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LATE last night, my mom and dad bought a new 1500 CC LT Z71. This truck is so cool, I like it alot better than his 01, which was traded in. The truck got a wash and wax this morning, and it looks great. It seems to have more power due to the 10 hp bump from 01 to 05, and the 3.73 gears. BTW, the truck is victory red with a tan interior like the 01 was. The brakes are 10x better than the older ones, the brake pedal feel is top notch. I can't wait to see how it does with a load and pulling a trailer.

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I looked at 05 1500CC Z71 trucks a month or two ago and there was NO 3.73 gear available ??????????????

 

 

LATE last night, my mom and dad bought a new 1500 CC LT Z71.  This truck is so cool, I like it alot better than his 01, which was traded in.  The truck got a wash and wax this morning, and it looks great.  It seems to have more power due to the 10 hp bump from 01 to 05, and the 3.73 gears.  BTW, the truck is victory red with a tan interior like the 01 was.  The brakes are 10x better than the older ones, the brake pedal feel is top notch.  I can't wait to see how it does with a load and pulling a trailer.

 

 

 

99silveradoz71 Senior Enthusiast

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thread hijack...... Hey gunslinger, I found a license bracket for the front of my silvy so don't even look my way flatfoot! :driving:

 

 

 

 

 

Hmm, a good laser target point :withstupid:

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Tell me more!

I looked at 05 1500CC Z71 trucks a month or two ago and there was NO 3.73 gear available ??????????????

 

 

LATE last night, my mom and dad bought a new 1500 CC LT Z71.  This truck is so cool, I like it alot better than his 01, which was traded in.  The truck got a wash and wax this morning, and it looks great.  It seems to have more power due to the 10 hp bump from 01 to 05, and the 3.73 gears.  BTW, the truck is victory red with a tan interior like the 01 was.  The brakes are 10x better than the older ones, the brake pedal feel is top notch.  I can't wait to see how it does with a load and pulling a trailer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There were a few of them on the two lots we looked at. I heard that GM took away the 3.73s then decided to keep making them. You can get pretty good deals right now depending on the dealer, they got the Z71 for invoice.

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