4x4 of the year, what a joke.

[Huck BB62]

Y'know, I used to enjoy the the offroad mags so much, but since I bought an H3, I dunno. It's not like I need their affirmation, it's just that I find the dumbassed articles shoved in my mail box at work by gomers that believe that these fartknockers know what they're talking about.

The latest 4x4 of the year writeup. It's so frickin' lame. They just HAMMER the H3. They play down it's offroad capabilities, yet beat it to death for the engine. Well, they call it a tractor engine. Hey, I own a tractor, that's a good thing! They rate the Fuggin' Junk higher. Ok, in a drag race, what would it win by in a quarter mile, a car length or so? Yeah, I want more engine too but I can tell you this, I've never ever bogged the H3's engine offroad, ever.

The article doesn't mention the 33" tires, the 4.56 axles, fording depth, outstanding stability sidehilling (that NONE of the others would have once their lifted to match the tire size capability of the H3) the 4:1 tcase and the turn on a dime turning radius (all of these attributes are extremely important to any of us that actually use the H3 offroad) in anything but a mute point. And they sure as hell don't talk about the long bed pickuptruck like turning radius of the others or some of them lacking the 4:1 tcase, or stock gearing to handle the large offroad tires.

Or how about this: If you're going to give such weight to it's quarter mile capability, and act like a friggin' Car and Driver putz, then by all MEANS, let's talk about how they ride and handle on the road, shall we!? Let's run 'em through a slalom course. Let's see what track times they put out. Let's do a long road trip article in them to see how they feel after five hunred miles. Let's see how they are in the crash tests. Let's check their mileage figures. Let's see how they tow. No, they cherry pick. I'd be embarrassed if I couldn't turn out a better comparison article than that. I'm not very impressed with their content, and less impressed with their writing style.

Ah well. I guess it's time to save money on magazine subscriptions anyway.