Reply #42: My last Chevy was a 1977 Blazer [View All]

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I had the piece of crap 3 years and traded it off after about 35000 miles. I had it rustproofed at Tough Coat, the right quarter panel rusted out in one year and Tough Coat fixed it. The left quarter panel rusted out in about 18 months, Tough Coat said they would no longer fix the piece of crap, the fine print on the contract said they would either fix the damage or refund your money, since the first repair job was about $1000 and the rustproofing cost about $250 I was out of luck. Here's the other problems I remember having with it battery, alternator, radiator, rear drive shaft universal joints, front CV joints both sides, windshield spray pump and the heater blower motor. In addition to that I got about 8MPG and had to replace both front and rear brakes. Of course brakes are a wear item, but I never had them wear out that soon. A couple months ago I considered buying a Chevy Colorado, on my test drive I found the 5 cyl engine to be crude, noisy and under powered. Also on my test drive there was a terrible rattle and a clunk on each turn, I found there was something rattling around inside the passengers side door it sounded like a big bolt or piece of pipe. Even though they were offering a great price on it I bought a Toyota for the first time. The Toyota is made in California with 70% US content.