Silverado gets new facelift for 2016

[ovrszd]

Off Topic: We were thinking the other day as to why we went so long without a PU and remembered how difficult it was for our late son, who had a mild form of MD, to get in and out of a PU and we resorted to smaller SUV's for many years. He's been gone now for 4 years, been a very difficult time, losing a child at 21 years of age just isn't right, at any age for that matter, should have been us first.

I lost a 19 year old Son 21 years ago. It's just as difficult to deal with today. I've just trained myself to control it. Bring it out occasionally and think about it. Put it away when it's unbearable. Today would have been his 40th birthday. The family will all gather at our farm this afternoon and 4 wheel. Life goes on.

 

[ultrarunner]

Naw they just have chronic problems with oil foaming and sludge, and frames rusting out so fast they decided to replace them rather than face an immense class action suit.

Never found a vehicle That pays me - they all cost. If you look at the five year ownership costs of pickups at a place like Edmunds.com their is little difference.

True Cost to Own® (TCO®) Calculator on Edmunds.com

No dog in the fight, I need a pickup like a hole in the head but own both Chevy an Ford vans.

I've been luck... never sold a vehicle for less than I paid for it... then again, I've only bought used except once when I was working in Germany and bought a new BMW souvenir to take home back in 2002 and still have it... so, looks like I can never sell it or I would take a loss.

My boss paid 160k for a new Ford GT back in 2005, kept it 6 years and sold it 210k... he had dealer tags so didn't even have to pay tax or license...

 

[clemsonfor]

Naw they just have chronic problems with oil foaming and sludge, and frames rusting out so fast they decided to replace them rather than face an immense class action suit.

Never found a vehicle That pays me - they all cost. If you look at the five year ownership costs of pickups at a place like Edmunds.com their is little difference.

True Cost to Ownｮ (TCOｮ) Calculator on Edmunds.com

No dog in the fight, I need a pickup like a hole in the head but own both Chevy an Ford vans.

Yea forgot the frame rust issue. Thank goodness I live in the south!!!

 

[Poopdeck Pappy]

Grateful and overszd, those are terrible losses and I'm sorry to hear about them. The thought of losing a child is one of those dark, fleeting thoughts that all of us have but we try to chase it out of our minds as quickly as possible. Living with it as reality must truly be terrible.

My mom died when she was very young. I remember my grandfather at the funeral saying "It's not supposed to be this way" over and over and over, as if it could bring her back and put him in the grave instead.

 

[Grateful11]

I lost a 19 year old Son 21 years ago. It's just as difficult to deal with today. I've just trained myself to control it. Bring it out occasionally and think about it. Put it away when it's unbearable. Today would have been his 40th birthday. The family will all gather at our farm this afternoon and 4 wheel. Life goes on.

I hear you ovszd. You learn to put it away but it's hard sometimes. We laid my parents to rest within exactly 3 weeks of each other, Mom passed away on a Friday and Dad passed away exactly 3 weeks later on a Friday. I thought that was rough but it was nothing compared to loosing a child. I couldn't tell you the date of either ones death, I know the year but with our son, I remember the day and time. What a nightmare that was. When my wife and I had to make the decision to remove life support it's just something you never forget or quite get over.

Recently we lost my late Fathers last sibling, she was 85 and so many were really tore up at the funeral and there's nothing wrong with that but I sitting there thinking to myself, "hey she lived to be 85, she saw a lot of changes and lived a good long life". To me her death was more of a celebration of long lived life.

 

[Grateful11]

I lost a 19 year old Son 21 years ago. It's just as difficult to deal with today. I've just trained myself to control it. Bring it out occasionally and think about it. Put it away when it's unbearable. Today would have been his 40th birthday. The family will all gather at our farm this afternoon and 4 wheel. Life goes on.

I hear you ovszd. You learn to put it away but it's hard sometimes. We laid my parents to rest within exactly 3 weeks of each other, Mom passed away on a Friday and Dad passed away exactly 3 weeks later on a Friday. I thought that was rough but it was nothing compared to loosing a child. I couldn't tell you the date of either ones death, I know the year but with our son, I remember the day and time. What a nightmare that was. When my wife and I had to make the decision to remove life support it's just something you never forget or quite get over.

Recently we lost my late Fathers last sibling, she was 85 and so many were really tore up at the funeral and there's nothing wrong with that but I sitting there thinking to myself, "hey she lived to be 85, she saw a lot of changes and lived a good long life". To me her death was more of a celebration of long lived life.

 

[ovrszd]

I hear you ovszd. You learn to put it away but it's hard sometimes. We laid my parents to rest within exactly 3 weeks of each other, Mom passed away on a Friday and Dad passed away exactly 3 weeks later on a Friday. I thought that was rough but it was nothing compared to loosing a child. I couldn't tell you the date of either ones death, I know the year but with our son, I remember the day and time. What a nightmare that was. When my wife and I had to make the decision to remove life support it's just something you never forget or quite get over.

Recently we lost my late Fathers last sibling, she was 85 and so many were really tore up at the funeral and there's nothing wrong with that but I sitting there thinking to myself, "hey she lived to be 85, she saw a lot of changes and lived a good long life". To me her death was more of a celebration of long lived life.

My Mom is 93. If she dies today I'll mourn my loss. But I'll celebrate her longevity and good health while it lasted.

Mine was a late night knock on the door, opening it to a Sheriff's Deputy with the saddest look I'd ever saw on his face. Auto accident.

I think yours is much worse.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Just the same flimsy plastic and garbage arranged differently. But probably better looking then the interiors they are designing these days. Vehicles twenty or thirty years ago were much nicer and plusher then the ones today. You can spend seventy grand on a truck and just have ugly stark plastic on the doors. Probably for ease of recylcing. The cloth interiors today are nasty! They remind me of a cheap plastic table cloth. I bought leather but that would not have been my choice if I had a nice plush fabric option. Very disappointing. Hopefully my 08 Sierra doesn't rust to pieces anytime soon.

 

[ovrszd]

Just the same flimsy plastic and garbage arranged differently. But probably better looking then the interiors they are designing these days. Vehicles twenty or thirty years ago were much nicer and plusher then the ones today. You can spend seventy grand on a truck and just have ugly stark plastic on the doors. Probably for ease of recylcing. The cloth interiors today are nasty! They remind me of a cheap plastic table cloth. I bought leather but that would not have been my choice if I had a nice plush fabric option. Very disappointing. Hopefully my 08 Sierra doesn't rust to pieces anytime soon.

My buddy has a '12 Chevy HD fancy model (can't remember the nomenclature). The interior makes my '00 Super Duty Lariat look like a Cadillac.

 

[s219]

Shoot, the interior on my 2014 Sierra puts our Acura MDX (2012) to shame. And its quieter and smoother riding too. As for the cloth, no complaints -- I was thrilled to be able to buy a vehicle with cloth seats after all the years of only having the option for leather. I really hate leather in the summer, regardless of the color.