First Hummer Anniversary Report

[MAC]

TJ, I only used the parking brake once or twice in a year, except valet often used it. I have not look at a brake cable for 10-20 years, but I took a flashlight and went out to look for that cable for you. In the end, frankly I don't know which is which, everything looks like is tightly in their proper places, nothing is sagging. I also took another look for rust, none.

Alec, both times I backed into other vehicles on my driveway happened during the first month of Hummer ownership. Both times I did not look back but just backed out of garage, or swinged to turn around on my driveway, forgetting there are visitors' vehicles outside my garage or on my driveway. Simple stupidity. Since I did not even try to look, it was not caused by Hummer visibility, except to note that such accidents never happened to me before. One of these days, I will sell that backup alarm/sensor on eBay.

Xenon bulbs. Love the cold super white light. $7 DRL bulbs from Kragen auto store, 1 year still working. Off road light, $12 from eBay, still working great. Head lamp, $30 @ BestBuy, 2nd set; first set $25 somewhere online, lasted 6(?) months, one bulb went bad, no big deal. Note, I did buy another pair of head lamp bulbs on eBay whcih claimed to be much hotter and brightest ($10), but turned out to be very weak and bad.

I have no complaint about gas usage, but it does use a lot of gas. If you are thinking about buying a Hummer, you just have to keep that in mind, a lot of gas and a lot of money. Going to work(36 miles round trip) costs me $7 in gas, if we go back to the City for a dinner or banquet, that will be another $8-$10 gas. Everyday, and that adds up. $3,000 of gasoline in one year. I keep a brave face about it and pretend I don't care, but it is on the back of my mind all the time.