2 months and misc. ramblings.........

[HummerJim]

After two months of ownership, I've found very little to fault the H3 on. I didn't get the tubular assist steps because I thought they might hang up on something offroading, but now I'm thinking they might prevent dings in the doors from other parked cars, so I might have to get a set put on. Got my first little door ding in a parking lot - OUCH - you all know what that first ding is like - it is very small and my wife tells me "a blind man would be glad to see it." I also regret not getting the chrome appearance package because I think the chrome mirrors look nice. Not sure how much it would be to have the dealer put a set on, but I know many serious offroaders have this thing against chrome! Maybe someone will come out with an aftermarket, stick-on chrome shell for the outside mirrors.
With it's small tinted windows, staying relatively cool inside when parked in the sun has been a surprise. I use one of those crumpled up silver, general aircraft foils in the windshield - but someone needs to sell a nice looking H3 front window shade!
I've only dynamatted the front and rear doors and have noticed some improvement from the Monsoon sound, but not much outside noise deadening from just doing the doors.
I've gotten used to the rear vision and use my outside mirrors more than I used to, and park in spots where I can pull straight out instead of backing up, when I can. Mileage seems to be GREATLY dependent on the pressure on the go pedal pressure when accelerating - no surprise there! Hummer did a great job in making this a comfortable highway cruiser as well as extremely capable offroad machine.
My biggest problem is where to carry the Windex to clean off those fingerprints on the windows every time I park my H3, and not busting my knuckles when I take off the oil filter on oil changes!