What Made You Want A Hummer.....

Im sure everyone here has a reason to why they wanted a hummer, In this post I want everyone to explain why they wanted a Hummer and please don`t give a short 2 word response. My reasons a little lengthy and a little more different than most, So ill let everyone else go first and then ill tell you my reason.

They ROCK!!!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Seriously, when Arnie got the 1st civilian HUMMER, I knew I had to have one!!!
 
Unfortunately after researching the H1, it turned out to be more truck than I needed/wanted since I'm OBVIOUSLY not an off-roader, so that idea went out the window. Then low and behold, the H2 was unveiled!!! I ran out my Denali lease and bought My Princess in September 2004 and have been HAPPY ever since!!!

I was looking for a vehicle that would allow me to meet new people and go off roading, I just liked the look of the H3 and knew of it's class leading off road abilities so I had to buy one. 

I've always had lifted trucks and did some serious mudding and some lighter offroading.
 
With the lift laws getting out of hand I wanted something that in it's bone stock form it is a badass.  Also since it is engineered to perfom as well as most of the trucks I have spent thousands building it is also designed to last longer with less carnage.  I have no desire to ever do trails like Moab... and I had my share of the Rubicon in other trucks I built... so a stock H2 works well for me.
 
I also like the luxury side of it.  There are not many trucks that can do what a hummer can do and still be something comfortable enough that you will drive 10 hours to an event.... or Thanksgiving weekend I drove back from my hometown on a 21 hour cross country trip...

Well mine all started back when I had lived in Croatia, I bet many of you didnt know that. It was around the early 90`s and I was dirt poor along with everyone else in the country. The first time I saw that H1 I fell in love with it and promised myself that one day I would own a Hummer. Back then it was everyones dream in Croatia to have a Hummer cause it was the most badass thing around and everyone knew they cant afford it so most dreams were just shot down. Then in 1997 I saved up some money and moved to Tampa, Florida with my wife and 2 kids. I had some experience with laying floors like tile and wood so I got a job working for a carpenter type thing. My first car was some beat up Chevy van and the owner didn't even know the year. Well pretty soon I wasn't making enough to keep that apartment so I lost it and me and my family were forced to live in that Chevy van, I realized I didn't wanna live like this so we moved over to Fort Myers, Florida and both me and my wife got a job at publix and weren't living too bad. We found out we could afford a house of our own so we moved just over the bridge to Cape Coral. Soon after that my friend from Croatia moved in with us until he could figure his situation out and we together had the idea of starting our own paving business so we saved up for a while and then soon started that business. The first year I made 120 thousand and the second year I made 240 thousand and then after that I started making 250 thousand at a steady rate. We were soon living the american dream and one day we looked at eachother and said were still missing something and both of us knew what eachother were thinking, at this time the Hummer H2 was already released so we went down to the dealership and both bought one same time without even test driving it

I bought my H2 because I wanted a vehicle I felt safe in. I was in a really bad accident a few years ago and I'm a bit skittish in vehicles. I needed one I was comfortable in, one that was capable since I live in snow country, and one that could take a hit. I haven't regretted it. I don't mind paying for gas when I feel safe.

I have always spent a lot of time hunting, camping etc so my whole life I have had 4x4  trucks, Blazers, jeeps. Loved my Jeeps but couldn't carry that much gear in them. The rest of the trucks were great but likewise had issues for what I did. I bought a 2003 H2 and loved the truck but it didn't have enough cargo room. I bought the two roof top storage pods and that helped quite a bit but was a pain in the a$$. So shortly after that I got my first H1. Carries tons of gear, seats 4 guys and will go anywhere. While not as refined as the H2 I will drive my 1s anywhere. My wife loved the H2 but wanted something a little smaller. We got her the H3 Alpha just because it is so fun to drive. I also always loved the look and capabilities of the H1 even way back before I ever thought about buying one. I would drive to Hummer of Huntington Beach just to look at them.

I bought my H3 for a couple of reasons...( 1 )..just because I wanted one..( 2 )..getting around in Pa. winter weather..( 3 ).. they look awesome..( 4 )..feel safe in it.

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What Made You Want A Hummer.....

 
that's easy...puberty

I've always liked lifted trucks... went to truck shows/mud bogs all the time as a kid. I really liked the boxy/rugged look for the Wrangler.... the in 1992 I believe... I was in Vegas and was coming out of my Hotel and seen an H1 for the first time inperson... ever since then I always wanted one.... My first vehicle was a Jeep TJ... Liked it alot... The convertible... ruggedness.. the "lego" factor of different style tops, doors etc.... And to wheel it....  but as I got older and started to do more(long trips, camping etc...) I realized that the TJ just wasn't good enough... Plus the whole time I owned the TJ I was envious over all the H1's in my town... So about time I was 23 I thought it was time to get myself one. It has alot in common with my TJ... Rugged, Can be Wheeled, Similar Lego Factor with different tops, doors, etc. Also is convertible... Stuff a jeep couldnt do... can load 4 people(6 now but not comfortably) and all my luggage, gear etc. And be able to pull around my toys when needed. So there was no question.. I know alot of jeepers wont like this but yes an UPGRADE was needed so went from TJ to H1 and never will look back at the jeep again.

Its unique and it huge, plus I always wanted an urban assault vehicle

I've always like cars/trucks with that WOW factor. Well, you aren't going to get more of a WOW factor than with a Hummer. My wife has always wanted one and I used to tell her that she was nuts, being in the Army I have alot of exp with them. While GREAT off road vehicles I just really didn't want to own one. Then I started liking the H2SUT the more I saw it. We moved and made enough on the house to pay off everything, we had an 05 Durango Limited. Loved it but the resale with a Hemi was going to $hit. So, I decided that it was time to get out of it before we ate our collective a$$es. I asked her what she wanted more than anything, she said she wanted her Hummer so went to look at them and the H3 had just came out. We found an 06 Superior Blue LUX and she loved it. Well after a year of that one we "stumbled" across the Black and Pink one that she has now. While she was doing the final paper work on it I was wondering around the showroom (had my 07 Silverado sitting outside) and found my Tactical. After the previous year of owning one I now loved them, just didn't think that I would have one as my personal Daily Driver until I found the Tact. And now, I will always have at least one in the driveway

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ORIGINAL: rhill20

I've always like cars/trucks with that WOW factor. Well, you aren't going to get more of a WOW factor than with a Hummer. My wife has always wanted one and I used to tell her that she was nuts, being in the Army I have alot of exp with them. While GREAT off road vehicles I just really didn't want to own one. Then I started liking the H2SUT the more I saw it. We moved and made enough on the house to pay off everything, we had an 05 Durango Limited. Loved it but the resale with a Hemi was going to $hit. So, I decided that it was time to get out of it before we ate our collective a$$es. I asked her what she wanted more than anything, she said she wanted her Hummer so went to look at them and the H3 had just came out. We found an 06 Superior Blue LUX and she loved it. Well after a year of that one we "stumbled" across the Black and Pink one that she has now. While she was doing the final paper work on it I was wondering around the showroom (had my 07 Silverado sitting outside) and found my Tactical. After the previous year of owning one I now loved them, just didn't think that I would have one as my personal Daily Driver until I found the Tact. And now, I will always have at least one in the driveway

Your tactical looks amazing with those red badges

Thanks, was kind of worried how it would look. I like it. It's different.

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ORIGINAL: rhill20

Thanks, was kind of worried how it would look. I like it. It's different.

Dont worry anymore it looks good, It would look good if you painted the indents on your center cap in red too

I was looking at the indentation on the hood, the one that goes around the "hood vent". Thought maybe red just on the lip of the indent.

I wanted one because I had just recently purchased an 08 Dodge Charger AWD....although I liked that car, it just had to many things wrong with it......and Chrylser had anounced that they lost money and were financially bankrupt, which made the price of my charger hit the bottom of the bucket....so instead of losing more money I decided to get rid of it. I only had 1700 miles on the odometer....so i went down 2 hours to my Hummer dealer, and found a nice Solar Flare Metallic Alpha.....(most of you know the story of the two Solar Flare Metallic H3's, so I won't bore you with the details)

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ORIGINAL: rhill20

I was looking at the indentation on the hood, the one that goes around the "hood vent". Thought maybe red just on the lip of the indent.

that would look pretty good if were thinking about the same thing...

I was first interested in getting a Hummer for the chick factor, two friends of mine bought H2's and they were chick magnets to say the least (the H2's, not the friends).
 
I also loved the look and the safety factor.
 
It was a toss-up for me between an H2 or an H3, I ended up getting the H3.
The H3 ended up being a pretty good chick magnet, as a matter of fact I was suprised at how many of the hotties told me they liked the H3 more than the H2, I didnt expect that reaction.
 
After owning the H3 I found that I honesty really loved the truck and not just for meeting the hotties, H3's are lots of fun to drive.
Sadly, I sold my H3 cuz I really need a truck with a bed, I will be trading in the Tacoma the second the H3T comes out.
 
Cheers
Davyo

driving accross mid michigan in my ford focus and got ambushed by the usual 12-14 inches of snow in late december.  white knuckled it for about 4 hours all the way home as i watched car after car get chewed up by the ditches due to snow drifts and slushy ice.  as i'm driving 20 mph, tops, to avoid being the next victim of old man winter, met up with some friends to do some partying.  decide to take their ride since it was an H3, and the conditions were as such.  never been in an H3 prior to this event, yada yada yada, my wife and I purchased one two days later.  you truely don't know what you are missing until you own one.  the reaction of other people alone is enough for me.  let alone the safety and fun factors.  can't wait to get this beast over to the silver lake dunes when the sun comes out of hibernation. tic toc, tic toc.
 
 

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ORIGINAL: importkiller

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What Made You Want A Hummer.....

that's easy...puberty

 
Your telling me, as soon as I got mine I saw all the girls lined up. Just dont tell my girl that ha ha

We’ve always drove some type of 4x4. My wife a Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo and I believe that Jeep wrote the book on 4wheel drive, myself a huge Ford F350 Powerstroke 4x4 (8000#) that made a terrible off road truck! I always admired the Hummer but thought the H2 was too big and too expensive. I loved the H3 but thought was under powered until the Alpha came along.
 
The H3 is rugged looking, off road capable yet elegant enough to take out to dinner and user friendly enough to drive cross country in.
 
A few personal touches and my H3 Alpha will be exactly the way I want it, until the H3T comes out of course.

The reason we got an H2 was because my girlfriend wanted an SUV, "somthing big" she would always say. I lived a good distance away from work about 55 miles but a good 2 hour's drive, so I needed a commuter car and I got a 350Z. It wasn't bad having a fast little sports car when I was single but then I met my girlfriend, she would want to go out with friends but we always had to hitch a ride with them. I didn't mind because I was saving gas and miles. Things worked well until we bought our first house together and I couldn't even put a pillow in the back of the Z. She hated it and gave me crap about trading it in for a Tahoe/Yukon for at least a year. When I finally broke down and told her that we could trade it in, she told me that she no longer liked the Tahoe/Yukon cause they look too much like mini-vans now. She wanted a Hummer, it was big, it was solid and it looked nothing like a mini-van (that really came up a lot and I still haven't figured out why, not like I had dreams of driving an Astro van when she said she wanted something bigger). My mouth dropped a little bit, mainly because I was thinking of trading my 30 MPG car in for a 10 MPG Hummer? I moved closer to work but I wasn't planning on living closer to spend more time at the pump. Then she told me her plan of keeping the Z as our commuter car and the H2 for playing. So now we have these 2 cars in our garage, my Z is getting beaten up daily and our H2 will get beat up on weekends (too much stupid work to really have fun in it). We have taken it to the snow a couple times already this year and I'm waiting for my friend's ranch to dry up so we can go play where rules don't apply.

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ORIGINAL: bluezgo

The reason we got an H2 was because my girlfriend wanted an SUV, "somthing big" she would always say. I lived a good distance away from work about 55 miles but a good 2 hour's drive, so I needed a commuter car and I got a 350Z. It wasn't bad having a fast little sports car when I was single but then I met my girlfriend, she would want to go out with friends but we always had to hitch a ride with them. I didn't mind because I was saving gas and miles. Things worked well until we bought our first house together and I couldn't even put a pillow in the back of the Z. She hated it and gave me crap about trading it in for a Tahoe/Yukon for at least a year. When I finally broke down and told her that we could trade it in, she told me that she no longer liked the Tahoe/Yukon cause they look too much like mini-vans now. She wanted a Hummer, it was big, it was solid and it looked nothing like a mini-van (that really came up a lot and I still haven't figured out why, not like I had dreams of driving an Astro van when she said she wanted something bigger). My mouth dropped a little bit, mainly because I was thinking of trading my 30 MPG car in for a 10 MPG Hummer? I moved closer to work but I wasn't planning on living closer to spend more time at the pump. Then she told me her plan of keeping the Z as our commuter car and the H2 for playing. So now we have these 2 cars in our garage, my Z is getting beaten up daily and our H2 will get beat up on weekends (too much stupid work to really have fun in it). We have taken it to the snow a couple times already this year and I'm waiting for my friend's ranch to dry up so we can go play where rules don't apply.

 
She sounds like A KEEPER!!!!

Hmm.....Do H3's make a good guy magnet as well?????