4th Oct 2010, 20:43

Here we go again with the backyard mechanic that claims everyone is ripping you off, because your truck is a piece of crap and you don't want to waste time fixing it at home all the time. Oh, and every time a GM is junk, it is "horribly abused"! Give me a break! Our TWO Trailblazers were both bought brand new, used 80-85% on easy highway miles with no offroading or any kind of abuse, and they were the worst vehicles I have ever owned PERIOD!

The last one was up to over $1,400 in repairs for stupid little annoying things that should last longer on any vehicle, and I traded it for an import SUV at 90K miles, because it still was in need of almost $2K in further repairs. I could list everything out, but it would take way too long.

I can assure you though, as far as getting ripped off....I checked into each and every failure as to what parts were needed and the cost BEFORE I took the truck in, and they were right on the money every time. The only extra I paid over what you would have is labor, as like I said, I don't want to waste time working on vehicles at home... nor do I have the space for that.

My solution is to own imports that never need to get fixed, and that has actually worked out for me over the past 26 years, so save your negative comments! I have only seen one service department in 26 years of owning imports. Nissan... and I'll never buy another one. I was on a first name basis with the Chevy service manager, as I was there every other week for something stupid!

Sorry, but GM is mostly junk, and yeah you could get lucky and have one that isn't too bad. It happened to me with one GM, a 1990 Z24, but I traded it in at 61K miles, so who knows how much longer it would have held up! I will never own another new GM vehicle, ever...