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camcamaro1991 Enthusiast

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I vote Denali, you need to take good hard look a vehicle as total ownership and equity. If you have equity, In my case I sold my brother my 2013 Denali for 20,000 + his vehicle as trade the trade price was up to me to get max value. I was able to get 9,500 on his old 2005 CCSB Sierra SLT, so really my brother got a awesome truck with super low mile 3year truck with 15,000 miles, I think it had 15,000 on it the 3 yeas I owned it, for basically $29,500. I help him, he helped me, both of us got new trucks in the process. however they would have given me 38,000 for my 2013 truck, and I lost 8K in trade in and sales taxes deduction, but my brother really needed a new truck.

 

Custom ordered Denali $61,745 (sticker price)

-Discount, got it down to $57,380 (supplier discount)

-Rebate another $1,000 off (got lucky that month)

-Trade in, $9,500 (bro's old truck)

 

New Price after trade in, discount, rebate $46,880

 

+tax, title & license increased it back to $50,269.14

-Down payment 20,269.14 ( previous sale of my 2013 to my bro + a few of my own bucks)

 

Total financed loan amount $30,000 @1.49APR (pays to have good credit)

 

I will gladly take a new Sierra Denali for 30K after its all said an done, now that's my case it will differ greatly for others. Insurance rates its worth about 59K total value. Numbers don't lie!

 

Good luck OP, I hope you get exactly what you want!

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Doobs41378 Enthusiast

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I vote Denali, you need to take good hard look a vehicle as total ownership and equity. If you have equity, In my case I sold my brother my 2013 Denali for 20,000 + his vehicle as trade the trade price was up to me to get max value. I was able to get 9,500 on his old 2005 CCSB Sierra SLT, so really my brother got a awesome truck with super low mile 3year truck with 15,000 miles, I think it had 15,000 on it the 3 yeas I owned it, for basically $29,500. I help him, he helped me, both of us got new trucks in the process. however they would have given me 38,000 for my 2013 truck, and I lost 8K in trade in and sales taxes deduction, but my brother really needed a new truck.

 

Custom ordered Denali $61,745 (sticker price)

-Discount, got it down to $57,380 (supplier discount)

-Rebate another $1,000 off (got lucky that month)

-Trade in, $9,500 (bro's old truck)

 

New Price after trade in, discount, rebate $46,880

 

+tax, title & license increased it back to $50,269.14

-Down payment 20,269.14 ( previous sale of my 2013 to my bro + a few of my own bucks)

 

Total financed loan amount $30,000 @1.49APR (pays to have good credit)

 

I will gladly take a new Sierra Denali for 30K after its all said an done, now that's my case it will differ greatly for others. Insurance rates its worth about 59K total value. Numbers don't lie!

 

Good luck OP, I hope you get exactly what you want!

You put 20k down. How does that mean you are taking a New Denali for 30k after it is all said and done? Did you forget about that $20,000 check you gave them?

Donstar Senior Enthusiast

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I want the 6.2 motor and it only comes in the 2 listed platforms... On the GMC build and price page, I have the SLT for 51K and the Denali for 61K...

 

SLT pros- I found the bench seat in the SLT to be more comfortable than the bucket seats... and the lower price obviously.

 

But I really really like the cooled seats when I turned the AC on in the Denali... So now I'm kinda hung up on more comfortable bench vs the cooling capability of the bucket seats.

On the SLT I spec'd out it only has the 'preferred package' added.. If I deck the truck out it's only about a 2k price difference, but by not adding anything that changes the bench seat it is a 10k price difference.

 

I've read that the Denali will hold it's value better/longer, and it has all the bells and whistles... and it is a VERY NICE truck... But that's also a possible con... Im having a difficult time picturing taking the Denali to help my dad cut trees for firewood and stack it in the back... or taking it fishing, or kayaking, hauling motor cycles... Is it too nice of a truck to use as a truck... or do you just baby it untill you get your first scratch and after that you use the truck for whatever you want... = )

 

So if any of you have advice for me I'd love to hear your thoughts...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Have you made a decision?

Dnt Senior Enthusiast

Dnt

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I want the 6.2 motor and it only comes in the 2 listed platforms... On the GMC build and price page, I have the SLT for 51K and the Denali for 61K...

 

SLT pros- I found the bench seat in the SLT to be more comfortable than the bucket seats... and the lower price obviously.

 

But I really really like the cooled seats when I turned the AC on in the Denali... So now I'm kinda hung up on more comfortable bench vs the cooling capability of the bucket seats.

On the SLT I spec'd out it only has the 'preferred package' added.. If I deck the truck out it's only about a 2k price difference, but by not adding anything that changes the bench seat it is a 10k price difference.

 

I've read that the Denali will hold it's value better/longer, and it has all the bells and whistles... and it is a VERY NICE truck... But that's also a possible con... Im having a difficult time picturing taking the Denali to help my dad cut trees for firewood and stack it in the back... or taking it fishing, or kayaking, hauling motor cycles... Is it too nice of a truck to use as a truck... or do you just baby it untill you get your first scratch and after that you use the truck for whatever you want... = )

 

So if any of you have advice for me I'd love to hear your thoughts...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Never take a Denali truck to haul wood in man (Sacrilege) and keep kayaks/motorcycles far away. Go buy the WT version save a bunch of money and do not have to worry about tearing the cheap arse thing up. Best of both worlds. Better yet buy a 2 or 3 year old WT truck with around 100k miles for around 30% original MSRP. https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/l-Used-2013-Chevrolet-Silverado-1500-c23481#listing=153285261

maybe you will get good gas mileage on the WT also.......

 

 

camcamaro1991 Enthusiast

camcamaro1991

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You put 20k down. How does that mean you are taking a New Denali for 30k after it is all said and done? Did you forget about that $20,000 check you gave them?

 

Equity from my 2013 Denali, re-read my post its fairly simple to understand. Sale of my truck to my brother yielded a total of $29,500 (this includes his trade in and difference in money form the sale of my 2013 truck). I broke it down like a dealer would.

Doobs41378 Enthusiast

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Equity from my 2013 Denali, re-read my post its fairly simple to understand. Sale of my truck to my brother yielded a total of $29,500 (this includes his trade in and difference in money form the sale of my 2013 truck). I broke it down like a dealer would.

I get what you are saying, I was just saying your equity still counts towards the purchase price. So if the OP didn't have 20k down payment he would be financing 50k and not 30k is all.

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Am I the only person who despises the Denali grill? One of my main deciding factors in going with the SLT over the Denali was that horrendous fireplace screen they call a grill. Plus I hate chrome. The less chrome the better. Leave the chrome for the classic muscle cars and motorcycles where it belongs.

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Am I the only person who despises the Denali grill? One of my main deciding factors in going with the SLT over the Denali was that horrendous fireplace screen they call a grill. Plus I hate chrome. The less chrome the better. Leave the chrome for the classic muscle cars and motorcycles where it belongs.

You and I are on the same page. I removed the chrome handles, mirrors, and grill on mine

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