Comments on: Who buys a Hummer these days? http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/2009/08/13/who-buys-a-hummer-these-days/ Political commentary from Pulitzer Prize winner Cynthia Tucker of The AJC Sat, 23 Jul 2011 19:30:05 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Marty http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/2009/08/13/who-buys-a-hummer-these-days/comment-page-1/#comment-1029 Marty Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:04:11 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/?p=136#comment-1029 We did not sell (1) Hummer during the program are guidelines were that strict. Don't believe everything you read. We did not sell (1) Hummer during the program are guidelines were that strict. Don’t believe everything you read.

]]> By: MikeB http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/2009/08/13/who-buys-a-hummer-these-days/comment-page-1/#comment-718 MikeB Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:03:52 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/?p=136#comment-718 What happens when a % of the cash for clunkers participants can't make their new car notes/insurance/taxes/fuel bills? Are we going to have a melt down like what we had in the real estate market? Just another program to motivate Joe avg. citizen to go into debt. What happens when a % of the cash for clunkers participants can’t make their new car notes/insurance/taxes/fuel bills?

Are we going to have a melt down like what we had in the real estate market? Just another program to motivate Joe avg. citizen to go into debt.

]]> By: Marc http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/2009/08/13/who-buys-a-hummer-these-days/comment-page-1/#comment-533 Marc Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:34:44 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/?p=136#comment-533 And to Concerned consumer who said: "I have never understood who EVER buys a Hummer? Big car, Little …….is what I think" Ask my partner about that one, I am quite sure she would disagree with you!! By the way, I own 16 vehicles, worked hard to get ever one of them. I commonly drive a almost 20 year old collector Buick Reatta that gets an average of 30+ mpg. I use the Hummer when we all go somewhere. At 15mpg hauling 4 people I am using less resources to move four people than the guy driving by himself getting 25mpg. And I can haul pretty much anything within reason behind me. I doubt your "clean diesel Jetta, great gas mileage and peppy" vehicle will pull much more than its shadow without that peppy mileage going out the window! And to Concerned consumer who said:
“I have never understood who EVER buys a Hummer? Big car, Little …….is what I think” Ask my partner about that one, I am quite sure she would disagree with you!! By the way, I own 16 vehicles, worked hard to get ever one of them. I commonly drive a almost 20 year old collector Buick Reatta that gets an average of 30+ mpg. I use the Hummer when we all go somewhere. At 15mpg hauling 4 people I am using less resources to move four people than the guy driving by himself getting 25mpg. And I can haul pretty much anything within reason behind me. I doubt your “clean diesel Jetta, great gas mileage and peppy” vehicle will pull much more than its shadow without that peppy mileage going out the window!

]]> By: Marc http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/2009/08/13/who-buys-a-hummer-these-days/comment-page-1/#comment-532 Marc Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:26:56 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/?p=136#comment-532 I have a 2005 hummer H2 SUT, a 1997 Chevrolet Silverado 1/2 ton regular cab shortbox 4x4, a 1998 Chevrolet Tahoe 2dr 4x4 & a 1991 Buick Reatta. The 97 Silverado gets 16-18mpg, the Tahoe 14-17, Reatta 29-31 and the Hummer after my taking all the junk off the outside and doing some modifications to the air intake and exhaust gets 14-17mpg. In other words, the Hummer gets as good gas mileage as does my other two trucks. Nobody has ever asked me what gas mileage my trucks get, but I cannot get into and back out of a gas station without someone asking about the Hummer gas mileage. When I told a Ford Excursion owner what my Hummer got for mileage he laughed and said " I only wish my Excursion got that kind of mileage, I get around 10-12mpg". I only use the Hummer when we are all going somewhere so I always have a load of four people on board. I don't feel so bad hauling four people around getting an avarage of 15mpg. Its like one person driving a vehicle by themselves and getting 60mpg!! I have a 2005 hummer H2 SUT, a 1997 Chevrolet Silverado 1/2 ton regular cab shortbox 4×4, a 1998 Chevrolet Tahoe 2dr 4×4 & a 1991 Buick Reatta. The 97 Silverado gets 16-18mpg, the Tahoe 14-17, Reatta 29-31 and the Hummer after my taking all the junk off the outside and doing some modifications to the air intake and exhaust gets 14-17mpg. In other words, the Hummer gets as good gas mileage as does my other two trucks. Nobody has ever asked me what gas mileage my trucks get, but I cannot get into and back out of a gas station without someone asking about the Hummer gas mileage. When I told a Ford Excursion owner what my Hummer got for mileage he laughed and said ” I only wish my Excursion got that kind of mileage, I get around 10-12mpg”. I only use the Hummer when we are all going somewhere so I always have a load of four people on board. I don’t feel so bad hauling four people around getting an avarage of 15mpg. Its like one person driving a vehicle by themselves and getting 60mpg!!

]]> By: Thyra http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/2009/08/13/who-buys-a-hummer-these-days/comment-page-1/#comment-478 Thyra Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:44:15 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/?p=136#comment-478 When I bought my Jetta Wagon in 2002, the salesman couldn't understand why I wanted to save a few MPG's by getting a standard transmission. I said, "We have an oil man in the White House, gas prices are going to go up." When I bought my Jetta Wagon in 2002, the salesman couldn’t understand why I wanted to save a few MPG’s by getting a standard transmission. I said, “We have an oil man in the White House, gas prices are going to go up.”

]]> By: Jeff http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/2009/08/13/who-buys-a-hummer-these-days/comment-page-1/#comment-370 Jeff Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:50:51 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/?p=136#comment-370 Yes, my wife's H3 is very consistant with getting between 19-20 mpg. Even hit 19 mpg packed full with cargo carrier on top. Safe to say, I've been pretty impressed with it towing, and in the snow. Plus if you do some cost of ownership research, you will find it gets a very low cost of ownership rating of "excellent". We saved tons of money buying the H3 when gas was $4. Again, I did research, and ignored the media hype. Yes, my wife’s H3 is very consistant with getting between 19-20 mpg. Even hit 19 mpg packed full with cargo carrier on top. Safe to say, I’ve been pretty impressed with it towing, and in the snow. Plus if you do some cost of ownership research, you will find it gets a very low cost of ownership rating of “excellent”. We saved tons of money buying the H3 when gas was $4. Again, I did research, and ignored the media hype.

]]> By: Frank Falcone http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/2009/08/13/who-buys-a-hummer-these-days/comment-page-1/#comment-357 Frank Falcone Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:06:04 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/?p=136#comment-357 1994 4runner 3.0 V6 for a 2009 Hummer H3 with the Adventure package. Hummer gets 3-5 MPG better than the Toyota and kills my beloved 'yota off road. No joke, the 'yota got solid 15 MPG pretty much all the time. I little less around town, a little more on the freeway if you kept it at 65. The darn Hummer gets 20 MPG at 65 MPH, tows more, and can tackle much harder trains. I love to wheel it. 1994 4runner 3.0 V6 for a 2009 Hummer H3 with the Adventure package. Hummer gets 3-5 MPG better than the Toyota and kills my beloved ‘yota off road.

No joke, the ‘yota got solid 15 MPG pretty much all the time. I little less around town, a little more on the freeway if you kept it at 65. The darn Hummer gets 20 MPG at 65 MPH, tows more, and can tackle much harder trains. I love to wheel it.

]]> By: Bicycles http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/2009/08/13/who-buys-a-hummer-these-days/comment-page-1/#comment-345 Bicycles Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:46:57 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/?p=136#comment-345 I think anyone using this program should trade their fuel efficient vehicle in for a bicycle and a bus pass. And I get to keep my $4,500 worth of taxes! I think anyone using this program should trade their fuel efficient vehicle in for a bicycle and a bus pass. And I get to keep my $4,500 worth of taxes!

]]> By: Russ http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/2009/08/13/who-buys-a-hummer-these-days/comment-page-1/#comment-334 Russ Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:41:34 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/?p=136#comment-334 OK, look at the long term ramifications of this program. If the clunkers that were traded in were all driveable, tagged, and insured for the last year as required that means they all passed emissions test. Tell me how long will it be before the cars that were bought under this program will begin to help reduce overall emissions and polution. The engine produce large amounts of smoke before they finally die. Then the crushers run on diesel fuel and produce lots of black smoke while doing the crushing. Then the trucks hauling the dead carcuses to the recycling location use more fuel. Then there's more fuel consumed in shipping the scrap to China or somewhere else. Then there is more energy used in manufacturing new cars that replace the clunkers, and it goes on and on. This administration that is in place never seems to think of the long term effects of the programs that they shove on the American people. To scrap thousands of perfectly good cars is just ludicris. OK, look at the long term ramifications of this program. If the clunkers that were traded in were all driveable, tagged, and insured for the last year as required that means they all passed emissions test. Tell me how long will it be before the cars that were bought under this program will begin to help reduce overall emissions and polution. The engine produce large amounts of smoke before they finally die. Then the crushers run on diesel fuel and produce lots of black smoke while doing the crushing. Then the trucks hauling the dead carcuses to the recycling location use more fuel. Then there’s more fuel consumed in shipping the scrap to China or somewhere else. Then there is more energy used in manufacturing new cars that replace the clunkers, and it goes on and on. This administration that is in place never seems to think of the long term effects of the programs that they shove on the American people. To scrap thousands of perfectly good cars is just ludicris.

]]> By: Craig Spinks /Augusta http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/2009/08/13/who-buys-a-hummer-these-days/comment-page-1/#comment-333 Craig Spinks /Augusta Fri, 14 Aug 2009 06:48:43 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/?p=136#comment-333 Did the feds reinstitute the tax credit for Hummer buyers? Did the feds reinstitute the tax credit for Hummer buyers?

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