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I believe that this entire article was written from a slant. It seems as if the authors went into this with the full intention of degrading the Hummer, or less specifically, high-consumption autos,while putting hybrids on a pedestal. From the beginning, they staged the need for a backer while parking. I think that as an automotive review editor, one should be able to park and maneuver any consumer vehicle. I don't think that individuals would go to the extent to moon or flip off a driver if they hadn't cut off several vehicles and a biker. At the Toyota dealership, the salesman took this as a golden opportunity to sell his product, stating that most people are "upside down" on these vehicles - I went to the extent of finding a 2007 H2's new and used values which were 54,000 and 27,000, respectively. I did an amortization table that shows that the owner of a well-maintained vehicle would be $1000 "right-side up". The salesman stated that you would need to give him $25,000 dollars to trade into and then still pay for a $21,000 vehicle, and wait for it? Yeah, right. To conclude, if you compare th H2 supporter's statement to the strong opponent's statement, the gentleman basically says "Yeah, I like them. I don't believe all of the hype. I'll buy one." Deirdre goes to the extent to insult the driver's manhood, call them CRAZY!, and to say that she could not be paid to posess one - tell me you wouldn't take a free 55k vehicle. Essentially, she goes over the top to decry the H2, and they give her more time than anybody else.

I don't think it's the Hummer they hate. The crappy driving skills and over weight hosts. Tara and Dave are grossly over weight. Fat disgusts people. The results would be completely different with beautiful people.

does anyone know the name of song at the beginning of part 1???

obviously, the hummer is a symbol of waste and excess. People hate it because gas is scare, and we are all trying to conserve this natural resource, and then someone comes along wasting it needlessly

does anyone know the name of song at the beginning of part 1???

This has to be the stupidest thing that i have herd you wasted more energy doing this stupied report. the only people that think it has lost it status is the GLOBAL WARMING IDIOTS. I would rather have my family in the HUMMER than that Prius when in a wreck Iam going to buy one just to burn the gas that cars like the Prius saves. hahahhahhah I BET I CAN BURN MORE THAN YOU CAN SAVE HAHAHAHAHHA

It's almost funny to me to read some of the comments on this topic. First off, the H2 isn't any larger than a Tahoe/Yukon. There are a lot more cars out there doing more damage to the environment than a HUMMER could ever do. Those that bought one of those Hybrid cars that are "saving the environment" do some research on where the parts come from on that car of yours and what are the plans for getting rid of them?

It's almost funny to me to read some of the comments on this topic. First off, the H2 isn't any larger than a Tahoe/Yukon. There are a lot more cars out there doing more damage to the environment than a HUMMER could ever do. Those that bought one of those Hybrid cars that are "saving the environment" do some research on where the parts come from on that car of yours and what are the plans for getting rid of them?

C'mon, aren't Hummer owners already humilated enough by driving around in their hate-inducing, bank account terminating behemoths? It's like we want them to be responsible for their selfish and harmful purchases or something....

Hummers had street cred? Really? To me, they were just a sign that the owner would have been better off spending his money on Viagra, or those penis-enlargement scams.

As for romping around in the mountains with one, I could do that a perfectly well in my old '80 Subaru. Always carried a towchain, too, so I could pull ignorant-flatlander-driven SUVs out of snowbanks :-)

Newsweek...why are you wasting space on this one sided dribble. The writers hate Hummers. Wow. Who knew. And if Tara is really an expert, then the bar is awfully low for the "expert driver category". People really shouldn't be allowed to drive a vehicle they can't handle. Just common sense. (how do you block 2 lanes of traffic parking???? ) I've had my H2 in California for 2 years without one single incident. How could this be with so many haters in the world?? Lets stop the stupid people from writing anymore "iq lowering" stories. Please.

Newsweek...come on. Don't we have more important thing to write about these days. And, please hire some decent writers. Patrick....find new friends and man up. Tara, go back to driving school. Mary, find better writers to partner with. Just another stupid, ill conceived and executed story about nothing. Nice work.

Damn you traderdave, damn you, you know how angry you make me and everyone. I get your having fun pissing of the commenters but what's the point in making everybody hate you.

???Parallel-parking the beast caused a commotion: David had to hop out to direct Tara, an expert driver who wound up cutting off a biker, blocking two lanes of traffic and rear-ending a bush before pulling into the space. The disgusted diners had had enough. Three flipped us off, and one even dropped trou and mooned our Hummer.???

An expert driver? If that is the case, then this was an obvious attempt to cause a commotion. She deserved to be given the finger, and if it???s true, the mooning was likely deserved as well.

Few HUMMER drivers have ever experienced this type of reaction. There is the occasional report of being flipped the bird by some pore sap in an econobox. This however is far less common than the sight of a kid peering out the back window of a small sedan smiling at the HUMMER in the next lane.

Please let Mr. Sanders know that I would be happy to take his H2 off his hands. The dropping value of the H2 is a windfall for enthusiasts as the posers do anything they can to get out of them in an attempt to continue keeping up with the Joneses who are now driving scooters and Prius. In a few years there values will tank too.

???If there are no takers, GM says it will make Hummers smaller and easier on gas???that is, after it rolls out a Hummer pickup this fall that's even bigger and no more fuel-efficient.???

This is a very misleading statement as the H3T (the new pickup) is only bigger than the H2 in length. It is narrower, shorter, and lighter than the H2 and it???s fuel economy should be very close to the H3 SUV which typically gets close to 17 MPG.

Why do people hate Hummer?

Jealousy? Just look at all the comments from people that think Hummer drivers are trying to impress someone else. Truth is, for many of us, we are only trying to impress the Jeep drivers out on the trail.

Ignorance? Hummers are hated for being gas hogs. If you look at http://www.fueleconomy.gov/ you???ll see that the H3 falls right in the middle of the mid sized SUVs for mileage, but they take the majority of the heat.

Because it is perpetuated by the media?

Who knows? It???s no more healthy or productive to hate Hummer or the people that drive them than it is to hate Starbucks and the people that spend $4 on a cup of coffee.

I love my Hummer. Oh, guess what? I'm one of those speculators in oil that you accuse of running up the price. I guess I'll really be hated here. To the morons who don't know anything about the commodities markets, you needn't comment on a subject that is beyond either your knowledge or your preconceived political motivations. Speculators in commodities provide the liquidity to ensure a steady rise or fall in the price of the underlying, rather than huge spikes in the price. Otherwise the market price could easily be manipulated by Big Oil. The rules we have are mostly fine, they just need to be enforced. Isn't it interesting how the price of crude is now falling. People are cutting back on consumption and the price is adjusting accordingly. Oh yeah, to top it off, I live in the hated city of Dallas, I'm a capitalist, not a socialist and as much as you'd like to believe that I drive my Hummer as a status symbol, you're way off. My Hummer is comfortable and a great vehicle for getting around on the ranch....the ranch I bought with my earnings as an oil trader. :)

I love my Hummer. Oh, guess what? I'm one of those speculators in oil that you accuse of running up the price. I guess I'll really be hated here. To the morons who don't know anything about the commodities markets, you needn't comment on a subject that is beyond either your intellect or your preconceived political motivations. Traders in commodities provide the liquidity to ensure a steady rise in price of the underlying. Otherwise the market price could easily be manipulated by Big Oil. Oh yeah, to top it off, I live in the hated city of Dallas, I'm a capitalist, not a socialist and as much as you'd like to believe that I drive my Hummer as a status symbol, you're way off. My Hummer is comfortable and a great vehicle for getting around on the ranch....the ranch I bought with my earnings as an oil trader. :)