Bluster’s last stand
General Motors has been asking itself “Who will rid me of this troublesome brand?” But the production cycle has brought forth a new Hummer this fall, the H3T pickup, and they gotta move the metal, so at least one of the buff books got a Special Advertising Section this month. There are, I suspect, basically two types of Hummer drivers, and while there’s some overlap between the two, the ad piece is pitched more toward the die-hard off-roaders than to the sort of guy who just wants to annoy the couple up the street with the His and Hers Honda Fits.
Besides, whoever conjured up the undoubtedly-fictional tale of a Tour de Rocks is probably someone you’d invite to go with you, purely on the basis of conversational ability. Witness:
“Four-wheel drive required,” warned the county’s road sign. “Impassable when wet.” Obviously, to the bureaucratic author of these admonitions, the glass was half empty. But we had just read the opening chapter in a good adventure story. We could hardly wait for what was to come, like “Unmaintained in winter” and “Objects in mirror are more carnivorous than they appear.”
That last bit is downright Tamara-esque.
