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I join forums for all of the vehicles I own.  This is my first American vehicle and truck.  2018 Silverado LT Z71 Redline Edition.  I bought a a few days ago.    I originally had a FJ cruiser, but I wanted something with a bed.  Thankfully the FJ held on to so much of it's value that it made getting this decked out truck easy.

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On 4/13/2019 at 5:46 PM, mitchely03 said:

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I've seen your truck recently.  Drawing a blank where we were at the time.  Kids play a traveling game, "translate the personal tags," left yours at "NO SPICY," and commented "whatever that means."

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Bought it yesterday. Got tired of leasing and found a good deal on a low mile 2014.bf7bb77eb875094d2829137934424aff.jpg

 

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3 hours ago, Ravenkeeper said:

I've seen your truck recently.  Drawing a blank where we were at the time.  Kids play a traveling game, "translate the personal tags," left yours at "NO SPICY," and commented "whatever that means."

Hahha that’s awesome. It’s a joke between my friends and I with spicy food I can’t really it. And how a lot of the social majority make fun of white people and spicy food. I always laugh when I see people behind me. It always goes the same way. They are looking, squint, point and then laugh ? 

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1 minute ago, mitchely03 said:

Hahha that’s awesome. It’s a joke between my friends and I with spicy food I can’t really it. And how a lot of the social majority make fun of white people and spicy food. I always laugh when I see people behind me. It always goes the same way. They are looking, squint, point and then laugh ? 

Got it. I'm kind of right there with you.  My son keeps testing his tolerances for SPICY, all the time.  One of these days, I'm going to take him to CoCo Ichibanya (Curry House), in Long Beach.  Use to have that all the time in Okinawa, could only tolerate up to "Level 4." 

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Got a new toy to tow. She towed it pretty well even in some severe winds and traversing some hilly terrain. MPG could be better than 9.5 but I didn’t expect anything more really.


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Just purchased a 2018 Sierra 4wd.  Love the truck!  Currently only at 388 miles.  It’s a year old and while sitting at the dealer it was rarely test driven.

 

i came out of a 2007  F-150 reg cab/SB/V-6.  It pulled the camper, but with little to no power.  I knew that this truck would obviously tow it much better, but blown away by how much so.  Two thumbs up for the factory brake controller.

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