About to buy a Hummer H2, I'd like to know something first!

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Originally Posted by MarioS

Hmmm I've been looking around and found the differences between 2008 and 2009...

Flex Fuel
Bluetooth

And a few others...

Now I'm wondering if I should spend more on a 2009 because of the Flex Fuel thing...

Your not paying more money just because it is flex fuel. that means nothing with it being able to operate on it. You are paying more for it being newer and because it has the ls3 motor. just has a little bit better of a powertrain than the 03-07 model. Plus you'll find that you wont even run the e-85 half the time.

[MarioS]

Ah I see... So the 2008 and 2009 are pretty much the exact same thing except a few additions on the 2009 such as Bluetooth?

Well, I don't live in the US, and I am flying over to Florida on the 8th this month to look at an H2.

For the past couple of months I've been looking over on Ebay and Autotrader.com to see if there's any nice deals.

Currently I'm looking for a 2008 - 2009 model with less than 20,000 miles, Luxury, and as for colors, I like Greystone, All Terrain Blue, Ultra Marine Blue.

At the moment there's a 2009 with 22,000 miles Luxury on Ebay for 54,800$...

Can anyone here that maybe knows about prices tell me how are prices going on at the dealers personally in the US? I'm hoping they're cheaper than online...

[HummerJim]

Warranty (basic) on everything on the 2008/2009 is 4 years 50K so the air suspension will be covered for a while. Personally, I like the air suspension for offroad and have not had one problem with it. Most of the problems are with the bags and sensors, but if you use it, it can last a long time. Use it or loose it. Rubber cracks over time and I spray the bags two or three times a year with Armorall and keep mud off the sensors as has been recommended by several members. To me flex fuel is no big deal, to farmers here in the Midwest and the E85 plants in the Midwest it's a major deal.
As for prices, now that there aren't going to be anymore H2s, prices are going up for new and used ones. American Collector just added the H2 to the H1 in its list of collectibles even with a total production out put of 139,245, biggest sales year on the H2 was 2003 with 34,531 and only 1514 sold in 2009. I see one dealer on the left coast is selling H2s at full sticker now with no discount. Why should they discount them with only a handful of new ones left in the US?

[HummerMann]

I like the air suspension, but if you end up removing it, the only hard part is replacing the coil springs.