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I've searched the internet looking for info and see on Kelley Blue Book site that people either love them or hate them. Some say they run forever and some say they're always in the shop...I suppose as many are sold you have to anticipate that there's gonna be a lemon or two in the bunch...but how do I know if the one I want is a lemon? The one I'm looking at was a leased vehicle at one time and then a "fleet car" which I don't know what that means. It is a 1998 Chevy Blazer 4 x 4 LT with less than 54,000 miles on it. KBB.com says at this stage it should have at least 83,000, so I'm excited about the miles. They're wanting $8950...of course I will negotiate because the bank says the blue book is $7950.
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Lexus IS 300 or ES 350? Which would u pick?
Look underneath the car for rust and mud when you buy it.... If you find mud then it was almost definatley abused.being a leased vehicle and then a fleet vehicle the vehicle has had many drivers and usually when you lease one you don't take care of it like you would if you bought it, the decision is yours but you could probably go lease a brand new trailblazer for 2 years for less than your payments will be on that 98 and you have a brand new vehicle under warranty that you don't have to worry about.
The achilles heel of Chevy trucks has been the TH700R4 transmission. According to wikipedia it looks like it was last used in '93, so you should be ok on this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_gm_...
This transmission is essentially a TH350 (already a week trans) with an overdrive gear added. Of all the people I have known or talked to who have had this trans, all have had failures. I went through 4 in my '85 p/u.
The TH700R4 should be avoided at all costs. Otherwise it's a good truck. Those who say it's always in the shop probably have TH700R4 transmissions. The ones that run forever probably don't.
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