Just got my latest edition of HMR...

[Huck BB62]

you don't seem to understand that the H3 was built by GM, and the aftermarket parts were built by AMG and Amstar. Thats why there was a delay it getting them to market. Plus, there is a very very small portion of the H3 owners that would even know what this stuff is used for. It makes no sence to have these parts be part of the options list when .005% would want them. thats what aftermarket is for.

I guess those Rubicon and Powerwagon developers didn't get the memo?

Hey, I understand that aftermarket is your livelyhood. What I'm talking about is that this stuff should've been available on the H3, from the factory, from the get go. It's a H U M M E R. GM is playing ball of the highest stakes. No one, on any forum, any where should've been able to put down the H3 as a poser, or incomplete off-roader. GM should've hit a home run. They got a double with the regular H3, and a triple with the Adventure package, but really, it's kinda like admitting that they knew what it'd take but didn't really want to go there.

Don't get me wrong, my money's where my mouth is on this issue. I'm offering this up as an answer to why GM isn't getting it completely. Tons of talented people and good ideas but they pull up when it's time to swing for the seats. Building the ultimate isn't rocket science or an R&D nightmare. Just pick up the past forty issues of any offroad magazine, there ya go.

Not one thing in the Wilderness Ready H3 is innovative or new, not one. If you're gonna bother to do something, why not do it right and kick the krap out of the competition, don't leave 'em any breathing room, leave no doubt.

When the offroading community think offroad, it should think Hummer, out of the box. They aren't. They say "What about the front locker?" "What about the swaybar disconnect?" And there's only two vehicles that listened to them, Dodge Powerwagon, and the Jeep Rubicon. The other attributes of the H3 held sway when I chose the H3. Great ride, good place in back for the dog, good handling. The Wilderness Package H3 addresses just about every sniggle I had about what's missing save the solid front axle and that would've impacted the great handling.

Thanks for commenting back on this, just a sore spot, and one that only my check book can tend to.