What if I told you...

"DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!" (daft-ryosuke) 06/22/2018 at 12:12 • Filed to: None

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That GM already made a Blazer with a body on frame chassis, optional 5.3L V8 power, RWD-biased 4WD with optional locking diffs, and wasn’t packaged in a safe package that some might consider ugly, but you all just scoffed at it when it was on sale?

Here it is:

Ssfancyfresh > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 06/22/2018 at 12:21

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My buddy and I suspect GM never stopped making these because we see them EVERYWHERE.

there’s probably a secret factory churning them out to devoted fans

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 06/22/2018 at 12:24

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I was thinking you were going to point out the Tahoe, but the lifted Tahoe with bling  works too.

DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! > Ssfancyfresh 06/22/2018 at 12:27

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I need to find it and see if they’ll make me one with the 5 speed.

and 100 more > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 06/22/2018 at 12:28

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I mean, you’re not wrong, but by tacking the HUMMER badge on it and jacking the price on something that wasn’t incredibly more reliable than the outgoing Blazer, GM kinda dropped the ball.

Go back in time, t ake an H3, give it a more period-appropriate Chevy face, cut about $ 5k-10k off the price (because it’s a core brand product now, not the Hummer lifestyle brand), and the Blazer probably wouldn’t have died.

HammerheadFistpunch > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 06/22/2018 at 12:30

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What if I told you they were rare as hens teeth [the Alpha] and command a premium despite being kinda garbage?

HammerheadFistpunch > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 06/22/2018 at 12:30

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This one is the lifted Colorado wagon with bling

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > HammerheadFistpunch 06/22/2018 at 12:33

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Oh.  So it’s the S-10 Blazer then.

HammerheadFistpunch > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 06/22/2018 at 12:34

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not...quiet.  The Colorado was the replacement for the S-10, but if you mean the H-3 was the spiritual successor to the S-10 blazer?  yes, in a way. since it was the compact pickup wagon of the time.

DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! > HammerheadFistpunch 06/22/2018 at 12:36

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They aren’t really  that garbage though, as I’ve had experience with its pickup counterpart, the Colorado. I’d daily one easily if they weren’t so expensive.

Spanfeller is a twat > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 06/22/2018 at 12:37

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Dak, plis...

If they can do this to a colorado , imagine what they could’ve done to this:

DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! > and 100 more 06/22/2018 at 12:37

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It also hurts because they’re still like 10% more expensive than most other GM SUVs of the era. For the same price as one on the used market, I could pick up an Escalade from the same year.

WilliamsSW > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 06/22/2018 at 12:37

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I’ll let you know if my uncle ever sells his  5 speed H3.

HammerheadFistpunch > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 06/22/2018 at 12:41

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they aren’t not garbage.

DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! > WilliamsSW 06/22/2018 at 12:41

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Please do.

WilliamsSW > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 06/22/2018 at 12:42

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It’s an I5 of course.  Only way you could get the manual I think.  

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > HammerheadFistpunch 06/22/2018 at 12:42

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Yes, I was referring to it as the spiritual successor to the little blazer. 

DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! > Spanfeller is a twat 06/22/2018 at 12:44

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That is a Colorado.

Spanfeller is a twat > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 06/22/2018 at 12:45

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Yes, without unnecessary bling or being sold alongside this:

DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! > WilliamsSW 06/22/2018 at 12:46

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You’re right. That’s probably better, anyway, because the lack of aerodynamics isn’t helping anything regarding MPGs.

DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! > Spanfeller is a twat 06/22/2018 at 12:49

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It wasn’t a terrible smell, you know.

and 100 more > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 06/22/2018 at 12:54

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Yeah, I have no idea how the market on Hummers has held up so well...

Milky > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 06/22/2018 at 12:57

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I think we all scoffed because 2008 happened.

WilliamsSW > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 06/22/2018 at 12:58

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Seems like the I5 is plenty for what this truck is designed to do.

His is a cream puff too - like all of his cars.  

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > and 100 more 06/22/2018 at 13:11

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They have one look, an “iconic” look, and you can’t say “Hummer” without people thinking exactly of the Humvee, H1 Alpha, or H3.

Mach-inator > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 06/22/2018 at 13:53

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What if I told you GM’s Baojun brand already made a new Blazer:

Chariotoflove > Milky 06/22/2018 at 14:12

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I remember that dip around ‘85-’86.  Where I lived, we had gas at 0.62 for a while. Good times.

Spanfeller is a twat > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 06/22/2018 at 14:27

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I wouldn’t know daft

Milky > Chariotoflove 06/22/2018 at 15:01

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I remember gas being under $2 before I could drive.  But I also remember not long after I got my license filling up my Grand Cherokee with $4.00/gal gas.  

Chariotoflove > Milky 06/22/2018 at 15:12

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Well, those were not as good times.