H3 What my Alpha does well.....

[Sethmark]

Had the good fortune to visit a friend today who has a big piece of property. Said property has a nice piece of dirt road that runs about several miles around it.

All I can say is that car is fast in the dirt. AWD and traction control make fast work of loose double track.

I wish I had video.....

Interestingly it's the same thing the h1 did well. Fast through the desert.

 

[alrock]

Sounds like it was fun

 

[LagunaH1]

I had an '08 H3 Alpha a few years ago and I can recall at least 3 episodes where the stability and traction control system got me out of trouble when playing in the dirt. It seemed particularly good at detecting when I was going in to turns too fast, and would correct by applying braking force to the inner rear wheel and thereby "pull" the truck right back to where I wanted it to go.

 

[Kyle]

my airbags went off while driving down a dirt road, make sure to pull the fuse!

 

[ABNTROOP]

Or don't and you might have something to cry about forever like Kyle :mock:

 

[RamRod]

my airbags went off while driving down a dirt road, make sure to pull the fuse!

I actually laughed out loud!... now I have a little rum and coke up my nose!

 

[Kyle]

Or don't and you might have something to cry about forever like Kyle :mock:

lol you know what!

 

[Sethmark]

I didn't have any issues with the airbags, but the windbag sitting next to me wouldn't shut up!

 

[Zach]

I actually laughed out loud!... now I have a little rum and coke up my nose!

X2 but its rum and sunkist.

 

[Savethereef]

Alright if someone does not kind can you post a pic and location of which fuse to pull out. I was in Hesperia and Victorville running my H2 in the dirt at 40-50mph having a ball. Never thought about air bags. I hit some nice air too kinda dukes of Hazard status was Awsome.

 

[ABNTROOP]

lol you know what!

Aaaaahahahahaha!
seriously though folks, this thread has been a PSA brought to you by Kyle, Always be safe and wear a

when driving your H3 as you never know when your airbags might deploy.
:giggle:

 

[PCH2]

Make sure its the right fuse......we at This year Moab knows what happens when the wrong one is removed......no names mentioned

sent from within the "Cone of Silence" at Control Headquarters, that can only be reached in a Hummer.

 

[Sethmark]

1100 miles later, I'm home. Generally I'm pretty pleased with the h3. This is the 2nd hard road trip I've done with it, but the first was towing a 2200# trailer.

The V8 is great.... But it's still not enough power for me. I'd love a 6.0l. Or a supercharger. I'm fairly surprised the alpha didn't sell better. It's a huge improvement over the 5. I do wish the car wasn't awd, as I suffered from 15 mpg on the highway, but I KNEW it was gonna be bad.

I was happy with it in the dirt. It's a much better overland vehicle than the JK or Toyota. Faster, better manners, more predictable.

I'm curious to see how it handles pulling a factory five cobra from Denver to South Carolina.