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How good are Hummers off road?
« on: March 11, 2012, 08:27:06 AM »
Are Hummers any good off road?
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Re: How good are Hummers off road?
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2012, 08:47:32 AM »
Too wide for VIC tracks unless you like pin stripes.

I hear they're go ok on the Chapel St Track over the tram lines :)
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Re: How good are Hummers off road?
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2012, 09:57:09 AM »
H2 as D4 says, way too wide for normal 4wd use as they are really an army platform. 

H3 (the small one sold here a while ago) are as capable as Prado and Pajero with better approach and departure angles.

Like all IFS vehicles traction control makes them far more capable than they used to be.  I imagine they would compete well against the FJ cruiser now.
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Re: How good are Hummers off road?
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2012, 10:12:51 AM »
Is this true that they completely stop in the middle of a creek?
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Re: How good are Hummers off road?
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2012, 10:42:15 AM »
Hummers are designed and made wide so they follow the tracks of US Army tanks like the M1 Abrams in warzones. Rational being if they follow tank tracks / ruts, they reduce the risk of hitting landmines.
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Re: How good are Hummers off road?
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2012, 01:31:12 PM »
Not quiet as good as Nissan's, but heaps better then TOYotas.....hahahah  >:D
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Re: How good are Hummers off road?
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2012, 03:05:15 PM »
But witha 50cal mini gun  on the roof  nobody cares where you go  >:D
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Re: How good are Hummers off road?
« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2012, 12:46:30 PM »
Quote from: Toyota landys rock on March 11, 2012, 10:12:51 AM
Is this true that they completely stop in the middle of a creek?
Yes, sadly.

Look at any photo of a creek from the US, and there's at least one Hummer stopped in the dead centre of it. No one knows why.

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Re: How good are Hummers off road?
« Reply #8 on: March 12, 2012, 02:41:35 PM »
No river here!!
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Re: How good are Hummers off road?
« Reply #9 on: March 12, 2012, 03:03:35 PM »
Quote from: Mace on March 12, 2012, 02:41:35 PM
No river here!!
River.?   oh yeah, theres a Hummer there to.! ;D
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Re: How good are Hummers off road?
« Reply #10 on: March 12, 2012, 03:08:15 PM »
Definately not as good as your Mums landcruiser are they Ethan?

Folks this is a 10 year old kid that goes to school with my young bloke, go easy on him. 
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Re: How good are Hummers off road?
« Reply #11 on: March 12, 2012, 03:20:18 PM »
oh nice one.!!!.. now ya tell me,,,lol foot in mouth again. ;D
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Re: How good are Hummers off road?
« Reply #12 on: March 12, 2012, 03:23:41 PM »
Hummers are too wide and impractical, it would be an absolute mongrel with inner city underground parking.

Give me a decent tried and tested Toyota or Nissan anyway.

I would probably need a second mortgage just to cover the fuel bill.

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Re: How good are Hummers off road?
« Reply #13 on: March 12, 2012, 03:48:24 PM »
not bad. 4th overall in the 2011 Gascoyne Dash - won the class by a mile
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Re: How good are Hummers off road?
« Reply #14 on: March 12, 2012, 05:38:47 PM »
hummers suck ;D
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How good are Hummers off road?
« Reply #15 on: March 12, 2012, 06:21:15 PM »
PMSL. Probably says as much about the owners/drivers as the vehicle.
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Re: How good are Hummers off road?
« Reply #16 on: March 12, 2012, 06:24:42 PM »
Say no more. ;D
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Re: How good are Hummers off road?
« Reply #17 on: March 12, 2012, 06:56:50 PM »
Quote from: duggie on March 12, 2012, 06:24:42 PM
Say no more. ;D


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Re: How good are Hummers off road?
« Reply #18 on: March 12, 2012, 08:09:26 PM »
id have a H1 and id love it.
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Re: How good are Hummers off road?
« Reply #19 on: March 13, 2012, 09:16:32 AM »
Quote from: Laith on March 12, 2012, 08:09:26 PM
id have a H1 and id love it.

Don't tell anyone, but so would I. Despite getting such a bad rap, any of the Hummer models are actually brilliant offroad.

I'd take mine as a H3T please:

http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/50764-Expo-prepped-Hummer-H3T

http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/52865-Overland-H3T

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Re: How good are Hummers off road?
« Reply #20 on: March 13, 2012, 06:20:01 PM »
I almost bought the last one in Hobart - mid life crisis orange - then the tadpole found the egg for the fourth time - doh!
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Re: How good are Hummers off road?
« Reply #21 on: March 13, 2012, 09:09:55 PM »
Quote from: dazzler on March 13, 2012, 06:20:01 PM
I almost bought the last one in Hobart - mid life crisis orange - then the tadpole found the egg for the fourth time - doh!

You know you can get that problem fixed now.
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