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Posted: Feb 25 2010 11:55 am

Looks like GM is scrapping the Hummer after sale to a Chinese company failed
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/business/25hummer.html?hp

Good, I'm all for the military Hummer, but no vehicle is more ridiculous and pointlessly opulent than the civilian models. Except maybe the Escalade.

Posted: Feb 25 2010 11:57 am

whew, i thought you meant no more hummers as in oral.

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good riddance.

Posted: Feb 25 2010 12:52 pm

The H1 was the only real Hummer. The H2 and H3 were plastic crap.

Joined: May 22 2008 Location: Goshen, VA Posts: 6544

Hummers are dumb as hell. I don't know any likable people who drive one, either.

Posted: Feb 25 2010 01:33 pm

Yep, good riddance. Such a ridiculous car and not because of its size, just because everything about it driving on civilian roads is silly. I'll never forget occasionally seeing 5'3" blond women driving massive bright green Hummers around my town. If I were in the military, I'd have been pissed but instead, I just laughed.

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joshwoodzy wrote:

I don't know any likable people who drive one, either.

Exactly! They're stuck up, shitty drivers who think they own the damn road. The same goes with Escalades and other SUV's.

Posted: Feb 25 2010 01:55 pm

Can I still get a hooker to give me a hummer?

Anyways, like woodzy said, I really can't think of any owner who isn't a frat boy still in college that enjoys getting shitfaced while "mudding"

Posted: Feb 25 2010 02:34 pm

Knyte wrote:

The H1 was the only real Hummer. The H2 and H3 were plastic crap.

i second this thought

Posted: Feb 25 2010 02:35 pm

Haaaaaaaaaaallelujah!

Posted: Feb 25 2010 02:42 pm

I recall this bit from a Simpson's episode, where Bart was riding in McBain's Hummer.

Bart asks about the gas mileage, and McBain replies "1 highway, 0 city."

Joined: Nov 11 2009 Location: Cajun Country Posts: 1511

Haha, well the gas mileage is pretty damn close to that.

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Ice2SeeYou wrote:

I recall this bit from a Simpson's episode, where Bart was riding in McBain's Hummer.

Bart asks about the gas mileage, and McBain replies "1 highway, 0 city."

I thought it was "1 km/100 L". Confused

Posted: Feb 25 2010 03:47 pm

The sad part is that we'll still see Hummers for decades to come. Probably even more for a while when they liquidate the remaining stock.

Posted: Feb 25 2010 04:27 pm

lavalarva wrote:

Ice2SeeYou wrote:

I recall this bit from a Simpson's episode, where Bart was riding in McBain's Hummer.

Bart asks about the gas mileage, and McBain replies "1 highway, 0 city."

I thought it was "1 km/100 L". Confused

Maybe that's how they translated it for Quebec.

Joined: Dec 06 2008 Location: Pearland, TX Posts: 88

You know, it is just a car. Everyone who drives one isn't an ass hole. You could say the same thing about bugattis. Pointlessly high horse power, ridiculously priced. What's the difference?

Posted: Feb 25 2010 04:52 pm

lavalarva wrote:

Ice2SeeYou wrote:

I recall this bit from a Simpson's episode, where Bart was riding in McBain's Hummer.

Bart asks about the gas mileage, and McBain replies "1 highway, 0 city."

I thought it was "1 km/100 L". Confused

maybe in the french translation

Posted: Feb 25 2010 04:54 pm

This is the greatest news I've heard since Mega Man 10. What a wonderful day this will be. ^_^

Posted: Feb 25 2010 05:16 pm

Arnold is likeable, and he was the first civilian to own one. He should be the only civilian allowed to own one.

Joined: May 22 2008 Location: Goshen, VA Posts: 6544

His should run on the blood of mortals, the bones of thieves, and the sinew of fornicators. Just sayin'.

Posted: Feb 25 2010 05:31 pm

Syd Lexia wrote:

Arnold is likeable, and he was the first civilian to own one. He should be the only civilian allowed to own one.

Arnold had one before they were widely commercially available. Before it was cool, so to speak. So he is exempt from the labels we apply to the other mortals who bought them.

Posted: Feb 25 2010 05:33 pm

joshwoodzy wrote:

His should run on the blood of mortals, the bones of thieves, and the sinew of fornicators. Just sayin'.

His is a hybrid that runs on crushed enemies and the lamentations of their women.

Posted: Feb 25 2010 09:28 pm

I'm glad they dropped this brand. There is really no point to these cars. Whenever I see somebody driving one of these it reminds me of the Maibatsu Monstrosity commercials on the radio in GTA 3:

"I'm a marketing manager who lives in the suburbs and commutes to work on the highway. I live alone, so of course I needed a car that can seat 12 and is equipped to drive across arctic tundra...it just makes me feel better!"

"Phil and I just had another kid. So of course we need a bigger SUV. Being a mom is hard, with soccer, football and lacrosse practice, so we bought the new Maibatsu Monstrosity. It's so big...we lost little Joey in the back and couldn't find him for an hour! When I'm rushing to the mall, or talking on my cell phone, I know me and my family are safe. The Maibatsu Monstrosity has 4- wheel drive, and in amphibious mode...it can cross rivers. So far I've only hit a few puddles, but it's good to know it's there. With the time I save taking shortcuts through the strip-mall parking lot I can focus on the important things. Like gazing longingly at the pool boy or...buying more exercise equipment off the TV. So what if it gets 3 miles to the gallon!? I'm a mom, not a conservationist!"

Posted: Feb 26 2010 12:26 am

IceWarm wrote:

I'm glad they dropped this brand. There is really no point to these cars. Whenever I see somebody driving one of these it reminds me of the Maibatsu Monstrosity commercials on the radio in GTA 3:

"I'm a marketing manager who lives in the suburbs and commutes to work on the highway. I live alone, so of course I needed a car that can seat 12 and is equipped to drive across arctic tundra...it just makes me feel better!"

"Phil and I just had another kid. So of course we need a bigger SUV. Being a mom is hard, with soccer, football and lacrosse practice, so we bought the new Maibatsu Monstrosity. It's so big...we lost little Joey in the back and couldn't find him for and hour! When I'm rushing to the mall, or talking on my cell phone, I know me and my family are safe. The Maibatsu Monstrosity has 4- wheel drive, and in amphibious mode...it can cross rivers. So far I've only hit a few puddles, but it's good to know it's there. With the time I save taking shortcuts through the strip-mall parking lot I can focus on the important things. Like gazing longingly at the pool boy or...buying more exercise equipment off the TV. So what if it gets 3 miles to the gallon!? I'm a mom, not a conservationist!"

The commercial parodies of GTA3 were outstanding.
Remember the gameboy parody? ABSORBIO!

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A few things:

1)They blind everybody on the road with those damned headlights.

2)You know how obnoxious middle-aged people catch on to something really late, and when they use it, they aren't aware that there have been rules established for years involving that particular trend (so we have baby-boomers still answering their cell phones in movie theaters), so you have to go through the same annoyances all over again? This is like that, but it's been almost twenty years of people taking up multiple parking spaces and blind lane merging.

3)They're a symbol of stupidity. Some person looks at one of those things with their awful fuel economy, terrible FoV, and almost homicidal crash safety, and all they think to themselves is "I have to get that because everyone will be jealous."

4)What's funny is that I rarely see soccer moms actually drive these things. Around here (especially near the PSU campus), it's mostly just teenage girls and creepy old rich guys that you know whack off to Sarah Palin every night (not to her looks, but just the idea of her).[/i]