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Hey all. So, long story short I come from a family who owns nothing but Fords and basically bashes GM all the time, but Im thinking about maybe switching over to Chevy when it comes time to replace my F-150.

Im not all that crazy about what Ford did to the F-150 and Im seriously considering a Silverado sometime in the near future.

Im trying to gauge if a Chevy is going to be as dependable as my F-150 has been (its been pretty good to me). I dont dare ask my family because they are so anti-GM that I know I wont get an honest opinion.

So, I'll probably do some lurking just reading the good and bad that you folks are saying and if a topic pops up that I can add to I will throw my 2 cents in.

Just to give you a little background on me, Im 26 years old, live in southern Wisconsin and am a factory worker. Im just a good ole boy who works hard all week long and partys hard all weekend. A fair amount of my free time is spent on snowmobiling. Riding them during the winter months and fixing stuff from time to time. Ive got an '01 Polaris Indy 600 XC SP EDGE and an '80 John Deere Trailfire 340.

Thats pretty much me. Im looking foreward to learning a lot from you all. Ive always liked GM cars and trucks from a styling standpoint and if I can be fairly certain that they are at least as dependable as Ford is I will pull the trigger on buying a new Silverado without any reservation.

My F-150 has 137,000 miles on it now and Im hoping to keep it untill it has at least 200,000 miles on it. I figure that by then GM should pretty well have the bugs worked out of the new truck.

carneyman Senior Enthusiast

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Truthfully, every truck has its own problems. My dad has owned each of the big 3, and has had the least trouble with GM. I've owned 2 chevys, and both have been great. Anything that has gone wrong can be traced back to the way it was driven (my ac compressor went out cause a rock hit the switch on the back of it and broke it off...long story). The ford my dad had was a joke...couldn't always trust it to get you home from the farm. He had an 02 2500 hd, left the 4wd on while going down the road for about 50 miles, then a few days later it locked up due to no oil in the case, and we were still able to drive home.

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I haven't had my Sierra long, only about 6,000 miles on it, but I am really happy with it. My last 2 tow rigs were both GMC Yukons, and they were, for the most part, flawless rides. They had 110,000 and 80,000 miles on them when I got rid of them, and still looked and ran like new. I switched to a Diesel Sierra to try to cut my towing costs when I go snowmobileing. (Our sleds are all Polaris also- 600 Edge, 600 Pro X2 and 800 Pro X2.) I don't know how I will do towing, but my average milage now is almost 20% better then the Yukons, and continues to improve as it breaks in more. I towed to Canada last year in a fully loaded diesel Ford, and it was much more noisy and seemed to have less creature comforts then the GMC. On top of it all, the Ford cost a little more then my trcuk did. Good luck.

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bluechevysled New Member

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if i were u id go for it, but thats jus me ive owned 3 fords and only liked one of em the other two were just out of nessecity besides i grew up a GM brat my 89silverado has 226,000 and still goin strong

Chestah Senior Enthusiast

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My dad owns a 1990 F350 4DR Powerstroke DRW. It has 180,000 miles and it still running extremely strong. I honestly have nothing against Ford, but I do prefer GM trucks. Honestly, you can't tell me that the 2007 F250 Harley Davidson edition isn't a badass truck. The same goes for the Ford F150 SVT and the Ram SRT-10.

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