There are not strenghs to this truck. I have had one problem after the other since i have owned this truck.

At 12,000 miles i had to have a heater coil. At 20,000 I had to have a catalayst converter. Then i had to have a computer put in. I have had 2 transmissions in 4 years. This second one is not even 2 years old. It was put in by Chevrolet. Thank god for warranties, but now it is out. I have has to change the battery. The a/c went out. The alternator went out. Changed the brakes at 9,000 miles. The rear pin seal was leaking. Had to repair that. You know when to change the oil. You have no power. This vehicle sucks. I still owe 9 months on it and cant even drive it. I pay 400 a month truck payments. Chevrolet s-10 stink. Do not buy a 4 cylinder

I have had so many problems i could not rate this truck. It does not even touch the chart

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my husband has a ford taurus with 205,000 miles on it drives like a charm. we have only replaced the waterpump, normal wear and tear on tires.I love the car

Good Gas Mileage, Good Paint, really comfy and supportive Leather bucket seats, easy to read gauges, cheap to buy/run. 3 power outlets, and interiror lighting.

Transmission from hell, underpowered, cheap plastic dash,.

No, I wouldn't recommend it. Go for the Toyota or Nissan.
My truck is a '95 4cyl with only 47,000 miles. It's junk. The windshield was improperly installed to being with causing what is soon going to be rust on the roof around the window. The cupholders don't hold coke cans. The mirrors bounce so much i think they may fall off. Interior space is very limited. The transmission makes a constant squeak from under the manual shifter in the floor. GM doesn't know what this is (noise goes away when clutch is pushed in). Has a rattle when shut off from under front passenger seat. Glovebox is useless, interior door panels are loose. When I slam the brakes on the passenger seat folds forward (i guess the latch is broken) Keys come out of ignition when on, but was fixed under warranty. In the fall and spring when freezing rain occurs, my doors tend to remain frozen shut until direct sunlight hits them. I take extremely good care of this truck, i just don't get it, (it always sleeps indoors!) The headlights are useless, they don't illuminate anything. tried to install foglights but that doesn't work either (now where to put them). Put large snow tires on it (I am a student in Calgary Canada during school year), and it still sucks in the snow. I carry 200 lbs of sand in the back all winter. Paid $1300 for custom topper. Can get cargo from a to b now without getting it wet. Seats are really comfy. Can not complain about them. (except the leather is cracking and GM has nothing to repair it with). Keyless entry has never let me down. The passenger seatbelt locks all the time and if you don't pull it just write it won't come out of the wall at all. A/C went after 20,000 miles. Headgasket went at 20,000 miles also. Headgasket went again at 23,000 miles. Front shocks went at 30,000 miles. Now for it's big problem. It has a surging problem whenever I accelerate. It has to think about accelerating and then it stutters and the entire truck shakes. It has been at 2 different dealerships for a total of three weeks (thank god I bought the GMPP extended warranty) and I even took it to my friendly neighborhood mechanic, no one can fix this. I drive in the Rocky Mountains often and you thought this truck didn’t have power on flat, Texas roads, ha! try it here, even less. It’s gutless. However once it is up to speed on the highway the ride is very smooth and the steering is awesome, handles bad on corners but it is a truck what do you expect. This truck has never once left me stranded in the middle of nowhere Montana, so I should be impressed. However, I see a Nissan Xterra in my near future! This truck is good for students or those who may need a commuter or light inexpensive truck, as long as you are under 6 feet tall.

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Nissan King Kab,

Plenty of room inside. Great ride. Comfortable. Great Price. Great gas mileage. Nice styling. My dogs especially liked the third door(nice). The handling is also pretty darn good.

My biggest gripe is that the 4 cylinder has no power whatsoever. Did not like the TigerPaw uniroyals at all ( have had better experience with Goodyear tires).

I thought the price was reasonable. It is a well built truck. I am very pleased with the total package. I wasnt a GM fan before, but this truck has changed my mind. It does everything that I expect a small truck to do. If you are going to get one , get the V6.

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Ford Ranger , Ford F-150. Hands down it slaughters the Ranger. Kinda hard to beat the F-150 however.

Good gas mileage for a truck. Driver and passenger airbags.

Very little power. Not very well put together, already a few rattles and squeaks.

Paid about $16k, I think, two years ago. Bought it new. Price is ok.

Like I mentioned earlier, this vehicle has very little power. Forget passing other cars on two lane roads without a lot of blacktop between you and the oncoming car.

The interior of the truck is laid out pretty well. It has two cupholders accessible to the driver. The center storage console has room for storing CDs and tapes. However, trying to put a CD into the console while you are driving can be very difficult because of the design of the "slots" to hold the CDs. Also, if the top part of this comparentment is up it is very easy for the whole thing to topple over and scatter all of the contents of it into the back area.

Overall, this truck is ok. Would I buy it again? No. I only bought it because I had the GM Card with about $3k worth of rebates. If I was to buy another truck of this size I would probably buy a Toyota or Nissan.

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I like the power of the 4.3 I have no problem passing anybody and the transmission shifts real good. I have no problem pegging out the speedometer or running 10.50 in the 1/8 0f a mile.

The brakes really are not that good.

I paid 5,800 in 99. I have had no problems out of and it has 132,000 miles on the motor it also goes in the good for a two wheel drive.

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1987 Dodge D-50 no comparison.

Great looks, strong 4.3 but should offer V8 option, stiff shifting auto will snap your head back with a little modifications. Comfy seats and lots of after market add ons out there.

Should have a true locker in the rear, not a limited slip. The 90 mph limiter on it, I know it will do way over that but the limiter will be bypassed very soon.

If it were not the ZR-2 package I don't think that I would like it as much as I do now. But if I was to buy a new one I would not spend the $25,000 on up price tag for it. But over all its definitly worth the price I paid for it. It is very aggresive looking sporty and will leave a lot of people sitting at the stop light. The four wheel drive works buitifly too. No complaints from this S-10 owner.

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1988 Ranger 4X4, and 1992 Dodge Dakota by far this is the best over all. Although the Dakota was no slouch.

Just about everything on the truck is great. I love the factory lift, tires and the powerful 4.3.Extended cab is perfect for putting cargo into without making the truck look too long. Good stopping power on the brakes and Heating/AC works good.

The stock speakers are really bad, but being into car audio anyway I didn't plan on keeping them from the start. The back end is pretty light on the ZR2, so cutting sharp corners even at slow speeds cause the tires to chirp a bit. Gas mileage isn't the greatest, but that's not what I bought the truck for.

Got it through a GM supplier discount program so my price was good. Has 7500 miles and haven't seen any problems starting to develop. Excellent truck overall.

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Tires lasted 80K and 99K miles.
Sharp body style - the 94 look just like the 2002
At 135K AC still very good
Great truck overall
Very nice interior compared to other trucks in the class.

Engin noise from day one - but it's a four banger
Transmission went out at 23K but was rebuilt under warranty.
Windshiled wiper motor not working well.

135K miles and only one major problem. It's a 4 cylinder 2.2 - it's not a big block it is not powerful - learn to drive it. I pass sports cars all the time. I'm very happy with my purchase. People complain about bad brakes and pads - I havent noticed and brake pads do wear out. Learn to replace the pads yourself.

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just old junk

LARGE SIDE MIRRORS

THE WORST BRAKES...AT 38000 MILES, WE HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKE PADS BECAUSE WE WERE TOLD, THEY ARE MADE TOO THIN IN THE FACTORY. ALSO TOLD, WE WERE
LUCKY, AS SOME HAVE TO BE REPLACED AT 12000 TO 14000 MILES. AFTER PAYING
$300 FOR NEW ONES, THEY SAID UPON LEAVING THEY WOULD SEE US AGAIN BEFORE THE NEXT 30,000 MILE REPLACEMENTS. THESE SHOULD BE ON A RECALL NOTICE.
NEVER AGAIN......

NICE SPORTY TRUCK - GREAT FOR SHORT PEOPLE - GREAT SOUND SYSTEM - EASY TO KEEP CLEAN - 4X4 EASY FOR MY WIFE TO USE - CONTROLS VERY USER FRIENDLY -
VERY COMFORTABLE ON LONG TRIPS -

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1995 GEO METRO NOT ONE PROBLEM IN 135,000 EXCEPT OIL CHANGES.

the s series trucks are the perfect trucks for transplanting a v8 into. They have a strong chassis, adequate room for a v8 monster, are pretty damn good looking, plus they are made by chevy, what else could you want?

chevy should have offered the s series trucks with a small block chevy v8 when they were first made, that would have saved alot of people alot of time.

Purchased it from a local construction company for $500. It was all banged up from extensive use and abuse. Drove it around for a while. Then I pulled the tiny V6 motor. pulled off the body, narrowed the rear chassis, swaped the ten bolt rear axle for a 12 bolt rear axle out of a camaro. Positraction, 4.56 to 1 rear gear ratio. dumped a 350cubic inch chevy v8. slapped on alluminum edelbrock heads, edelbrock camshaft, edelbrock victor jr. intake manifold, holley 650cfm carb, hooker headers, moroso super cool can. then body worked the old construction abused body. painted it. mopar hood scoop, home made spoiler(really gives it some downforce!). mickey thompson 18 inch rear sportsmans. e.t. front runners, super T10 four speed transmission, hays clutch, centerline rims. mooneyes rear mounted fuel cell. custom carpet job, four point roll cage, custom dash board, auto meter gauges, tilt steering, bucket seats, RCI racing harnesses. Spent about $10,000 on the truck, it does 0-60 in 4.5 secs(with the 18inch mickeys spinning), does the quarter mile in 11.73 seconds(with tires spinning all the way through 3rd gear), looks freaking mean as hell, turns heads every where I take it, never been beat by another sport truck, only been beat twice by cars(a mustang g.t. with slicks and supercharger and a 383 stroker camaro with NOS), earns complete respect at local illegal drags...what can i say, i love it!

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ford ranger. the ford ranger is also not a bad v8 transplant. i've seen some with 5.0 and 351ci ford motors running blowers do the quarter in 10,9, and 8 seconds. the only down side with the ranger is, come on its made by ford. also have seen nissan hard body trucks with v8's. even some toyota and mazda trucks...