I loved my S-10. 5 speed manual transmission, a peppy little 4 cylinder, I could toss 800 pounds in the back and still tow a small boat. I pushed the envelope, yea, but it did the job.
It lasted 175,000 miles before it died.
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We still have 2 s10 blazers, 4dr, 2wd. An 01 (304k mi.) and a 04 (228k, engine 131k). Nearly identical silver exteriors except for pinstripe. The 01 has the rare ‘trailblazer’ interior package (not to be confused with the Trailblazer suv). The 01 has been semi-retired to a ready spare, in case we or our son has a vehicle down.
I like how easy they are to work on. I can swap a distributer in 15-20 minutes, the injection spider in an hour, a front wheel bearing in less than 30.
We had a 94 4wd blazer. But after selling it, we decided we didn’t the 4wd, even though we lived in NW IL (we already had a 4wd pickup and two farm tractors).