I have a 1990 Blazer that I bought fresh out of high school. She's been my daily driver for 24 years. 610,000 miles on the original engine and still strong. 100k+miles pulling a trailer. She's been to ver 100 concerts and I wouldn't trade her for the world.

Damn this truck makes me want to drink a beer and yell about the government overreach while driving to the VA for my pain meds.

"Fuel economy? Don't ask!" I can relate to that...

"I wish I had less morals". Damnnn, Fred Durst didn't even realize you roasted him lol.

Dude, that hair with that goatee and that hoodie? Happy 2008 everyone. GreenBizkitParkRomance is an awesome band.

13 GODDAMN TRANSMISSIONS.That kinda devotion is impressive.

One of the best looking trucks of all time.

I wonder how many windshield notes the dude got before he had to put up the "not for sale" sticker

That's gotta be the cleanest K5 I've seen in a long time.

One last time for 2018, the most anticipated copypasta of the year... [NZ coastline] Welcome to RCR New Zealand. [Isaac waves at screen] We were hosted by Camshaft Software, [Automaton title screen] makers of Automaton, a videogame [Dominion winga dinga] for every gearhead who say [V12 engine in dyno test] “I can make a better car company”. Well, this is your chance to put up or shut up. [screenshot of cam profiling] From cam profiles to [screenshot of fleet marketing] fleet marketing, you do it all [Bryan and Nick walking] and thanks to them, [Nick making notes, Bryan playing with his camera and Andrew chilling] Regular Car Reviews [Ford Falcon XR6] made it to New Zealand, [Toyota Celica GT-Four] the planet’s bonus track. [NZ wave approaches] Sweet as.

"13 transmissions" thats a chevy

This. This is it. This is the definitive American car. This. This and the Crown Vic.

K5 Blazer: The official truck of a midnight PBR and Newports run

Look at you RCR, delivering even in the last day of the year. This is why I like you. Happy new year ppl.

This K5 Blazer was taken care of exceptionally well. You'd expect a 1990 vehicle in Muncie, Indiana (where this video was filmed) or Illinois (where it was registered given the Illinois plates) to have rusted away years ago.

My dad had a 72. Helped him rebuild the engine as much as a young kid could. My sister crashed it into a tree while learning to drive. K5 shrugged it off. Unfortunately it suffered a slow death when the transmission started going. My dad sold it due to financial problems like he did a couple other classics he had hanging around. Brings back memories. Some good, some bad. Such is life.

I'm pretty sure his band's name is "Private Instigators." It said so on every image shown in this video.

The official car of “Ive been paying alimony and child support since 1986”

The 4runner episode made me love the channel, the blazer episode made me miss my 89 K5 more than ever before This channel is the greatest source of unique and creative content i love it

"Two cars with airbags crashed this year" Where do you come up with these facts!?

13 Transmissions over the years, my crap dumpster F150 went through one transmission in 479,000 miles before the second engine blew up. Didn't think you could detonate that many 700R4s that quickly.

Instead of making trucks that look like Fords, Chevy should go retro and go back to the square-body style.

I think this is one of my fav RCR. It nicely balances the positives and negatives of a car, and decides to love the car for the positives.

9:31 so true, hit a van doing about 50 KPH in my 91 and my seat belt broke off from the bench and I bounced off the windscreen/dash but the truck was mostly fine. Bumper was pushed in a touch and the doors don’t open all the way but it looks most fine

2:35 if you look very closely you can see Matt farahs million mile red pick up truck behind the Lexus

Sounds like "Dom" needs to learn how to read line pressure or have a trans professionally rebuilt. 13 transmissions in 200k miles? You'd think he'd learn he's doing something wrong.

Houses of the holy is amazing from beginning to end, but it’s no Zep 3

A real treat is to drive the M1009 military K5 variant. It's a bare bones metal floor, roll up windows, noisy smelly 6.2 diesel iron box .

Wait, Marauder guy also has a K5? Frickin sweet

THE K STANDS FOR KILOGRAMS. THE 5 IS HOW HEAVY MY POOPS ARE. I TAKE 12 FIBER PILLS A DAY AND POOP ENORMOUS HEMPEN ROPES

Drove an '84 6.2L diesel K5 in the 90's. Working on hat thing taught me tons about trucks. Sold it after the transmission crapped out for the third time. Damn that was a beast to try to push down the road.

I bought a 1985 K5 Blazer in 2001 with 85,000 original miles for $1,900. It had a 305 V8 engine and it was great especially in the snow. I had it for about a year before I got rid of it. I never had a issue with it. I would love to see them make a Blazer like this again not those tiny Trailblazers they came out with. I wanna see a big S.U.V. again.

Really loved Roman's song at the end. His songwriting and performance skills are evolving into a fine whiskey. This is classic RCR. This is why we watch.

“It’s had the same body for 18 years? Yea well so has dad” Fuckin lost it

My best friend had a black blazer in Chicago on the NW side and the wheel literally came off the front passenger after having the tires serviced on the way back from O'Hare one night. I hopped out and got that out of Addison as it nosed down. You were a good driver Jim, thank you for everything, it wasn't your fault that tire came off.

We had a K5 when I was a kid, one of the older ones. It was on large enough tires that my dad had to pick my mom up and place her into the truck. Got about 5 mpg in blue with a white top. Absolutely loved that thing.

The Highway Safety Commission has ruled the Canyonero unsafe for highway or city driving. /Canyonero!/

Oh yes. Sadly the new Blazer is a disgrace to the name plate. I thought the S10 Blazer was already too "soccer mom" but I was wrong.

I had LOTS of fun with my 1990 Chevy "silverado" single cab truck with the 350 engine! Not the blazer but basically the same. and oh ya, I put 3 12inch Kicker sub-woofers behind the seat so I had to have it all the way forward to drive...very (not) safe Sounded great along with the 6.5 inch kicker component door speakers I had also. Good times...good high school times... :)

Had an 88 K5 until it was stolen, still have it today otherwise. That thing was a beast. I remember after one big snowstorm pulling a bunch of cars (and a Jeep) out of a 5' snowbank. Loved that truck.

The only things that kill a square body are rust and neglect.

IIRC they were originally classified as "station wagons" by insurance companies.

My dad has a forest green 1972 K5 blazer that my grandfather bought new in 1972. I love the thing. It gets real looks and there is so much space. Feels solid and loose and lax at the same time.

I get the same feeling driving my 1985 GMC K20. My dad bought it brand new in 85 and the thing has just been a good honest workhorse ever since. Turns heads every once in a while with it having an iconic sounding 6.2 Detroit Deisel.

I need to go to sleep RCR.......damnit.....

5:32 did anyone notice the “Suicidal tendencies” book in the door pocket?

"I like your cylinder deactivation"

I have owned 4 K5 Blazers and they were all badass rides to own and drive. I saw one locally with a supercharged LS3 in it and sounded amazing and the owner claimed 18mpg city... that would be an amazing setup on some 35's. Love the blazer's!

One small benefit of having insomnia and still being up at 4 AM.

That modern gentleman's hair is green

8:30 That's pretty much what surprised me the most about my S10 Blazer. It's a big car by European standards, but it has a tighter turn radius than most cars on the roads, even ones with shorter wheelbases.

10:12 "Look at him! I bet he porks no handed." LMAO!!

I just love these 60-70-80-90s trucks/truck-based vehicles. And I'm glad there is plenty driving around. I can't help but smile when I see one driving down the road, whether they are Ram, Chevy, or Ford.

I'm a squrebody nerd and LOVE this truck! FYI this generation of GM truck is commonly referred to as the "squarebody" by truck nerds. This is one CLEAN K5. I could do w/out the sunroofs or the exhaust tips, and the 4WD def needs to work, but other than that his thing is SWEEEEEET. My dad had a 78 K5 when I was a little kid, and that thing was a tank. It was also a rotted out PO at that time (thanks New England!) but I remember him offroading it or crashing through huge snow piles. I always wanted one. Came close when I was in high school, I bought a beater 73K10 and fixed it up. Wish I had kept it :( They were a dime a dozen when I was in high school (90's kid), it wasn't till later the value started shooting up. I think they're worth the money though, as these trucks will literally last longer than their owners, providing one can keep the body rot at bay. As far as the transmissions, he doesn't specify if these are pro rebuilds, or junkyard transmissions. If they're from the JY, they can be picked up for a few hundred bucks. If they're pro rebuilds, he needs a new tranny guy. These don't have steering racks; the steering box turns a pitman arm which acts on a drag link which turns the drivers wheel, and the passenger wheel is connected to the driver's wheel via a long tie rod. If the ball joints in that long tie rod get worn, the wheels start to move in slightly different directions and the damn thing can be nearly uncontrollable. It happened to my K10. Crossover steering is a very popular mod on these. The rear axle is 1.5" narrower per side than the front. My truck came with wider wheels on the rear to even it out. Some mud truck guys used to say the different tracks were helpful in the mud, as the rear tires followed in slightly narrower ruts and got more "bite". I dunno, to me it looks goofy. Swap in a 3/4 or 1ton rear axle from the same generation van, the rear axle is wider than the pickups and will match the front track. To see a NASTY K5, check out BJ Balwin's. Though, there's not much K5 left other than the body and a section of the original chassis.

Just really spot on. You guys must have dad's that saw reality go away with technology. Keep these videos coming......you may be young, but you clearly have paid attention.

I had a 79 K5. Champagne gold farm truck with a lift kit much like this one. I could make moves on the sheer force of ugly with that beast. No running boards. I'm 6'0" and the door handle was at eye level. I used the door pull and steering wheel to vault myself inside. It was wonderful. There's nothing - NOTHING! - more liberating than owning a truck that you love but at the same time don't give a crap about. I didn't polish the fenders. The interior was musty and the floorboards had a few holes. I needed a daily for living in the Vail Valley and this monster was PERFECT.

And you see Chevy Blazer of today and it makes you cry

"I wish I had less morals". Story of my freakin' life.

I just love the condition of the paint. its gorgeous. I have a 1985 K20, the thing is dented, scratched, sun bleached, and rusted.

I have an assignment in graphic design school where we have to make cover art for a book. I had no idea what to make it for so my teacher recommended On the Road since he knew I'm a car guy. Reading and loving it now and just got the Kerouac reference at the start of the video!

NOT A HORSE

2:42 thats me looking for a car

I LOVE the blazer, it's so simple, but so rugged, and it just *works.*

My first truck was a 78 K5!! Second was a 2 door Tahoe. Also had a TBSS. I love Blazers!! You can literally back up into a normal car with a K5, destroy/total the other car, and only have a small dent on your bumper... I mean, that's what i heard. Best car for a young man.

I see k5 blazer I click

The K5 Blazer screams 'murica to me

Most blazer owners acknowledge 3 body styles. the 69-72 which has the 67-72 truck body and fully convertible top, the ever coveted 73-76 full convertible square body, and the 77-91.

Hard to believe that this awesome truck is almost 30 years old! Great video - thanks for sharing

Only 13 transmissions? Tell him I'll trade my '99 Ram 1500 for it! It's had 15.

An '89 model hit my '85 Escort, from a standing stop, while I was passing in front of it at a two-way stop, on the left rear quarter-panel, spun the car about 200 degrees, the right rear wheel rim hit the concrete curb, popped it over that after chipping the concrete and bending the rim, leaving the car almost completely off the street. I was amazed then, and now, that the car didn't flip. Did absolutely nothing to the K5's bumper. I still remember that guy's name, and I've hated Blazers ever since.

As a squarebody fanatic, that is one clean k5!! especially for being from a rust belt region!! Absolutely a beaut!!

Broooo major shouts out to you for giving your viewers some chicago car history about the rammers! Blazers, suburbans, broncos etc.

Hey, isn't that the guy with the Mercury Marauder?

My K5 was my 2nd favorite vehicle I every owned. My favorite was my Gran National GNX

This review really hit home. I've got an '88 with 200,000 miles. It's on its second engine and transmission because the original owners weren't kind to it. I used to daily it, but that wore out it's welcome pretty quick. This truck is a lot more fun offroad than on. Case in point; mine is bone stock, and I've taken it through the woods as the crow flies, crawling over fallen trees (so long as they weren't too big) like they were nothing as I followed lifted XJ Cherokees. Came close to busting the transfer case open a few times, but it was incredible fun and the only reason I keep it around. I spend more time working on the damn thing than driving it. When I do drive it, I get hounded by what I like to call "Squarebody Bros." I get questions and comments from them like this; "Are ya gonna restore it?" "You shouldn't be driving it in the winter, you're ruining a classic." "How much you want for it?" "Don't turn it into a mud rig, you're ruining a classic." It's the Squarebody Bros that tell me I'm ruining my K5 that get to me and is another reason why I don't daily it anymore. I might just turn it into a dedicated mud rig though, much to their dismay.

The modern day Oregon Trail covered wagon

I really need a playlist of RCR on Spotify so I can sheepishly smile at my coworkers at my factory job... Please make this happen.

My first car was a 1979 K-5 rusted out free hand me down in 1993 with more miles than you could imagine. I loved every moment in that truck.

Now you need Ramcharger, and a Bronco ❤️

Makes me proud to work on my old truck. Never buying anything newer than 1995.

So many memories in the GMC version of this that belonged to my best friend's mom. Burying it in water up to the goddamn hood and still getting out alive, slamming on the brakes and sending a friend in the back flying into the windshield...

Me and my dad are fixing up an old c-10 which is the equivalent of a blazer as a regular truck, and it will be my first car, i can’t wait for the day I get the keys to big blue

13 transmissions? Do I smell TV cable geometry/adjustment issues?

The irony of "Houses of the Holy" is it's not on "Houses of the Holy".

GM Square Body: The official truck/SUV of Fox News, Budweiser, and the NRA.

You're right, that truck is like my dad. He's over 65. And still Jacked. Even after his hip replacement, he still bench presses more than I weigh.

This generation of Chevy trucks is, without question, my favorite. Coincidentally it's also the precise cross-section of the availability of luxury features like power windows/locks/seats, air con with the last bastion of traditional features like butterfly windows, manual transmission availability even in the utility bodies (allegedly foreign markets and fleet sales could defy this) fully metal construction, etc. A 1970s platform updated to the 1990s. The pickups had already taken the newer, modernized form by the late 80s, but the Blazer, Suburban, and Heavy-Duty pickups stayed with this body style until '91, delicious anachronisms of 70s zeitgeist in the era of the Taurus and the design imperative that everything had to start looking like it was excreted from some terrible orifice. Seeing a car like this on the road is like getting back small-portrait notes in your change. "Ah" you think, "real money." Before the change that set everything on its ear. Before "they" ruined it.

"Just another life in the day of a k5" dyslexic lol

I still have mine that I bought in 1985 and it's still mint, dumped the 305 for a crate 5.7, standard quadrajet and manual transmission. It'll go anywhere a jeep will go and with more low end power. Now which son will get it is the problem.

My buddy had a ‘78 K5 in high school, he’d pick me up as we were neighbors and take me to school in it. It was the coolest truck ive ever been in, as it was a custom job. Kind of a pimp truck. It had bad shocks in the back so it would almost touch the ground. And one time we were getting out of the drive way and a wheel fell right off. Just like the one in the vid lol

5:30 "Just another life in the day of a K5"

Okay I want to see that judge Judy episode if they actually made it "WeLL Ya DiD MakE mA WhEeLs fALl oFf..."

Had an 84 K5 and it was my favorite vehicle I ever owned 👍🤘 wish I never got rid of it.

This is probably the cleanest RCR I’ve ever watched and I think it shows just how good he really is at writing reviews

That celica to your left when you 1st stepped in the drivers seat ! ! ! ! love to see a review on that body style !

7:10 Private Investigators? Picture shows 'Private Instigators'.

My daily driver is a '91 Blazer. Yes, the iron fist in a velour glove... Get's lots of thumbs up!

I had a 86 with 4 different sized tires, and no floors I bought for 300 bucks a few years back. I drove it for 4 months until the inspection ran out and the floors fell out and sold it for 700 dollars. Out of all of the cars I've owned, it was probably my favorite.

Stevie Ray died in a helicopter crash. Stll another great guitarist murdered by heavier than air vehicles. Damn you Orville and Wilbur, DAMN YOU!!!!! PS: Dom, props for the Suicidal Tendencies gear!

i owned one of these for 6 months when i lived in utah. it had a rebuilt sb350 and rusted/missing floorpan and i beat the ever loving shit out of it.