Finally! I own my car! What next?

[leviticus88]

My cobalt is the second car I have onwed and the first one i had made payments on. I'm 21 FYI and live on my own and actually have jobs and responsiblities while I go through school unlike others my age.

I paid my loan off yesterday in one lump sum and I'm really excited about it!

Now I want to put my nearly perfect 3 year old car in my garage and drive something a little less nice and little better in the snow. This is a much better idea than modifiying my cobalt more and dumping money into a car I have to drive everyday, snow or shine.

I am looking for a small pickup (4cyl,5cyl,6cyl) thats a 4x4 and hopefully an auto. I need this for work and it needs to be around 8-12k and have under 75k miles if possible.

I'd love to have a GM as I am a fan but toyotas, nissans and fords are good too. I won't own a chrylser (dodge) fyi.

Anyone have good experineces with small pickups? Anything I should be aware of before buying a certain model? I can't afford to buy a lemon and sadly it will have to be used.
Anyone with some life experiences have any suggestions? Sell me on something! lol
Thanks all!

[bluch]

i have a 5 cyl chevy colorado. no complaints so far, its a 2007. 4X4 w/ Z71 off-road package. selling it to buy a camaro tho!!!

[leviticus88]

Originally Posted by bluch

i have a 5 cyl chevy colorado. no complaints so far, its a 2007. 4X4 w/ Z71 off-road package. selling it to buy a camaro tho!!!

Wish you were closer, I'd probably buy it! lol How is it driving the 5cyl? Hold up well? MPG's? I like the looks of these trucks a lot!

Thanks! I appreciate it!

[shank0668]

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[leviticus88]

Originally Posted by shank0668

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I appreciate it! I have the paper truck trader, auto trader in front of me now and have a few circled to call on. This one was added! Thanks!

[comiskeybum]

Originally Posted by leviticus88

My cobalt is the second car I have onwed and the first one i had made payments on. I'm 21 FYI and live on my own and actually have jobs and responsiblities while I go through school unlike others my age.

I paid my loan off yesterday in one lump sum and I'm really excited about it!

Now I want to put my nearly perfect 3 year old car in my garage and drive something a little less nice and little better in the snow. This is a much better idea than modifiying my cobalt more and dumping money into a car I have to drive everyday, snow or shine.

I am looking for a small pickup (4cyl,5cyl,6cyl) thats a 4x4 and hopefully an auto. I need this for work and it needs to be around 8-12k and have under 75k miles if possible.

I'd love to have a GM as I am a fan but toyotas, nissans and fords are good too. I won't own a chrylser (dodge) fyi.

Anyone have good experineces with small pickups? Anything I should be aware of before buying a certain model? I can't afford to buy a lemon and sadly it will have to be used.
Anyone with some life experiences have any suggestions? Sell me on something! lol
Thanks all!

no insult meant. but why would you bother modding a cobalt? there are such better cars out there to mod and spend money on and get better results. If i were you id drive the cobalt as is until it dies and in the mean time save up a huge down payment for a bomb ass car later in life.

as far as small trucks go you cant really go wrong with any of the big 3 trucks. they all last a long time. just make sure you have sandbags in the back in winter

[wavrun2000]

My blazer has 83k miles on it and still running strong. I am also a member of the s10 forum and people on there have 100k+ miles some even have 200k+ miles and they are running strong.

[shank0668]

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