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chaimemet
12-15-2007, 09:12 PM
My name is Howard and I live in Ft. Lauderdale. Tomorrow I will return my leased 3/4 tn 05 Suburban and take ownership of a 2007.5 GMC Sierra 2500HD SLT Duramax 6.6 bed. My lease does not run out till July but with the 0% financing and the pull ahead offered by GMAC it makes sense to get out early even with the $2300 pay off. I am over my miles and pay .20 every mile I drive. So it is almost a wash in payments except I will own the diesel in 5 years and I will have the vehicle I wanted before the burb but was prevented by disagreements on looks. I will put a Leer QC topper on when they become available. Meantime bed rug, bed slide, and soft cover. The color is black not my vote but at this time not many are left. I pulled an Airstream 08 31' Classic across country this summer 9k miles. The burb was OK just OK the transmission even with tow haul mode did not like much of the trip. As a flatlander it was OK till you get to points out west and start climbing and going down hill and having to downshift by shift lever a 4 speed having 10k lbs of trailer pushing you down the hill. I also plan on making my own biodiesel.

capflya
12-15-2007, 09:21 PM
Congrats and welcome to the place! You'll love the duramax/allison combo in the truck. Post more pics once you get the truck and the mods!

-David

chaimemet
12-15-2007, 09:31 PM
Would like to know what mods members would advise newbies. My first trip will be with the family pulling the trailer to Destin over the holiday, 1500 mile
round trip. I have the nav system and would like to get a video backup installed to help with the Hensley hitch and a second camera on the back of the Airstream. I am hoping the camera can use the nav systems monitor. Also will Zaino the truck and install catch-all extreme mats before trip. The soft tonneau cover is $400 but I need to carry the camping gear and I believe Leer has had a production delay in getting out the XQ topper for the GMC. no telling wheb the topper will arrive.

Nolafishr
12-16-2007, 11:18 AM
Welcome to the Site and Congratulations on the Truck!

2007 Silverado 2500 HD LT Ext Cab SB/Black Ext/Ebony Int/ LMM Diesel