The creaky, cheap plastics inside were bad, but not as bad as the trash GM was putting in vehicles from about 2004-2013.

@bldontmatter5319

8 ай бұрын

Post bailout engines straight up don't last. As a valet, I saw more surviving gm cars from the 90s and early 2000s, than I did the 05-15 gm era cars, and that says a LOT. They're already off the road!!

@russelldzugas5653

8 ай бұрын

100% agree

@bwofficial1776

8 ай бұрын

GM had the best seats and decent interiors until about 2005-07 when they discontinued all of their 90s holdover platforms. Bailout and post-bailout GM had the most uncomfortable seats and the cheapest hardest plastics known to man.

@doug6191

8 ай бұрын

@@bwofficial1776 Seat? Maybe. Decent interiors? No. Famously no.

@fleuger99

8 ай бұрын

@@bwofficial1776 In my opinion, GM interior controls always looked like Lego. No good designs or nice touchy controls.

Late 90s-early 00s was peak GM. The interiors didn't look bad, the plastics were creaky but mostly held up well, the seats were tremendously comfortable, and the engines were very durable. These SUVs and the trucks they were based on used to be everywhere. These are still competent daily drivers if you find one that's been taken care of and isn't rusted or roached out.

4.3 v6 was a tank with a truck like interior & ladder frame

I love this one... A very very cool early SUV... Its front fascia is so... idk... Just pretty like perfect 90s... Very very nice era for the Jimmys... And its very like... Modern enough to not be a hazard on the road and also to be quite comfortable for the users, and not too crazy to drive them insane with stuff...

I miss the split tail gates from the 90s. Being able to hang long items out the back was so useful.

The scoop hood looks awesome and makes it look different from a regular Jimmy. Clean look when spare tire is NOT mounted to back of the tailgate...

It's so interesting for me to watch reviews of cars I've never seen with my own eyes, just because a lot of them just never were selling here. Greetings from Kyiv :)

@bldontmatter5319

8 ай бұрын

Ты в Азове)? Просто шутка.

Much better than the current abomination that goes by the name Blazer.

I live in southern,il and enjoy watching ur reviews of all diff vehicles from the very past to the present. Great job and keep up the good work

My sister had a 1996 blazer which was the same vehicle obviously

Beautiful truck. G.m. really knew what they were doing at the time they built this truck in Linden, New Jersey.....

@xFactoryUSA

8 ай бұрын

There weren’t many options, not that this car was actually good 😂

98 gmc jimmy 4x4 4.3l vortec 4l60e np233. Very reliable. Did the Oldsmobile bravada front passenger axle swap. Np231 transfer case swap. The dash block off panel where the 4x4 buttons were. Ive had engine and transmission rebuilt. Complete suspension rebuilt i have a gu8 axle code. Had the original paint color repainted new gloss and had the orginal rims cleaned up. Get rid of the vaccume modulator on the front axle and vaccume tree the electronic shift on mine got stuck i replaced it a year later same thing!! No longer need now a stock s10 manual lever to shift transfercase.

Currently on my second Blazer. The first met a Kamikaze Nissan. They're slow. They're bumpy. There are a few design choices I hate. But as you put it, you can just drive a Jimmy. If you haven't driven one in 20 years, you can just get in and drive it. It just clicks. Tragically, there aren't any newer vehicles that you can do that with. At least that I've found. The closest I've come is the '06 300C I regularly used for work. After a few days, it's intuitive. It is one of the cars of all time.

I had owned one '96 GMC Sonoma truck extended cab truck Highrider option 4x4. Great vehicle to own . Ordered new. Purple exterior with Grey interior Could've ordered the Jimmy with the Highrider option same as Blazer's ZR2 but decided with the truck. The 4.3 was a great engine . Reliable started every time!

Two of my best friends had these trucks in high school. A gold S-10, and white Jimmy, both with the 4.3L. Very fitting title on this one Zach!

I never really paid attention until this video, that pre-facelift for this generation it had the split tailgate but then if you notice after the refresh the tailgate on the became one piece where the glass still open separately but the entire tailgate opened upwards instead of the bottom part opening downwards. To be honest I don't know why they would change this, I guess at this point in the 90s the preference was to have the full liftgate so they opted to continue with that and ditched the clamshell style.

My parents used to own a 95 Jimmy just like that but it was a 2 door

I remember them. They were reliable and long lasting vehicles -- probably one of the last few to sell well or have strong sales stamina until GM's bankruptcy and slow decline that continues to this day.

I noticed its missing the rear wiper. But regardless I love the GMC JIMMY. I have a 1986 GMC S-15 JIMMY I've owned it since 95. Love my GMC S-15 JIMMY.

I had an Olds Bravada aka Jimmy with leather. Great vehicles!

Ps rebuilt my 98 gmc jimmy after 789,886 miles on it. It was tired leaking smoking and breaking down. So i rebuilt it frame up!

Nice rims and nice stance....

Always wanted a 2-door Blazer or Jimmy but I've only ever owned S10's and currently a Sonoma.

That’s hilarious. I have a ‘97 SLS that looks just like this minus the stripe. Along with the exact same stereo

I would love to put an LS and a Tremec in one of these

I know RCR has done one, but I always thought the Olds Bravada was an interesting iteration of this chassis.

Everyone in high school had a Jimmy 😂😂

I miss my jimmy

Had a -97 S-10 Blazer, that I bought new. It served me well for like 60k miles, but the next owner got a tsunami of troubles. (It was serviced by a local GM dealer during my ownership and I´m not punishing my vehicles...). As I can recall, the only surviving part of the drivetrain was the engine itself. I must say that the -96 Grand Cherokee I bought after this, was a way better automobile in every respect (But also more expensive new) The ride was superior to the S-10, and gas milage was about the same, even though with some tweaks to the 5, 2 it was much faster 0-60.

1:11 same one in my boat

My father used to have one of these, then he got a GMC Sonoma. He liked the Jimmy a lot better.

nice car.

Ill never forget, as a valet, all the annoying creaks and plastics from this era of GM... but atleast the dash hasnt exploded into a million pieces like a dodge, makes decent power unlike a toyota, looks ok, and is very reliable.

Those 4300 engines are notorious for blowing gaskets and coolant leaks, and bad owners fixing that with stop leak. I wouldn’t exactly call them “reliable”. Especially if you’re picking one up used I’d be wary of thinning they’re trouble free

@theRooster722

5 ай бұрын

Intake gaskets only. My 1997 has 305k on it all original engine. One good owner.

I have a friend named jimmy

Eww...those Blazers/Gimmi(ck)s had garbage engines prone to head gasket and valve failure.

@bldontmatter5319

8 ай бұрын

Never heard of a 4.3 with catastrophic failure.

@tedray5687

8 ай бұрын

Yeah I don't know what motor you're talking about. 4.3s are damn near indestructible.

@alecmurray8339

8 ай бұрын

The 4.3s were reliable, everything built around it however…

@runoflife87

8 ай бұрын

@@bldontmatter5319 Brazilian assebled ones were fragile as hell.

@runoflife87

8 ай бұрын

@@tedray5687 try using "low-octane" fuel (92 or 93 in Europe), and You'll get a lot of problems.

First comment, baby! Haha

Hi. Interesting video. I have a '95 Jimmy, and I noticed that the '96 and beyond have a different 4.3 engine. Would you happen to know why they changed it? I have a repair manual that says that the engine in the '95 was only on the '94 and '95 Jimmy's before they changed it. I would appreciate any information that you might know. Thank you for the video, Kaycie 👩‍🦳

@mss6530

4 ай бұрын

Frls i want to know to i got a 96 jimmy great question