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Time to trade pickups
The Mrs. and I have been toying with the idea of trading our 07, Silverado standard cab for an 08 Silverado four door. We test drove one on Monday, real nice pickup, ride, power, comfort, roomy, etc. $5500.00 in rebates, we were real temped but didn't do it yet. Tuesday's announcement that GM is shutting down some fullsize pickup plants is not good news, Winnebago is also sharply cutting production of motorhomes due to slow sales. My question, would we be buying an albatross that no dealer would want to take in on trade in a couple years? Has anyone bought a Dodge with the 2.99 fuel cost thing? Is it all that the TV ad's claim or is there a catch to it? I'm pretty loyal to the dealer moreso than Chevrolet, but a Dodge if the fuel thing is for real might not be out of the quesation, but again would I have an albatross for a trade in in a couple years? Frank.
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KT; Yup the politicians, no matter who gets elected will take care of things for us, that is after they line their own pockets. In the real world we've been around long enough to have learned we have to take care of ourselves. Yes I remember the oil embargo of 73, President Nixon ordered the 55 mph limit, gas sales were outlawed on Sundays, year round daylight savings time was ordered, etc. Lots of critics said it was a hoax, a gimmic by the oil companays to price gouge, was it? I don't know. Being in the hardened artare set now I hesatate to throw caution to the wind and have a bunch tied up in an unsalable pickup in a couple years. We did test drive a Colorado, but as you say we are spoiled by the roomy, secure feeling of a fullsize, and in comparison for like equiped units they don't cost enough less than a fullsize to make them very attractive to me. The 07 we have now will on a hiway trip get an HONEST 21 mpg, I even fill up at the same pump at the same station in case the nozzles trip off at differnt pressures just to be sure I'm getting a realistic measure on the mileage. My 07 is a barebones worktruck model, so I'm not at near the risk of the depreciation loss as the 08 $37,000.00 sticker unit would be. Thanks for you thoughts, all othere are welcome too, Frank.
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Thanks for all the rerplies. To answer some of your questions, the 07 I have now I bought Dec. 1-06, it now has 15,600 miles. I'd have a real hard time giving up my 8 ft. box. I don't farm anymore we rent it to a neighbor but still haul things around the farm plus still handle quite a bit of lumber and plywood. Lots of the construction crews here use four door pickups loaded to the gills with workers, the box is full and sometimes a trailer with a skidloader behind. Those big four door's mostly diesels are earning their keep and serving a real need. Our only real gain would be more inside room for passengers and luggage, etc. Even tho what I now have is barebones, it has every creature comfort I need and gives a very nice ride. I do enjoy blowing a bit of our kids inheritance now and then, but maybe something with a John Deere emblem on it would be more fitting for this old geezer. Frank.
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Murf,
Yyour ideas are sound ones, but the real world is that the Mrs. and I are both handicapped to the extent that entry and exit from any domestic sedan we tried was difficult at best, the flat floor of a pickup or SUV are SOOO much easier for us to get in and out.
We had an 02 Chevy Venture for a family car that the Mrs. really liked with an nice flat floor, their automatic, (when it worked) rear wheel assist, but the engine bit the big one to the extent that repair was just not an economic optiion so the search for another 4 WD mini-van was on.
We really do need the 4 WD, steep north slope drive, ICE, ICE, ICE. At that time (Jan 07) no body built a domestic 4 WD mini-van, so we bought an 07 Chevy Trailblazer 4 WD. It has an nice flat floor entry, kinda big enough for me, handles nice, so-so mileage, but the little Mrs. loves it, so end of that story.
Now the pickup thing, we test drove the Silverado four door and then a Colorado four door. As someone else here mentioned, we are just plain spoiled by having the nice big roomy pickups and full size SUV's, the Colorado was a nice little pickup, but kinda scrunchy for a robust fellow like me.
You mentioned your gal not being comfortable wheeling your big dually around the supermarket parking lot, same here, the Mrs. just isn't comfortable with driving a full size anything, but I am , so there you go. The underlying message I'm getting for the dealer is that he wants my pickup worse than I want his. In todays times I think a year old low dollar pickup would be lots easier for him to sell than the big high dollar four door.
We're just going put this idea to bed for a while. Thanks all for the replies. frank.
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