I just passed my first smog check on my 2011 Silverado in July, at about 236,000 miles.
I hope to get the reman q-jet on my 79 Blazer and crank it over.
The recent big move has put that about a month behind.
“I just passed my first smog check on my 2011 Silverado in July, at about 236,000 miles.
I was just comparing notes with a 2011 Suburban owner. I had my 2003 Suburban with me, and we chatted it up a bit.
The GMT800 truck has been my favorite since my 2000 Yukon. Reliable, well built and optioned appropriately. The GMC is built for the commercial / professional consumer (Who tends to buy fleets of them and GMC likes to treat them well) and the Chevy is “essentially” the same, but there are differences in quality. The Silverado, for instance doesn’t offer a manual trans but the GMC Sierra does. There is no other reason other than a few clients actually requesting it. Chevy doesn’t care about customer requests.
But these trucks ARE THE LAST of the quality, available models we have. The rest are just made to be as cheap as possible. The trucks are built the best because they need those return customers who get vehicles that withstand commercial use.
I had (have, still apparently) an E46 BMW as well. This was one of the award winning BMWs. Since then they are all faster, they are all nicer and full of more toys - but they break in catastrophic ways. A new BMW will leave you stranded on the highway with no electrical at all. Hell, I’ve even seen a Honda Accord do that.
So for me, cars died in 1991 and trucks in 2008. Motorcycles are the next since we’re now out of our “golden age of motorcycles” and we’re back to putting lipstick on pigs in the 2 wheel world. Although Harley is coming out with some new stuff and the jury is still out if it’s good or if it’s just cool harley junk.