Before I get into how much I love this thing, let’s be clear. I’m not an SUV guy. Most SUV’s handle terribly, and accident statistics show how often they are driven by people who don’t know it. Personal observation also suggests most of them don’t need them, but hey, it’s a free country. If I had to buy one, some are obviously better than others. The Cayenne. The Toureg. The Range Rover. The X5.
But none of them are remotely as cool as this Hummer H1 Alpha - custom-modified as a Storm Chaser. And it’s for sale.
If you haven’t read "The Driver", I’ll let you in on a secret. We at Team Polizei like to think outside the box…the Polizei uniform box, that is, which is why - on our final cross-country run in October 2006 - we didn’t merely strip the Polizei M5 of our traditional livery. We re-liveried as Storm Chasers, and although we were lucky enough never to have to resort to what little Storm Chaser knowledge we studied prior to departure, let me tell you, the mere thought of encountering a real tornado made me realize how hilariously bizarre a Storm Chasing M5 must have looked.
You want to see balls?
Forget driving cross country in under 32 hours. Driving into a tornado? That’s huevos beyond huevos:
Whatever. The Hummer H1 Alpha Storm Chaser. I want one. But I don’t need one.
(Courtesy of Erik Ward…A.K.A. Dr. Gruene)
That looks the business and a big improvment on the blinged out Hummers you normally see on the roads
Huevos or cojones?
If you can fit a Hot Tub in the back
I’ll buy it.
As long as the wet bar is still intact
And the Captain Morgan is well stocked
How many pizzas can you fit in that thing ?
I say about 100
82 with pepperoni.
The Sheriff
Having owned a cayenne and range rover.it is obvious from your comments that you haven’t. They are not even close to the comfort and handling of an Escalade. And the guy who drives a hummer is just like the guy who drives a corvette…enough said.