Woohoo, a new truck in the driveway tonight

[Sluggo]

Got a new truck, drove it home tonight. MSRP was almost 40k

Spec sheet

Actual vehicle

If anyone is really interested I can have real pics tomorrow, we have to e-mail some to the insurance company anyway.

Its a 3500 cab & chassis ext. cab.
4x4
Extended cab
Duramax diesel/ Auto

Had the huge flatbed put on already.

Oddly enough not having gotten to drive one of the new diesels, it really isnt bad at all. Hardly any smoke or odor, really only loud at idle and accelerating off the line. At highway speed it is quite nice. Strange to see a motor do all of its work at under 2k RPM.

 

[RagingBITCH]

A Chevy? I'm sorry.

(Congrats)

 

[boyRacer]

Congrats!

BTW You people with new cars can never wait to take pictures in the morning so we can actually see your car.

 

[BadNewsBears]

Nice ride. Thinking of modding out a 6.9l and running it in a old International.

 

[Sluggo]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
A Chevy? I'm sorry.

(Congrats)

Well, the deciding factor was price. We ended up getting it a lot cheaper then they would sell us a Ford for. I had also read of some issues on some forums with the new 6L diesel in the 04 Fords.

Of course the Duramax may blow up tomorrow, who knows.

 

[MikeMike]

you get the allison tranny too?

that truck will kick ass for what you are prolly using it for.

ragingbitch, what other truck out there can do what the chevy/ford/dodge can do in that range?? no foreign truck that i know of matches it.

MIKE

 

[Sluggo]

Originally posted by: bR
Congrats!

BTW You people with new cars can never wait to take pictures in the morning so we can actually see your car.

Oh.......not a whole lot to see, just looks lke a big old basic work truck you see cruising the streets everyday.

No power windows, tilt steering or fold down armrest, but it has a CD player and dual zone HVAC

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1
you get the allison tranny too?

that truck will kick ass for what you are prolly using it for.

ragingbitch, what other truck out there can do what the chevy/ford/dodge can do in that range?? no foreign truck that i know of matches it.

MIKE

Um, what makes you think I even like foreign trucks? Have you never read any of my car posts? Ask resident Toyhomo fanboi NFS4 what brand of trucks I like most.

 

[Ikonomi]

So what are you using that beast for?

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1
you get the allison tranny too?

that truck will kick ass for what you are prolly using it for.

ragingbitch, what other truck out there can do what the chevy/ford/dodge can do in that range?? no foreign truck that i know of matches it.

MIKE

Um, what makes you think I even like foreign trucks? Have you never read any of my car posts? Ask resident Toyhomo fanboi NFS4 what brand of trucks I like most.

i didnt assume you were foreign, i just said foreign trucks dont match it, you really didnt specify. however ford and dodge both have had reliability issues.

MIKE

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: Sluggo

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
A Chevy? I'm sorry.

(Congrats)

Well, the deciding factor was price. We ended up getting it a lot cheaper then they would sell us a Ford for. I had also read of some issues on some forums with the new 6L diesel in the 04 Fords.

Of course the Duramax may blow up tomorrow, who knows.

I'm just messing with ya AFAIK, International worked out the kinks in the 6L. Pacfanweb and Quixfire deal with the TSBs and all that all the time - they'd know better than anyone here if the 6L is "safe" to buy.

Seriously though - that's a nice truck. Can't say I agree on the flatbed unless you do construction work, but to each his own :beer: Did you trade in the Expy?

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: bR
BTW You people with new cars can never wait to take pictures in the morning so we can actually see your car.

That's because by the morning, it's already lost thousands of dollars in resale value!

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1
you get the allison tranny too?

that truck will kick ass for what you are prolly using it for.

ragingbitch, what other truck out there can do what the chevy/ford/dodge can do in that range?? no foreign truck that i know of matches it.

MIKE

Um, what makes you think I even like foreign trucks? Have you never read any of my car posts? Ask resident Toyhomo fanboi NFS4 what brand of trucks I like most.

i didnt assume you were foreign, i just said foreign trucks dont match it, you really didnt specify. however ford and dodge both have had reliability issues.

MIKE

Um, then why did you even mention foreign trucks? And before that, say "...the chevy/ford/dodge can do..."? Then you say the Ford and Dodge have reliability issues

 

[Sluggo]

Originally posted by: Ikonomi
So what are you using that beast for?

It will deliver lumber, pull around some various heavy ass 5th wheel trailers, pull oddly shaped heavy ass crap around with a chain.

Mostly it will live its life pulling stuff.

 

[Ikonomi]

Originally posted by: Sluggo

Originally posted by: Ikonomi
So what are you using that beast for?

It will deliver lumber, pull around some various heavy ass 5th wheel trailers, pull oddly shaped heavy ass crap around with a chain.

Mostly it will live its life pulling stuff.

It should be happy, then. :thumbsup:

 

[Sluggo]

Seriously though - that's a nice truck. Can't say I agree on the flatbed unless you do construction work, but to each his own Did you trade in the Expy?

Nope, we are having a regular car-fest over here.

I still have the Expedition, wy wife still has her Acura. We are buying my old 99 Silverado back from my sister, and we have the new truck here as well as my parents old Rabbit convertible.

We spend 30 minutes every morning shuffling cars around trying to get both of us in what we need to be driving.

We traded in my Dad's 99 Silverado with 180k trouble free miles on the new truck.

 

[NFS4]

You should get one of these for it

 

[kyparrish]

sweeeeeet