Excellent review Fuentex! I would have to agree with a lot that you said. I was a confirmed Jeep man for many years because of where I live, but now find myself enjoying the differences of my Hummer. The Jeep does have some unique abilities offroad, but I find I can actually hear my radio in the H3 at highway speeds, ride the dog around with out him breathing down my neck, have an air conditioner that really keeps me comfortable, a seat that is really comfortable, and can do almost everything I need it to do offroad that 95% of the SUVs out there won't. Even in its base form the H3 is a luxurious ride. Oh yes, one other thing, this thing attracts attention every time you park it.
When tropical storm Dennis came through MO I got to finally see what the H3 would do in some serious mud driving up the trail to the house and through the creek. It made it where few other SUVs would dare to tread, but yesterday at 5,800 miles I put on 4 Goodyear Wrangler AT/Ss and the spare. I've had a lot of experience with these tires on two past 4 X 4s and became sold on them when I noticed on a vacation in Alberta, Canada, they are used almost exclusively on all the Calgary and Banff rescue 4 X 4s, being fantastic snow tires and those are always excellent mudders too. They seem to have a unique tread design that flexes the tread with remarkable self cleaning abilities and they wear well for such an aggressive tread design with not much noise either. I've had my old Jeep up to the hubs in snow and mud with these and like them - personal preference you might say.
I encountered my first problem when I energetically power washed the mud off the undercarriage last night and got a Check Engine
light followed by a Stability Sytem? annunciation. The H3 ran fine, so I pulled it in the garage and looked underneath and saw no hanging wires. About an hour later I went out and started it up and no annunciations and no problem. I'll have to step down the pressure on my power washer and I'm guessing I probably sprayed high pressure water into some sensor.
Took it out to get the paper this morning and no warning - pfm as we used to say in the Air Force.
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