31 July 2008

Being mean to Hummer drivers

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Pictures doing the email rounds. This Hummer was apparently parked near the police station on London Circuit.

Surely they meant to use a question mark!


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iCanberran said :

Bah, the H3 isn’t even a real Hummer. It’s built on the same platform as a Chevrolet Colorado, it’s basically a pick-up truck dressed as a Hummer and fitter with a cruddy 4 speed auto. If I wanted a big petrol guzzling AWD to get through the peak hour fast, I’d get one of these http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASLAV

Funnily enough you can buy and register an ASLAV.

A Hummer ain’t a Hummer unless it has a .50cal on the roof.

jg9399 said :

yeah, you’re right johnboy, not having fun. used to, all four-five years i visited the site, and posted a couple of times in that whole time. but not lately – it’s become a bit like what people on here say about all bar nun – it used to be a good place until everyone, including the million dollar bogans started going. ok, i was wrong about zooming in, but maybe not about the legality, i’m sure there’s something in the privacy act about publishing people’s details which does make it different for those responsible for this site from it being publicly available in the car park, but the hummer guy didn’t mind so it’s all good, but that’s all it was, a warning…. so in the interest of me still being able to have fun, i’m outta here – but i’m sure you guys won’t miss me.

We’ll miss you, Jessica.

jg9399 said :

ok, i was wrong about zooming in, but maybe not about the legality, i’m sure there’s something in the privacy act about publishing people’s details which does make it different for those responsible for this site from it being publicly available in the car park …

It’s the vibe, yeah?

yeah, you’re right johnboy, not having fun. used to, all four-five years i visited the site, and posted a couple of times in that whole time. but not lately – it’s become a bit like what people on here say about all bar nun – it used to be a good place until everyone, including the million dollar bogans started going. ok, i was wrong about zooming in, but maybe not about the legality, i’m sure there’s something in the privacy act about publishing people’s details which does make it different for those responsible for this site from it being publicly available in the car park, but the hummer guy didn’t mind so it’s all good, but that’s all it was, a warning…. so in the interest of me still being able to have fun, i’m outta here – but i’m sure you guys won’t miss me.

mdme workalot11:07 am 04 Aug 08

Love your work HummerBoy – hope you disputed the parking ticket 🙂
BTW – just want to say props to you for using a 4WD the way it’s meant to be used – glad you didn’t get the Hummer solely as a status symbol or to compensate for anything else…

c` said :

Where did you leave you car when you got the photocopy made? Unless there’s one in your ‘car'(‘car’ expressed in the nicest possible way).

Parking ticket is valid from 8:30am, I arrive around 8am. Plenty of time to stomp upstairs, wait for the copier to warm up, stomp back downstairs, stick it to the window, look at it and grin all before 8:30.

it’s only a hummer ’cause no-one ever taught it the words.

That’s true. I have never been tailgated by a hummer either! I think I am beginning to like hummer drivers very much.

: )

That is the funniest poke at authority I have seen for ages.

Now while a Hummer isn’t my cup of tea at all, I cannot recall being tailgated by one driven by some crocodile dundee wannabe through suburbia.

Something tells me that the only d*ckhead here is the bloke who left the sign in his car, as all he has done is brought attention to himself that will no doubt incur the further wrath of the brown bombers. The only reading that will get done is the additional tickets he will get (i.e. 1 minute over time, one wheel parked on a line etc etc)

Where did you leave you car when you got the photocopy made? Unless there’s one in your ‘car'(‘car’ expressed in the nicest possible way).

You would say that’s an Australianism? Please.

That is one of the best statements I have heard in a long time. People choose their car (and partner) for their own reasons. I think the same also applies to sport. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned ….. when you say her team sucks. Hummer becomes a mobile doghouse 🙂

la mente torbida2:43 pm 01 Aug 08

Australianisms: Never criticise a mans choice of partner or car….

Sorry to hear about your Paseo (not me). Yes, it really needs a reversing camera even though the reversing sensors do a pretty good job. I did say no car was perfect. Doesn’t help if the driver does make use of the sensors. Drivers are not perfect either. You get used to triple checking your mirrors before doing anything.

G-Fresh said :

Having tried an H3, I must say they aren’t anything special. They are played out too~

On the tar it is pretty much your average suburban 4WD to drive. Did they let you take it offroad during the test drive? I doubt it. Not many 4WD’s can traverse the Merricumbene Fire Trail in standard trim like I have. The review on caradvice.com.au sums up my experience pretty well. This review compared “a bog stock, straight off the showroom floor, Hummer H3 Luxury” against “heavily modified off-roaders [which] included a Holden Jackaroo, a Holden Rodeo, a Toyota Hilux, a Toyota Landcruiser SWB, a Mitsubishi Canter 4×4”. Their summary was, “the H3 is a true go-anywhere machine” and “At the end of our trip, the Hummer H3 had gone higher, farther and easier than anyone else present”

Gungahlin Al12:31 pm 01 Aug 08

PS: honest guy, paid the repairs, no arguments.

Gungahlin Al12:30 pm 01 Aug 08

A Hummer tried to reverse over the front of my little Paseo. That was interesting. Of course the driver had not a hope of seeing my car out his rear windows when my roof was lower than the bottom of the window…

Having tried an H3, I must say they aren’t anything special. They are played out too~

Good on HummberBoy for expressing frustration in an amusing fashion. I salute you.

It’s also better than the time I was observing the Magistrates Court for Uni and saw the case of a bloke who stalked and assaulted an inspector.

VYBerlinaV8_the_one_they_all_copy11:26 am 01 Aug 08

If you have never owned or driven a H3 you should not comment on its background, capability

I agree.

la mente torbida11:25 am 01 Aug 08

If it wasn’t a Hummer, this thread would have died a long time ago

Yay! I got it right!! Go on, give me another one….

: )

Devil_n_Disquiz10:38 am 01 Aug 08

From the amazing internetage.

With rhetorical questions

This gives more emphasis and can show a rhetorical question, i.e. a question which does not expect an answer but which is asked to create an impact.

Example

The punctuation mark at the end can change the meaning.

How can people behave like that?

How can people behave like that!

Well done HummerBoy. Love your work !

And here I was thinking all Hummer drivers are Girly-men

jg9399: Get real, if it’s emblazoned on the outside of your car for all to read, it’s already public information.

As the web site states, this is my “right of reply”. I am the owner of the pictured vehicle and proud of it. As Granny said, go back and check your school books as the grammar is correct.

If you have never owned or driven a H3 you should not comment on its background, capability, or my reasons for purchasing one. “Ye who has not sinned cast the first stone”. I am willing to bet that the vehicle that you drive is not 100% made by the company you purchased it from and not 100% perfect. Even the beloved Porsche that most drool over is not made up of 100% Porsche design or construction. If you don’t like my choice that is your right. I would probably have similar thoughts about your choice in vehicle but it is not for me to comment openly without trying it first.

I had a valid ticket displayed in my window, displayed as per the instructions on the signs in the car park and on the back of the actual ticket. I get upset when I get booked for doing the right thing. Maybe when Parking Operations employ people over 1.5m tall and eyesight better than a Mole Rat things will get better. Maybe they do it to give people like you and I something to complain about.

jg9399 said :

hope noone can zoom in on the rego sticker

Well, duh!!

That is you can zoom in all you like, but you can’t actually read anything – which you would know if you could be bothered to look.

hope noone calls you on your rant, you wouldn’t want to breach any facts. or don’t you care…as long as you got a cheap 2 second potshot (if you got that).

jg9399 said :

hope noone can zoom in on the rego sticker, you wouldn’t want to breach any privacy. or don’t you care…as long as it got a cheap 2 second laugh (if it got that)

You seem to only comment when getting angry that others are having fun.

I’d seek help if I were you.

VYBerlinaV8_the_one_they_all_copy said :

I’m a motoring enthusiast and Hummers are a bit of a joke, functionally speaking. If I was in the market for a large offroad vehicle I’d be buying Japanese.

I was thinking the same until a mate in Sydney gave me a ride to the airport in his brand new Jeep Rubicon yesterday. Very impressed.

AG Canberra said :

For most that was less than the cost of parking for 2 weeks but one bloke I know is going to challenge the legislation that allows them to patroll privately owned commercial carparks. He reckons that they can patroll apartment blocks etc but the legislation does not allow them to patrol private carparks.

Is this bloke suggesting that they are patrolling without the permission of the carpark owners? Many private carparks contract with the ACT Govt for patrolling services. I’d be surrised if that is not the case here.

Or is he suggesting that some legislation does not allow for this extra activity of the ACT Parking Inspectors?

hope noone can zoom in on the rego sticker, you wouldn’t want to breach any privacy. or don’t you care…as long as it got a cheap 2 second laugh (if it got that)

Actually, I believe that you can use an exclamation mark at the end of a question when it is used to express strong emotion (at least that’s what the textbook said during my unfortunate homeschooling year).

Well done that hummer driver!

; )

lionelvioletguyandslingsby10:35 pm 31 Jul 08

We are terribly torn over Hummer drivers.

They might be saying “f*ck the hairshirt hippies” or they might just think they’re rappers.

Holden Caulfield9:33 pm 31 Jul 08

VYBerlinaV8_the_one_they_all_copy said :

I’m a motoring enthusiast and Hummers are a bit of a joke, functionally speaking. If I was in the market for a large offroad vehicle I’d be buying Japanese.

I really think so…

lol I got emailed this at work, hilarious.

Back in my day when someone said that they had a Hummer, you would high five them and buy them a beer. Now if you tell people that you own a Hummer they are disgusted with you.

VYBerlinaV8_the_one_they_all_copy5:52 pm 31 Jul 08

I’m a motoring enthusiast and Hummers are a bit of a joke, functionally speaking. If I was in the market for a large offroad vehicle I’d be buying Japanese.

Bah, the H3 isn’t even a real Hummer. It’s built on the same platform as a Chevrolet Colorado, it’s basically a pick-up truck dressed as a Hummer and fitter with a cruddy 4 speed auto. If I wanted a big petrol guzzling AWD to get through the peak hour fast, I’d get one of these http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASLAV

Beserk Keyboard Warrior5:13 pm 31 Jul 08

I drive a Hummer and I have a microscopic penis. At least I can admit it.

Hummer make the most aweful, ridiculous looking and performing cars.

Now the idiot has to live with it 🙂

Clown Killer4:56 pm 31 Jul 08

I agree Roccon. the H3 is pretty much the same size as a landcruiser/Patrol with with more ordinary performance – they’re nothing like the H1 and H2 models available in the US. If there’s any “wank” factor it’s probably to do with “small” chaps compensating for lack of substance elsewhere.

… and don’t get me started on the Amish spec suspension on those things – it’s a $60k truck FFS!

This bloke got booked the day before for not making the ticket visisble – so with the help of a colour photocopier and some sticky tape he got his point across.

Interesting point to note about that particular carpark – for months after the hadover to the new owners only those that parked illegally were booked. Then last week for a couple of days warning notes were issued to those that didn’t have a voucher. THEN out came the infringements – at $72 bucks each. For most that was less than the cost of parking for 2 weeks but one bloke I know is going to challenge the legislation that allows them to patroll privately owned commercial carparks. He reckons that they can patroll apartment blocks etc but the legislation does not allow them to patrol private carparks.

I am not a hummer owner, but the Australian hummers are nothing more than a Holden Rodeo chassis with a wagon body. it is a commercial ute with added bling. Big deal…….

You’re surprised about the punctuation? I am surprised that a Hummer Driver can even write! (Although not up to running writing yet, I note)

A couple of well placed 2 inch nails either side of his tyres would soon deflate the arrogant dickhead.

tylersmayhem3:16 pm 31 Jul 08

Well, I think Hummer owners/drivers are dick heads! A bit of pot calling kettle action here me thinks!

That’s gold.

That must be one of those clever parking fraudsters!

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