Hi guys,
Here is a question, the time is coming sooner rather then later I suppose for me to think about purchasing a new automobile.
Currently I have a 2000 Ford F-150 Lariet with 206,000+ miles on the odometer. It's been a fine truck, only major things I have had done to it are a new break line this past winter and a coil pack 13-14+ months ago. Then just regular maintenance stuff no real big deal. I bought the truck used 3-4 years ago from an electrical contractor in Kentucky. I always wanted a maroon 10th generation F-150 Lariet and he had one. Unfortunately the leather seats were aged and all tore up and I had to put seat covers on them so that kind of defeated some of the purpose ha-ha! Any how I had, had other 10th generation F-150s and they were all fine, been driving them for the past half decade now. However, time marches on and while I would like to find a 10th generation King Ranch F-150 supercab not crew cab, I have no use for a crew cab, but a F-150 King Ranch Supercab would, be cool however I fear that, that may be hard to find and not worth the effort. The selection of used 10th generation F-150s gets worse and worse everyday and rightfully so the trucks are older now a lot are worn out and worn down the stuff for sale most of it is left over junk and time marches on, eventually I knew it would be time to say good by.
So as I look towards the future, I was having a hard time figuring what to buy next. For one the price of a used pick up truck is outrageous compared to what it was even 5 years ago. Actually the price of cars new and used is outrageous, but that's not the point. The 11th generation F-150 really doesn't do it for me it's way to boxy and I just don't like it.
So where does that leave me? Well, I'm not a huge GM fan, but GM did have some nice products like the Cadillac Eldorado, Seville, DeVille and the Chevy Caprice 1991-1996 B Body and Impala SS 1994-1996 B Body as well as the Astro/GMC Safari which have achieved cult following in certain automotive enthusiast groups. As well as the Buick Park Avenue which is the car my Grandma has.
Anyhow, I saw a GMC Sierra 1500 for sale in Kentucky they want $10,000 for it 2002 model year 140,000 miles and well I'm thinking about a switching over to the GMC line the interior looks nice and is set up ergonomically different then the F-150, but that's alright. Anyone have any experience with GMC/Chevy trucks?
The only GM experience I have is with Cadillac and with a B-Body Impala SS I owned for a short time in 2011.
Here is a question, the time is coming sooner rather then later I suppose for me to think about purchasing a new automobile.
Currently I have a 2000 Ford F-150 Lariet with 206,000+ miles on the odometer. It's been a fine truck, only major things I have had done to it are a new break line this past winter and a coil pack 13-14+ months ago. Then just regular maintenance stuff no real big deal. I bought the truck used 3-4 years ago from an electrical contractor in Kentucky. I always wanted a maroon 10th generation F-150 Lariet and he had one. Unfortunately the leather seats were aged and all tore up and I had to put seat covers on them so that kind of defeated some of the purpose ha-ha! Any how I had, had other 10th generation F-150s and they were all fine, been driving them for the past half decade now. However, time marches on and while I would like to find a 10th generation King Ranch F-150 supercab not crew cab, I have no use for a crew cab, but a F-150 King Ranch Supercab would, be cool however I fear that, that may be hard to find and not worth the effort. The selection of used 10th generation F-150s gets worse and worse everyday and rightfully so the trucks are older now a lot are worn out and worn down the stuff for sale most of it is left over junk and time marches on, eventually I knew it would be time to say good by.
So as I look towards the future, I was having a hard time figuring what to buy next. For one the price of a used pick up truck is outrageous compared to what it was even 5 years ago. Actually the price of cars new and used is outrageous, but that's not the point. The 11th generation F-150 really doesn't do it for me it's way to boxy and I just don't like it.
So where does that leave me? Well, I'm not a huge GM fan, but GM did have some nice products like the Cadillac Eldorado, Seville, DeVille and the Chevy Caprice 1991-1996 B Body and Impala SS 1994-1996 B Body as well as the Astro/GMC Safari which have achieved cult following in certain automotive enthusiast groups. As well as the Buick Park Avenue which is the car my Grandma has.
Anyhow, I saw a GMC Sierra 1500 for sale in Kentucky they want $10,000 for it 2002 model year 140,000 miles and well I'm thinking about a switching over to the GMC line the interior looks nice and is set up ergonomically different then the F-150, but that's alright. Anyone have any experience with GMC/Chevy trucks?
The only GM experience I have is with Cadillac and with a B-Body Impala SS I owned for a short time in 2011.