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Thats, Happy New Used Blazer Day!
With the truck having some pretty major mechanical problems, we decided it was time to buy a new vehicle. We kept the truck, and I hope to get the engine repaired soon, but I didn't want to keep using it as a daily driver since it needed some work and I was afraid it was work that I wouldn't be able to complete over a weekend.
After saving up the money (thanks in a large part to Mrs. P's nice overtime check from last week), I started looking at all the local used car lots a couple of weeks ago. We needed something that was big enough to haul my music gear, yet we didn't want a HUGE SUV or mini van.
Yesterday I ended up buying a 2003 Chevy Blazer, 4x4, 4 door. Pewter in color. 94,000 miles on the odometer. Kelly Blue Book is around $8600. I got it for $6500 + tax, tags, and title, which brought the total cost to around $7k.
Haven't gotten to drive it much, but so far, the 4.3l V6 is a TON peppier than than the 3.0l V6 in the Ranger, even when the Ranger was working properly.
The car seems to have been well taken care of. Looks like a brand new car. No scratches or dents. Runs great. Shifts well. Drives...well, kind of like a truck, which makes sense being that it's basically a Chevy S10 with an SUV body on top. That was to be expected. I didn't expect it to drive like a sports car.
It isn't loaded down with a ton of options. It's basically got an automatic transmission, A/C, AM/FM CD player, electronic shift 4x4 with automatic locking hubs (not shift on the fly though, you still have to stop and put it in park or neutral to shift into or out of four wheel drive), roof rack, and that's it. No power windows. No power door locks. Cloth interior. The rear seats do fold flat, so it'll make a great gig/hobby/take the dogs on trips vehicle.
Being that my commute is about 90% highway, I'm hoping to get 20 mpg or maybe slightly better. I used to have a 1993 Explorer with a 4.0 and I could sometimes squeeze close to 24 mpg out of it, but it was a manual transmission.
No pics yet since it was dark by the time I got home last night, and it's dark this morning. I'll take the camera to work with me today and get some pics and post them this evening.
This is basically what it looks like, only we just have the basic rims with hub caps.
Here's hoping that we can get another 100k miles out of it.
This is the first time either of us has bought a vehicle outright without having to take out a loan. Feels great to just go to the dealership with a wad of cash and walk away with a car.
With the truck having some pretty major mechanical problems, we decided it was time to buy a new vehicle. We kept the truck, and I hope to get the engine repaired soon, but I didn't want to keep using it as a daily driver since it needed some work and I was afraid it was work that I wouldn't be able to complete over a weekend.
After saving up the money (thanks in a large part to Mrs. P's nice overtime check from last week), I started looking at all the local used car lots a couple of weeks ago. We needed something that was big enough to haul my music gear, yet we didn't want a HUGE SUV or mini van.
Yesterday I ended up buying a 2003 Chevy Blazer, 4x4, 4 door. Pewter in color. 94,000 miles on the odometer. Kelly Blue Book is around $8600. I got it for $6500 + tax, tags, and title, which brought the total cost to around $7k.
Haven't gotten to drive it much, but so far, the 4.3l V6 is a TON peppier than than the 3.0l V6 in the Ranger, even when the Ranger was working properly.
The car seems to have been well taken care of. Looks like a brand new car. No scratches or dents. Runs great. Shifts well. Drives...well, kind of like a truck, which makes sense being that it's basically a Chevy S10 with an SUV body on top. That was to be expected. I didn't expect it to drive like a sports car.
It isn't loaded down with a ton of options. It's basically got an automatic transmission, A/C, AM/FM CD player, electronic shift 4x4 with automatic locking hubs (not shift on the fly though, you still have to stop and put it in park or neutral to shift into or out of four wheel drive), roof rack, and that's it. No power windows. No power door locks. Cloth interior. The rear seats do fold flat, so it'll make a great gig/hobby/take the dogs on trips vehicle.
Being that my commute is about 90% highway, I'm hoping to get 20 mpg or maybe slightly better. I used to have a 1993 Explorer with a 4.0 and I could sometimes squeeze close to 24 mpg out of it, but it was a manual transmission.
No pics yet since it was dark by the time I got home last night, and it's dark this morning. I'll take the camera to work with me today and get some pics and post them this evening.
This is basically what it looks like, only we just have the basic rims with hub caps.
Here's hoping that we can get another 100k miles out of it.
This is the first time either of us has bought a vehicle outright without having to take out a loan. Feels great to just go to the dealership with a wad of cash and walk away with a car.
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