My H3 Review (Compared to Chevy Venture)

Ok, so we traded in our 2003 Chevy Venture LS Extended for a 2006 Hummer H3.

Venture Pluses:
- rear vents (AC and heat)
- ceiling mounted factory DVD player
- 96 litre tank
- auto-leveling rear suspension
- built-in air compressor
- rear side windows "open"
- ACCELERATION (3.4 l  3400 V6)
- visibality
- smooth ride (except over larger bumps/railway tracks)

Hummer Pluses:
- lots of heat (-40' yesturday!)
- sunroof
- leather
- larger tires for smooth rides over bumps
- higher up (I like that feeling)
- 4x4/AWD
- head-turning looks!

We were having problems with our 03 Chevy Venture van (66,000 KM) like brakes not working sometimes (I kid you not) and dealers not being able to track down the problem, electrical problems, NO HEAT.  I had brought it in and while waiting for a shuttle for my wife and I, we noticed they had 2006 H3s for a ton of money off.  I took a brochure, and while driving back, asked the wife if we could get one.

Anyways, I called them during the day and told them we might be leaving the van there, and they had everything ready for us to try some H3s out.  Long story short, we bought one that night, and have been happy ever since!

Hopefully summer will bring lots of fun driving it.  We're not typically "off-road" people, but we might try some simple off-road.



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NICE RIDE!

looks good you forgot one other plus how it grips the road in the winter i have had four wheel drives all my life and they were never as good as the h3 especially stock.

Nice truck you will love it

Nice looking truck..enjoy.
 
 

Congratulations, great choice!
 
We had a Venture too, then an Envoy before the H3.  Our Venture was a loaded '98 model and your "Plusses" are right on the money.

Congrats..you won't be sorry..

Welcome. 2nd winter for me, I think these were made for our GREAT CANADIAN WINTERS, cause they work great

Plus: It's a HUMMER!!!!

congrats!! looks a whole lot better than a venture. Wish we had some of your snow down here!!

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ORIGINAL: excel25

congrats!! looks a whole lot better than a venture. Wish we had some of your snow down here!!

 
The SNOW is a blast, the -40 temp...NOT!!!!

Comparing the H3 to a Venture is like comparing a diamond to an asphalt pebble.

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ORIGINAL: RutDogg

Comparing the H3 to a Venture is like comparing a diamond to an asphalt pebble.

Tell that to my brother.  He just phoned and said "you know, for the price of that Hummer, you could have bought lots of insurance write-offs and fixed 'em up and had lots of cars!".  I just said "whatever".

Jealousy gets the best of 'em.

The only problem I have is trying to use the windows and door locks.  Have to almost turn around to access them.

That problem has been solved.
 
http://www.hummerforums.com/m_39413/tm.htm
 
As far as having lots of cars.......no matter how many you have there's nothing quite like a Hummer.

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ORIGINAL: RutDogg

That problem has been solved.

http://www.hummerforums.com/m_39413/tm.htm

As far as having lots of cars.......no matter how many you have there's nothing quite like a Hummer.

Thanks, I don't think we'll be able to install that (yet, anyways).

In reply to the "lots of cars for the money" comment, yeah, we could have 10x Celeron 2.4 GHz PCs, with 15" CRT monitors, and 40 GB of hard drive each, or just one supercomputer, with gigs of memory and 40" LCD displays.  Hmmmm..... tough choice...