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A friends view on 'wheeling hummers

Old Nov 7, 2006 | 04:16 PM
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I have gotten "You are crazy for offroading in this vehicle" a few times but rarely mostly just from my friends that drive small lil imports that baby their ride... but most people understand it maybe because its an H1 and they look more rugged and some people think they are the "old" hummer or maybe because I live in canada... but whatever it is most people like the fact that I use my rig for what it is ment to be used for!
that's cool, injun. i wonder if the H2 does have less of that "meant for it" aura, and people wouldn't feel the same about an H1.

maybe.


yea I think its just most people that dont know better think the H2 is the "new" hummer and think the H1 wasnt being made since it was released so i just think that people come to like older vehicles being offroaded but a brand new one they are surprised. but either the case much respect to all those who wheel their rig.
Its funny how people don't know the whole hummer story, just part of it. Reactions to the H2 range from "its just a pickup" to "so this is what the military uses now?". Even after you explain that this isn't a military truck, somepeople along for a ride still comment like "boy this is alot nicer than the old jeeps for soldiers to ride in" or whatever.

Speaking of soldiers i found an M151 and i'm thinking about buying it. tipsy little jeep-looking things that had 4-wheel independent suspension. Give it to my father as a christmas present (he drove one in the service for a few years).
 
Old Nov 9, 2006 | 10:10 AM
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I've always had people stop me on the trail and tell me i'm nuts for doing that to my truck. But when i'm back in town driving it when it's still muddy people always tell me that it's great that I really use it. It's just a little strange that it's the offroaders that tell me i'm nuts.
 
Old Nov 9, 2006 | 04:05 PM
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yup when I took my rig to Gopher Dunes mudfest alot of people thought my ride was rented etc etc had one guy say "How can you afford to do that? I guess pimpin aint easy eh?" and my reply was "Nope it aint easy but its neccessary!"

Heres the vid of my rig at Goper Dunes Mudfest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js4vIUg5htc
 
Old Nov 9, 2006 | 05:50 PM
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Speaking of soldiers i found an M151 and i'm thinking about buying it. tipsy little jeep-looking things that had 4-wheel independent suspension. Give it to my father as a christmas present (he drove one in the service for a few years).
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Good luck finding parts for the M151. The military phased them out in the early '90's (I drove one once in 1993 in Okinawa, Japan as a Lance Corporal in the Marine Corps.) The civilian/non military government crowd never got a version, and they were made by AM General with a lot of custom parts, read not to many swappable parts of other stuff.
I've seen a few on the road, but not many, so parts are available somewhere, but who knows at what cost.
 
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