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BeirutTaxi
5,169 posts
83 months
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I wonder why these cars weren’t marketed in the UK? 
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HD Adam
1,636 posts
53 months
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All too predictable responses and IMO, Garlick only chose this as SOTW to wind 300bhp up   Having said that, I'd reckon that 99% of you "Haterz" have probably never seen one in the flesh, let alone sat in one or driven it. I used to have an older S-10 model which although far from perfect, never broke or let me down, nothing fell off and returned 25mpg as it was the 2.8 model. No, not fast or handled particularly well much like any other SUV whether Yank or Jap but it did the job and when we had a bad couple of winters, it never got stuck. If you wanted a cheap winter hack, you could do worse. Honestly.
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DonkeyApple
12,021 posts
38 months
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BeirutTaxi said: I wonder why these cars weren’t marketed in the UK? Excessive and uncontrollable levels of awesomeness.
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LuS1fer
28,521 posts
114 months
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ScoobieWRX said: That is US mpg though which equates to 18.25mpg. I think two things need to be borne in mind in such tests: (1) Journalists are not renowned for mechanical sympathy and generally roundly abuse test cars to "test them" including loading them to the gunnels and taking them up the mountains. (2) With petrol in the US being a fraction of what it costs here, the temptation to floor it all the time is not tempered by the horror of the cost, as it would here. The Americans are pretty good at eeking fuel out of large capacity engines. They have strict emission laws and as has been noted, high geared cars so I imagine the higher consumption gets balanced to some degree by lower consumption when cruising. Both 5th and 6th on my Corvette C5 Z06 were overdrive ratios. In other words, 18.25 would still be a good result as it is probably towards the very lowest results likely to be achiebved.
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ScoobieWRX
4,804 posts
95 months
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LuS1fer said: ScoobieWRX said: I think my Surf is a much better looking vehicle than this Blazer, but then i would however, my shonky old diesel is about as PH as a runny turd, but it's not a bad comparison for this Blazer, similar in many ways, although i think it has to be said this blazer is about as PH as 3 runny turds  In rating it 2/10, I largely agree but in the winter when the snow is here and I'm uselessly spinning in a local lane and one of these plods by like the Pony Express, I'll be the first to acknoweledge it's one redeeming feature - same with any 4x4 though.  Perhaps you should buy yourself a used 4x4. Better than spinning 
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LuS1fer
28,521 posts
114 months
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ScoobieWRX said: Perhaps you should buy yourself a used 4x4. Better than spinning No parking room or I possibly would have. I had a Suzuki Jimny on the list for a short time but I'd rather walk..... at least until I have to actually get out and walk.....but..... What I found with the whole "4x4 dream" is when the snow-covered roads are jammed with stranded 2WD cars at jaunty angles, you can't go anywhere, anyway, and if you brave the "gaps", some chump WILL take you out and you'll have to walk. 
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marshall100
475 posts
70 months
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LuS1fer said: No parking room or I possibly would have. I had a Suzuki Jimny on the list for a short time but I'd rather walk..... at least until I have to actually get out and walk.....but..... What I found with the whole "4x4 dream" is when the snow-covered roads are jammed with stranded 2WD cars at jaunty angles, you can't go anywhere, anyway, and if you brave the "gaps", some chump WILL take you out and you'll have to walk. How I laughed at these types trudging through the snow as my forester turbo wafted effortlessly by.....
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300bhp/ton
26,483 posts
59 months
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ScoobieWRX said: Do you mean the 15.2 US gallons for all types of use mpg? So just under 20mpg Imperial gallons. So "on a run" as you like to say 22+ would seem highly likely.
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trunks82
163 posts
67 months
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Someone who i work with has one.in doom blue too! I constantly rib him about how rubbish it is.
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Trusty Steed
206 posts
63 months
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To quote a Mr Paul Calf from Manchester "Bag o' s  te"
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Nors
354 posts
24 months
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Caractacus said: Well, off you go then, what's stopping you? Post it up on youtube when you're done.
I am in the minority, it would seem, as I quite like it (considering it could be had for perhaps £700?). I don't do many miles, so MPG isn't an issue and I often need loads of space. Well off you go then, what's stopping you? Do us a favour, don't post it up on youtube when you've bought it! 
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ScoobieWRX
4,804 posts
95 months
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300bhp/ton said: Do you mean the 15.2 US gallons for all types of use mpg? So just under 20mpg Imperial gallons. So "on a run" as you like to say 22+ would seem highly likely. 18.25mpg (Imperial) is a fraction over 18mpg and very nearly 2mpg under 20mpg so not just under, it is well under!! As for the term "on a run", yes, it's in english!! As for 22mpg on a run, you must have some very rosy coloured spectacles on today to make such wild and wonderful assumptions.
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jondutyfree
11 posts
32 months
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I worked out that I got 20.2 mpg out of my last tank without trying too hard, about 240 miles from about 55l if I remember correctly, that's a mixed bag of conditions, probably about half on dual carriageway, the rest on A roads or in traffic, mind you I only managed 17mpg on the first fill up after I bought it.
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wedgeinald
833 posts
59 months
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SHED of the week......
well I can think of an alternative for the first word that has four letters and begins with the same letter......Can you?
As has been said in the rest of the thread its wrong on too many levels...
(LOL!)
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NiceCupOfTea
21,948 posts
120 months
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I gave it 1/10. On reflection, I would like to raise that to 4/10 because I think it would be fun to tool around in when it snows, and it would terrify all the X6s out of the way 
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grosserbaby
106 posts
37 months
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Forgot to look at SOTW till now, must have been fate, not a good week and I don't mind the Tanks of the Yanks.
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em177
1,200 posts
33 months
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As soon as I saw the title I knew it would be 10 pages of avoiding s te posted by 300. If you go back through most SOTW's the threads almost always become a sort of buying guide for each model. With ex/current owners popping up discussing the cars and what to look out for etc. Not an 'ooh look someone's posted a negative comment about a US car' ... cue page upon page of crap.
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E38Ross
10,511 posts
81 months
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300bhp/ton said: ScoobieWRX said: Do you mean the 15.2 US gallons for all types of use mpg? So just under 20mpg Imperial gallons. So "on a run" as you like to say 22+ would seem highly likely. Wow, 22mpg from a 195bhp engine in a car built in 1999. Astonishing.
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300bhp/ton
26,483 posts
59 months
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ScoobieWRX said: 18.25mpg (Imperial) is a fraction over 18mpg and very nearly 2mpg under 20mpg so not just under, it is well under!!
As for the term "on a run", yes, it's in english!!
As for 22mpg on a run, you must have some very rosy coloured spectacles on today to make such wild and wonderful assumptions. So puttings aside the fact you seem happy to ignore several other posters who actually own this engine and claim to achieve said mpg. What exacty does your Surf manage in town or when not on a run? And how many HP is it lacking by comparison and how many seconds more does it need to reach 60mph? For the record I like Surfs, my cousin has one. But to coin an American phrase you do seem to be comparing apples to oranges.
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em177
1,200 posts
33 months
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300bhp/ton said: my cousin has one. Not a true Blazer owner if you haven't slept with them though. Sorry that's my one terrible stereotype for the thread done. I shall move on ...... 
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