Good luck with the new truck! I have always liked the NBS (what GM freaks call the full-sizes built from 99-06) Silverados and Sierras and have believed they were the best modern trucks built to date. You just cant beat a GM LS motor for reliability, ease of working on, and ease of performance upgrades. Plus parts are literally everywhere. I cant wait to put a LQ9 with a cam and intake in a S-10 and back it up with a T-56 and get 25 on the highway.

 

besides the 4x2 part i'd say you have a better truck .

 

after your warranty is gone you will find out how bad chevy's really are. i know a chevy guy that is glad his trucks is still under warranty because there is already thousands of dollars worth of problems and it is only a couple of years old.

 

I would take a couple thousands of work in a couple years than roughly $5k in one year. Like I said, I took a gamble with my Dodge...took it in the ***, so I got rid of it before more thousands got dumped in. I thought outside the box, and instead of thinking....my truck is bulletproof now, I thought, "whats going to go out next...heads, another tranny, dash, heater core, fuel pump, etc...these are "common problems"

Its a good truck, most of the farmers around where I am from used GM all the time, I will try it out. Any vehicle will have problems....Im ready for that

 

When I was looking for my truck, I actally looked for high mileage... over 170k. My thinking was this... American vehicle (dodge in particular) with over 170k on it in running condition = a) well taken care of and/or b) an "anti-lemon".

I won't touch used vehicles between 80k and 120k. I feel (can't back it up with data) that's where the big ticket items go bad. At 170k+ I figure chances are the big stuff has been dealt with... once anyway (I suppose it could just as easily be close to needing the big ticket items again.).

Of course I also won't buy newer vehicles because every mechanic I have ever dealt with is a crook! I can work on the older ones myself... most of the time.

 

J/K i LIKE THE LOOKS OF THE front ends of the GMC myself, did'nt mean for that "common problems" to burn your ****(if not just seemed like it did ,its all good) i was chevy guy before i bought my dodge also didnt know anything about it before i bought it, But i think heyyou has something , everytime i get on this forum site something happens to my truck, when im not it runs fine, LOL Next truck i buy is gonna be a mid 70's ford 4x4 highboy , love the looks and i know metal interiors dont crack.

 

good luck with the chevy(gmc),,,, i have done a few fuel pumps on them

 

my wife's Yukon, same engine, 2WD...14.3 MPG.

 

Good luck. btw, what all did you replace to account for 5k? Step away from the credit card :P

 

Hey, there's something wrong with this thread. There aren't any pictures of the new truck.