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Last deal fell through, truck had some long scratches in the paint, and the
salesman tried to bull**** me about a noise coming from the vicinity of the CD player. He told me that since it was a diesel, the truck used electricity to keep the plugs hot even when the key was out of the ignition. I decided then I didn't like working with the guy. Besides, I can see no use for the four wheel drive and the Z71 package, both of which add to the cost, etc. So, I recently came across this one. The new salesman is checking it out now, cosmetically, inside and out. http://tinyurl.com/329plaj May give him the word today. I like the fact it's $13,000 cheaper than the other one. Gives me some money to play with. Might get some bigger wheels. It comes with the 16", but I've been told that bigger is better. Have to do some research there. You truck owners might help me out here. -- John H All decisions are the result of binary thinking. |
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"John H" wrote in message ... Last deal fell through, truck had some long scratches in the paint, and the salesman tried to bull**** me about a noise coming from the vicinity of the CD player. He told me that since it was a diesel, the truck used electricity to keep the plugs hot even when the key was out of the ignition. I decided then I didn't like working with the guy. Besides, I can see no use for the four wheel drive and the Z71 package, both of which add to the cost, etc. So, I recently came across this one. The new salesman is checking it out now, cosmetically, inside and out. http://tinyurl.com/329plaj May give him the word today. I like the fact it's $13,000 cheaper than the other one. Gives me some money to play with. Might get some bigger wheels. It comes with the 16", but I've been told that bigger is better. Have to do some research there. You truck owners might help me out here. -- John H With all the good deals floating around on year end models... why not price up a simpler new truck? Even up here they are clearing out reg cab GMC Sierra 2WD, automatic & air cond for $16K. I'm almost tempted to buy one myself. |
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says... Last deal fell through, truck had some long scratches in the paint, and the salesman tried to bull**** me about a noise coming from the vicinity of the CD player. He told me that since it was a diesel, the truck used electricity to keep the plugs hot even when the key was out of the ignition. I decided then I didn't like working with the guy. Besides, I can see no use for the four wheel drive and the Z71 package, both of which add to the cost, etc. So, I recently came across this one. The new salesman is checking it out now, cosmetically, inside and out. Too funny. http://tinyurl.com/329plaj May give him the word today. I like the fact it's $13,000 cheaper than the other one. Gives me some money to play with. Might get some bigger wheels. It comes with the 16", but I've been told that bigger is better. Have to do some research there. You truck owners might help me out here. The bigger the tire the more expensive the tire. Also, is the transmission and speedo set up for the bigger tires? I would hate to go through life having to calculate the speed or keep checking the conversion chart written on the windshield. |
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On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:16:17 -0400, I am Tosk
wrote: In article , says... In article , says... Last deal fell through, truck had some long scratches in the paint, and the salesman tried to bull**** me about a noise coming from the vicinity of the CD player. He told me that since it was a diesel, the truck used electricity to keep the plugs hot even when the key was out of the ignition. I decided then I didn't like working with the guy. Besides, I can see no use for the four wheel drive and the Z71 package, both of which add to the cost, etc. So, I recently came across this one. The new salesman is checking it out now, cosmetically, inside and out. Too funny. http://tinyurl.com/329plaj May give him the word today. I like the fact it's $13,000 cheaper than the other one. Gives me some money to play with. Might get some bigger wheels. It comes with the 16", but I've been told that bigger is better. Have to do some research there. You truck owners might help me out here. The bigger the tire the more expensive the tire. Also, is the transmission and speedo set up for the bigger tires? I would hate to go through life having to calculate the speed or keep checking the conversion chart written on the windshield. My speedo is off by a few, but the GPS is usually on with the correct speed display... I'm thinking that will not be a big problem. -- John H All decisions are the result of binary thinking. |
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"John H" wrote in message ... Last deal fell through, truck had some long scratches in the paint, and the salesman tried to bull**** me about a noise coming from the vicinity of the CD player. He told me that since it was a diesel, the truck used electricity to keep the plugs hot even when the key was out of the ignition. I decided then I didn't like working with the guy. Besides, I can see no use for the four wheel drive and the Z71 package, both of which add to the cost, etc. So, I recently came across this one. The new salesman is checking it out now, cosmetically, inside and out. http://tinyurl.com/329plaj May give him the word today. I like the fact it's $13,000 cheaper than the other one. Gives me some money to play with. Might get some bigger wheels. It comes with the 16", but I've been told that bigger is better. Have to do some research there. You truck owners might help me out here. -- John H All decisions are the result of binary thinking. If it was a Z71 was not a diesel. Diesel just says 4x4 on the them. At least a few years ago that was true. |
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On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:08:08 -0700, "Califbill"
wrote: "John H" wrote in message .. . Last deal fell through, truck had some long scratches in the paint, and the salesman tried to bull**** me about a noise coming from the vicinity of the CD player. He told me that since it was a diesel, the truck used electricity to keep the plugs hot even when the key was out of the ignition. I decided then I didn't like working with the guy. Besides, I can see no use for the four wheel drive and the Z71 package, both of which add to the cost, etc. So, I recently came across this one. The new salesman is checking it out now, cosmetically, inside and out. http://tinyurl.com/329plaj May give him the word today. I like the fact it's $13,000 cheaper than the other one. Gives me some money to play with. Might get some bigger wheels. It comes with the 16", but I've been told that bigger is better. Have to do some research there. You truck owners might help me out here. -- John H All decisions are the result of binary thinking. If it was a Z71 was not a diesel. Diesel just says 4x4 on the them. At least a few years ago that was true. This is the truck I was looking at. http://tinyurl.com/24a3suc As you can see, it's got the Z71 package. Maybe it's been adapted to the new diesels also. -- John H All decisions are the result of binary thinking. |
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On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:35:54 -0400, I am Tosk
wrote: In article , says... Last deal fell through, truck had some long scratches in the paint, and the salesman tried to bull**** me about a noise coming from the vicinity of the CD player. He told me that since it was a diesel, the truck used electricity to keep the plugs hot even when the key was out of the ignition. I decided then I didn't like working with the guy. Besides, I can see no use for the four wheel drive and the Z71 package, both of which add to the cost, etc. So, I recently came across this one. The new salesman is checking it out now, cosmetically, inside and out. http://tinyurl.com/329plaj May give him the word today. I like the fact it's $13,000 cheaper than the other one. Gives me some money to play with. Might get some bigger wheels. It comes with the 16", but I've been told that bigger is better. Have to do some research there. You truck owners might help me out here. Bigger wheels? Do you do off road? If you do, look at BF Goodrich AT Wranglers for low highway noise and great off road traction. Look at the reviews, it's all I ever ran on my jeeps which saw a lot of off road, and I drove it in my job about a thousand miles a week... Nothing ridiculous, I went up to 31's for the jeeps iirc.. No lift necessary but plenty of trail crawling fun. If however you are not going off road, and you are gonna' do a lot of towing, I would leave the tires the size they are. My bud (the best hot rod and antique re-builder I know) used to build fast cars but he never put the big tall rear tires and lift that most of the other hotrodders of the day were sporting. I asked him once, why? He said, "when the guys in Detroit designed this car they did a lot of work to see how to sit this car to handle the best they could, and I am not gonna' second guess the engineers on that one"... A bit wider tires were ok, with very innocuous American racing rims, but other than that, all of his hotrods sat just like it did when they left the factory. Made a lot of sense to me... just sayin' His cars were a 68 cuda with a 440 and built, a Cherry 72 Nova, rare redone hatchback modified with a pretty much stock 350, a four speed manual tranny, disk brakes from a 75, and a custom steering column from a corvair to fit around the headers on the 350, his wifes car, a beautiful 1980 Camaro from Canada with only a "fred" and an o2 sensor for emissions bull****, 12 bolt and a stock engine, interior, paint, and last I saw him he was rebuilding a 64 1/2 pony pack he had come across, garaged with 60+ thousand miles original... and I guarantee that one has stock height tires on it too. Even though most of his cars are not considered must have "treasures", each and every one is meticulously redone, fluxed engines, stripped down to bare metal, re-chromed everything including interior door lock knobs and window trim, just beautiful cars. But either way, sounds to me like you are buying a tool, not just a big truck to be cool, think of it as a tool, think carefully before you decide you know more about towing than the kids in Detroit, just my .02 since you asked Don't know about the 2008, but the new 2500's come with 17, 18, or 20 wheel options: * * 17" Machine Aluminum Wheels 17" Machine Aluminum Wheels * Standard * * 18" Forged Polished Aluminum Wheels 18" Forged Polished Aluminum Wheels * $545 * * 20" Forged Polished Aluminum Wheels 20" Forged Polished Aluminum Wheels * $1,395 The one I'm considering has 16". Hell, even my 4Runner has 17" wheels. No, I won't be using it for off-road travel. If I go back to Utah and just *need* to go off-roading, I'll rent a Jeep for a day. That's a hell of a lot cheaper than a 4WD. -- John H All decisions are the result of binary thinking. |
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On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:47:44 GMT, "A.Boater" wrote:
19.5" tires last about 4-5 times longer than 16" tires and I can change them in my own garage with $12 worth of tools. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhaKI-IdGJg It almost looks like the guy is putting 19" tires on 17" rims. :) It does seem as though the bigger tires would last longer, but BAR brings up a good point about the speedometer. The new ones, as I mentioned, offer three wheel sizes, but there is no change to the transmission. I just looked at one of the Silverado forums, and it seems the big problem would be rubbing when turning, unless the truck is lifted. I'll talk to a dealer and see what they say. The tires on this truck are in great shape, so I won't be doing anything for a while. -- John H All decisions are the result of binary thinking. |
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