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Ra Lynn

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Ra Lynn

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Hello all,

 

I've come to you from the world of Ford. I owned an 04 F-150 until a few days ago. My new truck is a 2009 CC Sierra SLE Z71 in steel grey. I loved my Ford, just not the engineers who designed it. Some of the things they did are just mind boggling IMHO.

 

My dad is a die hard GM man and said I made a great purchase. I can't stand Dodge, will not buy an import, and already tried a Ford, so my choice was obvious.

 

The one thing I liked was F-150 online. That site was endless on the amount of knowledge and help provided by it's members. After lurking the past few days I have found the GM twin of that site.

 

Well about me, I am active duty Air Force, stationed at Ellsworth AFB in SD. I am married and have two beautiful daughters. I have a twin brother that is stationed up here also. I'm originally from Ocean Spring, MS. I love anything outdoors, especially hunting, fishing and hauling a$$ in the hills of my YFZ450.

 

I have alot of plans for my truck. I have already shaved half of my badges (my tailgate looked like a billboard) and removed the lower air dam from the front bumper. I will be doing the ant. delete shortly along with a leveling kit. From there it is anyone's guess. Depends on how nice my financial advisor (wife) is willing to be. Grill, tires, wheels, tint, line-x, programmer and a whole ton of other stuff that I can't even think of for now.

 

Looking forward to being here

 

Lynn

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gmowner4life

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Welcome! Glad to have you from the dark side... or did you come to the dark side? :D LOL Either way, we're glad you're here!

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Ra Lynn

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Thanks everyone, it's good to feel welcome.

 

Not to mention not catching hell for coming from Ford! HaHa

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Thanks everyone, it's good to feel welcome.

 

Not to mention not catching hell for coming from Ford! HaHa

 

 

Well...at least you were smart enough to switch to GM.

That automatically cuts you a little slack and buys you some credibility. :D:D:lol:

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