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I'm looking to buy a new 3/4 ton pickup to pull a
6500 lb camper.
I like the chevys but several of my friends have
had their transmissions go out pulling campers.
Chevy redesigned their trannys couple years ago.
are they ok now? I think their 350 cu is a pretty
good engine.
thanks
6500 lb camper.
I like the chevys but several of my friends have
had their transmissions go out pulling campers.
Chevy redesigned their trannys couple years ago.
are they ok now? I think their 350 cu is a pretty
good engine.
thanks
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It takes "REAL MAN" to drive a DODGE :-)
Mroffshore
Thanks
Mroffshore
I'm still working on this and it is 12:42 am.
Thanks again, Mr.offshore!
Your honest opinion, how accurate do you think the dealer invoices are that were given on the web page you directed me to? I mean if they are accurate the dealer could still come down $2000.00
and still make a good dollar! I do not want to shoot off my mouth, in a professional manner of course, unless I am very sure I know what I am talking about! There was a discrepency of $3000.00 between the web pages MSRP on the base and the price I recieved from the dealer on the base. Now I will say, he did not call my base price a base price, he called it the retail price before options,
inflated it, then discounted to try and create an illusion I guess of a substantial discount. This is true again, assuming the validity
of the dealer invoices. Tell me what you think.
Thanks, Mroffshore.
You may want to wait a year as the redesigned S10 is coming out in 99. I have friends with S10's and they are very reliable, the 4cyl in one has well over 100k on it and runs fine. It is a really old one though, about an 86 or 87 I think. I have a 96 tacoma 4X4 4 cyl. and it has plenty of pep with manual trans. The only thing I don't like about S10's especially the 3 doors is the rattles and squeaks in the dash and 3rd door, they would drive me nuts.
S-10 4wd LS sportside extended cab. Remember that Chevy ad on tv for the ice-cream. Same exact truck. Its a great truck but luckly I did not purchase that 3rd door it came out the year we bought the truck. I've heard nothing but complaints about it. The only complaint I have with the truck is that the turning ratio isn't what it was on my old 1988 s-10 tahoe. We have a friend who purchased the Zr2 one and its the same way. My husband has 72 3/4 4wd that turns tighter than this. Don't get me wrong I've been driving trucks since I was 16. Has anyone else experienced this problem? Other than that this trucks great. As far as squeaks and rattles. A trucks a truck if you want a car buy a car. I prefer a truck over a car any day. I'm waiting for them to come out with an s-10 with a full fold up bench seat in the back
and a factory installed sun-roof.
I think Ford engineered a winner with the new F-150 series. Now its time for Dodge and Chevy to play catch-up. Look out 1999!
I still have the suspicion I got taken somehow. If anyone can enlighten me on how I could have better negotiated, or knows how the dealer made more than I figured, I'd love to hear.
All the best -
You certainly did make the right choice and it looks like about 750,000 others in 1997 did also! Have you seen the most recent sales figures for pickups? In 1995 Ford & Chev were running neck and neck @ about 550,000 for Chev & 570,000 for Ford. Then the new F150 was introduced in 1996 and the gap widened! For 1997 Chev sold about 575,000 and Ford about 740,000. That's almost a 50% gain in market share. You only acheive that by making excellent trucks!