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Galen

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First off, a little about me. My actual name is Galen (on here and every forum I am a member of) I am nowhere new to the automotive scene...and am an active member of entirely too many automotive forums to name...but LS1Tech and LS2 are the main ones ya'll would be interested in. I currenlty have a H/C 98TA that was my everyday car before this truck. I live close to Biloxi, MS and work as a table games dealer at the Hard Rock Casino.

 

Even though I completely disagree with our government giving money away...I would also have been stupid to leave money on the table. I just traded my 89 Ford F150 in on a new Silverado. My Ford with over 200,000 miles had an engine fire about a year ago from transmission fluid puking out through the dipstick tube onto the exhaust manifold. I never got it all straightened out after that and it barely ran over about 10% throttle, so it sat. I never turned in the plate, so I kept insurance on it...chock up one to procrastination. On Thursday, I had a friend come over to follow me to the dealership about 10 miles away. I get in it and get it started just to have it not go into gear. After adding 4 qts of transmission fluid I got it to move. Next, it ran out of gas about 2 miles away from the dealership...so I got to purchase a $20 gas can just to put a couple of gallons of gas in it to get it there...but it made it. That made it streetable...but just barely. This got me 4,500 for a truck I almost called the junkyard to come haul off many times...but put off because I didn't want to clean everything out of it.

 

I purchased an 09 Silverado LT Extended Cab on Friday...first day they got the ruling on the Cash for Clunkers. Since it is a lot of typing to tell everything on the truck...here is a copy of the window sticker off the internet.

 

 

  • SILVERADO 1500 2WD EXT CAB LT1
  • VORTEC 5.3L V8 SFI ENGINE W/ ACTIVE FUEL MANAGEMENT
  • 4-SPD AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
  • Blue Granite Metallic
  • Light Titanium/ebony

GMFF MANUFACTURER'S SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE $33,420.00 STANDARD VEHICLE PRICE $28,005.00 Options installed by Manufacturer

EXTERIOR PLUS PACKAGE:

FOG LAMPS

REMOTE VEHICLE STARTER SYS

LOCKING TAILGATE

EZ LIFT TAILGATE

UNIVERSAL HOME REMOTE

ISRV MIRROR W/AUTO DIMMING

OSRV MIRROR W/DRIVER SIDE

AUTO DIMMING, PWR FOLD & ADJ,

HEAT, TURN SIGNAL

(REPLACES STD/OPT MIRROR)

$ 825.00 REGIONAL VALUE PKG DISCOUNT

(RESIDENTS OF TX, OK, LA, CA,

FL & SELECT COUNTIES OF NM,

AR, KS, MO, MS, GA, AZ AND AL

SEE DEALER FOR DETAILS)

$ -1,000.00 FRONT BUCKET SEATS WITH LEATHER

APPOINTED SEATING SURFACES,

PWR SEAT ADJUST, DRIVER 6-WAY

PWR SEAT ADJUSTER, FRONT PASS.

$ 1,795.00 GVW RATING - 6,800 LBS

NO CHARGE REAR AXLE - 3.73 RATIO

$ 100.00 REGIONAL VALUE PACKAGE:

VORTEC 5.3L V8 W/ACTIVE FUEL

MANAGEMENT

HD TRAILERING EQUIPMENT PKG

LOCKING REAR DIFFERENTIAL

20" CHROME CLAD WHEELS

(REPLACES STD/OPT WHEELS)

$ 2,720.00 TOTAL OPTIONS $4,440.00 TOTAL VEHICLE & OPTIONS $32,445.00 DESTINATION CHARGE $975.00 TOTAL VEHICLE PRICE*** $33,420.00 GMS PRICE $ 29,461.43

STANDARD EQUIPMENT

 

In addition to the GMS discount I recieved, I also got $6,000 off in rebates...so I purchased my truck for $14,459 off sticker price, or a grand total of $18,961...and we are still checking on another $1,000 in rebates that I am eligible for, but weren't sure if they could be stacked, so we will find out on Monday.

 

Since I am a member of other forums...I know pics are ABSOLUTELY necessary...so here goes. First, my old F150

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Still can't believe I got $4,500 for this POS!

Here are a few pics of my new truck!

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Oh well, time to go to work...hope ya'll enjoy! I am sure I will have many questions...especially once I hook up my HPTuners to it and start to tune it a little!

 

Galen

Jsdirt Senior Enthusiast

Jsdirt

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THAT'S SWEEEEEEET!! :smash:

 

You must be loving that! I know the feeling. I had a '94 K1500 with 266,000 miles. On a whim I went to the dealer -- just to LOOK -- ended up driving home an '07 Silverado, LT2, 5.3, flex, new body with many of the options you have. You won't regret it -- these are, in my opinion, the best trucks GM as ever made in it's long history. You'll have 35% more power, with at least 10% better fuel mileage & ride quality & handling that will put CARS to shame from the era that our old trucks were from!!

 

I don't miss spending my days off under my old Chevy. The view is MUCH BETTER from inside the cab!!

 

 

Nice work!! :wtf:

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OldCrLvr

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Welcome aboard!

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