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Took delivery of a pewter C3 on Tuesday and would like to hear from owners and potential buyers to answer any questions if I can. Theres an excelent thread at PickupTruck.comForum. Why don't you Edmunds guys show much interest over here. Tried to start this thread in the past and it only got six resposes and faded from view. Come on I know alot of you truck types would find this worth talking about. Lets here your opinions on the new C3 Sierra!!!!
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Anyway, there a few C-3 owners who have been hanging out at the PICKUPTRUCK.COM site and maybe they'll drift over here to the Edmunds site. Let's hope so.
At least you got one response to your new subject.
What really caught my eye at the chicago autoshow was the interior. The dash (carbon fiber?) is nice.
Ryan
I've had my Onyx Black C3 (w/Neutral interior & color-keyed running boards) for a few weeks now (about 2,000 miles) and really like it alot. So far I've only added a hood deflector, ventshields, stepshields and a Line-X spray-in bedliner (all highly recommended). I will probably pick up a K&N kit for it soon and have been thinking about maybe a cat-back dual exhaust. Would be interested in what any other C3 owners have done with their trucks. Have been averaging right around 15mpg in mixed driving, so I'm pleased considering the advertised 11/14 rating.
you can find out more at this link.
http://www.edmunds.com/new/2001/gmc/sierrac3/4drextendedcab4wd60l8cyl4a/prices.html
Another couple of observations.....I thought these came with auto climate control A/C. Didn't see that and why did they put those radio controls in the back seat in place of the A/C vents?
Can you guys please continue to post your gas mileage as well as any other comments on these trucks. One review I read said the Stereo system is not too good so comments on that would be great. Oh ya, love the dash and the gauges look awesome. What color are they at night and do the power window and lock buttons light up? As you can see...any and all comments about this truck would be great. Now if they would just offer it in a medium red metallic or even indigo blue!
Happy trucking and thanks for reading my long post.
It was a 2500 Ext cab 4x4. He relaced parts of the engine with vette parts, added a supercharger. Cost was $40K for just the mods. The truck was $35K.
0-60 in 4.68 seconds
he said it could have been faster if he added better tires.
Still considering some unintrusive performance mods similar to what dbs1 has done (airaid CAI, Poweraid spacer, hypertech sw), and some type of catback exhaust to give it some growl.
I too wish there was a better color selection. I like the pewter/pewter, but would have liked a nice, rich maroony-red. Dodge makes a nice red color that would look great on the C3, IMHO. They call it Garnet Red, I think.
I don't check here every day. I check pickuptruck.com more often, as there just seems to be more of us there.
1-Replace stereo system with aftermarket
2-Add a supercharger
Should be somewhere in the vicinity of $8k and you WILL have an awesome truck.
The bottom line is this: a supercharger bolted onto this truck will allow you to beat just about any car or truck you'll likely run into off the line. If that doesn't appeal to you, I would definitely recommend that you not consider this since your warranty and your gas mileage would both suffer.
We would need the truck for approximately 4-6 weeks and we do have a 2 year/24,000 mile warranty on the engine." Looks like I am going to have to sell my '96 extended cab so I can afford this.
Just curious seems only place you can drive fast is on a track. How often does one go to a race track? Maybe once a wk?
At those speeds, it really helps to have something that will quickly accelerate on the entrance ramps.
I owned a Nissan twin-turbo 300ZX for 5 years down here and I occasionally would here a similar question to yours about that car. All I can tell you is that there wasn't a single day that went by that I didn't make use of the 5.5 sec 0-60 acceleration of that car.
So, the short answers to your questions are NO to racing down the side street where little kids are playing, and NO to down the highway DURING rush hour traffic, but most definitely YES to down the highway outside of rush hour
Trust me i know about traffic and going fast trying to get on the expressway i live pretty close to chicago. I understand your point there but the price tag of a supercharger. Dont think its worth it.
For those of you who stumbled upon this thread, please join us at www.pickuptruck.com. Select FORUM and then GM Trucks. There are quite a few C3 owners who have posted there.
SteveP
'01 C3 Pewter/Pewter
K&N FIPK and Hypertech PPIII on the way!!
Also, most people (with the exception of Tundra owners and now C3) purchase a truck exactly for what it is, a truck. I don't think you'd want to put your truck through what most of us do with ours. Same as my Denali. Wouldn't take it off road. Not at that price.
Do you really think your stock C3 has a chance in a 0-60 against a 5.3 rado with performance mods? And I know my stereo setup is better than anything the General can offer even in the C3 or the Denali. So when you state all the goods for the same price....don't think so.
For the price you paid for the C3, I would rather spend on something with more haul like a 3500HD if given the choice. I guess some of us use a truck for what it is designed for.
As for your term knuckleheads here at Edmunds, not sure why you even bother to post knowing that no knucklehead cares about the yuppy truck that you bought. ROTFLMFAO!!!
Please refrain from making comments about your fellow users. No matter how innocent, or non-offensive you intend them to be, they usually get translated in the worst possible way.
And if you're on the receiving end of a comment, do your best to ignore it and don't launch a "counterstrike".
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One: A modified 5.3 can smoke a stock C3
Two: Your aftermarket Sound system outperforms a C3 or Denali.
The list of features built into a C3 is much much longer than the two items you choose to dwell upon. Check the full specifications, from the wheels,suspension, running boards, tonneau cover, all wheel drive, Michelin touring tires, Full Denali style interior, 6.0 lt engine, on board computer, on star, colorkeyed front and rear bumpers. 6 disc CD changer
My point was when you purchased your vehicle stock, by the time you did your mods, you have rapidly come close to the selling price of a stock C3 with all the goodies.
I do understand your point about most guys who purchase a truck, could care less about all the crap they put on a C3. I think this applys to guys in heavy construction, farming, off roaders and Landscape Gardner types. Since I will be eventually be outfitting my C3 as a part time light work truck, I think it serves this purpose well. My 94 Silverado is still in service with 110,000 miles and I have know immediate need to sell it and I use it for the grungy jobs.
I purchased the C3 for my off season, when I'm not working in my Attic Ventillation bussiness. I strongly believe anyone looking for a extremely comfortable truck for driving after hours, weekends, road trips etc will find this truck very fullfilling. I have owned four other GM Trucks and none have the potential of what this C3 has. Potential meaning, with a few mods myself I can blow the doors off your 5.3 mods in a zero to sixty. Granted this would raise my vehicle price which would deflate my initial argument but the additional mods are already built into the truck. Question: Have you listened to the stock Denali or C3 Audio system? I do believe a good aftermarket system can put it to shame, but it's a hell of a lot better than your stock Rado or Sierra system. Please read all the C3 specs before you trounce it and be honest about the money on mods you spent and what you have to show for it, next to a stock C3. Some of us don't haul hay and cinder block anymore and we have other trucks for that purpose.
I guess I'm just a truck lover and don't want anything but a premium truck for afterhours.
Sorry about the Knucklehead comments. I am not alone in my admiration for the C3 as pickuptruck.com is out in front in swaying countless people in the last two months.
I do believe there is a certain amount of animosity amongst other pickup owners, that they just don't want to admit to.
Also, for the life of me, I can't understand why this topic and the C3 is so important to you unless you sell them for a living. It's a truck. Did you test drive the Lincoln Blackwood? What about that other monstrosity from Cadillac? If what you say is true, maybe it's time to trade the C3 in for Caddy's version of a truck.
I stand corrected about not reading your car bio and why owning a C3 is not for you.
If you've found a place where the C3 owners hangout, fine. But to pursue where there's none that care to post doesn't make much sense.
When the murk clears, we remain to share experiences and knowledge in an endeavor to solve unwanted "features" of our vehicles or to learn of alterations that others have made.
I don't have to be the first one on my block to try something. When I am ready to take a step, I like to see what right or wrong choices others made so that I can make better choices. ;-)
Peter
GM did their homework by converting the Denali over to the new style one year after the Yukon...simply letting the Yukon owners get the bugs out before finalizing the Denali...makes sense doesn't it?
So I would bet that the 4 wheel steering would work out fine or they would have installed on a couple of Yukons first.
The 4ws will be even better next January.
http://homestead.juno.com/speedesign/index.html