Goodbye And Thanks To All You Guys At Gm-trucks.com

[foghorn23]

I just wanted to give a sincere thank you to all the guys on this forum who've helped me learn alot about my 99, 01 and 04 Silverados over the years. I think this is one of the most patient and helping forums of its type on the net.

 

This past week I shopped a 4 yr lease with GM on a Z71 Silverado crew. (I even tried with Ford too) But as of Saturday morning I became an 07 Toyota Tundra owner-Crewmax TRD. (No flame please) Those of you who know my posts know that I'm pretty much a live and let live person. I really wanted to stay w/GM or at least with Ford. But both were over $110 month higher on trucks with a MSRP of over $4K less. I always joked on here the only thing keeping a TRD from being a turd is "u" I guess that makes me a turd now. Anyway, I hope you guys will still allow me to hang around. I still consider myself a GM truck guy and don't mind sharing what I've found out about the other guys.

 

Anyway I do appreciate everything you guys have done and best wishes.

 

vroten

[gave20]

Congrats, look forward to hearing about the new ride

[Guest chevydeerhunter]

I hope they gave you an extra cam to go with the new ride! I hope it serves you well and good luck!

[jsbossert]

 

[ChevyotaZ71]

I did just the opposite, moved from the Toyota Tundra camp to the Silverado camp and couldn't be happier. I had the previous generation Tundra and can not say that I am not much happier with this Silverado. I still go onto tundrasolutions and see that they have many 1st gen aggravating problems, hopefully you have good luck and don't run into too many of these. I have to admit though, if it weren't for that frame (bed bounce is horrific to watch), I would look into them for my next truck; I love the way they look with the steel bumper and tow mirrors.

[99silveradoz71]

Well keep us posted on how the new ride works for you. Obviously most if not all of us have a GM at one point or another and your insights on your experiences with yours will certain be of value to current and future members.

[foghorn23]

The Silverado is a great truck and I was nothing less than satisfied with all of mine, but most especially the last one. There are lots of things that I liked better than the new truck. some are better with the Toyota. The 5.7 is a very strong motor (BTW I got a free cams for life deal with the truck ) Bought bumper to bumper through 60K miles. And the 6 speed tranny is smooth. There are some pita issues with the Tundra too. The new tire monitoring system required by the government seems to be a little ridiculous. You even have to reset the system after a tire rotation. (I guess all mfgs will have to deal with this though.) I understand the skid plate is almost impossible to remove and that the oil filter is nicely located to where it's impossible to change without removing the skid plate. The filter on the 5.7 is a cartridge system not a spin on. Big filtering capacity, but different than anything I've ever dealt with. Also calls for 0W-20 oil (or 5W-20). There are a few things in life where thinner is better, but we'll keep this a family show, but oil isn't usually on my list for that. With $3 gas my wife insists that I keep my foot out of the gas and the mileage has been good so far. I guess I can thank the 6 speed and middle age for that. The interior is not as nice as the new Silverado/Sierra, but it is nicer than my old Z71 the Tundra has heated leather... old truck didn't, Crewmax has enormous back seat room, etc. So it's a step up for me. I did feel a little better when I saw it was 75% North American content (even had an Interstate battery from the factory) but am still feeling a little guilty for not buying American. Again I expect to be back with a Chevy/GMC one of these days, but in the mean time I'll keep you guys up to speed on the new beast.

 

vroten

[weasel1]

*We're not going to get in to that here.*

 

~Wingnut

[bigdogxx]

The Silverado is a great truck and I was nothing less than satisfied with all of mine, but most especially the last one. There are lots of things that I liked better than the new truck. some are better with the Toyota. The 5.7 is a very strong motor (BTW I got a free cams for life deal with the truck ) Bought bumper to bumper through 60K miles. And the 6 speed tranny is smooth. There are some pita issues with the Tundra too. The new tire monitoring system required by the government seems to be a little ridiculous. You even have to reset the system after a tire rotation. (I guess all mfgs will have to deal with this though.) I understand the skid plate is almost impossible to remove and that the oil filter is nicely located to where it's impossible to change without removing the skid plate. The filter on the 5.7 is a cartridge system not a spin on. Big filtering capacity, but different than anything I've ever dealt with. Also calls for 0W-20 oil (or 5W-20). There are a few things in life where thinner is better, but we'll keep this a family show, but oil isn't usually on my list for that. With $3 gas my wife insists that I keep my foot out of the gas and the mileage has been good so far. I guess I can thank the 6 speed and middle age for that. The interior is not as nice as the new Silverado/Sierra, but it is nicer than my old Z71 the Tundra has heated leather... old truck didn't, Crewmax has enormous back seat room, etc. So it's a step up for me. I did feel a little better when I saw it was 75% North American content (even had an Interstate battery from the factory) but am still feeling a little guilty for not buying American. Again I expect to be back with a Chevy/GMC one of these days, but in the mean time I'll keep you guys up to speed on the new beast.

 

vroten

 

You wont need the cams for life after they rip apart your brand new truck and replace the entire engine with one that works right.

 

Grats on the purchase.

[asilverblazer]

I did like how the seats were softer in the Tundra, it seemed to me they tryed too hard on storage all the little nooks and crannies, now were'd I put them **** sun glasses this time? It looked like it would work great for a lot of little things but bigger items were lost, like a large flash light. I only sat in 1 though.

[jhm]

This past week I shopped a 4 yr lease with GM on a Z71 Silverado crew. (I even tried with Ford too) But as of Saturday morning I became an 07 Toyota Tundra owner-Crewmax TRD. (No flame please) Those of you who know my posts know that I'm pretty much a live and let live person. I really wanted to stay w/GM or at least with Ford. But both were over $110 month higher on trucks with a MSRP of over $4K less. .

 

vroten

Did you buy or lease?

[s-ten]

Good luck with the new truck and keep us updated on how it is working for you.

[foghorn23]

This past week I shopped a 4 yr lease with GM on a Z71 Silverado crew. (I even tried with Ford too) But as of Saturday morning I became an 07 Toyota Tundra owner-Crewmax TRD. (No flame please) Those of you who know my posts know that I'm pretty much a live and let live person. I really wanted to stay w/GM or at least with Ford. But both were over $110 month higher on trucks with a MSRP of over $4K less. .

 

vroten

Did you buy or lease?

 

 

 

Lease 4 years/60K miles. That was the deal killer for GM and Ford. The residual values were nowhere close and Toyota had a special rate for returning customers. (My wife had a Highlander once upon a time.) As I posted above, my local Chevy dealer did everything they could to put me in a new Silverado, but even with about $1400 in GM card money the best they could do was $105-110 a month higher. I was trying to free up some equity in my old truck.... just built a house and sometimes you have to do what you have to do.

 

As posted above there are a lot of small storage spaces. I got the front bucket seats with center console. The console is huge. Might be a storage compartment for replacement cams? So far so good. Ill keep everybody posted.

 

vroten

[steppetoe]

I just wanted to give a sincere thank you to all the guys on this forum who've helped me learn alot about my 99, 01 and 04 Silverados over the years. I think this is one of the most patient and helping forums of its type on the net.

 

This past week I shopped a 4 yr lease with GM on a Z71 Silverado crew. (I even tried with Ford too) But as of Saturday morning I became an 07 Toyota Tundra owner-Crewmax TRD. (No flame please) Those of you who know my posts know that I'm pretty much a live and let live person. I really wanted to stay w/GM or at least with Ford. But both were over $110 month higher on trucks with a MSRP of over $4K less. I always joked on here the only thing keeping a TRD from being a turd is "u" I guess that makes me a turd now. Anyway, I hope you guys will still allow me to hang around. I still consider myself a GM truck guy and don't mind sharing what I've found out about the other guys.

 

Anyway I do appreciate everything you guys have done and best wishes.

 

vroten

You consider yourself a GM guy but you bought a Toyota? Huh? That makes you a Toyota guy. Even when the domestics make a better product (as with the new GM trucks and the Ford trucks being superior to Toyota's flexi-framed, lower safety rated, plastic-fanstastic interior-ed, grenading motored, and trout exterior styled new Tundra), there will still be those who will rationalize away their defection from the home team.

[redvett]

He will be back.