Good News

Look!

It's a big-ass pile of Hummers that nobody wants to buy.

He heard a rumor that his local Hummer dealer was in a panic. With year-to-year sales down about 50%, his lot was being overrun with inventory. This was scaring away customers, so he found a nearby industrial park where he could store the oversized vehicles. Thus was born the great photo metaphor of the state of 21st century America: As Tim puts it, "Overweight, Overpriced, Inefficient, and Unloved".

Perhaps web sites like this one — where photos of people giving Hummers the finger are submitted — is having an effect. 10 MPG? Jeebus.

Ironically, if you buy an original, diesel, military-use H1 Hummer for weekend off-road insanity, I'll think you're pretty cool. But if you buy a street-only H2 Hummer to drive to the store, you're just a putz.

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UPDATE

I suppose I should explain my "H1 good, H2 bad" position.

An H1 Hummer is a toy... a recreational vehicle designed for off road use. The reason it gets poor gas mileage is because it was designed for nature's worst terrain. Using it for its' designed purpose (tearing up wetlands, pastures, and wildlife reserves with massive tractor tires) is fine. However, an H2 Hummer is marketed (and used) primarily (or solely) as a street vehicle... and yet it still is based on an inefficient-for-the-street, off-road design.

If you use your H1 Hummer to drive the kids to school, you are as much of a dick as an H2 owner, and if you use your H2 only on the weekends to chase down Bambi in mud-spewing glee, then you are as cool as an H1 owner.

Okay?