Meet my "new" truck, a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado LT Classic model.

My S10's fuel pump "failed" around 101,800 miles or so. While it was still possible to get it going with a well placed kick* or rubber mallet to the fuel tank, it would be just a matter of time before it failed permanently. Given the other little problems it had, I decided to trade it off for something else. At first I shopped the new end of the market and found nothing that was equipped the way I wanted it to be.

While I shopped, I had my S10 towed (for the first and ONLY time in its life) to a nearby Chevrolet dealership. It sat there for a few days before the Keykeeper, our dad and myself hauled it home with the BBPOJ. In the midst of doing that, we went looking at Dodge/Ram trucks. (As mentioned in the video, pricing for those started at $35,000, though most of the trucks there were $45-60,000 units, with a few touching $70,000.) On the way back to the Chevy dealer, I saw this truck. It looked very promising for the most part, so I test drove it, later made an offer and ended up taking it home.

It's got most everything I want (power windows, locks, power/heated mirrors, heated rear window, compass/temperature display in the rearview mirror, remote keyless entry, four wheel drive, four speed automatic transmission**) and nothing I don't (if you don't count the CD-only radio). I had to compromise on the limited slip rear differential and I could take or leave the electrochromic rearview mirror. My fears about the Vortec 4.8 being underpowered turned out to be totally unfounded.

For those wondering, GM made the same blunder that Ford did in regards to how the electronic accelerator responds and "feels" when cruise control is set (at least the cruise controls are where they belong on the turn signal stalk!)...

Full equipment and options list: http://greyghost.mooo.com/c1500vin/

It's my understanding that GM also put the 4.8L (and/or the 5.3) V8 in the Colorado compact pickup as an option. I'll bet those things are WICKEDLY fast.

It needs some work, but what vehicle doesn't?

* Sometimes the old tricks are the best.
** I don't know if the six speed transmission in the trucks is any better than the disaster of a transaxle used in GM's current FWD products and I'm not sure I wanted to find out. Had I ordered a truck, it probably would have had the four speed automatic.

To my great surprise and maybe in name only, GM did offer manual transmissions in the 2007 Silverado Classic.