Newbie from New England

[Scritley]

Hello,

 

Just picked up a clean 2002 GMC Sierra 1500 Denali with 73K miles. First GM pickup. Love it!

 

Look forward to working on it for a long time to come. Will contribute whenever I can.

 

Thanks,

Scott

[SteveBBB]

Welcome to the group Scott!!

[Tattooo]

Welcome to the site and nice truck

[txab]

Welcome

[David Contrino]

Welcome Scrit

[99silveradoz71]

Welcome aboard.

[dbcooper748]

Hello,

 

Just picked up a clean 2002 GMC Sierra 1500 Denali with 73K miles. First GM pickup. Love it!

 

Look forward to working on it for a long time to come. Will contribute whenever I can.

 

Thanks,

Scott

Hi Scott, and welcome to the group. And GO PATS!

[MikeNH]

Welcome to the site! How do you like the Quadrasteer? That's a rare thing these days- they never made many to begin with.

[Scritley]

Welcome to the site! How do you like the Quadrasteer? That's a rare thing these days- they never made many to begin with.

 

Hi Mike, thanks to you and all the others for the welcome! You guys are awesome!

 

I'm a bit mixed on the QuadraSteer actually. I LOVE the beefier (dually-esque) look of the wider rear end, no doubt to compensate for the 12 degrees of steering back there. If I ever have to replace the wheels, I might choose something a bit wider to fill some of the extra space in the well but it looks great stock.

 

I can definitely see how towing a horse trailer or large camper/RV would benefit by the 4 wheel steering but my towing will primarily be for a bass boat and tool rentals relatively close to home so it wasn't a specific selling point for me.

 

Talking to mechanics and weekend mechanics (like me), some love it and some hate it. I'm a bit worried about finding parts if something goes wrong but I plan on keeping it in 2WS mode most if not all the time. I guess I'll need to look into whether that's a smart idea or not. Sometimes it's better to "use it or lose it" vs keeping it off 100% of the time. Need to do some additional reading.

 

On the flip side, it is kinda cool that it's rare... I did not know that until I joined the forums. I'm not exactly sure why it didn't catch on but I think I read that the initial option price was somewhere north of $5K so it may have just been phased out of the design due to lack of demand.

 

Bottom line, I just love this truck!! I'll do everything I can to keep it on the road for decades to come.

 

Take care,

Scott

[Scritley]

Hi Scott, and welcome to the group. And GO PATS!

 

Hi DB!

 

WOW, was that a squeaker of a game last night or what??? I was sure the Giants were going to do it to us again. Gostowski for President!!!

[dbcooper748]

 

Hi DB!

 

WOW, was that a squeaker of a game last night or what??? I was sure the Giants were going to do it to us again. Gostowski for President!!!

No doubt. Those damn New York football Giants sure have our number for some unknown reason.