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First of all, kids can't drive. And no, I don't buy the 'Building Brand Loyalty Early' theory. Commercials cost a bundle to make & air. It makes no sense for a company to spend $$ marketing its product to consumers who aren't able or legally allowed to use that product. (When they're pushing cigaretts to kids, at least the cigarette companies KNOW kids actually can go out & buy them from unscrupulous store clerks.) These commercials featured little kids, no more than 7 or 8 years old. It'll be another 8 or 9 YEARS before they're old enough to drive. By then, Hummers might not even be on the market. Something far cooler & (hopefully) far more environmentally-friendly will be the Hot New Car. I fucking HATE HUMMERS! It takes all the restraint I can muster to prevent myself from keying them in parking lots (because they take more than one space to park in! Bastards!) or buzzing them on the road. IT'S A FUCKING MILITARY VEHICLE -- IT HAS NO BUSINEES ON CIVILLIAN STREETS! If you think it's okay to drive a gas-chugging behemoth of a military vehicle around to do your grocery shopping & drop your kids at soccer practice, then I think it's reasonable for me to shoot at your Hummer with a shoulder-mounted missle! Trying to peddle Hummers to kids is just... sleazy. And stupid. - RC |
And besides, if the kid wants it and the parent CONSIDERS it, then its a done deal. Either way Hummer is marketing for the future. Assholes. |
Maybe they made the commercials so that the kids will continue to tell the parents what to buy. That just pisses me off. |
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SUVS in general tend to spur feelings or irritation and rage, but the hummer, in particular, does make me want to do something violent. Gas is 2.35 a gallon here for the low octane... |
But that was back when they were only used by the army, and unobtainable for the average consumer. |
No little kid is gonna pester their parents for a Hummer. Even if they did, a parent would have to be insane to decide to buy a car because their 8-yr-old thought it was 'cool.' I just don't get why they're targeting children. 14 & 15-yr-olds, maybe --they're nearly old enough to drive. But the 8-yr-old will definitely NOT still want a Humvee by the time he's 16 -- there will be a much cooler car available by then. There's no chance to build brand loyalty with an 8-yr-old. Plus, with the smog problems in LA & the price of gas in Cali overall, I can't believe Gov. Ah-nuld Change-The-Constitution-So-I-Can-Be-Your-1st-Foreign-Born-President Schwarzenegger has the gall to OWN 6 HUMMERS -- SIX, DAMMIT! That's BEYOND Conspicuous Consumption -- it's Automobile Megalomania! WTF was Maria thinking when she let him bring the 1st one home? Isn't the govenor supposed to set an example for the people of his state in every way possible? At the very least, isn't he supposed to care about his constitutents enough to NOT buy a half-dozen of the most mileage-poor, pollution-spewing, death machines (& if you get hit by a Hummer, trust me -- you're DEAD!) he can find? Or does he have special air on tap for his kids to breathe? "It takes Coolio three tanks of gas (about 65 gallons total) to get from L.A. to San Francisco, according to a CBSNews.com report. The same report cited that it took Arnold Schwarzenegger, now owner of 6 Hummers, several major blockbusters to convince AM General to sell the initial Hummer to consumers in 1992. CBSNews.com reporter Paul Wilborn says that Schwarzenegger evaded a question about the H2’s fuel economy, estimated by GM at around 10-13 mpg. Instead, Schwarzenegger responded that the H2 is “an incredibly precise and forceful machine. According to another report by CBSNews, “Hummer dealers are selling out their inventory with no discounts, rebates or special financing.” But that’s not entirely true. There are hefty government tax breaks on “business” purchases of the H1, totaling nearly $90,000. It is all part of the Bush administration’s economic stimulus program. Don’t ask me more about this one, I don’t get it, either.” http://tinyurl.com/54lf9 But I guess I really should have no sympathy for a state that was dumb enough to put an actor in the govenor's mansion -- TWICE. - RC |
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So they want one. If only some adults would grow out of this mindset. |
I would NOT concider buying a hummer. I was at the nail salon about a month ago getting my nails done and this chick pulled up in a H2, and then went into the salon. I was just shooting her daggers. I was being a total bitch and TRYING LIKE MAD to keep my mouth shut. I swear my tongue was bleeding from biting it so much. It turned out that she was a very nice person, very sweet. I ended up feeling so bad about all my ugly thoughts that had gone through my head. |
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But it would have come in handy over the Thanksgiving weekend. When I drove up to my mother's cabin, the ground was snow-free and dry. Saturday night, 6 inches of snow fell. When I tried to leave in the morning, I slid most of the way down the zig-zag road. I couldn't stop, and I lost it toward the bottom because I was just sliding too fast. It's a miracle that I didn't just ram head-on into one of the many, many big rocks around the road, but I went rocketing into a rocky gully. A tree stump tore out my A/C. My front bumper got its ass kicked, and I'm sure there's all kinds of damage to the undercarriage. Nobody was hurt, except that my back aches -- probably from tensing up so much during the wild ride. Ugh. I'm driving my mother's gas hog Jeep until it's fixed. |
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You must've been terrified. Thank goodness you're okay. |
I wasn't there when it was towed, but my mom took pictures. It's not apparent in the pictures how steep the hill is because she's shooting uphill. Also, my step-dad plowed the road after the accident. He felt really guilty about not plowing before. Apparently the winch broke when the car was partway on the road, so they had to drive it back onto the road from there. |
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both poochies appear to be thinking/saying "you're fucked man" glad the only casualty was a bumper and a/c which you wont be needing for a while. scary shit man. |
The insurance people were incredibly friendly. I've never called an 800-number and talked to such pleasant people, ever. |
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