Hi all,
Check this link out; it is the same story text posted before along
with a slide show. The pictures don't show the Hummer though (that I saw).
The only SUV in the pics is a Grand Cherokee (Ken laughs nervously), but it
isn't green.
I drive a Grand Cherokee for several reasons. I actually use the
4x4, and the back is packed with tools, spare parts, extra clothes, and
dipnets. If a third person goes with us for lunch, they have to hold
something in their lap! I did specifically look for the 6 cylinder, for the
mileage as well as the reliability and simplicity. I got a good deal on it
from a dealer "back home" as well. Of course, to me it isn't that big -- if
I was lucky enough to be able to live on the family farm I would be driving
an F-150. I'm simply on the road too much for that.
The point is that people just need to evaluate their needs and get
what suits them best. I think most other people understand that. Nobody
expects the UPS man to drive a Civic.
But I do tend to think about an H1 when somebody says "Hummer," and
it seems harder to prove that you "need" an H1 if you don't have a big
business, a ranch or maybe a militia. I think the H3 is pretty sweet -- I'm
sure it will do well for them.
Now I am really curious to see the vehicle in this incident. Was it
really an H1 or is the word "Hummer" being used purposefully to charge the
article? "Hummer" implies a certain socio-economic status; therefore it
provokes ire because "they should have known better." Had some goobers
dragged a croc around with a Pinto, people would still be irate, but the
perps would be dismissed as "a bunch of stupid hicks." This is of course
stereotypical, since the median value of a vehicle where I am from is
probably about 3500 dollars, but most folks I know wouldn't torture a
crocodile to death. They might shoot one ("Jimmy, that ain't no snappin'
turtle!") but they wouldn't torture it.
Ken Logsdon
Somewhere between Frankfort and Cub Run, KY
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From: owner-nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org [owner-nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org] On Behalf Of
Jerry Baker
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 7:52 PM
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deanmarkley-in-comcast.net wrote:
> Gentlemen.....you say "HUMMER" like it is a bad word! I hate to break it
to you but I am the owner of a new HUMMER H3 since last July. And I
absolutely love it! It lets me get back into places where I've never
dreamed of fishing. And for what its worth, I am NOT rich. I am NOT
powerful (well not like a corporate president anyhow). And I DO NOT drive
it 2 blocks to work everyday. I drive it 13 miles to work everyday.
An H3 is about the size of any other SUV. I'm sure people are referring
to H1's and H2's somewhat when the generalize about Hummers.
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