted August 13, 2013 (edited) If I was fighting a war, a fire, or working SAR, it's all good. Daily driver? Really? Plus the H1 was a real vehicle. Further incarnations are just ugly manifestations/wanna-bes. Years ago I went to a GM drive event and their big thrill was letting you drive an H2. They even imported a lot of dirt to let you drive it on an uncomfortable tilt to one side, and then they set up two huge dunes for you to navigate. They put an instructor next to you in the vehicle because well, you needed instruction, and reassurance that it was 'okay' since it certainly felt that it was going to flop over on its side. The instructor had me gun it all the way up this near vertical dune. All I could see out all the front and side windows was sky. Then he said to let it glide down the hill and up and down the next one. Man, it felt like a roller coaster. At the end of this demo, he asked me what I thought. My response, "There's no way on Earth you should sell these to car pool mothers! If I lived on the moon or in three feet of Alaska snow, I'd want one but there is absolutely no reason for this to be sold to the general public in New Jersey!" The guy just looked flabbergasted! Right after that my sister in law wanted to buy one to haul her urchins around. She was lucky she listened to me and didn't buy one. Later on one of her affluent friends did, and got rid of it after 4 months when she tripped on a heel and fell out of the drivers door and landed on her nose. I believe her new nose cost more than the Hummer! A dealer friend of mine said there was a reason there were a lot of used H2s on the lot! They were just too much of a chore to drive around and get in and out of to be someone's daily driver. Edited August 13, 2013 by Tom Geiger
Harry P. Posted August 13, 2013 Posted August 13, 2013 The Hummer was the ultimate expression of "conspicuous consumption." Tacky doesn't even begin to describe it (I'm talking about the civilian version, not the military vehicle, which was perfectly legitimate). Was there ever a vehicle more associated with compensating for one's "personal shortcomings?"
Joe Handley Posted August 14, 2013 Posted August 14, 2013 I don't understand how any man would be embarrassed to be in one, I get if you didn't like the looks of it but it definitely doesn't look embarrassing I think they're talking about something more like this http://wallpaupers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Hummer-H2-Wallpaper-HD-1024x683.jpg
Tom Geiger Posted August 14, 2013 Posted August 14, 2013 I think they're talking about something more like thishttp://wallpaupers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Hummer-H2-Wallpaper-HD-1024x683.jpg The equivalent of getting out of it wearing your camo jammies!
Agent G Posted August 15, 2013 Posted August 15, 2013 Way back in '93 the Army National Guard was mobilized in St Louis due to extensive flooding. I was unfortunate enough to spend a week on the flood detail riding in a Hummer. OMG that was the most miserable uncomfortable stinky nasty ride I ever had. I couldn't wait to get out of thatr and back in a radio car. Hummers weren't around when I was in the Corps so it was truly a shock to see how bad this beast was. Heck I was more comfortable in an old M151, or a deuce and a half, or a five ton, or a gator, well you get the picture. As far as embarrasing rides go another copper and I were sent out of the valley on a run one night. We were given an admin pool car so it would get some miles. It was a Chevy Cobalt, white, no cop shocks, no cop motor, no cigarette lighter. 100 miles to Beatty Nevada, it was dark and the car sucked. Oh did I mention my partner that night is, oh, right around 6' 5"? G
Harry P. Posted August 15, 2013 Posted August 15, 2013 It was a Chevy Cobalt, white, no cop shocks, no cop motor, no cigarette lighter. 100 miles to Beatty Nevada, it was dark and the car sucked. That reminds me of a couple of lines from "The Blues Brothers"... Elwood Blues: It's got a cop motor, a four hundred and forty cubic inch plant, it's got cop tires, cop suspensions, cop shocks, it's a model made before catalytic converters, so it'll run good on regular gas. What do you say? Is it the new Bluesmobile or what? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Elwood: It's a hundred and six miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses. Jake: Hit it.
MikeyB08 Posted August 15, 2013 Posted August 15, 2013 I, for one, have a 2002 Lincoln Continental CE for my daily driver. I wouldn't trade it for anything. Personally, it has style, power, and extreme comfort. Sure, mostly older people drive Lincoln's (I'm 24) but I like to think of it as, "Classy". And I agree that if you are embarrassed by what you drive then that means that other people's thoughts are higher than yours. I could care less...... Unless of course I'm in this monstrosity. *Note: This is a real creation. The owner posted it on Craigslist for $3000- FIRM!
Jon Cole Posted August 16, 2013 Posted August 16, 2013 In 2004, a local classic radio station acquired this military surplus HUMVEE, painted it, did some basic improvements, and had a $5000. audio system installed. I wanted to win that sooo bad! I did qualify, and we all drew a number on giveaway. The winning number was only two off from my number. Sooo close. Oh, and the winner? Some middle aged housewife type that looked like she didn't have a clue what it was.
Modelmartin Posted August 16, 2013 Posted August 16, 2013 I, for one, have a 2002 Lincoln Continental CE for my daily driver. I wouldn't trade it for anything. Personally, it has style, power, and extreme comfort. Sure, mostly older people drive Lincoln's (I'm 24) but I like to think of it as, "Classy". And I agree that if you are embarrassed by what you drive then that means that other people's thoughts are higher than yours. I could care less...... Unless of course I'm in this monstrosity. *Note: This is a real creation. The owner posted it on Craigslist for $3000- FIRM! That is the most awesome thing ever!! OMFG!
Craig Irwin Posted August 18, 2013 Posted August 18, 2013 It's the H2 that has the really negative image. Other than enviro wacko nonsence I've never heard any negitive things about H2 or H3 Hummers, they were nothing more than rebody jobs on regular GM truck chassis, and were no better or worse then the Suburbans and Trail Blazers they were based on.
Rob Hall Posted August 18, 2013 Posted August 18, 2013 Other than enviro wacko nonsence I've never heard any negitive things about H2 or H3 Hummers, they were nothing more than rebody jobs on regular GM truck chassis, and were no better or worse then the Suburbans and Trail Blazers they were based on. It's the drivers of H2s that had/have a negative image--they seemed to attract tastless bling-bling fans or right wingers.
Joe Handley Posted August 18, 2013 Posted August 18, 2013 (edited) In 2004, a local classic radio station acquired this military surplus HUMVEE, painted it, did some basic improvements, and had a $5000. audio system installed. I wanted to win that sooo bad! I did qualify, and we all drew a number on giveaway. The winning number was only two off from my number. Sooo close. Oh, and the winner? Some middle aged housewife type that looked like she didn't have a clue what it was. That wouldn't be too bad once you ripped out that $5,000 stereo, sold it, replaced it with something more reasonable, then used the money from the stereo for more off road parts to put on the truck. Edited August 18, 2013 by Joe Handley
Craig Irwin Posted August 18, 2013 Posted August 18, 2013 (edited) It's the drivers of H2s that had/have a negative image--they seemed to attract tastless bling-bling fans or right wingers. I've never let what others have thought or done change my opinion on cars that I like or dislike, lf I like something I like it. A lot of Honda Civics have been ruined by teenaged boys making "improvments" to them, but that doesn't change Civics as a whole, they are great little cars. Hey, I like old air cooled Vilkswagens (and own two of them) and the fact that Hitler commishioned them and Hippys fell in love with them in the 60's doesn't bother me. I guess I'm more opened minded than that. To me a car that would be embarrassing to drive would have to be based on the car itself. Ugly, badly built, unreliable or such. Like an Aztec, Juke, Sol, xB, ect.... Edited August 18, 2013 by Craig Irwin
Dragfreak Posted August 18, 2013 Posted August 18, 2013 (edited) .. Edited August 1, 2014 by Dragfreak
Ace-Garageguy Posted August 18, 2013 Posted August 18, 2013 (edited) I don't think homemade cars count... Okay then...here's one that was factory built. 4 wheels, but it rocks from side to side on only 3 at any given time to qualify as a motorcycle. The backbone frame looks like a piece of sewer pipe. Edited August 18, 2013 by Ace-Garageguy
Craig Irwin Posted August 18, 2013 Posted August 18, 2013 Twenty some years ago a local man had a Lamborgini Countach. A real one, not a kit. I dont know if it was factory paint or not, but it was an UGLY brown color, and he painted all of the loose trim, bumpers, wheels, nameplates, grilles and all gold and it looked like he had used spray cans. It looked like a 15 year olds Cavalier ! He even put one of those erector set spoilers on it ! Thats one Countach I would have been too embarrassed to ride in.
Draggon Posted August 18, 2013 Posted August 18, 2013 There's actually a registry for those "things". Good grief. http://www.autocycles.org/index.html
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