Hello To All- First Time Chevy Owner

[ZmanZ71]

Just wanted to stop in and say hey to everyone. My wife and I decided to get rid of our 07 Dodge Ram 1500 hemi for a new Silverado. Never owned a chevy before in the 10 years of my driving (26 years old) and thought i'd give it a shot. I've had numerous dodge rams and diesels and a couple crappy fords but decided the newest chevy body style is the only way to go. I haven't picked the new truck up yet but will before end of year because they have to retrieve it. I purchased a 2011 Chevy Silverado LT Z71. It's Taupe Gray metallic with black cloth interior, full center console with bose stereo, 18" wheels, remote start, "z71 appearance package (not sure what that means since it's already a z71, shouldn't it look like one?)", rearview backup camera, 3.42 gears and the 5.3L v8. I really hope I like this truck but it looks sweet from the pictures and i've looked inside a few and they look real nice. Very excited if you can't tell. Will post pics as soon as I get it home! I've spent a lot of time on all my dodge forums so I'm really looking forward to meeting you all and learning everything I can about this truck. I've never owned a new truck before so i spent a lot of time pickout out options and such, I hope I did a good job and won't regret anything later. Oh and if anyone is curious, the truck stickered for 41,000 and got it down to 30,000 even with all the rebates and a little haggling and I'm selling my dodge outright to a buddy and putting all that money down on the new truck.

[Stevens03]

Big congrats on your new purchase. End of october, I picked up a 2011 Sierra 6.2 SLT and absolutely love it. I'm sure you will too.

[focijoe]

Welcome

[RyanbabZ71]

Sounds nice. The appearance pkg is painted front grill (see photos) chrome tow hooks, different Z71 sticker, rancho shocks, door sill plates, Z71 logo cluster, painted door handles and mirror covers

[ZmanZ71]

Awesome thanks for the info! Ya I thought the appearance package sounded funny but I do like the painted items. dodge went overboard on the plastic chrome on my truck now so i'm happy about a different look. The guage cluster looks great but it seems odd to have the chrome tow hooks on this package instead of the black. Oh well I can probably change that if it bugs me but it looks fine. Your truck looks great, mine looks about the same just a different color. Oh and i'm happy to be here, people already seem more friendly than my dodge sites!

[pwall]

Welcome!

[KMGZ400]

welcome! sounds like an awesome truck. youll learn everthing about GM trucks and more here

[HerZ71]

Welcome to GMT forums Great place to find information

[leg7228]

Hello & welcome.

[mtiffinal]

Welcome.....