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Finally took delivery of my Sierra

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Adamrg Enthusiast

Adamrg

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Picked her up Monday night, man what an awesome truck this is! Only have 250 miles on it so far, but it's so smooth and quiet.

Just crappy iPhone pics for now, sorry!

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SMiller Senior Enthusiast

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We got yours Tuesday. Lasted 56 miles. Then would not shift out of first and no reverse. ??

 

Must have got a Duramax, that Allison TCM can be a finicky one, only downfall of that trans is it will decide to just stop shifting sometimes.

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Looking good Adam, mighty good! And, those iPhone photos are great!! iPhones take great pics. You got the 6.0 I reckon?

ShotgunZ71 Senior Enthusiast

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Looking good Adam, mighty good! And, those iPhone photos are great!! iPhones take great pics. You got the 6.0 I reckon?

It's a Duramax. The emblem is closer to middle of hood than the Silverado. I thought same thing, then saw the exhaust pipe! Lol

 

Congrats on the truck, Adam! You should enjoy it.

 

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Adamrg Enthusiast

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Looking good Adam, mighty good! And, those iPhone photos are great!! iPhones take great pics. You got the 6.0 I reckon?

Nope, got the Duramax. Went back and forth for quite a while between gas and diesel, and decided for the amount of wood I want to haul, various future plans, and that I don't want to fork out this kind of money for another truck for at least 10-15 years that I would just bite the bullet prematurely and get it.

Getting it during the holidays has not really allowed me much time to get acquainted with it though, have driven it to work twice, but mostly city driving doing last minute Xmas stuff. It was the motivating factor in cleaning the garage out to fit it in there though!

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