Hummer advice

[Deja Q]

I see lots of these damn things on the roads. What can we do to get them off the roads? Apart from raising gas prices?

Sorry, not that type of hummer. O8)

[galadrium]

1. Pass laws that take away the tax writeoffs for buying one

That would be a good start

[tridim]

9. Yep, gas-guzzler tax for Hummers and other big SUV's

and tax writeoffs for economy cars. It's so freaking simple. If this weren't the fascist states of America it'd be federal law.

[Catfight]

2. Let's make sure all Hummer owners have their oil changed, tires

inflated to the proper point, and tune-ups to get the maximum fuel efficiency! LOL

[AndyTiedye]

3. The Gas Prices Will Be Enough

Yeah, the people who own those things can afford it, but they're cheap.
I still see Hummers around here, but they're all sitting in driveways rusting.

Has anybody tried an electric conversion on one of those?
It would hold a bunch of batteries.
There'll probably be a bunch of slightly-used Hummers
for sale cheap in a year or two.

[physioex]

6. I agree....

Isn't it funny, they have money to buy the vechicle. Yet they won't spend the money to fuel it up..

[phantom power]

10. Just passed one in a parking lot, with a "for sale" sign on it

Looked brand new, too.

[Nikia]

15. I heard a radio ad advertising affordable leases

They were leasing hummers for $650 per month which isn't cheap but isn't really too far out of range for a middle class person who would want one. If they are just barely affording that payment though, they will have difficulty taking their vehichle very far and might want to consider a different family vehichle.

[Mika]

4. I was nearly killed by a Hummer last week

It took out my 2001 Altima like it was a tin can.

I'm lucky to be alive.


They should be banned from the road, mainly because they are too wide for the street, not to mention the MPG.

[name not needed]

8. Hummers were designed to fit in a European train tunnel,

not a city street.

[AlCzervik]

5. I think Hummer's will go the way of Deloreons

First there fuel hogs and second i think the owners of them will get tired of being mocked. The new H2 is basically a chevy tahoe with different body parts on it, i don't know if most h2 owners even know that.

[Mr. Blonde]

11. Not to mention

they guzzle gas for not a lot of power. They weigh far too much. Damn full length skid plate.

[Dogmudgeon]

7. You have to feed them sugar water

They'll cluster around the feeder and dive-bomb it.

--bkl

[slackmaster]

12. Don't buy one

n/t

[Gothic Sponge]

13. You have to have some real inadequacy issues to own a Hummer.

Maybe if they went to get some therapy there would be less Hummers.

[Sporadicus]

14. I Predict a Rash of Hummer Self-Destructions Soon

Unlike its military counterpart, the Hummer rests on the same frame as a Chevy Tahoe. Considering that the Tahoe weighs 5,050 lbs. while the Hummer weighs 8,500 lbs., the frame won't hold up for very long. Imagine the surprise awaiting these weekend 'dirt devils' who take their Hummers out mudding! :evilgrin:

http://www.fuh2.com/

A good anti-Hummer site

[Deja Q]

16. Hah!

I'd almost cry...

[AndyTiedye]

19. and I thought you meant (very-well-insured) Hummers self-immolating

We'll probably see a lot of that too.
Hopefully some of the guilty parties will get caught and go to prison.
Car insurance is expensive enough already.

[DrWeird]

17. RPGs.

They work pretty well, apparently.

[AndyTiedye]

20. Their Factory Was Too Busy Making H2s for the Fat Cats...

...to make very much armor for the real military HMVs. Too bad for our troops.

[phantom power]

18. require a special license to drive any vehicle that big

Any vehicle over 6000lb (or whatever threshold) should require an upgraded driver's license.