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My father has had pretty good luck with GMC.
He bought a used GMC Jimmy I believe '96, nothing wrong with it.
We had driven it up steep hills, in ditches, pretty much abused it, and nothing broke on it, except the rear axle, but thats because one year it was pouring rain, and the truck got stuck inside a ditch and it got hit pretty hard.
Just recently the transmission broke, can't go in reverse/first gear, but that broke after aprox. 100k+ miles, I'd say its a suprise that it lasted that long.
It's still driveable today, only thing wrong is the transmission.
OT: A maroon color would look nice on it, that or a silver/gray.