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I am very glad that have found your site. A lot of the interesting and necessary information I have gathered for myself. I am the owner of trucks GM throughout 10 years. There were Chevrolet Tahoe '95, Chevrolet Saburban 6.5 diesel, GMC Yukon XL '03, Chevrolet Tahoe '07, and now I'm owner of the Escalade ESV'07.

It is a lot of admirers of the American cars In Russia. There are many clubs of fans of the American cars in Russia. Such clubs as http://freedomcars.ru/ , http://www.chevy-clan.ru/mainsite/index.php , http://www.cadillac-club.ru/forum/index.php and etc.

 

In Russia the American cars cost more expensive considerably, than in the USA. My Caddy'07 cost to me 60 000 dollars, for example.

However many the American cars cost, I will buy all the same GM trucks)))) With GM I walk on life)))

photos of my trucks)))

 

 

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Thanks all :)

In free time from work I restore one more truck. 2004year.

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This truck has been brought from the USA and was the car drowned in water. It had 6L motor and a 4L80E

For restoration I have got in the USA a crashed GMC Sierra'03 with Duramax and Allison.

These Duramax and Allison I have introduced in my Chevy.

Work on Duramax and Allison installation lasted about 6 months. And now the truck on the move.

 

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Cool! What kind of trucks they use in russia commonly?

 

In Russia like trucks . Commonly, Tahoe, TrailBlazer, Escalade, Ford Expedition, Explorer, Excursion, Navigator.

But there are not enough pickups in Russia.

Pickups are more expensive, than SUV.

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????? ??????????! Isn't google translate a cool tool. Thanks for joining us.

 

???????)))))

My English is bad, therefore Google translate helps me very much.

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That 2004 is going to be nice. You do not see many crew cab long beds around.

Thanks!

Moreover, as far as I know, there are no GM-trucks (not Dually) crew cab with a long bed and Duramax.

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I want to
continue my
story about
my cars.
Silva
was
upgrated to
07'
GMC
Sierra
2500HD
Duramax
Allison
.
Short
bed.
Mileage
35,000
.
I'm happy
to have
this car.
Must
confess
that I am not
a farmer
, not
a
builder and
so I have no need for a truck.
I'm a
lawyer
and
work
place
locates in the center
of Moscow. But I like this truck very much!!!!!
:thumbs:

 

I drive my
truck
only
on weekends.
Usually, i
get my work place
by the subway.

 

I wanna note that I am happy that I sold the Cadillac
Escalade.
It breaks down often and require constant investment of money.For
four
months I
put into it
five
thousand
dollars.

 

I have only GMC SIERRA now.
:rollin:

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This photo
of the truck
immediately after purchase)))))

 

My past and present cars)))

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After purchase, I immediately removed the bull bar,set the original wheels.

Also, set the original rear-view camera and dual remote control start.

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Posted

That is a good looking truck. No worries about being stranded in those cold Russian winters ;-)

 

Sorry to hear about the Cadillac, that is a very rare situation (i.e. having to replace many parts).

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