Our new truck, not a Mopar, but a hemi may fit

[rp23g7]

So, short bit of info here, 5 yr bankruptcy + wifes fathers Mesothilioma lawsuit= bankruptcy paid off and no credit, so to build credit again we needed to finance something.

Wifes choice, since it was her money really, i told her get what you want to drive.

She has always been a truck person, she is 10 yrs older and had a 66 Charger, a 56 Desoto, a 70 Cutlass and a lifted GMC truck in the mid 70's she used to cruise with a club on Pismo beach.

She chose a Hummer H2. First time i ever looked at one of these the other day.

I always thought they were dressed up Tahoe's or Yukon's, i was wrong. GM just bought the name from AM General in 98, but AM General still made them right next to the military truck plant.

Serious friggen go anywhere trucks, 8,000 lbs of steel there, and comfy too, i was suprised at the way it drives, heated leather seats, ahhhhhhhh

Its a 2003 H2, 97,000 miles, really clean, carfax says it was a Arizona car for 3 yrs and then it went to auction and came to washington.

6.0 liter, terrible milage, its got a 33 gallon tank, but i bought a Predator Sport programer, i drove 60 freeway miles, at 65mph, got 7 mpg, i literally watched the fuel gauge move to the left.

Put the programmer on it and reprogrammed the computer, filled it up again, drove the same route home, and got 17 MPG, got more power out of it too i think. Wonder if i can put a hemi in it .

[Lord Warlock]

would probably fit, but why tamper with it, it should run pretty well stock already.  While i can understand why some folks like the hummers on the road i can't stand being behind one, can't see any of the road around it, its like driving behind a brick wall.  In front of them i don't mind their looks.   Good luck with the new car. 

[Troy]

You *can* do just about anything you can afford. But why? I think the 6.0 has more power overall and the mileage is about the same. You'd spend a enough money trying to make it fit to buy a nice drivable Charger.

The H3 is the Hummer wanna-be.

Troy

[bajaherbie]

you could turn it in to one of these.....




a friend from missouri built it, full tube frame, 4x4 with coilover and bypass shocks, GM engine, race radio, gps, etc. he entered a few off road races in texas and i was lucky enough to navigate for him.  we won the class and finished 5th overall at a 250 mile race near odessa, texas.... here is a action shot of it at a race near sweetwater, texas..

[TK73]

That's gonna be one hard core mountain climber and mud slinger!!   


Or, ya gonna drive to the mall a lot?   

[Cooter]

H3's are the "Suburbanite Harley Davidson rider" of the Hummer world. Civilian crap. 6.0 not as reliable as the 5.3, but needs it to propel that heavy, overated, beast down the Highway. Nice Hummer though.