H3 Alpha - Edmunds Test Drive

[DRTYFN]

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/FirstDrives/articleId=121632

[NEOCON1]

With the 2008 Hummer H3 Alpha, GM hopes this addition to the H3 model range will broaden this SUV's appeal beyond the hard-core rock-crawling crowd. It's a logical move and it's long overdue.




sellin more mall-crawlers :twak: :giggling:

[lance-n]

i thought that was what the H3X was for ?!?!?!?!?!?
:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

[Steve - SanJose]

H3 profit potential is weak compared to the H3 Alpha.:jump:

[Viet Nam Vette]

added 58 hp and 78 lb-ft ...Plus Cast Iron 60 Lb Diff @ $4000.00 More


$4000.00 Divided by 58 Hp =$68.96 Per HP ...

Or $4000.00 Divided by 78 lb-ft of torque =$51.28 Per Foot Lb of Torque

[Wisha Haddan H3]

If you're serious about the dirt, an H3 Alpha is what you want. The V8 just makes it possible to live through the time until you can get it dirty again.

:confused: :confused: :confused:

I'm not knocking the V8, but the only torture I've experienced between trail runs is Moab withdrawal. At least they made no bones about its offroad and town performance.

[NEOCON1]

"And off-roading matters with the H3 Alpha. More than a third of H3 owners take their rigs off-road, the Hummer people tell us, and that's probably why the tractable inline-5 hasn't aroused more complaints, despite its anemic performance on the highway."


could it be the most wheeled civillian hummer model to date ??????????

i think so :jump: :jump: :jump:

[Pewterbird]

"And off-roading matters with the H3 Alpha. More than a third of H3 owners take their rigs off-road, the Hummer people tell us, and that's probably why the tractable inline-5 hasn't aroused more complaints, despite its anemic performance on the highway."


could it be the most wheeled civillian hummer model to date ??????????

i think so :jump: :jump: :jump:

I certainly didn't buy it just to get me to and from work here in SoCal. Im taking it wheeling next month.

Neocon you typed the same response in the other thread? I get your point. :p

[lance-n]

I have been driving v8's my whole life up until I purchased this H3.
It isn't a drag race vehicle, but I have no issue or problem with the pick-up or the highway speed. Calling the highway performance of the I-5 "anemic" is a little harsh in my opinion.

[Steve - SanJose]

So should I just go down to the the dealer and test an Alpha soon. When will they be available in California?

[wpage]

Test drive would be cool. Keeping what Ive got. Satisfied with the I5 for my applications. This V8 option will quiet some of the naysayers:)

[Steve - SanJose]

Test drive would be cool. Keeping what Ive got. Satisfied with the I5 for my applications. This V8 option will quiet some of the naysayers:)

Same here keeping the I5 for now. It's been a great truck for my needs in the first 2 years of ownership.

I agree the V8 option will be good to add to the product line.

[graydog]

I have been driving v8's my whole life up until I purchased this H3.
It isn't a drag race vehicle, but I have no issue or problem with the pick-up or the highway speed. Calling the highway performance of the I-5 "anemic" is a little harsh in my opinion.
Your right,......TURD is much more nice way of putting it.:clapping: :dancingbanana: :dancingbanana:

[fourfourto]

So should I just go down to the the dealer and test an Alpha soon. When will they be available in California?


Didnt you hear ,there not selling alphas in California :giggling:

[Steve - SanJose]

Didnt you hear ,there not selling alphas in California :giggling:

GM is smarter than that, will sell into biggest market in the country...:D

[lance-n]

Your right,......TURD is much more nice way of putting it.:clapping: :dancingbanana: :dancingbanana:


who the hell are you?
and, no i don't consider what i drive a "turd"
there are many other vehicles out on the road that i would consider as "turds", but not the h3.
it has been funny, because most people just assume that any hummer has at least a v8 in it. most people are astonished to hear that they come with 5 cylinders.

i rarely get above 70 anyway, and that's really going dangerously fast around here.
sure is nice going 40 or 50 on the dirt though!!!! :fdance:

[Huck BB62]

i rarely get above 70 anyway, and that's really going dangerously fast around here.


Not EVEN fast enough!!!!
http://photos.imageevent.com/huckbb62/junkalbum/websize/P1010019.JPG

Not sure about the Alpha for right now, I'm probably going to wait until the fervor dies down and the incentives begin, but I will have one. I'll wait six months or so and save thousands.

[wannabeH3]

Not EVEN fast enough!!!!
http://photos.imageevent.com/huckbb62/junkalbum/websize/P1010019.JPG



Ive been there too! cept my odometer read 6 miles! gotta break em in hard@!!!@!#@!#@!#@!#@!:iagree: :fdance: :beerchug: :twak: :excited: :giggling:

[lance-n]

good for you!
if you saw the condition of the roads and the way people drive here,
you wouldn't drive fast here either.
i think i had mine over 90 in california before i drove it home.
on top of that, we still have cows, burrows, goats and wild horses crossing the roads here.
they would do quite a bit of damage at 95MPH!!!!

:dancingbanana: :dancingbanana: :dancingbanana: :dancingbanana: :dancingbanana:

[graydog]

good for you!
if you saw the condition of the roads and the way people drive here,
you wouldn't drive fast here either.
i think i had mine over 90 in california before i drove it home.
on top of that, we still have cows, burrows, goats and wild horses crossing the roads here.
they would do quite a bit of damage at 95MPH!!!!

:dancingbanana: :dancingbanana: :dancingbanana: :dancingbanana: :dancingbanana:
OH YEA, Well wouldnt it be nice to have the power to PASS one of those critters if you needed to? :giggling:

[Huck BB62]

The speed limiter is precisely why I'll probably have my 'puter reprogrammed. If a bandito is after you, the last thing I want is my 'puter putting on the brakes.

I dodge cows, pigs, deer, mountain lions, bears, you name it. 97 ain't very fast if someone's chasing you, having the speed limiter on the vehicle is like carrying a gun with no bullets.

[Spuds]

Not EVEN fast enough!!!!
http://photos.imageevent.com/huckbb62/junkalbum/websize/P1010019.JPG

Not sure about the Alpha for right now, I'm probably going to wait until the fervor dies down and the incentives begin, but I will have one. I'll wait six months or so and save thousands.

Wish you would have shown the RPM's at that speed as well. How many Revs is the I-5 turning at 97 MPH? :confused:

[NEOCON1]

[quote=Huck BB62]The speed limiter is precisely why I'll probably have my 'puter reprogrammed. If a bandito is after you, the last thing I want is my 'puter putting on the brakes.

quote]


if a bandito is chasin me im headin for the hills :beerchug:

[wannabeH3]

these are the only banditos we got around here. they ride choppers
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/58/Bandidos_patch.jpg

[Steve - SanJose]

Booze Fighters are here in Hollister

[lance-n]

OH YEA, Well wouldnt it be nice to have the power to PASS one of those critters if you needed to? :giggling:

well, i never have met a critter that can run 70 mph!!!!

aside from being chased by hot chicks (which happens all the time here in cabo and normally they are in teeny bikinis), i don't remember the last time someone tried to "chase" me.
in my experience, it is pretty rare that happens unprovoked.
to be prepared for that unlikely event (since there are crazies out there), i keep a full-size maglight jammed between the drivers seat and the console along with a small can of pepper spray in the driver's door stow box, just because - you never know.
:fdance: :fdance: :fdance: :fdance: :fdance:

[lance-n]

by the way - i have never needed to use either of those items, except the flash light for actual lighting purposes.

[Steve - SanJose]

wtf is the topic now?:D

[Huck BB62]

Wish you would have shown the RPM's at that speed as well. How many Revs is the I-5 turning at 97 MPH? :confused:

I don't recall, but it's not very darned many RPMs if I recall (somewhere in the 3s. Next time the road's empty and safe, I'll check it out. Believe me, the computer shuts it down pretty hard when it hits 97.

[Steve - SanJose]

H3 gearing in top 2 gears is so tall you could hit 97mph in 3rd gear.

[Spuds]

I couldn't keep up with traffic here in Texas doing "only" 97.....:giggling:

[lance-n]

wtf is the topic now?:D

i thought the topic was "being chased and avoiding critters"
or maybe it was "h3 alpha - edmunds test drive"?!?!?!?!?

who cares what the topic is

:jump: :jump: :jump:

[Urban Ops]

Wish you would have shown the RPM's at that speed as well. How many Revs is the I-5 turning at 97 MPH? :confused:

Not sure about 97 but at 106 it's turning about 5100. I haven't been able to get it over 106. I think it is aerodynamically impossible.

[NEOCON1]

Not sure about 97 but at 106 it's turning about 5100. I haven't been able to get it over 106. I think it is aerodynamically impossible.


LOL :jump: :jump:

[NEOCON1]

wtf is the topic now?:D


how to defend your hummer ???? :beerchug:


i like this ;) tgl installed it :beerchug:

[Steve - SanJose]

Nice top mount!