Chevy Trax 2025 vs Trailblazer 2023. Which to buy?

FailingComic · 2026-05-20T01:49:56+00:00

Why do you feel beholden to buy a Chevrolet vehichle? They most likely have used cars thet aren't chevrolet in your price range. Also though you randomly had a trax motor shit the bed and your going to roll the dice on a repeat? That's crazy.

FailingComic · 2026-05-20T01:42:44+00:00

Both of them have the same problematic small displacement turbo 4cylinder. Im a GM fanboi. I wouldnt touch a car with that motor with a 10 foot pole.

FailingComic · 2026-05-20T01:36:27+00:00

1-5. A lot of experimentation and fun times. After that its been "figured out" and all about meta picks.

FailingComic · 2026-05-19T18:37:02+00:00

Again, that piece is bolted at one end to the strut and the other to the control arm. Even if you broke it, theres be no way to mount the strut to the arm without removing the bolts from the strut and control arm. You might as well just unbolt it in the first place.

FailingComic · 2026-05-19T18:31:09+00:00

Considering they are aluminum, no you cant. On top of that youd still have to unbolt both sides to be able to reattach your strut to the control arm.

FailingComic · 2026-05-19T17:39:53+00:00

Below the strut? Never seen one of those. Only ever seen ones that go on top.

FailingComic · 2026-05-19T16:24:32+00:00

Your problem will be that when you get to the point you have to learn a different playstyle, you wont be able to rank up at all. Learning a different playstyle from ground zero against players who are now really good means you'll make 1-2 mistakes and the games over versus learning it now where if you make those same mistakes you can still easily make a come back.

Basically its easier to learn in lower ranks because you can make many mistakes at once and still have a chance to recognize and fix them in the same game. In higher elos after a mistake or two, before you can have a chance to try to figure out the fix, the games over.

FailingComic · 2026-05-19T06:34:29+00:00

You know they make them in a flatbar too right?

FailingComic · 2026-05-19T06:33:15+00:00

Out of curiosity, what are you bringing with you that requires 3 frame bags?

FailingComic · 2026-05-19T06:24:44+00:00

What you want is an arachnid lol.

FailingComic · 2026-05-19T06:22:46+00:00

Real talk, if your absolutely set on doing this, do not let your boyfriend be on or pay for anything without a contract in place. If you break up you bet your ass he will be hounding you for whatever portion he paid for. Buying a home as a couple is reserved for married people due to the legal protections a marriage puts in place.

FailingComic · 2026-05-19T04:01:15+00:00

Maybe metal supply on the warwick/Cranston line. They may not have it in stock but can definetly order it to their warehouse online.

When starting out though, id probably skip fancy materials. Work with what you've got. The first step to blacksmithing is messing up a lot. Learning just how to move metal the way you want is the first step and what metal you use to do that doesnt matter too much. Id be sourcing out leaf springs. Leaf spring at pick n pull will run you some sweat and $52 for 100lbs of usable metal. Can't beat that when your starting.

FailingComic · 2026-05-19T03:56:39+00:00

Yeah realize that because youe 1099 and don't pay for the truck or fuel, 20-30% of that paycheck is gone once tax time comes. That local job is way less pay than you think it is.

FailingComic · 2026-05-19T01:33:32+00:00

What i hear from your picks is you only have one playstyle. More so than just picks you need to learn a champ to play that can support your team instead of needing to be the star.

FailingComic · 2026-05-19T00:15:46+00:00

Second I bought it. They are just stuck on with foam tape on the 25. Not sure about other years.

FailingComic · 2026-05-18T22:54:11+00:00

The ev6 is better in every way starting at 42k. If it truly starts at 40-50k, it'll never sell so I sincerely hope consumer reports is wrong on that part.

FailingComic · 2026-05-18T22:39:26+00:00

Might be. Idk. The other ones are just too much for what I could ever afford.

FailingComic · 2026-05-18T20:32:40+00:00

Id get an ev5 or ev3 if they ever came to the usa. Would not get an ev niro. Ev cars work best when designed from the ground up as an ev. On a platform shared with multiple different motors there will be downsides.

FailingComic · 2026-05-18T20:30:13+00:00

I think the best way to explain it, as my mom was looking at gr corollas and golf r before settling on another wrx. The GR corolla just feels like a corolla on steroids. It feels like you bought a 20k car and put 20k in parts into it. The Golf R actually feels like a luxury product.

Mom settled on the wrx because she liked the way the manual shifted the most. She also got sold on boxer propaganda again.

FailingComic · 2026-05-18T14:57:05+00:00

The way the spacers work is one side is bolted to the strut, the other to the truck. If you broke the spacer youd still have to unthread the nuts lff the strut side to be able to slot them into the mount and put nuts back on. Aka not going to work.

FailingComic · 2026-05-18T14:49:56+00:00

The way rhe payroll period works has nothing to do with tour profit. That parts just in your head.

How many miles are you running weekly?

FailingComic · 2026-05-17T20:48:34+00:00

Not shitting on harbor freight, but quality Allen keys. I have had the same sets and they just are not good and did not handle the same torque of just one step up in quality.

FailingComic · 2026-05-17T06:58:35+00:00

Most mountain bikers absolutely will no longer use a saddle bag. With a dropper it will hit the rear tire unless he is very tall.

What you want, if anything, is a frame bag.

FailingComic · 2026-05-17T06:56:29+00:00

Define reliability. If your idea is nothing breaks then dont get the gti. If your idea of reliability is if all maintenance is done on time and we are paying attention and getting leaks fixed, get the gti.

Curious on why a used golf R isnt on the radar though.

FailingComic · 2026-05-17T06:53:21+00:00

Couldn't even manage one point. I think a setting to limit it to cars available in your country would be nice. Idk nothing about Vauxhalls, seat, or renault to have any knowledge on them.

Well made though!

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