Im looking to buy either a 99-02 grand am or 98-01 jimmy or blazer. Please give me good tips!
2006-12-15 11:27:46 · 5 answers · asked by eyecandy0905 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Buying & Selling
A word of advice...don't purchase any used car with that many miles. Regardless of what the seller says you're inheriting someone elses problems. Typically of vehicles in that mileage range you're going to experience transmission and or emissions problems (bad catalytic converters etc). I think that the Jimmy or Blazer is probably a better idea. Try to get the lowest mileage possible within your budget. Be extra careful to test the 4x4 if you are getting a vehicle with four-wheel drive. A lot of the older Blazers have push button 4x4 and the sensors break and the 4x4 will either not engage or engage on its own.
2006-12-15 11:30:44 · answer #1 · answered by jshepard17 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The largest factor you ought to be careful for with the 3400 v/6 is they have got a consumption gasket dilemma. When watching on the engine, (dealing with the entrance) appear to the left, and down in which the V, or known as the valley is, you're going to become aware of the leaking there. They are for probably the most side first rate vehicles. The consumption will run round three hundred-four hundred greenbacks to repair, so if the consumption is out, in case you have it constant you must exchange the water pump in view that you've got all of it aside
2016-09-03 16:35:54 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a 99 grand am with just over 90k when i traded it in. Overall, I wasn't happy with the car. It was especially problematic over the last 5-10k, I ended up getting a different vehicle just to be able to pass state inpection. I kept the vehicle serviced and fixed most problems as soon as they came about, but by the end, the grand am wasn't worth the money it would have taken to get it back in safe working order. I've got other family and friends who had similar years of grand ams and also weren't happy with them once they reached higher mileage.
2006-12-15 12:15:33 · answer #3 · answered by Kelly G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are always better off to buy from a private sale. Dealers add on to the price because in most (if not all) states, they are required to sell vehicles that will pass inspection (a good thing as a buyer) but you can usually find the same condition car from a private sale for $100's less.
2006-12-15 11:30:55 · answer #4 · answered by huh? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
buy the jimmy its has a better resale
2006-12-15 11:49:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋