RE: new vs old trucks and what’s better
For the “car guys”, it could go either or both ways. For moms, teens, and guys who have never turned a wrench, they simply have no interest in older vehicles, usually. MONEY notwithstanding, new cars AND old cars cost big bucks in the long run.. vehicle ownership is costly, which is why vehicles are DEPRECIATING assets and not APPRECIATING assets, unless you’ve come across a 50’s/60’s hot rod, classic Ferrari, or a pre DEF diesel silverado.
truth is people who find beauty in older cars and trucks, even cream puffs are the minority, NOT majority. Kind of like me, I’ll walk past the high country, the LTZ, the Escalade, the denali and not even look twice.. but I’ll stare at the PPV. I am the minority. It’s not to say the other, higher trim trucks aren’t nice, it just isn’t what i’d spend my money on.
That being said, I’ve owned GMT400, GMT800 (x2). GMT900 (x3)(Tahoe & Silverado 2x), and now I’m on GMTK2… And I’ve gotta tell ya something most people on this forum wont agree with.. I like the K2 the most.
There are only really two things relevant to this discussion that are factual:
-It’s not every GM truck after GMT900 sucks.. it’s T1’s w/ 6.2L v8’s that suck
-You can get a real nice T1 truck and not spend 80/90/100k… it’s called a ppv, and they’re selling low mileage PPV’s now for like 30K , and that’s the 5.3L.. *whistles and walks away*
P.s. trying to trade your 6.2’s to a GM dealer is obviously futile since the stop sale order, but you could try other avenues, like selling outright to carmax.
