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Old Mar 27, 2013 | 11:06 AM
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Goodbye First Gen

Well Guys I sold the first gen last week, it was time for an upgrade, I enjoyed it for a lil over a year and she was good to me. I found a 2011 Silverado 3500HD Duramax Diesel Dually Ext Cab Longbed with 5800 miles on it and a one owner truck for $36,800.00. I do have some parts that I did not install and will be listing those for sale on here soon.
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Old Mar 27, 2013 | 11:24 AM
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Wow talk about diving off too the dark Side going too a chevy ??/ hope you have fun with it I think for that price I would of looked really hard at Dodge again the chevy's Look out dated but in the end it's your choice and you have to be happy with it Good Luck with your new ride . I'm sure you will be back at some point .
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Old Mar 27, 2013 | 01:08 PM
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I'm getting out of a 1st gen too, as a daily driver at least. I'll always have my truck but I'm going to look at the new Dodge Dart's today and hopefully I'll have a little 1.4L turbocharged sedan as my new daily driver.
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Old Mar 27, 2013 | 02:16 PM
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Nothing wrong with the Duramax. I find them easy to tow.
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Old Mar 27, 2013 | 03:13 PM
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I will always have a soft spot for the Cummins, I have had 2 and this is my second Duramax, I like them both and they have both been good to me in the past. I did look at the Dodge/Ram and none of the local dealers had anything that interested me and I did not want to go out of state to do a deal, this one was close to home so I went with it.
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Old Mar 27, 2013 | 08:05 PM
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Originally Posted by peobryant
I'm getting out of a 1st gen too, as a daily driver at least. I'll always have my truck but I'm going to look at the new Dodge Dart's today and hopefully I'll have a little 1.4L turbocharged sedan as my new daily driver.
I Know it may not be a dodge product but go look at the Vw TDI jetta's they are sweet little car's for the Price .
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Old Mar 27, 2013 | 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by j_martin
Nothing wrong with the Duramax. I find them easy to tow.
Dude....

that was freaking hysterical.....ROTFLMAO
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Old Mar 27, 2013 | 09:11 PM
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I Know it may not be a dodge product but go look at the Vw TDI jetta's they are sweet little car's for the Price .
Good mileage; I'm staying around 40 mpg avg-gets better in the hotter weather. Good driving car, too.
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Old Mar 27, 2013 | 10:20 PM
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Diesel cruze should be on the lot in a few weeks. As soon as I get to drive one after they hit the lot. Talking to the engineer he claimed the gobal 2 system is on it but I hope the ECM can be cracked. If so I think I will be driving one soon. Just need to tune out the cow **** and injection rates, should be able to net some good miles out of it.

Never the less sorry to hear you moved on, but I know the choice was justified in your mind. Hope the new truck does you well. And you can pm me with problems. I know my way around them there duramax's, I love them.....keep my bank account full.
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Old Mar 27, 2013 | 11:49 PM
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Originally Posted by NJTman
Dude....

that was freaking hysterical.....ROTFLMAO
I found it quite amusing, too.

Mark.
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Old Mar 28, 2013 | 12:40 AM
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Originally Posted by simplysmn
Wow talk about diving off too the dark Side going too a chevy ??/
haha, Dark Side. Good one Simply Actually Nola, I've found those big Chevy trucks to be good heavy haulers
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Old Mar 28, 2013 | 04:16 AM
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Originally Posted by CactusPete
haha, Dark Side. Good one Simply Actually Nola, I've found those big Chevy trucks to be good heavy haulers
Like the "Dark side" of Dodge, chevy frames crack as well, especially when put under the load of a plow.

Pay particular attention to the area where the frame mounts are where the upper control arm bolts into....
http://www.plowsite.com/showthread.php?t=118111

Here's a good thread with pictures for those of you who don't like to read...

http://www.plowsite.com/showthread.p...=frame+gussets

Here's another..

http://www.plowsite.com/showthread.p...ht=frame+crack
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Old Mar 28, 2013 | 08:50 AM
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Originally Posted by j_martin
Nothing wrong with the Duramax. I find them easy to tow.
I just stole it for my sig.
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Old Mar 28, 2013 | 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by j_martin
Nothing wrong with the Duramax. I find them easy to tow.
Ha ha too funny but so true. We had 2 duramax company trucks for a year. They were ok as cars but puked transmissions out like crazy. They keep the tow trucks busy.
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