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I drive a Jeep, which I like and will likely buy again, but my sister and her husband bought a Blazer and it's true, the dang thing rattles like it's 15 years old and it's only 1 year old. It screams cheap and plastic. I would never buy one after riding in theirs. That isn't all either, they've already had a ton of warranty work done also. My sister drives it to work and back, not offroad. Another friend has a 96 Toyota T100 he's treated like hell on his farm, and he hasn't stuck a dime into it yet. That's anectdotal, but enough to keep me from buying a GM.

As long as we're sharing anecdotes...I have a 94 Isuzu Rodeo with 108,000 miles on it. It's no luxmobile, but it has been very reliable and I'm not planning to get rid of it any time soon. Built in America by Americans.

On Memorial Day this year we dumped my wife's Olds Ciera Wagon (worst piece-of-crap car we've ever owned) and bought a Chevy Tahoe. The new vehicle already has 17,000+ miles on it and all we've done is change the oil. I would agree that the model it replaced was a piece of crap and I you couldn't have paid me to buy one. But the new Chevy is a quality vehicle, built solid and tough, and it gets surprisingly good mileage, too. Built in America by Americans.