Hello from Canada,
I have purchased my first Trailblazer, a 2006 EXT.
I moved to Canada from the UK / France where I drove Land Rover Defenders and Discovery's.
My aim / goal is to create a Trailblazer that is as good as the Land Rover....
It has to be able to tow boats, act as a rescue / recovery vehicle and to be a family hauler.
It has already been put through its passes with the -38°C temperatures and the snow......
Most of all I enjoy driving it......
I look forward to all your comments and ideas.
New member from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Dive470 - Cruiser
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Welcome! You picked a solid platform for those goals. A common place to start is the Build Thread section. Lots of reading will reveal lots of options.
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Dive470 wrote:Hello from Canada,
I have purchased my first Trailblazer, a 2006 EXT.
I moved to Canada from the UK / France where I drove Land Rover Defenders and Discovery's.
My aim / goal is to create a Trailblazer that is as good as the Land Rover....
It has to be able to tow boats, act as a rescue / recovery vehicle and to be a family hauler.
It has already been put through its passes with the -38°C temperatures and the snow......
Most of all I enjoy driving it......
I look forward to all your comments and ideas.
So you plan on having your Trailblazer break down regularly?
Welcome aboard mate!
Once lifted 03 Trailblazer on 35's, gave it up to travel the USA with my family.
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Welcome!
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as long as it has more then 80000 miles it will have any Land Rover beat, every one we get in here has a bad engine 
. Maybe they make them better for Europe. Walcome to the family though. 
. Maybe they make them better for Europe. Walcome to the family though. - jonbo2002
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NC_IslandRunner wrote:Welcome!
I can't help but picture that guy from Grown-Ups with the squeaky voice!
That's exactly what immediately popped into my head. But looking up some pictures, wow, that place doesn't look so bad.
Prob been a bit cold up there lately though. Stay warm, and welcome to the site!
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Welcome over, I'm sure you'll be able to make improvements to your TB and have it more to your liking soon enough.
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Hey guys, thanks for the welcomes.....
Land's aren't that bad......... If I can i'll try and get a photo or two up of my old one.
The picture from James is across the river downtown, and we get some spectacular northern lights...
It does get fairly cold up here, so lets see what happens.
Thanks once again
Land's aren't that bad......... If I can i'll try and get a photo or two up of my old one.
The picture from James is across the river downtown, and we get some spectacular northern lights...
It does get fairly cold up here, so lets see what happens.
Thanks once again
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Well Andy, that area has some beautiful national parks. Don't know much about the off-roading, but we have some Canadian friends that avid travelers and are always sending pictures of the region.
Once lifted 03 Trailblazer on 35's, gave it up to travel the USA with my family.
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Well here goes.... this is a picture of my old Landy....
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Dive470 - Cruiser
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WOW!Dive470 wrote:Well here goes.... this is a picture of my old Landy....
Why would you ever give that up? Down here, a restored and built one, legally imported, can be $100K!
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I dig it. I look forward to seeing what you do with your new ride!
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