gmc sierra : 4. Does anyone out there work for GM? and if you do... what do GMempoyees pay for GM trucks... I believe they call it the GMS price,and is listed on all dealer invoices. Do GM employees pay dealerinvoice on vehicles like the GMC Sierra and Chevy Silverado?And as a side note... I have ALWAYS been a Ford owner, so this is anew and 'painful' experience. I'm hoping the Sierra (or Silverado?)will perform at least as well as my previous F150's. I've had verylittle trouble with my Fords in the past..... but the GMC has more legroom in the back seat of the extended cab... so I'm going to give thema try.Any information/opinions would be a big help. I'd prefer E-Mail.If you want some unbiased information about Sierra vs. Silverado, wait acouple of months for the Consumer Reports Auto issue (April, I think) tocome out and then go see how the two models have been doing. My guess isthat within sampling error, there is no difference between the two. (Thereshould not be, since the same parts are used and put together with the samehands/machines. The only real differences are in trim.) There will be manymore Silverados than Sierras in CU's samples because many more are sold.Their surveys are based on response by their subscribers, so the sample setsare big...certainly huge compared to what any dealer will see. Plus acustomer with a bad experience will not be shy about telling the survey formthat -- human nature.
gmc sierra : Personally, I think the GMC looks a little nicer, but neither will win anystyling trophies."When someone annoys you, remember that it takes 42 muscles to frown,but only 4 muscles to extend your arm and whack them on the back of thehead."I used to sell GM trucks. The chevy and GMC trucks are the same as far as Ikow expect for some exterior and interior color combos. I currently have a 99GMC sonoma and the diff between chevy is the shape of the front bumber. Forthe chevy I can find various winch mounts, for the gmc none.GMC uses a lower mark up then ford so expect a smaller discount but you cancheck the net for that info.As the owner of a '99 GMC Sierra I can answer a couple of your questions butnot all. The Chevy and GMC trucks are the same except for grill and badges,but the option mixes are significantly different in the interior. The baseGMC Sierra starts with the better 40, 20, 40 bench seat with fold downcenter arm rest. The 4 door trucks are slow in coming and will probably notbe out in quantity until mid year or later. Beware they are expectingproblems with wind noise and sealing on the 4 door models. Many folks arehaving trouble with the 3 door ones now and the extra door will only add tocab flex.
gmc sierra : Towing the GM auto trans should be no problem, you just switch to tow modeand it significantly reduces the hunt and switch on the torque converter. Ibelieve Ford has this same feature on their new trucks.Most of the problems on the new trucks have been sorted out with theexception of the shimmy or vibration problem during highway driving.However, this problem seems to only affect the 1500 2 wheel drive modelsprimarily with the 3:42 rear gears.The new 4 wheel disk brakes are great and the larger interior cab space is abig plus. If you want to save some bucks and still get a new truck GMC andChevy still sell the older style CK2500 series trucks instead of the newSierra/Silverado models. You can save several thousand dollars and get theolder more proven 350 and 454 engines. This is of course not to say the newengines aren't fantastic but there have been some complaints about the new5.3 liter engines being very noisy and having some sealing problems.
gmc sierra : is a great source of current info on the trucks. Also besure to check out the Town hall section to read what current owners aresaying about problems with the trucks.Actually, alot of people consider the addition of heavy duty towingoptions a reason to _decrease_ the resale value, since this usuallyindicates that (At some point) the vehicle has actually towed atrailer - something not highly looked upon when it comes to the"Future reliability" of a car/truck.---Mark, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada - Remove NOSPAM to respond via Email!Send all spam to - Promptly forwarded to ! :-)Well, it must just be a damn macho manly thing to have then. Oo, oo,oo...In alot of cases, yes.. Look at it this way - how many peopleactually buy a big 4X4 pickup truck with the offroad package, roll barwith foglights, etc etc etc, but then it never sees a dirt road orever has anything except bags of groceries in it's box it's entirelife?Alot of PU's are bought simply because people "Like" the looks.. Hell,if I had the cash, I'd buy a nice new Silverado (With all of theabove!) myself tommorow.. :-)
gmc sierra : Hi I'm new to this group and was wondering if someone could help meI just bought an 88 GMC Sierra Sl and was wondering what people couldtell me about this truck?, ways to improve gas milage(i'm a poorstudent) and things I should look out for. any info would be appreciatedThanks in advanceFrazerFrom: ()Subject: Re: '88 GMC Sierra Newsgroups: Date: 1999/02/23 Frazer Berry wrote:It would help if you would give us the specifics on the truck.Sorry, I should have been more specific, it's an '88 Gmc sierra,standard cab, long box. it has the 8 cyl. 305, in it and an th700r4tranny. great truck, but it sucks gas like it was going out of style,any sugestions? My identical truck but with 400 trans gets about 14 winter and 17 summer. Whatkind of driving do you do? Make sure the air cleaner is clean, plugs are good,wires are good, tires are inflated to 35, and run some techron through the fuelsystem. I like to use Mobil One but your finances may not allow it. It willsame some gas but not enough to pay back the additional cost. A cap or toneaucover can also ad some MPG at higher speeds.Regards, RW
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