OVERKILL
$100 Site Donor 2021
A coworker of mine has possibly the biggest weapon of a vehicle I've ever seen legally on the road.
It's a late 90's Blazer that was, in its prime, a fully-loaded example of GM's compact SUV.
It has however, not aged well. Not that it is the vehicle's fault here
It is forest green with black leather, the 4.3L V6 and 4WD.
She bought the truck 7 years ago. At that time, the only thing that didn't work was the A/C. Since then, it was rolled and had the mirrors super-glued back on. It developed some "electrical gremlins" like the power locks sometimes work, sometimes they don't. It sometimes has turn signals. Magically the rear hatch will power-release by itself while you are travelling at highway speeds.... which is exciting.
Her brother is a mechanic. She took it to him for something (I think a ball-joint) and he flipped out and asked when was the last time it had brakes....... She replied that it stopped fine. He said that this was interesting since it had no pads left on the front and it looked like it had been that way for quite a while. He doesn't see it often (ever).
The front-end is falling out of it now. She doesn't take it out of town because it feels unsafe. It has north of 300,000Km on it, and is rusted out pretty bad. It leaks transmission fluid from a line that has been scabbed together a number of times. It smells like gas because the tank is leaking. The under-hood is extremely oily from when one of the oil lines burst. But it has a new battery!
It wouldn't start (with a new battery... which was heavily discharged) two weeks ago and I discovered a 3+ amp draw from her interior lighting. Pulled the fuse and it has been fine since. However, she's decided that she's going to replace it.
It's a late 90's Blazer that was, in its prime, a fully-loaded example of GM's compact SUV.
It has however, not aged well. Not that it is the vehicle's fault here
It is forest green with black leather, the 4.3L V6 and 4WD.
She bought the truck 7 years ago. At that time, the only thing that didn't work was the A/C. Since then, it was rolled and had the mirrors super-glued back on. It developed some "electrical gremlins" like the power locks sometimes work, sometimes they don't. It sometimes has turn signals. Magically the rear hatch will power-release by itself while you are travelling at highway speeds.... which is exciting.
Her brother is a mechanic. She took it to him for something (I think a ball-joint) and he flipped out and asked when was the last time it had brakes....... She replied that it stopped fine. He said that this was interesting since it had no pads left on the front and it looked like it had been that way for quite a while. He doesn't see it often (ever).
The front-end is falling out of it now. She doesn't take it out of town because it feels unsafe. It has north of 300,000Km on it, and is rusted out pretty bad. It leaks transmission fluid from a line that has been scabbed together a number of times. It smells like gas because the tank is leaking. The under-hood is extremely oily from when one of the oil lines burst. But it has a new battery!
It wouldn't start (with a new battery... which was heavily discharged) two weeks ago and I discovered a 3+ amp draw from her interior lighting. Pulled the fuse and it has been fine since. However, she's decided that she's going to replace it.
