1st Time Hummer Owner From Michigan

Hi All!

Picked up my first Hummer last Thursday!  It was a completely BASE H3!  There were NO OPTIONS on the window sticker!  Yep, I have the 5 speed manual.  I did have the dealer put on a set of the bigger off-road package tires and a set of side-steps (i have short legs! LOL).  Also had them add XM... and that is it!  So, after 800 miles (the wife and I went on a road trip this weekend!) all I can say is WOW!  The H3 is turning out to be a much better vehicle than I had ever imagined!  We put it through it's paces this weekend, from highway to some pretty deep mud... I am very very impressed!

Now I know that this thread would be useless without pics soooooo here ya go!

Brand new in the driveway:





And not one to be afraid of getting a brand new vehicle a little dirty....





I simply cannot believe what the H3 is capable of right off the showroom floor! For example today:  We kind of dropped in a mud hole today among a bunch of huge ruts.  I felt the dang H3 basically come to rest on the frame.  I was like OH NO!  We are going to be stuck!!!  Well, I simply put the H3 in LOW and the darn thing just pulled itself up and out!  Very impressive to me!

Congrats!
Sweet ride, brand new and already havin' fun!
Cool pix with the mud flyin' around!
 
Ohhh..and WELCOME to the forums!
 
 

Welcome to the forums.
 
 It looks like you were at the Genesee County mounds? Am i right?

Welcome to the club glad to see you got it dirty already!

Welcome there fellow Michigander!

Welcome from Okemos, MI.  Nice photos and beautiful truck.
 
Wayne

Thanks for the warm welcome!

Bit more background... I've owned a number of Jeeps over the last 20+ years...



I got the H3 just to mainly do some trail riding with the kiddies though... (kids love hummers! LOL)





So for the most part it will be just nice and easy family time... LOL



Now the plan for the H3 is to KEEP IT STOCK!!!  So do not tempt me!  I am a recovering mod-aholic....

My last vehicle went from this:



to this:




And yes, the mud pictures are in fact from the Mounds!!!  It was our first time there! Not big, but WOW, lots of water and mud!  Friday and Saturday we were up by West Branch/St. Helen and everything was bone dry! Even the swampy areas... So all the mud on Sunday at the Mounds surprised me...

And thanks for the compliments on the photos... another one of my interests...

Again, thanks for the welcome!

A somewhat belated welcome but none the less!  Great looking rig, even the right color too :-) 
 
Keeping it stock huh ... yeah, right LOL!  Give it a year and we'll see what it looks like :-)  My bet would be here .. well .. no LOL!  I'm guessing we'll see a set of mudders on that bad boy .. and after enough custom pin striping .. probably a brush guard and a roof rack ... the obligatory tail light guards ... a winch eventually .. yeah .. I just don't see that thing staying stock hehehehehehe ...  Again .. welcome ... and awesome pics ... ain't nuffin' better than a muddy HUMMER :-)
 
 

Welcome fellow 5-Speed Manual Transmission'er and vehicle modifier!
 
 I look forward to your future upgrades and ideas..  Just don't make yourself a custom light bar from a generic chrome one.  People on here, eh, they don't like them too much
 
What, what did I say?

Had it been black powder coated I would've liked it better ... I just don't like the shiny stuff lol!

Welcome.  I was up and around Gaylord early last week, Hayes Township, Otsego County.  You are not kidding......dry, dry, dry.  I felt like I was in Eastern Colorado, dust bowl city man????  Even creek crossings were dusty??????  I went around Duck Lake, which is usually good for some mud.  Dust, nothin but???  Nice pics.

Welcome to the Forums. My wife and I bought a base H3 a few months ago. It's really hers, but I get to drive it a lot. It came with the auto trans and a sunroof and the extra airbags. It's sprouted the nerf bars and a rear tire cover since and we may be done with mods with the exception of a tow hitch sometime in the future. Like the pics. I need to get back to PA so I can drive it offroad somewhere. The South Florida concrete jungle is wearing on me. Well, good luck with it and stay on the forums!

Thanks!!!

Stock... I must remain strong!!!  LOL! Ok... maybe a brush guard... I seem to have become a deer magnet lately... LOL

Nahh .. you just need to stop fighting the inevitable here and get modding hehehehe ... if nothing else though .. you're obviously one to leave the pavement and seek out the mudroad less travelled ... so wouldn't it make SOME sense to make provisions for that?!! :-)  I won't hit the trails without a winch or a buddy with me .. (I have no winch yet so go figured lol) ... call me a sissy (shuddup Mike, go play with the rocks lol) but I'd rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it .... Now .. of course if you do any night wheeling ... now you need some lights for it .. and if you go all out light wise .. well, time to get a bigger alty ... you can't mount the lights without a brush guard .. well you could but it would look silly ... and roof lights without a rack to mount them on or to accent them with .. that's just a crime in itself .. see .... I've even sat here and made cases for you ... tsk tsk tsk LOL! 
 
On a side note ... we'll have to hassle ya for our next badlands trip .. assuming we can actually get another one going here ... LOL!

WELCOME TO THE FORUM..AND WOW GREAT PICTURES.

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ORIGINAL: ZYNE

Nahh .. you just need to stop fighting the inevitable here and get modding hehehehe ... if nothing else though .. you're obviously one to leave the pavement and seek out the mudroad less travelled ... so wouldn't it make SOME sense to make provisions for that?!! :-)  I won't hit the trails without a winch or a buddy with me .. (I have no winch yet so go figured lol) ... call me a sissy (shuddup Mike, go play with the rocks lol) but I'd rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it .... Now .. of course if you do any night wheeling ... now you need some lights for it .. and if you go all out light wise .. well, time to get a bigger alty ... you can't mount the lights without a brush guard .. well you could but it would look silly ... and roof lights without a rack to mount them on or to accent them with .. that's just a crime in itself .. see .... I've even sat here and made cases for you ... tsk tsk tsk LOL! 

On a side note ... we'll have to hassle ya for our next badlands trip .. assuming we can actually get another one going here ... LOL!

Well.... I told myself that my days of getting carried away like this:



are long gone...  I'm more of any easy trail guy these days.... That being said, I did hit the muddy stuff on Sunday but it was in a fairly small ORV park with LOTS of other vehicles, so I figured if I got stuck the worst thing would be a bruised ego! LOL! 

BUT... that being said I will definitely invest in some off-roading accessories.... 

I also learned a LONG TIME ago the value of off-road lights at night!  We seen some "seaonal roads" Friday night on our little road trip... I was very tempted to check them out... but I wasn't going to do it with just headlight, especially since I didn't know the area...

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ORIGINAL: H34 pleasure

WELCOME TO THE FORUM..AND WOW GREAT PICTURES.

Thanks!  Hopefully there will be a lot more to come! LOL

Welcome

welcome aboard scrming...
 
hows that mustang running?

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ORIGINAL: Patrick

welcome aboard scrming...

hows that mustang running?

Thanks!

Well... it was a very very hard decision... but in fact I let the Mustang go and got the H3 instead...  The Mustang was definitely a "Me Only" toy where as the H3 will now involve the whole family!!!  

The Mistress was a fun car and i'll miss here.. 317RWHP/309RWTQ, 12.85 @ 107MPH... not bad for a little V6... LOL

wait...i missed something..you sold your mustang?? wow! did you sell it to someone in the area?
 
do you know who this is?  i think that you were at norwalk when i blew my motor...

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ORIGINAL: Patrick

wait...i missed something..you sold your mustang?? wow! did you sell it to someone in the area?

do you know who this is?  i think that you were at norwalk when i blew my motor...

Ok... i thought that car in your sig looked familar!!!   So, yes, I was there at Norwalk!  I was there with the 4.0 Collective... Here's were I broke the news:

http://www.mustangcollective.com/showthread.php?t=11206

Well... I realize i could have gotten more money if I had sold it out right... but to be honest I wanted to be done with the car and just have it gone with no hassle... because I knew if I sold it to someone they would come back to ask all kinds of stuff, etc... sure enough today I get a call from the dealership... they sold the car and the buy wanted to call and ask me questions... I explained to them the reason for trading in the car so I wouldn't have to deal with the buyers after the sale... he apologized for bothering me and said good bye... LOL!

interesting choice.  i tried to trade in a lightly modded car a few years back, and the dealership tried taking me through the ringers..so i just kept it.  can i ask how the mods impacted the trade value?

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ORIGINAL: Patrick

interesting choice.  i tried to trade in a lightly modded car a few years back, and the dealership tried taking me through the ringers..so i just kept it.  can i ask how the mods impacted the trade value?

Yeah, i was suprised the dealership would even talk to me about trading in my car...   I did have one dealership really try to low-ball me (jeep dealer) but the Hummer dealer gave me a fair price all  (all things considered) and got GMS pricing on the H3... I did lose $$$ on all my mods, but I'm am very very happy with the out come!  My 3 year olds favorite book to read before bed time... THE H3 BROCHURE!!!