Do you actually know someone who drives a Hummer?

[Anonymous]

My parents' good friends and neighbors have one. They don't seem like the type either---very cosmopolitan/intellectual. They have a fairly long commute with it too. I think the wife is a bit of a fear-monger and bought it for a sense of 'security'. I can't even imagine what their gas bill is like.

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Anonymous wrote:My parents' good friends and neighbors have one. They don't seem like the type either---very cosmopolitan/intellectual. They have a fairly long commute with it too. I think the wife is a bit of a fear-monger and bought it for a sense of 'security'. I can't even imagine what their gas bill is like.

I would wager it's "like whoa."

[Anonymous]

OP, it's a bit like the little old lady who gets bilked out of money purchasing Florida swamp land. I've known three people who've bought Hummers, and to a man, they're credulous easily-taken-advantage types.

What I find most amusing is the way the brand kept shrinking: first the H1, then the mass market H2 which had no real utility, and was smaller inside than a Chevy Blazer, culminating in the H3, which was practically a RAV-4. You half expected them to roll out the H4, which would be a fiberglass Hummer body over a go-kart.

"Lookit you go, stud muffin! Who's ready to take on the world? Don't forget your mittens!"

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Anonymous wrote:OP, it's a bit like the little old lady who gets bilked out of money purchasing Florida swamp land. I've known three people who've bought Hummers, and to a man, they're credulous easily-taken-advantage types.

What I find most amusing is the way the brand kept shrinking: first the H1, then the mass market H2 which had no real utility, and was smaller inside than a Chevy Blazer, culminating in the H3, which was practically a RAV-4. You half expected them to roll out the H4, which would be a fiberglass Hummer body over a go-kart.

"Lookit you go, stud muffin! Who's ready to take on the world? Don't forget your mittens!"

Don't forget the H5, which is a skateboard covered with a knitted cozy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, and I can't for the life of me figure out why someone who lives in the exurbs, far away from things, would want to drive a giant car that gets really low gas mileage. Seems foolish. She's very Republican and I suspect it's kind of an f-you to environmental types who worry about things like global warming.
I also used to work with a guy who drove one. I'm pretty sure in his case it was a small p*nis car. I couldn't stand him anyway and the hummer was the final argument in my (mental) case against him.

Of course! No Republican cares about the environment

[Anonymous]

One of the parents at my daughter daycare drives an H2. Everytime I see it, I just shake my head.

My idiot BIL went out and bought an H3 when he and his baby momma found out they were having oops baby #2. They have since had to move back in with my in-laws and are on food stamps and medicaid. CLEARLY not brain surgeons. We heard last week that they finally might be able to sell it after wasting almost $500/month in car payments and god knows how much money in filling the darn thing with gas. We make 4X what they do and we would NEVER have a $500/month car payment! My favorite part was when my BIL was going on and on about the video system and how great it was after we had talking about the portable DVD player we had brought on the plane with us. I wanted to smack him and just tell him what an effing moron he was. Actually, if it were me, I would have made them live in the car with their 2 kids. Deal with the consequences of your bad decisions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The only person I know who drives one is a corrupt contractor who employs illegal aliens.

I might know this guy. Does he live in D.C.?

[Anonymous]

A very good friend drives one, and she is so nice and generous. I was surprised that she had one. I know several people who have gotten rid of theirs.

[Anonymous]

I think they appeal to the intellectually challenged.

[Anonymous]

I know an empty-nest couple who just built themselves a 6,000+ sq. ft. home. Isn't it like, the same thing? (btw, they're republicans)

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, and I can't for the life of me figure out why someone who lives in the exurbs, far away from things, would want to drive a giant car that gets really low gas mileage. Seems foolish. She's very Republican and I suspect it's kind of an f-you to environmental types who worry about things like global warming.
I also used to work with a guy who drove one. I'm pretty sure in his case it was a small p*nis car. I couldn't stand him anyway and the hummer was the final argument in my (mental) case against him.

This is of course classic American "conservative" behavior: doesn't matter how ridiculous, self-defeating, or counter-productive your behavior is, if there's a chance it might anger some imaginary straw-man liberal somewhere, you have to do it. Hey freedom-loving uber-patriots! You know what Jane Fonda *really* hates? Real, God-loving Americans who walk around wearing jewel-encrusted platinum cod-pieces! Man, nothing would piss Jane Fonda and Michael Moore off like you going out and buying a 3' cod-piece and strutting around the 'burbs with that jutting out of your pants! Let's show them!

[Anonymous]

what kind of car can you buy for less than $500/month?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:what kind of car can you buy for less than $500/month?

plenty of them if you're doing the standard 5-year loan and spend under $30K. Our 2 cars in the $20K range only ran us $320/month.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, and I can't for the life of me figure out why someone who lives in the exurbs, far away from things, would want to drive a giant car that gets really low gas mileage. Seems foolish. She's very Republican and I suspect it's kind of an f-you to environmental types who worry about things like global warming.
I also used to work with a guy who drove one. I'm pretty sure in his case it was a small p*nis car. I couldn't stand him anyway and the hummer was the final argument in my (mental) case against him.

This is of course classic American "conservative" behavior: doesn't matter how ridiculous, self-defeating, or counter-productive your behavior is, if there's a chance it might anger some imaginary straw-man liberal somewhere, you have to do it. Hey freedom-loving uber-patriots! You know what Jane Fonda *really* hates? Real, God-loving Americans who walk around wearing jewel-encrusted platinum cod-pieces! Man, nothing would piss Jane Fonda and Michael Moore off like you going out and buying a 3' cod-piece and strutting around the 'burbs with that jutting out of your pants! Let's show them!

Oh, for fuck's sake. You mean to tell me that if I was a Republican I wouldn't have to compost, recycle, drive a fuel efficeint car, I could have as many blood diamonds as I want, and get to piss off Jane Fonda and Micheal Moore! Sign me up!

[Anonymous]

We had neighbors that had one in Glover Park. They were older people, and it seemed bizarre, because I honestly wondered how they managed to climb in and out. They also had bullet hole decals on it. In the end I assumed they were being ironic.