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Re: Bored and Lazy [tired_old_dave]
by tired_old_dave
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Mar 05, 2007 (6:53 pm)
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Replying to: tired_old_dave (Mar 02, 2007 6:58 pm)
Guess I will talk to myself to keep this topic at the top of the Hummer list. Checked the google hits again and the links to a vcs is not for low rpm not for an automatic etc. But is is simple and cheap but doesn't have a self contained sc fluid resevoir (uses recirc motor oil-more problems?)-----musings Maybe b-h's h-3 gets handed down and she gets an '08 with more power no two speed transfer case and higher gearing 4.10/3.73 who knows...
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- #1168 of 1246
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Re: Bored and Lazy [tired_old_dave]
by tidester HOST
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Mar 05, 2007 (9:54 pm)
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Replying to: tired_old_dave (Mar 05, 2007 6:53 pm)
Guess I will talk to myself ...
I am predicting extech2 will be back Tuesday! 
tidester, host
SUVs and Smart Shopper
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- #1169 of 1246
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Ramblings
by tired_old_dave
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Mar 08, 2007 (8:15 am)
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Did "yingxiong" ever get an H3? It seems there is excitement about the Euro Cad diesel on another hummer forum-already can tear it apart just from the pictures w/out it sitting/crammed in the engine bay. Let the other guy in America buy a new Euro turbo diesel. Keep it there general.
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- #1170 of 1246
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Re: Ramblings [tired_old_dave]
by yingxiong
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Mar 08, 2007 (8:30 am)
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Replying to: tired_old_dave (Mar 08, 2007 8:15 am)
Sure did! I ordered a Slate Blue H3 with production date after 3/1 to get the new placement for the window controls and the child safety locks. As it turned out, they had one in the same color being built with a sunroof that's arriving next week, so I took that one. I just learned this morning that sunroofs are FREE this month, so that's a bonus!
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- #1171 of 1246
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Re: Ramblings [yingxiong]
by tired_old_dave
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Mar 08, 2007 (8:51 am)
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Replying to: yingxiong (Mar 08, 2007 8:30 am)
Congratulations!
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- #1172 of 1246
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Window controls worth the wait?
by ffo4kooch
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Mar 08, 2007 (3:41 pm)
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Was going to make the purchase on an H3 soon, but noted the discussion on relocating window controls. Do you think the "mid-year" changes are worth waiting for? Also, are dealers out there moving at all from the MSRP or just giving the rebates? Edmonds shows the TMV at about $1200 under MSRP. Any help would be appreciated.
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- #1173 of 1246
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Re: Bored and Lazy [tidester]
by extech2
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Mar 09, 2007 (5:32 pm)
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Replying to: tidester (Mar 05, 2007 9:54 pm)
You bet. We (I drove) drove an H3 automatic yesterday. The lack of quickness didn't bother me at all. I've driven hundreds of cars, starting in my twenties when I worked in Germany for a car dealer and up to the point when I quit as a Honda tech in the year 2000. Nothing impressed me like the H3 before, the incredible solidity of the truck is amazing. Our salesman wasn't really interested in showing us anything, he probably thought we couldn't afford it. My wife is very intimidated by its size and she wouldn't believe me when I said the H3 is 2 inches shorter than her Honda Accord. I plan to rent an H3 for a day or two, and maybe she will be willing to drive it then. I love the thing, and I'm thinking buying one just as a hobby car, keep it for the weekends, therefore gas mileage and other issues like reliability won't matter.
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- #1174 of 1246
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Re: Bored and Lazy [extech2]
by mac24
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Mar 09, 2007 (6:56 pm)
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Replying to: extech2 (Mar 09, 2007 5:32 pm)
.....and other issues like reliability won't matter.
I think that probably makes you unique among potential buyers. 
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- #1175 of 1246
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Re: Bored and Lazy [extech2]
by tired_old_dave
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Mar 09, 2007 (7:05 pm)
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Replying to: extech2 (Mar 09, 2007 5:32 pm)
Good report. Yes, feels more solid than any half ton or less. You're right someone always has more power and some don't know how to use what they have. Some are go fast straight ahead only. We've had to brake going uphill on a curving ramp in econo boxes because some bimmer driver or such couldn't use what they had.
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Re: Bored and Lazy [extech2]
by tired_old_dave
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Mar 09, 2007 (7:24 pm)
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Replying to: extech2 (Mar 09, 2007 5:32 pm)
"Our salesman wasn't really interested in showing us anything, he probably thought we couldn't afford it."
Will you be a be back for this salesman? Did he look like a newbie? Was he having a bad day? He should have never given you that impression, no matter what. Sold chevies and hondas during one year, twenty years ago. Never bought a honda, test drove wagons and the minvan's first year but traded our only ever chevy (until the '04 malibu) for a previa. Maybe he/she will read this.
In blue jeans, when we were first married, looked at volvo's and mercedes' in dallas and we were treated with respect.
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