Most of my life I've wanted sports cars or 4x4's but wereunaffordable. In South Africa, sports cars & off road vehicles were the exception rather than the rule back in the 60's & 70's & then with family commitments, work & most week-ends spent surfing or paddle ski-ing I never got round to all this stuff.
Until I arrived in New Zealand - To my kids surprise & at the ripe old age of 55! I bought a Jeep Grand Cherokee v8 & took this off-road in the mountains, on the beach & in huge sand dunes. From then I was hooked. Sadly when I closed my business the Jeep had to go & I downgraded to a Toyota Celica (sports car at last!) but this proved too inconvienient & when the local car yards started importing Blazers from Japan I jumped at the chance & bought one. After a few teething problems & waiting to have the tranny checked out & sorted before going off road & with winter arriving the boat is being mothballed & fishing can change to off-roading, I'm now ready& waiting for the weather to play ball. I need to show off to the others with their Explorers, Isuzu's, Mitsubishi's, Nissans & Hi-lux's. They all smirk at my Chevy! No good they say. I hope to show them otherwise.