I've been looking for a new truck for awhile. I wanted something "different". I was eyeing older Chevy trucks that had been "restored" in the 1975--1987 range. I looked at a few commercial trucks (C6500, International Low Boys, etc.) Nothing really caught my eye....nothing made me want to spend my money.
So I'm tired of looking and I'm going to buy something from a dealer most likely.
Here is a single cab 2018 Silverado 3500HD with the 6.0L, 4X4, long bed, and single rear wheel. This is their base model (W/T) but has some added features (a convenience package: power locks and windows, cruise, and a decent radio) and it has the Snow Plow Prep package (wire harnesses at the front of the truck, back in the bed, and a transfer case skid plate).
For the same money, I can buy a Silverado 1500 Crew Cab with the 5.3 (and dreadful cylinder deactivation). EVERYONE drives that truck, they are a dime a dozen. Even though 1500 Crew Cab might make "more sense", because it's so ubiquitous here, I'm turned off by them. I'm going to use this truck for driving to work (3 miles each way, I'm a chemist), running errands, projects around the house, and I have a small hobby farm that I need to haul hay, feed, and manure around in.
I want the windows tinted. The bed has already been coated at the factory.
I think going to offer $36.5K with the windows tinted. It's currently listed at $39k.
I'll probably add a bull bar and a headache bar. I think it will give the truck a nice look.
Thoughts, opinions, comments are all welcomed. I'm probably headed to the dealer this weekend to possibly purchase the truck.
So I'm tired of looking and I'm going to buy something from a dealer most likely.
Here is a single cab 2018 Silverado 3500HD with the 6.0L, 4X4, long bed, and single rear wheel. This is their base model (W/T) but has some added features (a convenience package: power locks and windows, cruise, and a decent radio) and it has the Snow Plow Prep package (wire harnesses at the front of the truck, back in the bed, and a transfer case skid plate).
For the same money, I can buy a Silverado 1500 Crew Cab with the 5.3 (and dreadful cylinder deactivation). EVERYONE drives that truck, they are a dime a dozen. Even though 1500 Crew Cab might make "more sense", because it's so ubiquitous here, I'm turned off by them. I'm going to use this truck for driving to work (3 miles each way, I'm a chemist), running errands, projects around the house, and I have a small hobby farm that I need to haul hay, feed, and manure around in.
I want the windows tinted. The bed has already been coated at the factory.
I think going to offer $36.5K with the windows tinted. It's currently listed at $39k.
I'll probably add a bull bar and a headache bar. I think it will give the truck a nice look.
Thoughts, opinions, comments are all welcomed. I'm probably headed to the dealer this weekend to possibly purchase the truck.
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