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[quote name='dbot' date='25 March 2010 - 06:16 PM' timestamp='1269555380' post='15183']

Comparison.....



And finally, you can see Sam's truck from the space station with all its chrome, You can't see my green H1 from 20 ft away in the bush.



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Love it. <img src='http://www.canadianhummerclub.com/forum ... oflmao.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':rotflmao:' />

I too have both, a 2006 H1 and a 2005 H2. Hang on a minute, it's not a H2, it's a Yukon XL. Aside from every thing else, I think it's the wrong color to be an H2. Other than that I think it's identical. Now I have to tell you, there is NO comparison between my H1 and my "H2" not even close. My wife never drives the H1, she drives the"H2", after all it's a chick's "Hummer".

I would probably have to agree - but I think a big factor comes down to practicality as well...



Although I would love to have an H1 - simply not practical fro a family vehicle..... where would I put the third kid?



I really do like the H2 - but it does need a few mods from stock to make it good in the bush.....

The H2 is based on the Tahoe/GMT800 chassis. But that chassis has been beefed up, and everything in it has been reworked. Remember, that GMT800 chassis was based on the GMT400, which was the basis for some of the most serious work trucks GM has ever built. Only the center section matches the Tahoe, with new hydroformed front and rear frame sections specific to the H2, and designed around keeping everything protected, and allow for extremely short overhangs (the Tahoe and pickup trucks don't concern themselves with those things).



The Bosch four-channel antilock braking/traction control system can detect and adjust its braking capabilities to rough off-road surfaces like gravel and potholes. The TCS also provides new-for-GM capabilities, including the ability to gain traction through a single wheel, if necessary. A new feature controlled through a separate driver control switch is the TC2 function. This provides for more wheel slip in the traction control mode for sand and desert racing conditions. Its extremely short overhangs, including a 32.6-inch front overhang and 34.6-inch rear overhang provide high approach and departure angles, allowing H2 to drive right into a hole and out again without getting hung up in front or rear. all components were packaged flush with or above the frame rails. This provides better protection during underbody impacts. It also allows the vehicle to slide over obstacles more easily on the frame rail or rocker protection.



The H2's front shocks contain unique features for off-road performance. They have a large, high-strength 40mm center tube and a secondary integral bump stop feature, which allows them to absorb jolts at two junctures. Full-size trucks typically have only one urethane front jounce bumper. When severe bumps push the suspension toward the frame, it acts like a final cushion to protect the suspension from hitting the frame. The H2 also has a secondary jounce bumper built into the shock. So, rather than taking all the load at the bump stop attached to the frame rail, it takes some of the load with the shock's built-in bump stop, slowing the suspension's travel before it hits its final cushion.



The problem people who sit around armchair-quarterbacking the H2 have usually centers around the twin facts that the H2 was designed to be more comfortable inside than the H1, and that most buyers won't use them for actual offroading. That does not negate the fact that the H2 was in fact designed from the ground up to go where there are no roads......its not a yukon.

[quote name='Gaza' date='26 March 2010 - 01:24 AM' timestamp='1269581096' post='15195']

The H2 is based on the Tahoe/GMT800 chassis. But that chassis has been beefed up, and everything in it has been reworked. Remember, that GMT800 chassis was based on the GMT400, which was the basis for some of the most serious work trucks GM has ever built. Only the center section matches the Tahoe, with new hydroformed front and rear frame sections specific to the H2, and designed around keeping everything protected, and allow for extremely short overhangs (the Tahoe and pickup trucks don't concern themselves with those things).



The Bosch four-channel antilock braking/traction control system can detect and adjust its braking capabilities to rough off-road surfaces like gravel and potholes. The TCS also provides new-for-GM capabilities, including the ability to gain traction through a single wheel, if necessary. A new feature controlled through a separate driver control switch is the TC2 function. This provides for more wheel slip in the traction control mode for sand and desert racing conditions. Its extremely short overhangs, including a 32.6-inch front overhang and 34.6-inch rear overhang provide high approach and departure angles, allowing H2 to drive right into a hole and out again without getting hung up in front or rear. all components were packaged flush with or above the frame rails. This provides better protection during underbody impacts. It also allows the vehicle to slide over obstacles more easily on the frame rail or rocker protection.



The H2's front shocks contain unique features for off-road performance. They have a large, high-strength 40mm center tube and a secondary integral bump stop feature, which allows them to absorb jolts at two junctures. Full-size trucks typically have only one urethane front jounce bumper. When severe bumps push the suspension toward the frame, it acts like a final cushion to protect the suspension from hitting the frame. The H2 also has a secondary jounce bumper built into the shock. So, rather than taking all the load at the bump stop attached to the frame rail, it takes some of the load with the shock's built-in bump stop, slowing the suspension's travel before it hits its final cushion.



The problem people who sit around armchair-quarterbacking the H2 have usually centers around the twin facts that the H2 was designed to be more comfortable inside than the H1, and that most buyers won't use them for actual offroading. That does not negate the fact that the H2 was in fact designed from the ground up to go where there are no roads......its not a yukon.

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The man is right.

I was a Hummer guy long before the design of the H2.

I was present in Indiana when Arnold was presented the first H2 off the line.

AM General had huge input into the design of the vehicle, and both AMG and General Motors were determined to make the H2 a true off-road vehicle.

It isn't a Yukon!

Yeah Baby!!!! That's what I'm talking about!!!!



Plus I love the 3 levels of warming my @ss!



Especially when I fall @ss first into a snow covered creak pulling Steve's H2 back on the path.... Man those cheeks were cold!!!



I must admit - I love my H3 Alpha...... but I like the H2 more. That one run we did - it performed very well. Can't wait for the new rims and rubber! then the front lockers - Then I'll take you on Harold my friend!!!



Would like to do more challenging runs this summer once the mods are done....

GUYS....GOLD IS 1ST...SILVER IS 2.....BRO..IS 3 RIGHT <img src='http://www.canadianhummerclub.com/forum ... #>/c-n.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':coffeenose:' />



H1

H2

H3



H1 IS THE BEST <img src='http://www.canadianhummerclub.com/forum ... SMILEY.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':woot:' />

Still can't fit 3 kids!!

[quote name='Khamul' date='26 March 2010 - 06:30 PM' timestamp='1269642649' post='15209']

Still can't fit 3 kids!!

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That's what Gobi roof racks are for.

I have the wagon certer seat you can fit 3 kids 7 if u use my rack