RE: Shed of the Week: Chevrolet Blazer

[urquattroGus]

Prefer the same era Ford Explorer.

That was comfortable and the 4.0 engine was actually quite good fun with a reasonable turn of speed.

[Hoofy]

MarJay said:

Really?


Reeeeaaalllllllly?

Funnily, when I saw the thread title, this went through my head, too.

[EarlOfHazard]

I like this car. Would have to acquire an inclination towards a cowboy hat and Marlboro Reds before driving though. Yee-harrrr

[Theophany]

Cromulent, not promulent if we're doing Simpsons trivia.

[D-Angle]

Possibly the ultimate accessory for cosplaying Stan from American Dad.

[Dan Trent]

stephen300o said:

skyrover said:

These are tough little 4x4's and GM sold them by the bucketload.

However it is anything but a "yank tank". It was always sold as a compact SUV and they are dwarfed by modern European 4x4's

Chevrolet Blazer

Length: 181.2 in (4,602 mm)
Width: 67.8 in (1,722 mm)

Land Rover Discovery

Length: 190.5 in (4,838 mm)
Width: 79.6 in (2,022 mm)

Edited by skyrover on Friday 12th February 10:46

These writers won't let facts get in the way of their stupidity, a little predudice to flavour the pasting of old jokes and hackneyed cliches. It's what pistonheads is all about.

In Shed's defence the 'Yank tank' line was an edit. By me.

And I think it stands! Shall we accept the Discovery is a 'British barge' and be done with it?

Dan

[AH33]

The fact that it would piss so many people off is a large part of the appeal

[MadDog1962]

Maybe a contender for worst shed ever?

Probably not, but only because it's a bit different.

These are/were very poor cars.

[richinlondon]

It does make the Frontera look stylish and elegant

[skyrover]

Dan Trent said:

stephen300o said:

skyrover said:

These are tough little 4x4's and GM sold them by the bucketload.

However it is anything but a "yank tank". It was always sold as a compact SUV and they are dwarfed by modern European 4x4's

Chevrolet Blazer

Length: 181.2 in (4,602 mm)
Width: 67.8 in (1,722 mm)

Land Rover Discovery

Length: 190.5 in (4,838 mm)
Width: 79.6 in (2,022 mm)

Edited by skyrover on Friday 12th February 10:46

These writers won't let facts get in the way of their stupidity, a little predudice to flavour the pasting of old jokes and hackneyed cliches. It's what pistonheads is all about.

In Shed's defence the 'Yank tank' line was an edit. By me.

And I think it stands! Shall we accept the Discovery is a 'British barge' and be done with it?

Dan

No... because it was always meant to be a compact SUV

It's bigger brother's the Tahoe and Suburban can legitimately be called yank tanks though

[PHMatt]

skyrover said:

Dan Trent said:

stephen300o said:

skyrover said:

These are tough little 4x4's and GM sold them by the bucketload.

However it is anything but a "yank tank". It was always sold as a compact SUV and they are dwarfed by modern European 4x4's

Chevrolet Blazer

Length: 181.2 in (4,602 mm)
Width: 67.8 in (1,722 mm)

Land Rover Discovery

Length: 190.5 in (4,838 mm)
Width: 79.6 in (2,022 mm)

Edited by skyrover on Friday 12th February 10:46

These writers won't let facts get in the way of their stupidity, a little predudice to flavour the pasting of old jokes and hackneyed cliches. It's what pistonheads is all about.

In Shed's defence the 'Yank tank' line was an edit. By me.

And I think it stands! Shall we accept the Discovery is a 'British barge' and be done with it?

Dan

No... because it was always meant to be a compact SUV

It's bigger brother's the Tahoe and Suburban can legitimately be called yank tanks though

How big was a European compact 4x4 in 1999?

Is a 2016 Disco even classed as compact? I would say the Evoque is the compact SUV in their line up - how does it compare to that?

Yank Tank was, is and always will be a catch all term for anything American regardless as to it's size anyway.

[BarbaricAvatar]

Reminds me of a Frontera from the back, i'd rather have a Frontera even though i dislike them. This Blazer is just horrid, i'd love to know what the buyer has in mind for it.

[BMWill]

I enjoyed reading that!most entertaining read of the last few.
and I agree with shed. would be nice... for a week or so.

[B'stard Child]

PHMatt said:

Yank Tank was, is and always will be a catch all term for anything American regardless as to it's size anyway.

Google Images search "Small merican cars" in order to prompt 30min or full 3 hour pointless argument

First image found - Hmmm - Good point well made

[treetops]

"The lesson here being that you should have kept your eyes closely glued to the listings for Yank tanks."

Could you do a listing that actually singles Yank motors out, rather like Prime British Beef, SOTW etc.

[NDNDNDND]

Hmmmm....

I'd still prefer one over a Golf R.

[vtecyo]

RHD too.

I'd have it. Great for carting muddy bikes around.

[soad]

Already has been done: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=120...

[Spannerski]

Can't knock it when you get great lyrics from the SImpsons.

[to3m]

skyrover said:

These are tough little 4x4's and GM sold them by the bucketload.

However it is anything but a "yank tank". It was always sold as a compact SUV and they are dwarfed by modern European 4x4's

Chevrolet Blazer

Length: 181.2 in (4,602 mm)
Width: 67.8 in (1,722 mm)

Land Rover Discovery

Length: 190.5 in (4,838 mm)
Width: 79.6 in (2,022 mm)

I was thinking this as well. Dimensions of my 15 year old BMW 3 series saloon (which is only marginally larger than something like a Mini Countryman or a new VW Golf):

Length: 4471mm
Width: 1639mm (excl mirrors)
Weight: 1710kg (330xd auto - obviously I have to pick the heaviest one possible so it's a fair fight)

So 13cm shorter and 8cm narrower and all of about 0% lighter...

I was going to finish by saying something like "could you even tell the 4x4 were larger if they weren't parked side by side", but of course it's probably actually going to be quite tall, so I'm sure you could