Last week I picked up my late grandpa's old truck, a light blue 1993 Chevrolet Cheyenne 2500 4x4, from storage. Its strictly a beach truck for our summer fishing work. Nonetheless, I was tempted to take it for a spin around North Road and the furthermost Northern part of Kenai (where very few cars are around). I've determined what I like and don't like about it. What I don't like;

-Extraordinarily truck-ish. Nothing about it is refined or comfortable. You have to apply a lot of effort and strength just to shift it (its a manual) or to turn the radio on. Not a fault with the car, it was just built that way.
-Manual transmission is hard to use. I like manuals, just not this one.
-Too many blind spots to count.
-You get the feeling that if you had to stop fast, you aren't going to stop fast. Or at all. Which is worrisome, what with reckless ATV and snowmobile drivers, moose and drunk drivers (who are a big problem in this area of Alaska).
-Handles like a '93 Chevy truck.

Its basically what you'd expect from a early 1990's GM truck. Which has its ups and downs.