84Toyota4x4
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Well, I finally bought myself something I could tow with when the time comes. I thought I would post so I can hear all the bad things people have to say about it being a GMC and not a Dodge :fawkdancesmiley:
It's a 2006 (LBZ and 6 speed Allison of course) fully loaded Sierra SLT 2500 4x4 and had 82,500 miles on it when I bought it. It was bought new in Oregon and was a 1 owner truck until I grabbed it over the past weekend. Everything seems to be fairly stock and in great shape. It's duties for now are just hauling things from the hardware store, hauling my son around (the room in the back for the car seat was a big selling point over Dodge), and daily driving. My first tank through it I got 17 MPG on average commuting, so basically the exact same as my WRX I was previously using to commute. Also, since Diesel is within $0.10 to $0.20 of premium I had to buy for the WRX, I'm not sure I will see much of a change in costs there, haha.
The only things I have noticed so far is it has some 265/75 tires with a load range C instead of the stock 245/75 load range Es, but I like the look of the 265/75 mud/snow terrain tires and don't plan to tow much more right now than a 1/2 ton truck could do anyway until I get my wheeler going again. Any suggestions for a good tire to put on this thing? I'd like to replace them before the ones on it lose too much more tread since they look like they have a decent amount and I can probably sell them to recoup some of the cash for new tires.
It also has a cheap looking trailer brake controller and a gooseneck hitch in the bed, but the ball looks fairly unused. It also had an aftermarket grill insert on it (in the picture), but I pulled it off because I prefer the stock look. The interior is near mint with only a small tear in the leather on one seat and a little wear on the radio buttons as usual in most of these. Also, the plug on the end of the block heater cord is missing, not sure why. It's been cut clean off, kind of strange. I was thinking it could have been because it was wired up to some kind of custom plug, or maybe the heater is shorted out and it got cut off so it couldn't be used, but I don't know why you would cut it instead of just unplugging it from the heater?
My basic plans at this point are to look into taking care of all the maintenance items, then looking into reliability mods, a leveling kit, I'm toying with the idea of an MBRP 4" stainless exhaust system, and I will eventually get an auxiliary input system for the factory Bose system. I think that's about it for now.
Anyway, I am looking forward to hopefully a few years of easy maintenance and enjoying it before it starts giving me any troubles, haha.
~T.J.
It's a 2006 (LBZ and 6 speed Allison of course) fully loaded Sierra SLT 2500 4x4 and had 82,500 miles on it when I bought it. It was bought new in Oregon and was a 1 owner truck until I grabbed it over the past weekend. Everything seems to be fairly stock and in great shape. It's duties for now are just hauling things from the hardware store, hauling my son around (the room in the back for the car seat was a big selling point over Dodge), and daily driving. My first tank through it I got 17 MPG on average commuting, so basically the exact same as my WRX I was previously using to commute. Also, since Diesel is within $0.10 to $0.20 of premium I had to buy for the WRX, I'm not sure I will see much of a change in costs there, haha.
The only things I have noticed so far is it has some 265/75 tires with a load range C instead of the stock 245/75 load range Es, but I like the look of the 265/75 mud/snow terrain tires and don't plan to tow much more right now than a 1/2 ton truck could do anyway until I get my wheeler going again. Any suggestions for a good tire to put on this thing? I'd like to replace them before the ones on it lose too much more tread since they look like they have a decent amount and I can probably sell them to recoup some of the cash for new tires.
It also has a cheap looking trailer brake controller and a gooseneck hitch in the bed, but the ball looks fairly unused. It also had an aftermarket grill insert on it (in the picture), but I pulled it off because I prefer the stock look. The interior is near mint with only a small tear in the leather on one seat and a little wear on the radio buttons as usual in most of these. Also, the plug on the end of the block heater cord is missing, not sure why. It's been cut clean off, kind of strange. I was thinking it could have been because it was wired up to some kind of custom plug, or maybe the heater is shorted out and it got cut off so it couldn't be used, but I don't know why you would cut it instead of just unplugging it from the heater?
My basic plans at this point are to look into taking care of all the maintenance items, then looking into reliability mods, a leveling kit, I'm toying with the idea of an MBRP 4" stainless exhaust system, and I will eventually get an auxiliary input system for the factory Bose system. I think that's about it for now.
Anyway, I am looking forward to hopefully a few years of easy maintenance and enjoying it before it starts giving me any troubles, haha.
~T.J.
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