[charles06]

Man, did we really get off on the wrong foot. And I feel I'm more to blame than you. I've gone back and read some of what we've written to see where this got so misconstrued. Some, I understand. Some, not so much.

Sorry, I didn't build my rig myself. I did some, my friends helped, and I had a shop do most of the harder work. I meant "built" in the same way someone does when they say they "built their house in 2002". They didn't physically build their own house...

Like I said, you're misreading much of what I write. I NEVER acted like a "rock crawlin fool". I NEVER put down the H2. And, reread above, I said I entered ONE competition and came out ahead. It was small, though. Hell, it was hard to even find an RTI ramp where I lived. I later realized that owning such a one-dimensional vehicle wasn't what I wanted, so I sold it.

I wrote my 4Runner would own MY Hummer, not Hummers in general. I do realize that some of the things I've done make my H2 less than optimal for off-roading. I still feel that my 4Runner was better set up than MY H2 for that kind of thing. And, if for no other reason, I didn't care as much about putting a scratch down the side of it.

I'm not sure how to prove that I did a bit of off-roading when I was younger. Not sure why you don't believe me. Because I have a FOX sticker on my truck? Because I own a Porsche? That's fair. No, I've never done Moab, Tellico, Badlands, etc. Those were very far from me when I lived in Ohio. And I didn't have the time when I was getting my master's degree in Pennsylvania. I had to make due with what we could find in Ohio.

I understand there's a park in Ocala, and a Hummer club goes there on occasion. Have you been there? I met a gentleman who goes by big2dabank on HummeXClub who told me about it. He made it sound like people don't go as much anymore, though.