Went camping this weekend, had the Jeep loaded down and the bike rack on the back with 2 bikes. Enough stuff the rear was sitting lower than the front.
As I am leaving the village to come back to the valley I end up behind an H3 with dealer tags. The H3 slowed down to pull up beside me. On the first hill, he takes off and starts going up it. I had the cruise on, so I figured I had seen the last of him, and good riddance. After we crest the tiny little hill, he slows back down beside me, glances over and then takes off.
Hmmm, so like most Hummer drivers he must be a moron trying to compensate for something. So the evil part of me starts to kick in.
I let him get to just barely within site and held him there until the first real climb-- about 5 miles of climbing at a 5% grade. I then proceeded to blow his doors off, passing him halfway on the climb and totally loosing site of him by the top. At the top I slowed down with the flow of traffic. He eventually caught up to me, but did not pass. He stayed beside me until the next hill, longer than the first and about 6% in grade. I then toyed with him and shut him down again-- pulled away like he was standing still. 
Needless to say, I slowed down to the flow of traffic at the top and he sped up on the downhill, catching me again and passing me, but then slowing down to stay within a couple car lengths. Others figured out what was going on, and then joined in the fray. In addition to the H3, I ended up with a Chevy fullsize, a lifted Ford truck, a BMW x series suv, and a full size Lexus sedan running the next climb, which was the longest and about 7%. The H3 fell first, blew his doors off again and the others could not hang with me at first. I ate them all soundly, except the Lexus and the BMW. The BMW and Lexus got past me when the road got windy and the KJ would not take the turns as fast (Yes, still going up hill). The guy in the Lexus opened up late though, or he would have kept up. The X was pretty impressive in the handling department and once he finally got the thing wound up- it moved very nicely up the hill.
The temp was around 100 degrees and I won't describe the speeds on the internet. The temp gauge stayed dead in the middle, so I am not too worried about overheating.
Anyway, I am sure some people went home wondering... what the h3*l is a CRD? Especially the local Hummer dealer.
