Sell '06 and buy new or keep?

jzaldivar · July 29, 2015

Keep it! Not worth the extra money....I had an 06 and loved it but it was a 2wd which is why I bought new.....

Only reason!

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tnchevy · July 29, 2015

The 8 inch screen/radio does have me worried, especially since I am the type that keeps his vehicles a long time. My radio went out on my 2002 but a quick trip to the junk yard and $30 got me another one but had to pay the dealer $50 to unlock the thing!

Shredzy · July 30, 2015

Make sure that if he buys a new one to take it on the highway and make sure it doesn't vibrate. Because if that's something that will bother him, it will be a fight to get it fixed. Trust me. Go read some of the last pages of the vibration forum in the Chevy problems/recall section of this forum.

Seems a fix may have finally come for those trucks that have an issue?

See post #40 here: http://www.gm-trucks.com/forums/topic/174374-2015-silverado-lt-vibrationshaking/page-3

I recently sold my '06 Z71 crew with 22k miles and went to a '15.

1st vehicle I kept this long but figured it was time to upgrade, hoping no issue arise like some have experienced.

If the OP's father wants a new truck, I say go for it.

I could have kept my '06 and it would have lasted me another 10 years easy, but figure you only live once and if you can afford it, why not?

hurricanoday · July 30, 2015

I went with from a 04 Sierra Denali to a 15 Denali and though I do miss my truck with quadrasteer, obviously the new trucks blow the older ones away. You pay for it, but it is worth it at least it was to me. My truck was higher mileage but it was pretty mint as well but a new truck is just that a new better truck. It is nice getting 20+mpg instead of 12 also, always hated that in my old truck.

As others have said that year trucks will probably last another 10 years

salem185 · July 30, 2015

Keep it, I still got my 03 silverado LT Z71.

Bdkfl · July 30, 2015

Seems a fix may have finally come for those trucks that have an issue?

See post #40 here: http://www.gm-trucks.com/forums/topic/174374-2015-silverado-lt-vibrationshaking/page-3

I recently sold my '06 Z71 crew with 22k miles and went to a '15.

1st vehicle I kept this long but figured it was time to upgrade, hoping no issue arise like some have experienced.

If the OP's father wants a new truck, I say go for it.

I could have kept my '06 and it would have lasted me another 10 years easy, but figure you only live once and if you can afford it, why not?

Unfortunately I have had them RF the tires, change out all four, rebuild my deferential, change the shaft and on the final repair attempt the GM engineers hooked up a PICO meter and determined it was coming from the front tires. They changed out those two again and the problem persists with a vengeance. Some people have gotten it fixed, but going through all I've gone through would I want to take the chance again? No. The biggest improvement we felt was when they rebuilt the differential, but it's back to bad. I do think it's an issue with the diferential and hubs. But Herve done all they can to my truck. I'm currently in the process of a buy back with the BBB And GM. I'm just saying as someone that's spent months at the dealership and consider them family, just test drive it well!