[Jeff Head]

Screw political correctness.

I need a pick up to haul a chord of wood, 4 wheelers, equipment, dirt, etc.

GM produces the best line of pick-ups (IMHO) to accomplish that, maintain their value, and offer very decent maintainability in that regard.

I buy a fuel efficient car for my wife to get back and forth to grocery shopping, errands, and her work. I buy a vehicle for my purposes that can do the work, be maintained, and offer good resell value when it is time to replace it. GM has offered such vehicles for what I need and I do not apologize to anyone for buying them and using them.

[autumnraine]

Trucks have always been the saving grace of GM. Unfortunately, they crank out alot of crap cars.

[Zeppelin]

GM has offered such vehicles for what I need and I do not apologize to anyone for buying them and using them.

Same here! My daily driver is a '97 Grand Am and my toy car is a '97 Z28.

No real problems with either car for about 3 years now...well, except for the ones that were by my own doing!(with the Z)

[cyberaxe]

GM produces the best line of pick-ups (IMHO) to accomplish that, maintain their value, and offer very decent maintainability in that regard.

.....that is exactly why I buy about 2 or 3 a year for work.....

.....(kinda didn't have a choice at first, my father worked as a service manager for a Chevy dealership before starting our company!).....

.....as far as the wife goes.....

.....she's driven the best made, safest, smallish, suv made in America for the last 8 or so years.....

.....made right here in Upstate SC, BMW X5.....

.....it's too small for my taste, but it's a great car.....

[highnoon]

I'll second the motion on GM trucks. Previous truck was a 95 Silverado w/ 350 c.i. had 240K on it when I sold it to get this one, 2005 Silverado VHO w/ 364HO c.i. (106K & 17 mpg), plus get me to 60 in under 6 seconds.

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

GM makes very good trucks. I'm still driving my 1990 half ton. Very reliable.

[JenB987]

That a Duramax, Jeff?

You do the same thing we do in our household, only we’re a Chrysler family. My hubby has a Dodge Ram Cummins. It’s his work horse and his hobby. He’s obsessed with diesel engines. He has a 1994 Mecury Topaz we pawned off his parents that’s his run around vehicle.

I have a Dodge Avenger and love it.

[dragnet2]

GM produces the best line of pick-ups (IMHO) to accomplish that, maintain their value, and offer very decent maintainability in that regard.

The Ford F-150 is the best selling vehicle in American history. One of the best vehicles I've ever owned.

A neighbor has an old F-150, uses it for work, with almost 750,000 miles on it, on it's 2nd or motor, and he drives it daily. What is surprising is how clean he has kept it.